Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1Marlowe, Christopher
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Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1
Marlowe, Christopher
English drama; Historical drama; Timur, 1336-1405 -- Drama; Tragedies (Drama)
[Footnote 61: statues] So the 4to.--"The first edition reads 'statutes,'
but, as the Scythians worshipped Pylades and Orestes in temples,
we have adopted the reading of the quarto as being most probably
the correct one." Ed. 1826.]
[Footnote 62: kings] So the 8vo.--The 4to "king."]
[Footnote 63: Nor thee nor them] The modern editors silently print "Nor
THEY nor THEIRS."]
[Footnote 64: will] So the 8vo.--Omitted in the 4to.]
[Footnote 65: pitch] Is generally equivalent to--stature. ("I would have
you tell me what PITCH he was of, Velim mihi dicas qua STATURA
fuerit." Coles's DICT.) But here it means the highest part of
the body,--the shoulders (see the 10th sign. of PITCH in
Halliwell's DICT. OF ARCH. AND PROV. WORDS),--the "pearl" being,
of course, his head.]
[Footnote 66: and] So the 4to.--The 8vo "with."]
[Footnote 67: His arms and fingers long and sinewy] So the 8vo, except
that, by a misprint, it has "snowy" for "sinewy."--The 4to gives
the line thus,--
"His armes long, HIS fingers SNOWY-WHITE."!!
(and so the line used to stand in Lamb's SPEC. OF DRAM. POETS,
till I made the necessary alteration in Mr. Moxon's recent ed.
of that selection.)]
[Footnote 68: subdu'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "subdue."]
[Footnote 69: Nature doth strive with Fortune, &c.] Qy did Shakespeare
recollect this passage when he wrote,--
"Nature and Fortune join'd to make thee great"?
KING JOHN, act iii. sc. 1.]
[Footnote 70: port] i.e. gate.]
[Footnote 71: is] So the 8vo.--The 4to "in."]
[Footnote 72: In fair, &c.] Here "fair" is to be considered as a
dissyllable: compare, in the Fourth Act of our author's
JEW OF MALTA,
"I'll feast you, lodge you, give you FAIR words,
And, after that," &c.]
[Footnote 73: of] i.e. on.]
[Footnote 74: worse] So the 8vo.--The 4to "worst."]
[Footnote 75: the] So the 8vo.--The 4to "that."]
[Footnote 76: his] So the 8vo.--The 4to "the."]
[Footnote 77: be] So the 8vo.--The 4to "are."]
[Footnote 78: Beside] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Besides."]
[Footnote 79: champion] i.e. champaign.]
[Footnote 80: greedy after] Old eds. "after greedie."]
[Footnote 81: Sprung] Here, and in the next speech, both the old eds.
"Sprong": but in p. 18, l. 3, first col., the 4to has "sprung",
and in the SEC. PART of the play, act iv. sc. 4, they both give
"SPRUNG from a tyrants loynes."
[Page 18, First Column, Line 3, This Play:
"For he was never sprung[118: of human race,"]
[Footnote 82: teeth of] So the 8vo.--Omitted in the 4to.]
[Footnote 83: lance] Here both the old eds. "lanch": but see note ||,
p. 11.(i.e. note 47.)]
[Footnote 84: the] So the 8vo.--0mitted in the 4to.]
[Footnote 85: some] So the 4to.--The 8vo "scorne."]
[Footnote 86: will] So the 8vo.--The 4to "shall."]
[Footnote 87: top] i.e. rise above, surpass.--Old eds. "stop."]
[Footnote 88: renowmed] See note ||, p. 11.[i.e. note 52.] So the 8vo.
--The 4to "renowned."]
[Footnote 89: thirst] The 8vo "thrust": the 4to "thrist."]
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