Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2

"renowmed] i.e. renowned.—So the 8vo.—The 4to "renowned."

—The form "RENOWMED" (Fr. renomme) occurs repeatedly afterwards in this play, according to the 8vo.  It is occasionally found in writers posterior to Marlowe's time.

e.g.

"Of Constantines great towne RENOUM'D in vaine."

Verses to King James, prefixed to Lord Stirling's MONARCHICKE TRAGEDIES, ed. 1607."]

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[ invisibly] So the 4to.—The 8vo "inuincible."]

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[ inexcellence] So the 4to.—The 8vo "inexcellencie."]

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[ Enter Tamburlaine, &c.] Here the old eds. have no stage- direction; and perhaps the poet intended that Tamburlaine should enter at the commencement of this scene. That he is drawn in his chariot by the two captive kings, appears from his exclamation at p. 72, first col. "Draw, you slaves!"]

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[ cease] So the 8vo.—The 4to "case."]

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[ hypostasis] Old eds. "Hipostates."]

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[ artiers] See note *, p. 18.

[Note *, from p. 18.  (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great):

"Artier] i.e. artery.  This form occurs again in the SEC.

PART of the present play:  so too in a copy of verses by Day;

"Hid in the vaines and ARTIERS of the earthe." SHAKESPEARE SOC. PAPERS, vol. i. 19.

The word indeed was variously written of old:

"The ARTER strynge is the conduyt of the lyfe spiryte." Hormanni VULGARIA, sig. G iii. ed. 1530. "Riche treasures serue for th'ARTERS of the war." Lord Stirling's DARIUS, act ii. Sig. C 2. ed. 1604. "Onelye the extrauagant ARTIRE of my arme is brused." EVERIE WOMAN IN HER HUMOR, 1609, sig. D 4. "And from the veines some bloud each ARTIRE draines." Davies's MICROCOSMOS, 1611, p. 56."]

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[ upon] So the 4to.—The 8vo "on."]

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[ villain cowards] Old eds. "VILLAINES, cowards" (which is not to be defended by "VILLAINS, COWARDS, traitors to our state", p. 67, sec. col.). Compare "But where's this COWARD VILLAIN," &c., p. 61 sec. col.]

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[ unto] So the 8vo.—The 4to "to."]

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[ Whereas] i.e. Where.]

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[ Terrene] i.e. Mediterranean.]

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[ began] So the 8vo.—The 4to "begun."]

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[ this] So the 8vo.—The 4to "the."]

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[ subjects] Mr. Collier (Preface to COLERIDGE'S SEVEN LECTURES ON SHAKESPEARE AND MILTON, p. cxviii) says that here "subjects" is a printer's blunder for "substance": YET HE TAKES NO NOTICE OF TAMBURLAINE'S NEXT WORDS, "But, sons, this SUBJECT not of force enough," &c.—The old eds. are quite right in both passages: compare, in p. 62, first col.;

"A form not meet to give that SUBJECT essence Whose matter is the flesh of Tamburlaine," &c.]

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[ into] So the 8vo.—The 4to "vnto."]

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[ your seeds] So the 8vo.—The 4to "OUR seedes." (In p. 18, first col., [The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great] we have had "Their angry SEEDS"; but in p. 47, first col., [this play] "thy seed":—and Marlowe probably wrote "seed" both here and in p. 18.)]

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[ lineaments] So the 8vo.—The 4to "laments."—The Editor of 1826 remarks, that this passage "is too obscure for ordinary comprehension."]

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[ these] So the 4to.—The 8vo "those."]

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[ these] So the 4to.—The 8vo "those."]

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[ damned] i.e. doomed,—sorrowful.]

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[ Clymene's] So the 8vo.—The 4to "Clymeus."]

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[ Phoebe's] So the 8vo.—The 4to "Phoebus."]

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[ Phyteus'] Meant perhaps for "Pythius'", according to the usage of much earlier poets:

"And of PHYTON[i.e. Python] that Phebus made thus fine Came Phetonysses," &c.

Lydgate's WARRES OF TROY, B. ii. SIG. K vi. ed. 1555.]

Here the modern editors print "Phoebus'".]

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[ thee] So the 8vo.—The 4to "me."]

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[ cliffs] Here the old eds. "clifts" and "cliftes": but see p. 12, line 5, first col.

[p. 12, first col.  (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great):

"Both we will walk upon the lofty cliffs;*

* cliffs: So the 8vo.—The 4to "cliftes."]

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