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 298: Renowmed] See note ||, p. 11. So the 8vo.--The 4to
"Renowned."--The prefix to this speech is wanting in the old eds.
[note ||, from p. 11. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the
Great):
"renowmed] i.e. renowned.--So the 8vo.--The 4to "renowned."
--The form "RENOWMED" (Fr. renomme) occurs repeatedly
afterwards in this play, according to the 8vo. It is
occasionally found in writers posterior to Marlowe's time.
e.g.
"Of Constantines great towne RENOUM'D in vaine."
Verses to King James, prefixed to Lord Stirling's
MONARCHICKE TRAGEDIES, ed. 1607."]
[Footnote 299: invisibly] So the 4to.--The 8vo "inuincible."]
[Footnote 300: inexcellence] So the 4to.--The 8vo "inexcellencie."]
[Footnote 301: Enter Tamburlaine, &c.] Here the old eds. have no stage-
direction; and perhaps the poet intended that Tamburlaine should
enter at the commencement of this scene. That he is drawn in his
chariot by the two captive kings, appears from his exclamation
at p. 72, first col. "Draw, you slaves!"]
[Footnote 302: cease] So the 8vo.--The 4to "case."]
[Footnote 303: hypostasis] Old eds. "Hipostates."]
[Footnote 304: artiers] See note *, p. 18.
[Note *, from p. 18. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the
Great):
"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;
"Hid in the vaines and ARTIERS of the earthe."
SHAKESPEARE SOC. PAPERS, vol. i. 19.
The word indeed was variously written of old:
"The ARTER strynge is the conduyt of the lyfe spiryte."
Hormanni VULGARIA, sig. G iii. ed. 1530.
"Riche treasures serue for th'ARTERS of the war."
Lord Stirling's DARIUS, act ii. Sig. C 2. ed. 1604.
"Onelye the extrauagant ARTIRE of my arme is brused."
EVERIE WOMAN IN HER HUMOR, 1609, sig. D 4.
"And from the veines some bloud each ARTIRE draines."
Davies's MICROCOSMOS, 1611, p. 56."]
[Footnote 305: upon] So the 4to.--The 8vo "on."]
[Footnote 306: villain cowards] Old eds. "VILLAINES, cowards" (which
is not to be defended by "VILLAINS, COWARDS, traitors to our
state", p. 67, sec. col.). Compare "But where's this COWARD
VILLAIN," &c., p. 61 sec. col.]
[Footnote 307: unto] So the 8vo.--The 4to "to."]
[Footnote 308: Whereas] i.e. Where.]
[Footnote 309: Terrene] i.e. Mediterranean.]
[Footnote 310: began] So the 8vo.--The 4to "begun."]
[Footnote 311: this] So the 8vo.--The 4to "the."]
[Footnote 312: subjects] Mr. Collier (Preface to COLERIDGE'S SEVEN
LECTURES ON SHAKESPEARE AND MILTON, p. cxviii) says that here
"subjects" is a printer's blunder for "substance": YET HE TAKES
NO NOTICE OF TAMBURLAINE'S NEXT WORDS, "But, sons, this SUBJECT
not of force enough," &c.--The old eds. are quite right in both
passages: compare, in p. 62, first col.;
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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