TAMBURLAINE. It shall suffice thou dar'st abide a wound; My boy, thou shalt not lose a drop of blood Before we meet the army of the Turk; But then run desperate through the thickest throngs, Dreadless of blows, of bloody wounds, and death; And let the burning of Larissa-walls, My speech of war, and this my wound you see, Teach you, my boys, to bear courageous minds, Fit for the followers of great Tamburlaine.-- Usumcasane, now come, let us march Towards Techelles and Theridamas, That we have sent before to fire the towns, The towers and cities of these hateful Turks, And hunt that coward faint-heart runaway, With that accursed [129] traitor Almeda, Till fire and sword have found them at a bay. USUMCASANE. I long to pierce his [130] bowels with my sword, That hath betray'd my gracious sovereign,-- That curs'd and damned traitor Almeda. TAMBURLAINE. Then let us see if coward Callapine Dare levy arms against our puissance, That we may tread upon his captive neck, And treble all his father's slaveries. [Exeunt.] SCENE III. Enter TECHELLES, THERIDAMAS, and their train. THERIDAMAS. Thus have we march'd northward from Tamburlaine, Unto the frontier point [131] of Soria; [132] And this is Balsera, their chiefest hold, Wherein is all the treasure of the land. TECHELLES. Then let us bring our light artillery, Minions, falc'nets, and sakers, [133] to the trench, Filling the ditches with the walls' wide breach, And enter in to seize upon the hold.-- [134] How say you, soldiers, shall we not? SOLDIERS. Yes, my lord, yes; come, let's about it. THERIDAMAS. But stay a while; summon a parle, drum. It may be they will yield it quietly, [135] Knowing two kings, the friends [136] to Tamburlaine, Stand at the walls with such a mighty power. [A parley sounded.--CAPTAIN appears on the walls, with OLYMPIA his wife, and his SON.] CAPTAIN. What require you, my masters? THERIDAMAS. Captain, that thou yield up thy hold to us. CAPTAIN. To you! why, do you [137] think me weary of it? TECHELLES. Nay, captain, thou art weary of thy life, If thou withstand the friends of Tamburlaine. THERIDAMAS. These pioners [138] of Argier in Africa, Even in [139] the cannon's face, shall raise a hill Of earth and faggots higher than thy fort, And, over thy argins [140] and cover'd ways, Shall play upon the bulwarks of thy hold Volleys of ordnance, till the breach be made That with his ruin fills up all the trench; And, when we enter in, not heaven itself Shall ransom thee, thy wife, and family.