Marlowe, Christopher · published 1590 · first performed or written 1588 [1587-1588] (Annals) tragedy · Admiral's (Nottingham's) Men T17 Eastern conquest: Persians, Turks and so typicality 0.71 · 458 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T17: tamburlaine, persian, cyrus, king, mahomet, arms, mighty, assyrian, thousand, army.
Viceroy of Byron, wisely hast thou said: My realm, the Centre of our Empery Once lost, All Turkey would be overthrown: And for that cause the Christians shall have peace. Slavonians, Almains, Rutters, Muffs, and Danes Fear not Orcanes, but great Tamburlaine. Nor he but Fortune that hath made him great. We have revolted Grecians, Albanese, Sicilians, Jews, Arabians, Turks, and Moors, Natolians, Sorians, black Egyptians, Illyrians, Thracians, and Bythimans, Enough to swallow forceless Sigismond Yet scarce enough t'encounter Tamburlaine, He brings a world of people to the field, From Scythia to the Orientall Plague Of India, where raging Lantchidol Beats on the regions with his boisterous blows, That never seaman yet discovered: All Asia is in Arms with tamburlaine, Even from the midst of fiery Cancers Tropick, To Amazonia under Capricorn. And thence as far as Archipellago. All Afrique is in Arms with tamburlaine. Therefore Viceroys the Christians must have peace. ORcanes (as our Legates promised thee) we with our Peers have crossed Danubius, to treat of friendly peace or deadly war: Take which thou wilt, for as the Romans used stream I here present thee with a naked sword, Wilt thou have war, then shake this blade at me, If peace, restore it to my hands again: And I will sheathe it to confirm the same. Stay Sigismond, forgettest thou I am he That with the Cannon shook Vienna walls. And made it dance upon the Continent: As when the massy substance of the earth, Quiver about the axle-tree of heaven. Forgettest thou that I sent a shower of darts Mingled with powdered shot and feathered steel So thick upon the blink-eyed burgher's heads, That thou thyself, than county-palatine, The king of Boheme, and the Austrich Duke, Sent heralds out, which basely on their knees In all your names desired a truce of me? Forgettest thou, that to have me raise my siege, Wagons of gold were set before my tent: Stamped with the princely Foul that in her wings carries the fearful thunderbolts of Ioue, How canst thou think of this and offer war? Vienna was besieged, and I was there, Then county-palatine, but now a king: And what we did, was in extremity: But now Orcanes, view my royal host, That hides these plains, and seems as vast and wide, As doth the Desert of Arabia. To those that stand on Bagdad's lofty Tower, Or as the Ocean to the Traveller That rests upon the snowy Apennines: And tell me whether I should stoop so low, Or treat of peace with the Natolian king? Kings of Natolia and of Hungarie, We came from Turkey to confirm a league, And not to dare each other to the field: A friendly parley might become ye both.
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Viceroy of Byron, wisely hast thou said: My realme, the Center of our Empery Once lost, All Turkie would be ouerthrowne: And for that cause the Christians shall haue peace. Slauonians, Almains, Rutters, Muffes, and Danes Feare not Orcanes, but great Tamburlaine. Nor he but Fortune that hath made him great. We haue reuolted Grecians, Albanees, Cicilians, Iewes, Arabians, Turks, and Moors, Natolians, Sorians, blacke Egyptians, Illicians, Thracians, and Bythimans, Enough to swallow forcelesse Sigismond Yet scarse enough t'encounter Tamburlaine, He brings a world of people to the field, From Scythia to the Orientall Plage Of India, wher raging Lantchidol Beates on the regions with his boysterous blowes, That neuer sea-man yet discouered: All Asia is in Armes with tamburlaine, Euen from the midst of fiery Cancers Tropick, To Amazonia vnder Capricorne. And thence as far as Archipellago. All Affrike is in Armes with tamburlaine. Therefore Viceroies the Christians must haue peace. ORcanes (as our Legates promist thee) Wee with our Peeres haue crost Danubius, to treat of friēdly peace or deadly war: Take which thou wilt, for as the Romans vsde stream I here present thee with a naked sword, Wilt thou haue war, then shake this blade at me, If peace, restore it to my hands againe: And I wil sheath it to confirme the same. Stay Sigismond, forgetst thou I am he That with the Cannon shooke Vienna walles. And made it dance vpon the Continent: As when the massy substance of the earth, Quiuer about the Axeltree of heauen. Forgetst thou that I sent a shower of dartes Mingled with powdered shot and fethered steele So thick vpon the blink-ei'd Burghers heads, That thou thy self, then County-Pallatine, The king of Boheme, and the Austrich Duke, Sent Herralds out, which basely on their knees In all your names desirde a truce of me? Forgetst thou, that to haue me raise my siege, Wagons of gold were set before my tent: Stampt with the princely Foule that in her wings Caries the fearfull thunderbolts of Ioue, How canst thou think of this and offer war? Vienna was besieg'd, and I was there, Then County-Pallatine, but now a king: And what we did, was in extremity: But now Orcanes, view my royall hoste, That hides these plaines, and seems as vast and wide, As dooth the Desart of Arabia. To those that stand on Badgeths lofty Tower, Or as the Ocean to the Traueiler That restes vpon the snowy Appenines: And tell me whether I should stoope so low, Or treat of peace with the Natolian king? Kings of Natolia and of Hungarie, We came from Turky to confirme a league, And not to dare eeh other to the field: A friendly parle might become ye both.