THE SECOND PART OF TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT(帖木耳大帝2)

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THE SECOND PART OF TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT

THE SECOND PART OF

TAMBURLAINE THE

GREAT

EDITED BY THE REV. ALEXANDER DYCE

THE SECOND PART OF TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT

THE PROLOGUE.

The general welcomes Tamburlaine receiv'd, When he arrived last

upon the<1> stage, Have made our poet pen his Second Part, Where Death

cuts off the progress of his pomp, And murderous Fates throw all his

triumphs<2> down. But what became of fair Zenocrate, And with how

many cities' sacrifice He celebrated her sad<3> funeral, Himself in

presence shall unfold at large.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

TAMBURLAINE, king of Persia. CALYPHAS, > AMYRAS, > his

sons. CELEBINUS, > THERIDAMAS, king of Argier. TECHELLES,

king of Fez. USUMCASANE, king of Morocco. ORCANES, king of

Natolia. KING OF TREBIZON. KING OF SORIA. KING OF

JERUSALEM. KING OF AMASIA. GAZELLUS, viceroy of Byron.

URIBASSA. SIGISMUND, King of Hungary. FREDERICK, >

BALDWIN, > Lords of Buda and Bohemia. CALLAPINE, son to

BAJAZETH, and prisoner to TAMBURLAINE. ALMEDA, his keeper.

GOVERNOR OF BABYLON. CAPTAIN OF BALSERA. HIS SON.

ANOTHER CAPTAIN. MAXIMUS, PERDICAS, Physicians, Lords,

Citizens, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.

ZENOCRATE, wife to TAMBURLAINE. OLYMPIA, wife to the

CAPTAIN OF BALSERA. Turkish Concubines.

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ACT I.

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SCENE I.

Enter ORCANES king of Natolia, GAZELLUS viceroy of Byron,

URIBASSA, and their train, with drums and trumpets.

ORCANES. Egregious viceroys of these eastern parts, Plac'd by the

issue of great Bajazeth, And sacred lord, the mighty Callapine, Who lives

in Egypt prisoner to that slave Which kept his father in an iron cage,--

Now have we march'd from fair Natolia Two hundred leagues, and on

Danubius' banks Our warlike host, in complete armour, rest, Where

Sigismund, the king of Hungary, Should meet our person to conclude a

truce: What! shall we parle with the Christian? Or cross the stream, and

meet him in the field?

GAZELLUS. King of Natolia, let us treat of peace: We all are glutted

with the Christians' blood, And have a greater foe to fight against,-- Proud

Tamburlaine, that now in Asia, Near Guyron's head, doth set his

conquering feet, And means to fire Turkey as he goes: 'Gainst him, my

lord, you must address your power.

URIBASSA. Besides, King Sigismund hath brought from

Christendom More than his camp of stout Hungarians,-- Sclavonians,

Almains, Rutters,<5> Muffs, and Danes, That with the halberd, lance, and

murdering axe, Will hazard that we might with surety hold.

ORCANES.<6> Though from the shortest northern parallel, Vast

Grantland, compass'd with the Frozen Sea, (Inhabited with tall and sturdy

men, Giants as big as hugy<7> Polypheme,) Millions of soldiers cut

the<8> arctic line, Bringing the strength of Europe to these arms, Our

Turkey blades shall glide through all their throats, And make this

champion<9> mead a bloody fen: Danubius' stream, that runs to Trebizon,

Shall carry, wrapt within his scarlet waves, As martial presents to our

friends at home, The slaughter'd bodies of these Christians: The

Terrene<10> main, wherein Danubius falls, Shall by this battle be the

bloody sea: The wandering sailors of proud Italy Shall meet those

Christians, fleeting with the tide, Beating in heaps against their argosies,

And make fair Europe, mounted on her bull, Trapp'd with the wealth and

riches of the world, Alight, and wear a woful mourning weed.

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GAZELLUS. Yet, stout Orcanes, pro-rex of the world, Since

Tamburlaine hath muster'd all his men, Marching from Cairo<11>

northward, with his camp, To Alexandria and the frontier towns, Meaning

to make a conquest of our land, 'Tis requisite to parle for a peace With

Sigismund, the king of Hungary, And save our forces for the hot assaults

Proud Tamburlaine intends Natolia.

ORCANES. 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. Sclavonians, Almains, Rutters,

Muffs, and Danes, Fear<12> 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,<13> black<14> Egyptians, Illyrians, Thracians, and

Bithynians,<15> Enough to swallow forceless Sigismund, Yet scarce

enough t' encounter Tamburlaine. He brings a world of people to the field,

>From Scythia to the oriental plage<16> 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 Cancer's tropic To Amazonia under Capricorn; And

thence, as far as Archipelago, All Afric is in arms with Tamburlaine:

Therefore, viceroy,<17> the Christians must have peace.

