Topic 17 — Eastern conquest: Persians, Turks and soldans
Dominant work: 1 Tamburlaine the Great · genre mix of this topic (British Drama labels): tragedy 68%; not in BritDrama 16%; romance 13%
108chunks
53,770words
20works
8works with ≥3 chunks
22 %dominant work
55 %top-3 works
All statistics on this page are on the representative editions (one per work). Including the other editions, placed after the fit: 113 chunks · 20 works · 56,196 words — those 5 chunks are listed at the end of the page and are not part of any figure above.
Classificationcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · confirmed by the researcher Label (researcher): Eastern conquest: Persians, Turks and soldans Notes (researcher): sample review supports an eastern-conquest and military-authority core. The full peripheral Maidenhead sample concerns Sforza's siege and an ungrateful ruler, not an eastern setting. Include as a subject domain with this documented boundary case; assess dominant-work influence if used for a central finding. Reviewed excerpts (three different works): 1120_00030; 250_00019; 1019_00004. Full-chunk follow-up: 1019_00004.Original AI draft — before researcher review
draft label: Eastern conquest: Persians, Turks and soldans · pattern basis: thematic_discourse+shared_narrative 108 chunks, 20 works (8 with 3+), 1 Tamburlaine 22 %, top three 55 %. Conquest rhetoric of the East: Scythian, Persian and Turkish armies, Mahomet, soldans, Christians against Turks; Marlowe, Wars of Cyrus, Goffe's Turk plays, Alexander's Darius, Heywood's Four Prentices. A shared subject rather than one story, but three works hold over half — decide whether the concentration is acceptable. chunks read for the draft: 156_00020;250_00017;1120_00010;961_00049;751_00027;446_00004;751_00021
Marlowe, Christopher, 1590 · tragedy · 24 chunks of this work here
Then hear thy charge, valiant Theridama The chiefest Captain of Mycetes host, The hope of Persia, and the very legs Whereon our state doth lean, as on a staff, That holds us up, an…
Anonymous, 1594 · tragedy · 18 chunks of this work here
I know and grant my Lord, the prince abounds with peerless gifts and graces of the mind, wherewith the gods have filled his kingly breast, There nought but virtuous motions taketh …
Lower, William, 1639 · not in BritDrama · 17 chunks of this work here
Thou durst as well Have eaten fire, as uttered these bold words, If 'twere not for the laws that are observed Between all Nations, that Ambassadors Be well entreated, this great pr…
Marlowe, Christopher, 1590 · tragedy · 13 chunks of this work here
ay, good my Lord, let us in haste to Persia, And let this Captain be removed the walls, To some high hill about the city here. Let it be so, about it soldiers: But stay, I feel mys…
Heywood, Thomas, 1615 · romance · 8 chunks of this work here
And now my foe-turned brother, end our hate, And praise that Power Divine who guides our state. Divide we hands and hearts: what hatred rests, power out in Thunder on the pagans' c…
Goffe, Thomas, 1631 · tragedy · 5 chunks of this work here
We thank you friends: Your care hath fostered up our infant hopes Beyond the pitch of expectation. We hear that Bajazet is going now From hence to Constantinople; my men Lie closel…
Greene, Robert, 1599 · romance · 4 chunks of this work here
Nor would Belinus for King Croesus' trash, Wish Amurack to displease the Gods; In pleasuring me in such a trifling toy. Then mighty Monarch, if it be thy will, Get their consents, …
Goffe, Thomas, 1632 · tragedy · 4 chunks of this work here
Their vigour and strong hearts becomes such service, For to o'ercome them made our soldiers sweat, Much Turkish blood: the Servians kept the Fight, With stubborn hard resistance, T…
Genre mix (chunks of this topic, British Drama labels)
tragedy
73 (68 %)
not in BritDrama
17 (16 %)
romance
14 (13 %)
comedy
3 (3 %)
tragicomedy
1 (1 %)
This is the direction topic → genre, on the raw British Drama labels; the share of each genre group's text that falls in this topic is on the Genre page.
