Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1 by Christopher Marlowe (free ebook reader for iphone TXT) 📕
THE FIRST PART OF TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT.
THE PROLOGUE.
From jigging veins of rhyming mother-wits, And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay, We'll lead you to the stately tent of war, Where you shall hear the Scythian Tamburlaine Threatening the world with high astounding terms, And scourging kingdoms with his conquering sword. View but his picture in this tragic glass,
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<304> should] So the 8vo.—The 4to “shall.”
<305> sweat] So the 8vo.—The 4to “sweare.”
<306> wide-gaping] Old eds. “wide GASPING.”
<307> resolv’d] i.e. dissolved.
<308> Millions] So the 8vo.—The 4to “Million.”
<309> Elysium] Old eds. “Elisian.”
<310> Renowmed] See note ||, p. 11.<i.e. note 52.> So the 8vo. —The 4to “Renowned.”
<311> record] i.e. take to witness.
<312> no further time] i.e. no more distant time.
<313> the] So the 8vo.—The 4to “my.”
<314> I not] So the 8vo.—The 4to “not I.”
<315> Else] So the 4to.—The 8vo “Then.”
<316> on] So the 4to.—Omitted in the 8vo.
<317> as beseems] So the 4to.—The 8vo “as BEST beseemes.”
<318> We will our rites, &c.] Old eds. “We will our CELEBRATED rites,” &c.—“The word ‘CELEBRATED’ occurs in both the old editions, but may well be dispensed with as regards both the sense and measure.” Ed. 1826. “I think this word got into the text from either the author or printer, who was perhaps the editor, doubting whether to use ‘SOLEMNIZE’ or ‘CELEBRATE;’ and it slipt from the margin, where it was probably placed, into the verse itself.” J. M. in GENT. MAG. for Jan. 1841.
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