文档介绍：THE SECOND PART OF TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT
THE SECOND PART OF
TAMBURLAINE THE
GREAT
EDITED BY THE REV. ALEXANDER DYCE
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THE SECOND PART OF TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT
THE PROLOGUE.
The general es 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 o. 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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THE SECOND PART OF TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT
ACT I.
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THE SECOND PART OF TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT
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, plete 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 i