Enter SIGISMUND, FREDERICK, BALDWIN, and their train, with

drums and trumpets.

SIGISMUND. Orcanes, (as our legates promis'd thee,) We, with our

peers, have cross'd Danubius' stream, To treat of friendly peace or deadly

war. Take which thou wilt; for, as the Romans us'd, 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.

ORCANES. Stay, Sigismund: forgett'st 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[s] about the axle-tree of

heaven? Forgett'st thou that I sent a shower of darts, Mingled with

powder'd shot and feather'd steel, So thick upon the blink-ey'd burghers'

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heads, That thou thyself, then County Palatine, The King of Boheme,<18>

and the Austric Duke, Sent heralds out, which basely on their knees, In all

your names, desir'd a truce of me? Forgett'st thou that, to have me raise

my siege, Waggons of gold were set before my tent, Stampt with the

princely fowl that in her wings Carries the fearful thunderbolts of Jove?

How canst thou think of this, and offer war?

SIGISMUND. Vienna was besieg'd, 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 Bagdet's<19>

lofty tower, Or as the ocean to the traveller That rests upon the snowy

Appenines; And tell me whether I should stoop so low, Or treat of peace

with the Natolian king.

GAZELLUS. Kings of Natolia and of Hungary, We came from Turkey

to confirm a league, And not to dare each other to the field. A friendly

parle<20> might become you both.

FREDERICK. And we from Europe, to the same intent;<21> Which if

your general refuse or scorn, Our tents are pitch'd, our men stand<22> in

array, Ready to charge you ere you stir your feet.

ORCANES. So prest<23> are we: but yet, if Sigismund Speak as a

friend, and stand not upon terms, Here is his sword; let peace be ratified

On these conditions specified before, Drawn with advice of our

ambassadors.

SIGISMUND. Then here I sheathe it, and give thee my hand, Never to

draw it out, or<24> manage arms Against thyself or thy confederates, But,

whilst I live, will be at truce with thee.

ORCANES. But, Sigismund, confirm it with an oath, And swear in

sight of heaven and by thy Christ.

SIGISMUND. By Him that made the world and sav'd my soul, The

Son of God and issue of a maid, Sweet Jesus Christ, I solemnly protest

And vow to keep this peace inviolable!

ORCANES. By sacred Mahomet, the friend of God, Whose holy

Alcoran remains with us, Whose glorious body, when he left the world,

Clos'd in a coffin mounted up the air, And hung on stately Mecca's temple-

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roof, I swear to keep this truce inviolable! Of whose conditions<25> and

our solemn oaths, Sign'd with our hands, each shall retain a scroll, As

memorable witness of our league. Now, Sigismund, if any Christian king

Encroach upon the confines of thy realm, Send word, Orcanes of Natolia

Confirm'd<26> this league beyond Danubius' stream, And they will,

trembling, sound a quick retreat; So am I fear'd among all nations.

SIGISMUND. If any heathen potentate or king Invade Natolia,

Sigismund will send A hundred thousand horse train'd to the war, And

back'd by<27> stout lanciers of Germany, The strength and sinews of the

imperial seat.

ORCANES. I thank thee, Sigismund; but, when I war, All Asia Minor,

Africa, and Greece, Follow my standard and my thundering drums. Come,

let us go and banquet in our tents: I will despatch chief of my army hence

To fair Natolia and to Trebizon, To stay my coming 'gainst proud

Tamburlaine: Friend Sigismund, and peers of Hungary, Come, banquet

and carouse with us a while, And then depart we to our territories.

[Exeunt.]

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SCENE II.

Enter CALLAPINE, and ALMEDA his keeper.

CALLAPINE. Sweet Almeda, pity the ruthful plight Of Callapine, the

son of Bajazeth, Born to be monarch of the western world, Yet here

detain'd by cruel Tamburlaine.

ALMEDA. My lord, I pity it, and with my heart Wish your release; but

he whose wrath is death, My sovereign lord, renowmed<28> Tamburlaine,

Forbids you further liberty than this.

CALLAPINE. Ah, were I now but half so eloquent To paint in words

what I'll perform in deeds, I know thou wouldst depart from hence with

me!

ALMEDA. Not for all Afric: therefore move me not.

CALLAPINE. Yet hear me speak, my gentle Almeda.

ALMEDA. No speech to that end, by your favour, sir.

CALLAPINE. By Cairo<29> runs--

ALMEDA. No talk of running, I tell you, sir.

CALLAPINE. A little further, gentle Almeda.

ALMEDA. Well, sir, what of this?

