爱爱小说网 > 其他电子书 > tamburlaine the great, pt 1 >

第12章

tamburlaine the great, pt 1-第12章

小说: tamburlaine the great, pt 1 字数: 每页3500字

按键盘上方向键 ← 或 → 可快速上下翻页,按键盘上的 Enter 键可回到本书目录页,按键盘上方向键 ↑ 可回到本页顶部!
————未阅读完?加入书签已便下次继续阅读!




     the wise than any way else to be regarded; though haply they

     have been of some vain…conceited fondlings greatly gaped at;

     what time they were shewed upon the stage in their graced

     deformities:  nevertheless now to be mixtured in print with

     such matter of worth; it would prove a great disgrace to so

     honourable and stately a history。〃  By the words; 〃fond

     and frivolous gestures;〃 we are to understand those of the

     〃clown;〃 who very frequently figured; with more or less

     prominence; even in the most serious dramas of the time。

     The introduction of such buffooneries into tragedy is

     censured by Hall towards the conclusion of a passage which;

     as it mentions 〃the Turkish Tamberlaine;〃 would seem to be

     partly levelled at Marlowe:



       〃One higher…pitch'd doth set his soaring thought

        On crowned kings that Fortune hath low brought;

        Or some vpreared high…aspiring swaine;

        As it might be THE TURKISH TAMBERLAINE。

        Then weeneth he his base drink…drowned spright

        Rapt to the three…fold loft of heauen hight;

        When he conceiues vpon his fained stage

        The stalking steps of his greate personage;

        Graced with huf…cap termes and thundring threats;

        That his poore hearers' hayre quite vpright sets。



                * * * * * * * * *



        NOW; LEAST SUCH FRIGHTFULL SHOWES OF FORTUNE'S FALL

        AND BLOUDY TYRANTS' RAGE SHOULD CHANCE APALL

        THE DEAD…STROKE AUDIENCE; MIDST THE SILENT ROUT

        COMES LEAPING IN A SELFE…MISFORMED LOUT;

        AND LAUGHES; AND GRINS; AND FRAMES HIS MIMIK FACE;

        AND IUSTLES STRAIGHT INTO THE PRINCE'S PLACE:

        THEN DOTH THE THEATRE ECCHO ALL ALOUD

        WITH GLADSOME NOYSE OF THAT APPLAUDING CROWD:

        A GOODLY HOCH…POCH; WHEN VILE RUSSETTINGS

        ARE MATCH''D' WITH MONARCHS AND WITH MIGHTIE KINGS!〃



     But Hall's taste was more refined and classical than that

     of his age; and the success of TAMBURLAINE; in which the

     celebrated Alleyn represented the hero; was adequate to

     the most sanguine expectations which its author could have

     formed。



      〃A ballad entituled the storye of Tamburlayne the

         greate;〃 &c。 (founded; I suppose; on Marlowe's play)

         was entered in the Stationers' Books; 5th Nov。 1594。



      P。 4 of the present volume。



      In Italy; at the commencement of the 18th century

         (and probably much later); it was not unusual to

         introduce 〃the Doctor;〃 〃Harlequin;〃 〃Pantalone;〃 and

         〃Coviello;〃 into deep tragedies。  〃I have seen;〃 says

         Addison; 〃a translation of THE CID acted at Bolonia;

         which would never have taken; had they not found a

         place in it for these buffoons。〃 REMARKS ON SEVERAL

         PARTS OF ITALY; &C。 IN THE YEARS 1701; 1702; 1703;

         p。 68; ed。 1745。



      Perhaps I ought to add; that Marlowe was dead when

         (in 1597) the satire; from which these lines are quoted;

         was first given to the press。



      Hall's VIRGID。 Lib。 I。 Sat。 iii。; ed。 1602。



      See Heywood's Prol。 to our author's JEW OF MALTA;

         p。 142 of the present volume。      〃》



 censures' i。e。 judgments; opinions。



 Afric' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃Affrica。〃



 their' Old eds。 〃his。〃



 through' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃thorough。〃



 incivil' i。e。 barbarous。So the 8vo。The 4to 〃vnciuill。〃



 incontinent' i。e。 forthwith; immediately。



 chiefest' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃chiefe。〃



 rout' i。e。 crew。



 press' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃prease。〃



 you' So the 8vo。0mitted in the 4to。



 all' So the 4to。0mitted in the 8vo。



 mated' i。e。 confounded。



 pass not' i。e。 care not。



 regiment'  i。e。 rule; government。



 resolve' i。e。 dissolve。So the 8vo。The 4to 〃dissolue。〃



 ships' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃shippe。〃



 Pass' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃Hast。〃



 you' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃they。〃



 Ceneus' Here both the old eds。 〃Conerus。〃



 states' i。e。 noblemen; persons of rank。



 their' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃the。〃



 and Persia' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃and OF Persia。〃



 ever…raging' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃RIUER raging。〃



 ALL' So the 4to。Omitted in the 8vo。



 And Jove may; &c。' i。e。 And may Jove; &c。  This collocation

of words is sometimes found in later writers:  so in the Prologue

to Fletcher's WOMAN'S PRIZE;〃WHICH this may PROVE!〃



 knew' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃knowe。〃



 lords' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃Lord。〃



 injury' This verb frequently occurs in our early writers。

〃Then haue you INIURIED manie。〃  Lyly's ALEXANDER AND CAMPASPE;

sig。 D 4; ed。 1591。  It would seem to have fallen into disuse

soon after the commencement of the 17th century:  in Heywood's

WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS; 1607; we find;



   〃You INJURY that good man; and wrong me too。〃

        Sig。 F 2。



but in ed。 1617 〃injury〃 is altered to 〃iniure。〃



 ALL' So the 4to。0mitted in the 8vo。



 Who; travelling; &c。' The halting metre shews that there

is some corruption in this and the next line。



 thorough' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃through。〃



 unvalued' i。e。 not to be valued; or estimated。



 conceit' i。e。 fancy; imagination。



 Rhodope' Old eds。 〃Rhodolfe。〃



 valurous' i。e。 valuable。



 pools' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃Poles。〃



 resolv'd' i。e。 dissolved。So the 8vo。The 4to 〃desolu'd。〃



 Shall we all offer' The 8vo 〃Shall we offer〃 (the word

〃all〃 having dropt out)。The 4to 〃WE ALL SHALL offer。

返回目录 上一页 下一页 回到顶部 0 0

你可能喜欢的