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 90: and] So the 4to.--The 8vo "not."]
[Footnote 91: the fair] So the 8vo.--The 4to "THEE faire."]
[Footnote 92: she] i.e. Nemesis.]
[Footnote 93: Rhamnus'] Old eds. "Rhamnis."]
[Footnote 94: meeds] So the 8vo.--The 4to "deeds."]
[Footnote 95: into] Used here (as the word was formerly often used) for
UNTO.]
[Footnote 96: sure] A dissyllable here. In the next line "assure" is a
trisyllable.]
[Footnote 97: with his crown in his hand] The old eds. add "offering
to hide it;" but THAT he does presently after.]
[Footnote 98: those were] i.e. those who were, who have been.]
[Footnote 99: Stand staggering] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Stand THOSE
staggering."]
[Footnote 100: For kings are clouts that every man shoots at,
Our crown the pin, &c.
CLOUT means the white mark in the butts; PIN, the peg in the
centre, which fastened it.]
[Footnote 101: me] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.]
[Footnote 102: MYCETES. Ay, marry, &c.] From this to "TAMBURLAINE. Well,
I mean you shall have it again" inclusive, the dialogue is
prose: compare act iv. sc. 4, p. 29.]
[Footnote 103: renowmed man-at-arms] See note ||, p. 11.[i.e. note 52.]
So the 8vo.--The 4to "RENOWNED MEN at armes."]
[Footnote 104: chiefest] So the 4to.--The 8vo "chiefe."]
[Footnote 105: happy] So the 8vo.--The 4to "happiest."]
[Footnote 106: aim'd] So the 4to.--The 8vo "and."]
[Footnote 107: it] So the 4to.--The 8vo "is."]
[Footnote 108: our] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.]
[Footnote 109: we] So the 8vo.--The 4to "I."]
[Footnote 110: in earth] i.e. on earth. So in the Lord's Prayer, "Thy
will
be done IN EARTH."]
[Footnote 111: Casane] Both the old eds. here "Casanes."]
[Footnote 112: a-piece] So the 4to.--The 8vo "apace."]
[Footnote 113: purchase] i.e. booty, gain.]
[Footnote 114: quite] i.e. requite.]
[Footnote 115: this] So ([[deiktikos]]) the 8vo.--The 4to "the."]
[Footnote 116: him] Old eds. "his."]
[Footnote 117: and] So the 8vo.--The 4to "with."]
[Footnote 118: sprung] See note ‡, p. 14.[i.e. note 81.]]
[Footnote 119: dares] So the 8vo.--The 4to "dare."]
[Footnote 120: fate] Old eds. "state."]
[Footnote 121: Resolve] Seems to mean--dissolve (compare "our bodies turn
to elements," p. 12, sec. col.): but I suspect some corruption
here.
Page 12, Second Column, This Play:
"TAMBURLAINE. . . . .
Until our bodies turn to elements,
And both our souls aspire celestial thrones.--"
etc.]]
[Footnote 122: Barbarous] Qy. "O barbarous"? in the next line but one,
"O treacherous"? and in the last line of the speech, "O bloody"?
But we occasionally find in our early dramatists lines which are
defective in the first syllable; and in some of these instances
at least it would almost seem that nothing has been omitted by
the transcriber or printer.]
[Footnote 123: artier] i.e. artery. This form occurs again in the SEC.
PART of the present play: so too in a copy of verses by Day;]
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