<103> renowmed man-at-arms] See note ||, p.11.<i.e.note 52.>
So the 8vo.--The 4to "RENOWNED MEN at armes."
<104> chiefest] So the 4to.--The 8vo "chiefe."
<105> happy] So the 8vo.--The 4to "happiest."
<106> aim'd] So the 4to.--The 8vo "and."
<107> it] So the 4to.--The 8vo "is."
<108> our] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.
<109> we] So the 8vo.--The 4to "I."
<110> in earth] i.e.on earth.So in the Lord's Prayer, "Thy will be done IN EARTH."
<111> Casane] Both the old eds.here "Casanes."
<112> a-piece] So the 4to.--The 8vo "apace."
<113> purchase] i.e.booty, gain.
<114> quite] i.e.requite.
<115> this] So (<<deiktikos>>) the 8vo.--The 4to "the."
<116> him] Old eds."his."
<117> and] So the 8vo.--The 4to "with."
<118> sprung] See note ? p.14.<i.e.note 81.>
<119> dares] So the 8vo.--The 4to "dare."
<120> fate] Old eds."state."
<121> Resolve] Seems to mean--dissolve (compare "our bodies turn to elements," p.12, sec.col.): but I suspect some corruption here.
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"TAMBURLAINE.....
Until our bodies turn to elements, And both our souls aspire celestial thrones.--"
etc.>
<122> Barbarous] Qy."O barbarous"? in the next line but one, "O treacherous"? and in the last line of the speech, "O bloody"?
But we occasionally find in our early dramatists lines which are defective in the first syllable; and in some of these instances at least it would almost seem that nothing has been omitted by the transcriber or printer.
<123> 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.
<124> regiment] i.e.rule.
<125> fruit] So the 4to.--The 8vo "fruites."
<126> are] Old eds."Is."
<127> talents] Was often used by our early writers for TALONS, as many passages might be adduced to shew.Hence the quibble in Shakespeare's LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, act iv.sc.2., "If a TALENT
be a claw," &c.
<128> harpy] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Harper;" and with that reading the line is cited, in a note on MACBETH, act iv.sc.1, by Steevens, who also gives "tires UPON my life;" but "TIRES"
(a well-known term in falconry, and equivalent here to--preys)
is to be pronounced as a dissyllable.(In the 4to it in spelt "tyers."
<129> the] So the 4to.--The 8vo "thy."
<130> bassoes] i.e.bashaws.
<131> Christians renied] i.e.Christians who have denied, or renounced their faith.--In THE GENT.MAGAZINE for Jan.1841, J.M.would read "Christians RENEGADENS" or "CHRISTIAN
RENEGADES:"
but the old text is right; among many passages that might be cited, compare the following;
"And that Ydole is the God of false Cristene, that han RENEYED hire FEYTHE."
THE VOIAGE AND TRAVAILE OF SIR JOHN MAUNDEVILE, p.209.ed.1725.
"For that thou should'st RENY THY FAITH, and her thereby possesse.
The Soldan did capitulat in vaine: the more thy blesse."
Warner's ALBIONS ENGLAND, B.XI.Ch.68.p.287.ed.
1596.
<132> Terrene] i.e.Mediterranean.
<133> Renowmed] See note ||, p.11.<i.e.note 52.> So the 8vo.
--The 4to "renowned."
<134> basso] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Brother."
<135> Not] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Nor."
<136> in] So the 8vo.--The 4to "on."
<137> Or spread, &c.] A word has dropt out from this line.
<138> measur'd heaven] So the 8vo.--The 4to "measured THE
heauen."
<139> pioners] The usual spelling of the word in our early writers (in Shakespeare, for instance).
<140> ceaseless] So the 8vo.--The 4to "carelesse."
<141> conceits] i.e<.> fancies, imaginations.
<142> counterfeit] i.e.picture, resemblance.
<143> his] So the 8vo.--The 4to "the."
<144> you] So the 8vo.--The 4to "me."
<145> Leave] The author probably wrote, "AGYDAS, leave," &c.
<146> facts] i.e.deeds.
<147> much] So the 8vo.--The 4to "more."
<148> Pierides] i.e.The daughters of Pierus, who, having challenged the Muses to a trial of song, were overcome, and changed into magpies.
<149> the young Arabian] Scil.Alcidamus; see p.10, l.9, sec.
col.
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<150> Fearing his love] i.e.Fearing with respect to his love.
<151> of] so the 4to.--The 8vo "and."
<152> fury] So the 4to.--The 8vo "furies."
<153> shone] Old eds."shine."
<154> send] Old eds."sent."
<155> menace] So the 8vo.--The 4to "meane."
<156> fetch] So the 8vo.--The 4to "fetcht."
<157> set] So the 8vo.--The 4to "seate."
<158> Terrene] i.e.Mediterranean.
<159> to rest or breathe] So the 8vo.--The 4to "to BREATH AND
REST."
<160> bastones] i.e.bastinadoes.
<161> they] So the 8vo.--0mitted in the 4to.
<162> Morocco] Here the old eds."Moroccus,"--a barbarism which I have not retained, because previously, in the stage-direction at the commencement of this act, p.19, they agree in reading "Morocco."
<163> titles] So the 8vo.--The 4to "title."
<164> sarell] i.e.seraglio.
<165> I'll] So the 8vo.--The 4to "I will."
<166> the] So the 8vo.--The 4to "this."
<167> hugy] i.e.huge.
<168> renowm'd] See note ||, p.11.<i.e.note 52.> So the 8vo.
--The 4to "renowned."
<169> of] So the 8vo.--The 4to "all."
<170> rule] So the 8vo.--The 4to "raigne."
<171> braver] So the 8vo.--The 4to "braue."
<172> pash] i.e.crush to pieces by a stroke.
<173> y-sprung] Here the old eds."ySPRONG."--See note ? p.14.
<i.e.note 81.>
<174> them] Old eds."thee."
<175> the] Has perhaps crept in by a mistake of the transcriber or printer.
<176> And make your strokes to wound the senseless light] The old eds.have, "And make OUR strokes to wound the sencelesse LURE."
