Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2

[ the measures] i.e. the dance (properly,—solemn, stately dances, with slow and measured steps).]

270 (return (#x4_x_4_i343))

[ of] So the 8vo.—The 4to "for."]

271 (return (#x4_x_4_i355))

[ ports] i.e. gates.]

272 (return (#x4_x_4_i358))

[ make] So the 4to.—The 8vo "wake."]

273 (return (#x4_x_4_i365))

[ the city-walls) So the 8vo.—The 4to "the walles."]

274 (return (#x4_x_4_i366))

[ him] So the 4to.—The 8vo "it."]

275 (return (#x4_x_4_i367))

[ in] Old eds. "VP in,["]—the "vp" having been repeated by mistake from the preceding line.]

276 (return (#x4_x_4_i373))

[ scar'd] So the 8vo; and, it would seem, rightly; Tamburlaine making an attempt at a bitter jest, in reply to what the Governor has just said.—The 4to "sear'd."]

277 (return (#x4_x_4_i397))

[ Vile] The 8vo "Vild"; the 4to "Wild" (Both eds., a little before, have "VILE monster, born of some infernal hag", and, a few lines after, "To VILE and ignominious servitude":— the fact is, our early writers (or rather, transcribers), with their usual inconsistency of spelling, give now the one form, and now the other: compare the folio SHAKESPEARE, 1623, where we sometimes find "vild" and sometimes "VILE.")]

278 (return (#x4_x_4_i429))

[ Bagdet's] So the 8vo.—The 4to "Badgets."]

279 (return (#x4_x_4_i436))

[ A citadel, &c.] Something has dropt out from this line.]

280 (return (#x4_x_4_i450))

[ Well said] Equivalent to—Well done! as appears from innumerable passages of our early writers: see, for instances, my ed. of Beaumont and Fletcher's WORKS, vol. i. 328, vol. ii. 445, vol. viii. 254.]

281 (return (#x4_x_4_i458))

[ will I] So the 8vo.—The 4to "I will."]

282 (return (#x4_x_4_i464))

[ suffer'st] Old eds. "suffers": but see the two following notes.]

283 (return (#x4_x_4_i466))

[ send'st] So the 8vo.—The 4to "sends."]

284 (return (#x4_x_4_i468))

[ sit'st] So the 8vo.—The 4to "sits."]

285 (return (#x4_x_4_i469))

[ head] So the 8vo.—The 4to "blood."]

286 (return (#x4_x_4_i481))

[ fed] Old eds. "feede."]

287 (return (#x4_x_4_i482))

[ upon] So the 8vo.—Omitted in the 4to.]

288 (return (#x4_x_4_i484))

[ fleet] i.e. float.]

289 (return (#x4_x_4_i484))

[ gape] So the 8vo.—The 4to "gaspe."]

290 (return (#x4_x_4_i489))

[ in] So the 8vo.—Omitted in the 4to.]

291 (return (#x4_x_4_i496))

[ forth, ye vassals] Spoken, of course, to the two kings who draw his chariot.]

292 (return (#x4_x_4_i496))

[ whatsoe'er] So the 8vo.—The 4to "whatsoeuer."]

293 (return (#x5_x_5_i5))

[ Euphrates] See note |||, p. 36.]

note |||, from p. 36.  (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great):