CALLAPINE. By Cairo runs to Alexandria-bay Darotes' stream,<30>

wherein at<31> anchor lies A Turkish galley of my royal fleet, Waiting my

coming to the river-side, Hoping by some means I shall be releas'd; Which,

when I come aboard, will hoist up sail, And soon put forth into the

Terrene<32> sea, Where,<33> 'twixt the isles of Cyprus and of Crete, We

quickly may in Turkish seas arrive. Then shalt thou see a hundred kings

and more, Upon their knees, all bid me welcome home. Amongst so many

crowns of burnish'd gold, Choose which thou wilt, all are at thy command:

A thousand galleys, mann'd with Christian slaves, I freely give thee, which

shall cut the Straits, And bring armadoes, from<34> the coasts of Spain,

Fraughted with gold of rich America: The Grecian virgins shall attend on

thee, Skilful in music and in amorous lays, As fair as was Pygmalion's

ivory girl Or lovely Io metamorphosed: With naked negroes shall thy

coach be drawn, And, as thou rid'st in triumph through the streets, The

pavement underneath thy chariot-wheels With Turkey-carpets shall be

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covered, And cloth of arras hung about the walls, Fit objects for thy

princely eye to pierce: A hundred bassoes, cloth'd in crimson silk, Shall

ride before thee on Barbarian steeds; And, when thou goest, a golden

canopy Enchas'd with precious stones, which shine as bright As that fair

veil that covers all the world, When Phoebus, leaping from his hemisphere,

Descendeth downward to th' Antipodes:-- And more than this, for all I

cannot tell.

ALMEDA. How far hence lies the galley, say you?

CALLAPINE. Sweet Almeda, scarce half a league from hence.

ALMEDA. But need<35> we not be spied going aboard?

CALLAPINE. Betwixt the hollow hanging of a hill, And crooked

bending of a craggy rock, The sails wrapt up, the mast and tacklings down,

She lies so close that none can find her out.

ALMEDA. I like that well: but, tell me, my lord, if I should let you go,

would you be as good as your word? shall I be made a king for my labour?

CALLAPINE. As I am Callapine the emperor, And by the hand of

Mahomet I swear, Thou shalt be crown'd a king, and be my mate!

ALMEDA. Then here I swear, as I am Almeda, Your keeper under

Tamburlaine the Great, (For that's the style and title I have yet,) Although

he sent a thousand armed men To intercept this haughty enterprize, Yet

would I venture to conduct your grace, And die before I brought you back

again!

CALLAPINE. Thanks, gentle Almeda: then let us haste, Lest time be

past, and lingering let<36> us both.

ALMEDA. When you will, my lord: I am ready.

CALLAPINE. Even straight:--and farewell, cursed Tamburlaine! Now

go I to revenge my father's death. [Exeunt.]

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SCENE III.

Enter TAMBURLAINE, ZENOCRATE, and their three sons,

CALYPHAS, AMYRAS, and CELEBINUS, with drums and trumpets.

TAMBURLAINE. Now, bright Zenocrate, the world's fair eye, Whose

beams illuminate the lamps of heaven, Whose cheerful looks do clear the

cloudy air, And clothe it in a crystal livery, Now rest thee here on fair

Larissa-plains, Where Egypt and the Turkish empire part Between thy

sons, that shall be emperors, And every one commander of a world.

ZENOCRATE. Sweet Tamburlaine, when wilt thou leave these arms,

And save thy sacred person free from scathe, And dangerous chances of

the wrathful war?

TAMBURLAINE. When heaven shall cease to move on both the poles,

And when the ground, whereon my soldiers march, Shall rise aloft and

touch the horned moon; And not before, my sweet Zenocrate. Sit up, and

rest thee like a lovely queen. So; now she sits in pomp and majesty, When

these, my sons, more precious in mine eyes Than all the wealthy kingdoms

I subdu'd, Plac'd by her side, look on their mother's face. But yet methinks

their looks are amorous, Not martial as the sons of Tamburlaine: Water

and air, being symboliz'd in one, Argue their want of courage and of wit;

Their hair as white as milk, and soft as down, (Which should be like the

quills of porcupines, As black as jet, and hard as iron or steel,) Bewrays

they are too dainty for the wars; Their fingers made to quaver on a lute,

Their arms to hang about a lady's neck, Their legs to dance and caper in

the air, Would make me think them bastards, not my sons, But that I know

they issu'd from thy womb, That never look'd on man but Tamburlaine.

ZENOCRATE. My gracious lord, they have their mother's looks, But,

when they list, their conquering father's heart. This lovely boy, the

youngest of the three, Not long ago bestrid a Scythian steed, Trotting the

ring, and tilting at a glove, Which when he tainted<37> with his slender

rod, He rein'd him straight, and made him so curvet As I cried out for fear

he should have faln.

TAMBURLAINE. Well done, my boy! thou shalt have shield and

lance, Armour of proof, horse, helm, and curtle-axe, And I will teach thee

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