Marlowe, Christopher · published 1590 · first performed or written 1587 [1587-1588] (Annals) tragedy · Admiral's (Nottingham's) Men T17 Eastern conquest: Persians, Turks and so typicality 0.84 · 525 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T17: tamburlaine, persian, cyrus, king, mahomet, arms, mighty, assyrian, thousand, army.
My lord, to see my father's town besieged, The country wasted where myself was borne, How can it but afflict my very soul? If any love remain in you my Lord, Or if my love unto your majesty May merit favour at your highness hands, Then raise your siege from fair Damascus walls, And with my father take a friendly truce. Zenocrate, were Egypt Ioues own land, Yet would I with my sword make Ioue to stoop, I will confute those blind Geographers That make a triple region in the world, Excluding Regions which I mean to trace And with this pen reduce them to a Map. Calling the Provinces, Cities and towns After my name and thine zenocrate: Here at Damascus will I make the Point That shall begin the Perpendicular. And wouldst thou have me buy thy Father's love With such a loss? Tell me zenocrate? Honour still weight on happy tamburlaine: Yet give me leave to plead for him my Lord. Content thyself, his person shall be safe. And all the friends of fair Zenocrate, If with their lives they will be pleased to yield, Or may be forced to make me Emperor. For Egypt and Arabia must be mine. Feed you slave, thou mayst think thyself happy to be fed from my trencher. My empty stomach full of idle heat, Draws bloody humours from my feeble parts, Preserving life, by hasting cruel death. My veins are pale, my sinews hard and dry, My joints benumbed, unless I eat, I die. Eat Bajazeth, Let us live in spite of them, Looking some happy power will pity and enlarge us. Here Turk, wilt thou have a clean trencher? I Tyrant, and more meat. Soft sir, you must be dieted, too much eating will make you surfeit. So it would my lord, specially having so small a walk, and so little exercise. Theridamas, techelles and Casane, here are the cates you desire to finger, are they not? I (my Lord) but none save kings must feed with these. 'tis enough for us to see them, and for tamburlaine only to enjoy them. Well, Here is now to the Soldan of Egypt the King of Arabia, and the Governor of Damascus. Now take these three crowns, and pledge me, my contributory Kings. I crown you here (Theridamas) King of Argier: Techelles King of Fez, and Usumeasane King of Moroccus. How say you to this (Turk) these are not your contributory kings. Nor shall they long be thine, I warrant them. Kings of Argier, Moroccus, and of Fez. You that have marched with happy Tamburlaine, As far as from the frozen place of heaven. Unto the watery morning's ruddy hour. And thence by land unto the Torrid Zone, Deserve these titles I endow you with. By value and by magnanimity. Your births shall be no blemish to your fame. For virtue is the fount whence honour springs. And they are worthy she investeth kings. And since your highness hath so well vouchsafed, If we deserve them not with higher meeds Than erst our states and actions have retained, Take them away again and make us slaves.
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My lord, to see my fathers towne besieg'd, The countrie wasted where my selfe was borne, How can it but afflict my verie soule? If any loue remaine in you my Lord, Or if my loue vnto your maiesty May merit fauour at your highnesse handes, Then raise your siege from faire Damascus walles, And with my father take a frindly truce. Zenocrate, were Egypt Ioues owne land, Yet would I with my sword make Ioue to stope, I will confute those blind Geographers That make a triple region in the world, Excluding Regions which I meane to trace And with this pen reduce them to a Map. Calling the Prouinces, Citties and townes After my name and thine zenocrate: Here at Damascus will I make the Point That shall begin the Perpendicular. And wouldst thou haue me buy thy Fathers loue With such a losse? Tell me zenocrate? Honor still waight on happy tamburlaine: Yet giue me leaue to plead for him my Lord. Content thy selfe, his person shall be safe. And all the friendes of faire Zenocrate, If with their liues they will be pleasde to yeeld, Or may be forc'd to make me Emperour. For Egypt and Arabia must be mine. Feed you slaue, thou maist thinke thy selfe happie to be fed from my trencher. My empty stomacke ful of idle heat, Drawes bloody humours from my feeble partes, Preseruing life, by hasting cruell death. My vaines are pale, my sinowes hard and drie, My iointes benumb'd, vnlesse I eat, I die. Eat Baiazeth, Let vs liue in spite of them, Looking some happie power will pitie and inlarge vs. Here Turk, wilt thou haue a cleane trencher? I Tyrant, and more meat. Soft sir, you must be dieted, too much eating will make you surfeit. So it would my lord, specially hauing so smal a walke, and so litle exercise. Theridamas, techelles and Casane, here are the cates you desire to finger, are they not? I (my Lord) but none saue kinges must feede with these. Tis enough for vs to see them, and for tamburlaine onely to enioy them. Wel, Here is now to the Souldane of Egypt the King of Arabia, and the Gouernour of Damascus. Now take these three crownes, and pledge me, my contributorie Kings. I crowne you here (Theridamas) King of Argier: Techelles King of Fesse, and Vsumeasane King of Morocus. How say you to this (Turke) these are not your contributorie kings. Nor shall they long be thine, I warrant them. Kings of Argier, Morocus, and of Fesse. You that haue martcht with happy Tamburlaine, As far as from the frozen place of heauen. Vnto the watry mornings ruddy hower. And thence by land vnto the Torrid Zone, Deserue these tytles I endow you with. By value and by magnanimity. Your byrthes shall be no blemish to your fame. For vertue is the fount whence honor springs. And they are worthy she inuesteth kings. And since your highnesse hath so well vouchsaft, If we deserue them not with higher meeds Then erst our states and actions haue retain'd, Take them away againe and make vs slaues.