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And might; if my extremes had full events;

Make me the ghastly counterfeit of death。



AGYDAS。 Eternal heaven sooner be dissolv'd;

And all that pierceth Phoebus' silver eye;

Before such hap fall to Zenocrate!



ZENOCRATE。 Ah; life and soul; still hover in his breast;

And leave my body senseless as the earth;

Or else unite you to his life and soul;

That I may live and die with Tamburlaine!



     Enter; behind; TAMBURLAINE; with TECHELLES; and others。



AGYDAS。 With Tamburlaine!  Ah; fair Zenocrate;

Let not a man so vile and barbarous;

That holds you from your father in despite;

And keeps you from the honours of a queen;

(Being suppos'd his worthless concubine;)

Be honour'd with your love but for necessity!

So; now the mighty Soldan hears of you;

Your highness needs not doubt but in short time

He will; with Tamburlaine's destruction;

Redeem you from this deadly servitude。



ZENOCRATE。 Leave to wound me with these words;

And speak of Tamburlaine as he deserves:

The entertainment we have had of him

Is far from villany or servitude;

And might in noble minds be counted princely。



AGYDAS。 How can you fancy one that looks so fierce;

Only dispos'd to martial stratagems?

Who; when he shall embrace you in his arms;

Will tell how many thousand men he slew;

And; when you look for amorous discourse;

Will rattle forth his facts of war and blood;

Too harsh a subject for your dainty ears。



ZENOCRATE。 As looks the sun through Nilus' flowing stream;

Or when the Morning holds him in her arms;

So looks my lordly love; fair Tamburlaine;

His talk much sweeter than the Muses' song

They sung for honour 'gainst Pierides;

Or when Minerva did with Neptune strive:

And higher would I rear my estimate

Than Juno; sister to the highest god;

If I were match'd with mighty Tamburlaine。



AGYDAS。 Yet be not so inconstant in your love;

But let the young Arabian live in hope;

After your rescue to enjoy his choice。

You see; though first the king of Persia;

Being a shepherd; seem'd to love you much;

Now; in his majesty; he leaves those looks;

Those words of favour; and those comfortings;

And gives no more than common courtesies。



ZENOCRATE。 Thence rise the tears that so distain my cheeks;

Fearing his love through my unworthiness。



     'TAMBURLAINE goes to her; and takes her away lovingly by

     the hand; looking wrathfully on AGYDAS; and says nothing。

     Exeunt all except AGYDAS。'



AGYDAS。 Betray'd by fortune and suspicious love;

Threaten'd with frowning wrath and jealousy;

Surpris'd with fear of hideous revenge;

I stand aghast; but most astonied

To see his choler shut in secret thoughts;

And wrapt in silence of his angry soul:

Upon his brows was pourtray'd ugly death;

And in his eyes the fury of his heart;

That shone as comets; menacing revenge;

And cast a pale complexion on his cheeks。

As when the seaman sees the Hyades

Gather an army of Cimmerian clouds;

(Auster and Aquilon with winged steeds;

All sweating; tilt about the watery heavens;

With shivering spears enforcing thunder…claps;

And from their shields strike flames of lightning;)

All…fearful folds his sails; and sounds the main;

Lifting his prayers to the heavens for aid

Against the terror of the winds and waves;

So fares Agydas for the late…felt frowns;

That send a tempest to my daunted thoughts;

And make my soul divine her overthrow。



     Re…enter TECHELLES with a naked dagger; and USUMCASANE。



TECHELLES。 See you; Agydas; how the king salutes you!

He bids you prophesy what it imports。



AGYDAS。 I prophesied before; and now I prove

The killing frowns of jealousy and love。

He needed not with words confirm my fear;

For words are vain where working tools present

The naked action of my threaten'd end:

It says; Agydas; thou shalt surely die;

And of extremities elect the least;

More honour and less pain it may procure;

To die by this resolved hand of thine

Than stay the torments he and heaven have sworn。

Then haste; Agydas; and prevent the plagues

Which thy prolonged fates may draw on thee:

Go wander free from fear of tyrant's rage;

Removed from the torments and the hell

Wherewith he may excruciate thy soul;

And let Agydas by Agydas die;

And with this stab slumber eternally。

     'Stabs himself。'



TECHELLES。 Usumcasane; see; how right the man

Hath hit the meaning of my lord the king!



USUMCASANE。 Faith; and; Techelles; it was manly done;

And; since he was so wise and honourable;

Let us afford him now the bearing hence;

And crave his triple…worthy burial。



TECHELLES。 Agreed; Casane; we will honour him。

     'Exeunt; bearing out the body。'







     SCENE III。



     Enter TAMBURLAINE; TECHELLES; USUMCASANE; THERIDAMAS;

     a BASSO; ZENOCRATE; ANIPPE; with others。



TAMBURLAINE。 Basso; by this thy lord and master knows

I mean to meet him in Bithynia:

See; how he comes! tush; Turks are full of brags;

And menace more than they can well perform。

He meet me in the field; and fetch thee hence!

Alas; poor Turk! his fortune is too weak

T' encounter with the strength of Tamburlaine:

View well my camp; and speak indifferently;

Do not my captains and my soldiers look

As if they meant to conquer Africa?



