[Footnote 117: argins] "Argine, Ital. An embankment, a rampart.["] Ed., 1826.] [Footnote 118: great] So the 8vo.--The 4to "greatst."] [Footnote 119: the] Old eds. "their."] [Footnote 120: by nature] So the 8vo.--The 4to "by THE nature."] [Footnote 121: a] So the 4to.--The 8vo "the."] [Footnote 122: A ring of pikes, mingled with shot and horse] Qy. "foot" instead of "shot"? (but the "ring of pikes" is "foot").--The Revd. J. Mitford proposes to read, "A ring of pikes AND HORSE, MANGLED with shot."] [Footnote 123: his] So the 8vo--The 4to "this."] [Footnote 124: march'd] So the 4to.--The 8vo "martch."] [Footnote 125: drop] So the 8vo.--The 4to "dram."] [Footnote 126: lance] So the 4to.--Here the 8vo "lanch": but afterwards more than once it has "lance."] [Footnote 127: I know not, &c.] This and the next four speeches are evidently prose, as are several other portions of the play.] [Footnote 128: 'Tis] So the 4to.--The 8vo "This."] [Footnote 129: accursed] So the 4to.--The 8vo "cursed."] [Footnote 130: his] So the 4to.--The 8vo "the."] [Footnote 131: point] So the 8vo.--The 4to "port."] [Footnote 132: Soria] See note ?, p. 44. [i.e. note 13.]] [Footnote 133: Minions, falc'nets, and sakers] "All small pieces of ordnance." Ed. 1826.] [Footnote 134: hold] Old eds. "gold" and "golde."] [Footnote 135: quietly] So the 8vo.--The 4to "quickely."] [Footnote 136: friends] So the 4to.--The 8vo "friend."] [Footnote 137: you] So the 4to.--The 8vo "thou."] [Footnote 138: pioners] See note ||, p. 20. [note ||, from p. 20. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great): "pioners] The usual spelling of the word in our early writers (in Shakespeare, for instance)."] [Footnote 139: in] So the 8vo.--The 4to "to."] [Footnote 140: argins] See note ?[sic], p. 55. [note ?? p. 55, i.e. note 117.]] [Footnote 141: quietly] So the 8vo.--The 4to "quickely."] [Footnote 142: Were you, that are the friends of Tamburlaine] So the 8vo. --The 4to "Were ALL you that are friends of Tamburlaine."] [Footnote 143: of] So the 8vo.--The 4to "to."] [Footnote 144: all convoys that can] i.e. (I believe) all convoys (conveyances) that can be cut off. The modern editors alter "can" to "come."] [Footnote 145: I am] So the 8vo.--The 4to "am I."] [Footnote 146: into] So the 8vo.--The 4to "vnto."] [Footnote 147: hold] So the 4to.--The 8vo "holdS."] [Footnote 148: straineth] So the 4to.--The 8vo "staineth."] [Footnote 149: home] So the 8vo.--The 4to "haue."] [Footnote 150: wert] So the 8vo.--The 4to "art."] [Footnote 151: join'd] So the 4to.--The 8vo "inioin'd."] [Footnote 152: of] So the 8vo.--The 4to "in."] [Footnote 153: the] Added perhaps by a mistake of the transcriber or printer.] [Footnote 154: and] So the 8vo.--The 4to "the."] [Footnote 155: Renowmed] See note ||, p. 11. So the 8vo.--The 4to "Renowned." [Note ||, from p. 11. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great).