The Phoenix in Her Flames (1639) · typ. 0.86 …tful yet my Lord Where she will light, she hovers in the air Uncertain where to rest her, sometimes ready To light upon the prince his white pavilion, Sometimes upon the Persians; had we not Fought at such disadvantage as we do, The glory of the day had not so long Between us been disputed: never was An army better ordered for a battle, T…
1 Tamburlaine the Great (1590) · typ. 0.86 …etes host, The hope of Persia, and the very legs Whereon our state doth lean, as on a staff, That holds us up, and foils our neighbour foes, Thou shalt be leader of this thousand horse, Whose foaming gall with rage and high disdain, Have sworn the death of wicked Tamburlaine. Go groaning forth, but come thou smiling home, As did Sir Paris…
1 Tamburlaine the Great (1590) · typ. 0.85 …ll Bithynia, Let thousands die, their slaughtered Carcases Shall serve for walls and bulwarks to the rest: And as the heads of Hydra, so my power Subdued, shall stand as mighty as before: If they should yield their necks unto the sword, Thy soldiers arms could not endure to strike So many blows as I have heads for thee. Thou knowest not (…
1 Tamburlaine the Great (1590) · typ. 0.85 …persian seems to be, If outward habit judge the inward man, His deep affections make him passionate. With what a majesty he rears his looks: In thee (thou valiant man of Persia) I see the folly of thy Emperor: Art thou but Captain of a thousand horse, That vy Characters graven in thy brows, And by thy martial face and stout aspect, deserv…
The Phoenix in Her Flames (1639) · typ. 0.85 …l me What King begat you? Not to satisfy Thy proud demand, but make thee know thyself And the base wrong thou dost me, do I answer Unto thy question: understand I am The mighty soldan's daughter and his heir Sent by my Father to be married to The Prince of Persia, when thy barbarous troop And lawless self enforced a Rape upon me, For whic…
Croesus (1604) · typ. 0.85 …ow Croesus at th'advantage lay, Still seeking means t'abate the Persians pride, And his confederates had assigned a day When they should for th'intended war provide. But Cyrus having heard how that they should Against his state so great an army bring, Straight raising all the forces that he could, Prevents, invades, o'ercomes and takes ou…
Cambises, King of Persia (1570) · typ. 0.85 And what? shall I to ground let fall my father's golden praise? Not, not, I mean for to attempt, this fame more large to raise, In that that I his son succeed his kingly seat as due: Extend your council unto me in that I ask of you. I am the king of Persia, a large and fertile soil: The Egyptians against us repunge, as varlets slav…
The Wars of Cyrus, King of Persia (1594) · typ. 0.85 … that Cyrus still may live, happy in peace, and in arms victorious. To pacify the angry Panthea's mood, I will persuade her of Araspas flight. That he is revolted to the Assyrian king. Ready the humble handmaid of my Lord. To calm the heat of your offended mind, Thus have I lost as brave a warrior, As ever trod upon the Persian fields. Wh…
1 Tamburlaine the Great (1590) · typ. 0.84 …t 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 …
1 Tamburlaine the Great (1590) · typ. 0.84 …. Then rear your standards, let your sounding Drums Direct our Soldiers to Damascus walls. Now Tamburlaine, the mighty Soldan comes, And leads with him the great Arabian King. To dim thy baseness and obscurity. Famous for nothing but for theft and spoil, To race and scatter thy inglorious crew, Of Scythians and slavish Persians.
1 Tamburlaine the Great (1590) · typ. 0.84 …ld a Parliament: And all pronounced me king of Persia. GReat Kings of Barbary, and my portly Bassoes, We hear, the Tartars & the Eastern thieves Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine, Presume a bickering with your Emperor: And thinks to rouse us from our dreadful siege Of the famous Grecian Constantinople. You know our Army is invincible: …
2 Tamburlaine the Great (1590) · typ. 0.84 ay, good my Lord, let us in haste to Persia, And let this Captain be removed the walls, To some high hill about the city here. Let it be so, about it soldiers: But stay, I feel myself distempered suddenly. What is it dares distemper Tamburlaine? Something techelles but I know not what, But forth ye vassals, whatsoe'er …
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