BASSO。 Your men are valiant; but their number few;

And cannot terrify his mighty host:

My lord; the great commander of the world;

Besides fifteen contributory kings;

Hath now in arms ten thousand janizaries;

Mounted on lusty Mauritanian steeds;

Brought to the war by men of Tripoly;

Two hundred thousand footmen that have serv'd

In two set battles fought in Graecia;

And for the expedition of this war;

If he think good; can from his garrisons

Withdraw as many more to follow him。



TECHELLES。 The more he brings; the greater is the spoil;

For; when they perish by our warlike hands;

We mean to set our footmen on their steeds;

And rifle all those stately janizars。



TAMBURLAINE。 But will those kings accompany your lord?



BASSO。 Such as his highness please; but some must stay

To rule the provinces he late subdu'd。



TAMBURLAINE。 'To his OFFICERS'

Then fight courageously:  their crowns are yours;

This hand shall set them on your conquering heads;

That made me emperor of Asia。



USUMCASANE。 Let him bring millions infinite of men;

Unpeopling Western Africa and Greece;

Yet we assure us of the victory。



THERIDAMAS。 Even he; that in a trice vanquish'd two kings

More mighty than the Turkish emperor;

Shall rouse him out of Europe; and pursue

His scatter'd army till they yield or die。



TAMBURLAINE。 Well said; Theridamas! speak in that mood;

For WILL and SHALL best fitteth Tamburlaine;

Whose smiling stars give him assured hope

Of martial triumph ere he meet his foes。

I that am term'd the scourge and wrath of God;

The only fear and terror of the world;

Will first subdue the Turk; and then enlarge

Those Christian captives which you keep as slaves;

Burdening their bodies with your heavy chains;

And feeding them with thin and slender fare;

That naked row about the Terrene sea;

And; when they chance to rest or breathe a space;

Are punish'd with bastones so grievously

That they lie panting on the galleys' side;

And strive for life at every stroke they give。

These are the cruel pirates of Argier;

That damned train; the scum of Africa;

Inhabited with straggling runagates;

That make quick havoc of the Christian blood:

But; as I live; that town shall curse the time

That Tamburlaine set foot in Africa。



     Enter BAJAZETH; BASSOES; the KINGS OF FEZ; MOROCCO;

     and ARGIER; ZABINA and EBEA。



BAJAZETH。 Bassoes and janizaries of my guard;

Attend upon the person of your lord;

The greatest potentate of Africa。



TAMBURLAINE。 Techelles and the rest; prepare your swords;

I mean t' encounter with that Bajazeth。



BAJAZETH。 Kings of Fez; Morocco; and Argier;

He calls me Bajazeth; whom you call lord!

Note the presumption of this Scythian slave!

I tell thee; villain; those that lead my horse

Have to their names titles of dignity;

And dar'st thou bluntly call me Bajazeth?



TAMBURLAINE。 And know; thou Turk; that those which lead my horse

Shall lead thee captive thorough Africa;

And dar'st thou bluntly call me Tamburlaine?



BAJAZETH。 By Mahomet my kinsman's sepulchre;

And by the holy Alcoran I swear;

He shall be made a chaste and lustless eunuch;

And in my sarell tend my concubines;

And all his captains; that thus stoutly stand;

Shall draw the chariot of my emperess;

Whom I have brought to see their overthrow!



TAMBURLAINE。 By this my sword that conquer'd Persia;

Thy fall shall make me famous through the world!

I will not tell thee how I'll handle thee;

But every common soldier of my camp

Shall smile to see thy miserable state。



KING OF FEZ。 What means the mighty Turkish emperor;

To talk with one so base as Tamburlaine?



KING OF MOROCCO。 Ye Moors and valiant men of Barbary。

How can ye suffer these indignities?



KING OF ARGIER。 Leave words; and let them feel your lances'

points;

Which glided through the bowels of the Greeks。



BAJAZETH。 Well said; my stout contributory kings!

Your threefold army and my hugy host

Shall swallow up these base…born Persians。



TECHELLES。 Puissant; renowm'd; and mighty Tamburlaine;

Why stay we thus prolonging of their lives?



THERIDAMAS。 I long to see those crowns won by our swords;

That we may rule as kings of Africa。



USUMCASANE。 What coward would not fight for such a prize?



TAMBURLAINE。 Fight all courageously; and be you kings:

I speak it; and my words are oracles。



BAJAZETH。 Zabina; mother of three braver boys

Than Hercules; that in his infancy

Did pash the jaws of serpents venomous;

Whose hands are made to gripe a warlike lance;

Their shoulders broad for complete armour fit;

Their limbs more large and of a bigger size

Than all the brats y…sprung from Typhon's loins;

Who; when they come unto their father's age;

Will batter turrets with their manly fists;

Sit here upon this royal chair of state;

And on thy head wear my imperial crown;

Until I bring this sturdy Tamburlaine

And all his captains bound in captive chains。



ZABINA。 Such good success happen to Bajazeth!



TAMBURLAINE。 Zenocrate; the loveliest maid alive;

Fairer than rocks of pearl and precious stone;

The only paragon of Tamburlaine;

Whose eyes are brighter than the lamps of heaven;

And speech more pleasant than sweet harmony;

That with thy looks canst clear the darken'd sky;

And calm the rage of thundering Jupiter;

Sit down by her; adorned with my crown;

As if thou wert the empress of the world。

Stir not; Zeno

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