[Footnote 267: Orcanes, king of Natolia, and the King of Jerusalem, led by soldiers] Old eds. (which have here a very imperfect stage-direction) "the two spare kings",--"spare" meaning-- not then wanted to draw the chariot of Tamburlaine.] [Footnote 268: burst] i.e. broken, bruised.] [Footnote 269: the measures] i.e. the dance (properly,--solemn, stately dances, with slow and measured steps).] [Footnote 270: of] So the 8vo.--The 4to "for."] [Footnote 271: ports] i.e. gates.] [Footnote 272: make] So the 4to.--The 8vo "wake."] [Footnote 273: the city-walls) So the 8vo.--The 4to "the walles."] [Footnote 274: him] So the 4to.--The 8vo "it."] [Footnote 275: in] Old eds. "VP in,["]--the "vp" having been repeated by mistake from the preceding line.] [Footnote 276: scar'd] So the 8vo; and, it would seem, rightly; Tamburlaine making an attempt at a bitter jest, in reply to what the Governor has just said.--The 4to "sear'd."] [Footnote 277: Vile] The 8vo "Vild"; the 4to "Wild" (Both eds., a little before, have "VILE monster, born of some infernal hag", and, a few lines after, "To VILE and ignominious servitude":-- the fact is, our early writers (or rather, transcribers), with their usual inconsistency of spelling, give now the one form, and now the other: compare the folio SHAKESPEARE, 1623, where we sometimes find "vild" and sometimes "VILE.")] [Footnote 278: Bagdet's] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Badgets."] [Footnote 279: A citadel, &c.] Something has dropt out from this line.] [Footnote 280: Well said] Equivalent to--Well done! as appears from innumerable passages of our early writers: see, for instances, my ed. of Beaumont and Fletcher's WORKS, vol. i. 328, vol. ii. 445, vol. viii. 254.] [Footnote 281: will I] So the 8vo.--The 4to "I will."] [Footnote 282: suffer'st] Old eds. "suffers": but see the two following notes.] [Footnote 283: send'st] So the 8vo.--The 4to "sends."] [Footnote 284: sit'st] So the 8vo.--The 4to "sits."] [Footnote 285: head] So the 8vo.--The 4to "blood."] [Footnote 286: fed] Old eds. "feede."] [Footnote 287: upon] So the 8vo.--Omitted in the 4to.] [Footnote 288: fleet] i.e. float.] [Footnote 289: gape] So the 8vo.--The 4to "gaspe."] [Footnote 290: in] So the 8vo.--Omitted in the 4to.] [Footnote 291: forth, ye vassals] Spoken, of course, to the two kings who draw his chariot.] [Footnote 292: whatsoe'er] So the 8vo.--The 4to "whatsoeuer."] [Footnote 293: Euphrates] See note |||, p. 36.] note |||, from p. 36. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great): "Euphrates] So our old poets invariably, I believe, accentuate this word." Note: 'Euphrates' was printed with no accented characters at all.] [Footnote 294: may we] So the 8vo.--The 4to "we may."] [Footnote 295: this] So the 8vo.--The 4to "that" (but in the next speech of the same person it has "THIS Tamburlaine").] [Footnote 296: record] i.e. call to mind.] [Footnote 297: Aid] So the 8vo.--The 4to "And."]