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That she shall stay; and turn her wheel no more;

As long as life maintains his mighty arm

That fights for honour to adorn your head。



     Enter PHILEMUS。



ZENOCRATE。 What other heavy news now brings Philemus?



PHILEMUS。 Madam; your father; and the Arabian king;

The first affecter of your excellence;

Come now; as Turnus 'gainst Aeneas did;

Armed with lance into the Aegyptian fields;

Ready for battle 'gainst my lord the king。



ZENOCRATE。 Now shame and duty; love and fear present

A thousand sorrows to my martyr'd soul。

Whom should I wish the fatal victory;

When my poor pleasures are divided thus;

And rack'd by duty from my cursed heart?

My father and my first…betrothed love

Must fight against my life and present love;

Wherein the change I use condemns my faith;

And makes my deeds infamous through the world:

But; as the gods; to end the Trojans' toil;

Prevented Turnus of Lavinia;

And fatally enrich'd Aeneas' love;

So; for a final issue to my griefs;

To pacify my country and my love;

Must Tamburlaine by their resistless powers;

With virtue of a gentle victory;

Conclude a league of honour to my hope;

Then; as the powers divine have pre…ordain'd;

With happy safety of my father's life

Send like defence of fair Arabia

     'They sound to the battle within; and TAMBURLAINE enjoys

     the victory:  after which; the KING OF ARABIA enters

     wounded。'



KING OF ARABIA。 What cursed power guides the murdering hands

Of this infamous tyrant's soldiers;

That no escape may save their enemies;

Nor fortune keep themselves from victory?

Lie down; Arabia; wounded to the death;

And let Zenocrate's fair eyes behold;

That; as for her thou bear'st these wretched arms;

Even so for her thou diest in these arms;

Leaving thy blood for witness of thy love。



ZENOCRATE。 Too dear a witness for such love; my lord!

Behold Zenocrate; the cursed object

Whose fortunes never mastered her griefs;

Behold her wounded in conceit for thee;

As much as thy fair body is for me!



KING OF ARABIA。 Then shall I die with full contented heart;

Having beheld divine Zenocrate;

Whose sight with joy would take away my life

As now it bringeth sweetness to my wound;

If I had not been wounded as I am。

Ah; that the deadly pangs I suffer now

Would lend an hour's licence to my tongue;

To make discourse of some sweet accidents

Have chanc'd thy merits in this worthless bondage;

And that I might be privy to the state

Of thy deserv'd contentment and thy love!

But; making now a virtue of thy sight;

To drive all sorrow from my fainting soul;

Since death denies me further cause of joy;

Depriv'd of care; my heart with comfort dies;

Since thy desired hand shall close mine eyes。

     'Dies。'



     Re…enter TAMBURLAINE; leading the SOLDAN; TECHELLES;

     THERIDAMAS; USUMCASANE; with others。



TAMBURLAINE。 Come; happy father of Zenocrate;

A title higher than thy Soldan's name。

Though my right hand have thus enthralled thee;

Thy princely daughter here shall set thee free;

She that hath calm'd the fury of my sword;

Which had ere this been bath'd in streams of blood

As vast and deep as Euphrates or Nile。



ZENOCRATE。 O sight thrice…welcome to my joyful soul;

To see the king; my father; issue safe

From dangerous battle of my conquering love!



SOLDAN。 Well met; my only dear Zenocrate;

Though with the loss of Egypt and my crown!



TAMBURLAINE。 'Twas I; my lord; that gat the victory;

And therefore grieve not at your overthrow;

Since I shall render all into your hands;

And add more strength to your dominions

Than ever yet confirm'd th' Egyptian crown。

The god of war resigns his room to me;

Meaning to make me general of the world:

Jove; viewing me in arms; looks pale and wan;

Fearing my power should pull him from his throne:

Where'er I come the Fatal Sisters sweat;

And grisly Death; by running to and fro;

To do their ceaseless homage to my sword:

And here in Afric; where it seldom rains;

Since I arriv'd with my triumphant host;

Have swelling clouds; drawn from wide…gaping wounds;

Been oft resolv'd in bloody purple showers;

A meteor that might terrify the earth;

And make it quake at every drop it drinks:

Millions of souls sit on the banks of Styx;

Waiting the back…return of Charon's boat;

Hell and Elysium swarm with ghosts of men

That I have sent from sundry foughten fields

To spread my fame through hell and up to heaven:

And see; my lord; a sight of strange import;

Emperors and kings lie breathless at my feet;

The Turk and his great empress; as it seems;

Left to themselves while we were at the fight;

Have desperately despatch'd their slavish lives:

With them Arabia; too; hath left his life:

All sights of power to grace my victory;

And such are objects fit for Tamburlaine;

Wherein; as in a mirror; may be seen

His honour; that consists in shedding blood

When men presume to manage arms with him。



SOLDAN。 Mighty hath God and Mahomet made thy hand;

Renowmed Tamburlaine; to whom all kings

Of force must yield their crowns and emperies;

And I am pleas'd with this my overthrow;

If; as beseems a person of thy state;

Thou hast with honour us'd Zenocrate。



TAMBURLAINE。 Her state and person want no pomp; you see;

And for all blot of foul inchastity;

I record heaven; her heavenly self is clear:

Then let me find no further time to grace

Her princely temples with the Persian crown;

But here these kings that on my fortunes wait;

And have been crown'd for proved worthiness

Even by this hand that shall establish them;

Shall now; adjoining all their hands with mine;

Invest her here the Queen of Persia

What saith the noble Soldan; and Zenocrate?



SOLDAN。 I yield with thanks and protestations

Of endless honour to thee for her love。



TAMBURLAINE。 Then doubt I not but fair Zenocrate

Will soon consent to satisfy us both。



ZENOCRATE。 Else should I much forget myself; my lord。



THERIDAMAS。 Then let us set the crown upon her head;

That long hath linger'd for so high a seat。



TECHELLES。 My hand is ready to perform the deed;

For now her marriage…time shall work us rest。



USUMCASANE。 And here's the crown; my lord; help set it on。



TAMBURLAINE。 Then sit thou down; divine Zenocrate;

And here we crown thee Queen of Persia;

And all the kingdoms and dominions

That late the power of Tamburlaine subdu'd。

As Juno; when the giants were suppress'd;

That darted mountains at her brother Jove;

So looks my love; shadowing in her brows

Triumphs and trophies for my victories;

Or as Latona's daughter; bent to arms;

Adding more courage to my conquering mind。

To gratify the'e'; sweet Zenocrate;

Egyptians; Moors; and men of Asia;

From Barbary unto the Western India;

Shall pay a yearly tribute to thy sire;

And from the bounds of Afric to the banks

Of Ganges shall his mighty arm extend。

And now; my lords and loving followers;

That purchas'd kingdoms by your martial deeds;

Cast off your armour; put on scarlet robes;

Mount up your royal places of estate;

Environed with troops of noblemen;

And there make laws to rule your provinces:

Hang up your weapons on Alcides' post's';

For Tamburlaine takes truce with all the world。

Thy first…betrothed love; Arabia;

Shall we with honour; as beseems; entomb

With this great Turk and his fair emperess。

Then; after all these solemn exequies;

We will our rites of marriage solemnize。

     'Exeunt。'



 To the Gentlemen…readers; &c。' From the 8vo of 1592:  in the

4tos this address is worded here and there differently。  I have

not thought it necessary to mark the varioe lectiones of the

worthy printer's composition。



 histories' i。e。 dramas so called;plays founded on history。



 fond' i。e。 foolish。Concerning the omissions here alluded

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