Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2

"Euphrates] So our old poets invariably, I believe, accentuate this word."

Note:  'Euphrates' was printed with no accented characters at all.]

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[ may we] So the 8vo.—The 4to "we may."]

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[ this] So the 8vo.—The 4to "that" (but in the next speech of the same person it has "THIS Tamburlaine").]

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[ record] i.e. call to mind.]

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[ Aid] So the 8vo.—The 4to "And."]

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[ Renowmed] See note ||, p. 11. So the 8vo.—The 4to "Renowned."—The prefix to this speech is wanting in the old eds.

[note ||, from p. 11.  (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great):

"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.]