Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2Marlowe, Christopher
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Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2
Marlowe, Christopher
English drama; Historical drama; Timur, 1336-1405 -- Drama; Tragedies (Drama)
[Footnote 212: behold] Qy "beheld"?]
[Footnote 213: a] So the 4to.--The 8vo "the."]
[Footnote 214: Have] Old eds. "Hath."]
[Footnote 215: to] So the 8vo.--The 4to "and."]
[Footnote 216: in] So the 8vo.--The 4to "to."]
[Footnote 217: now, my lord; and, will you] So the 8vo.--The 4to
"GOOD my Lord, IF YOU WILL."]
[Footnote 218: mouths] So the 4to.--The 8vo "mother."]
[Footnote 219: rebated] i.e. blunted.]
[Footnote 220: thereof] So the 8vo.--The 4to "heereof."]
[Footnote 221: and will] So the 4to.--The 8vo "and I wil."]
[Footnote 222: She anoints her throat] This incident, as Mr. Collier
observes (HIST. OF ENG. DRAM. POET., iii. 119) is borrowed
from Ariosto's ORLANDO FURIOSO, B. xxix, "where Isabella,
to save herself from the lawless passion of Rodomont, anoints
her neck with a decoction of herbs, which she pretends will
render it invulnerable: she then presents her throat to the
Pagan, who, believing her assertion, aims a blow and strikes
off her head."]
[Footnote 223: my] Altered by the modern editors to "thy,"--unnecessarily.]
[Footnote 224: Elysium] Old eds. "Elisian" and "Elizian."]
[Footnote 225: do borrow] So the 4to.--The 8vo "borow doo."]
[Footnote 226: my] So the 4to (Theridamas is King of Argier).--The 8vo
"thy."]
[Footnote 227: Soria] See note ?, p. 44. [i.e. note 13.]]
[Footnote 228: his] So the 4to.--The 8vo "their."]
[Footnote 229: led by five] So the 4to.--The 8vo "led by WITH fiue."]
[Footnote 230: Holla, ye pamper'd jades of Asia, &c.] The ridicule
showered on this passage by a long series of poets, will
be found noticed in the ACCOUNT OF MARLOWE AND HIS WRITINGS.
The "Account of Marlowe and His Writings," is the
introduction to this book of "The Works of Christopher
Marlowe." That is, the book from which this play has been
transcribed. The following is a footnote from page xvii
of that introduction.
"Tamb. Holla, ye pamper'd jades of Asia!" &c.
p. 64, sec. col.
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