Shall not defend it from our batt'ring shot: gates, TAMB. So shall he have his life and all the rest : Zeno. Yet would you have some pity for my sake, Because it is my country, and my father's. Tamb. Not for the world, Zenocrate; I've sworn, Come; bring in the Turk. [Exeunt. SCENE III. ing colours, and soldiers. To waste and spoil the sweet Aonian fields, My lord, it is the bloody Tamburlaine, ARAB. Renowned Soldan, have ye lately heard 9 The overthrow of mighty Bajazet About the confines of Bithynia ? The slavery wherewith he persecutes 9 - The noble Turk and his great emperess? Sold. I have, and sorrow for his bad success; No more dismay'd with tidings of his fall, A sacred vow to Heaven and him I make, That Tamburlaine shall rue the day, the hour, Or kept the fair Zenocrate so long As concubine, I fear, to feed his lust./ ARAB. Let grief and fury hasten on revenge; Let Tamburlaine for his offences feel Such plagues as we and Heaven can pour on him. A hundred and fifty thousand horse; Two hundred thousand foot, brave men at arms, As frolick as the hunters in the chase Of savage beasts amid the desert woods. ARAB. My mind presageth fortunate success; And Tamburlaine, my spirit doth foresee The utter ruin of thy men and thee. SOLD. Then rear your standards; let your sounding drums Direct our soldiers to Damascus' walls. Now, Tamburlaine, the mighty Soldan comes, To dim thy baseness and obscurity, Famous for nothing but for theft and spoil; SCENE IV. [Exeunt. The Banquet; and to it come TAMBURLAINE, all in scarlet, THERIDAMAS, TECHELLES, USUMCASANE, BAJAZET, ZABINA, and others. TAMB. Now hang our bloody colours by Damas cus, Reflexing hues of blood upon their heads, While they walk quiv'ring on their city walls, BAJ. Aye, such a stomach, cruel Tamburlaine, As I could willingly feed upon thy blood-raw heart. TAMB. Nay thine own is easier to come by; pluck out that; And 'twill serve thee and thy wife: Well, Zenocrate, Techelles, and the rest, fall to your victuals. BAJ. Fall to, and never may your meat digest! Ye furies, that can walk invisible, Dive to the bottom of Avernus' pool, And in your hands bring hellish poison up And squeeze it in the cup of Tamburlaine ! ZENO. My lord, how can you suffer these Having the power from the imperial heaven TECH. I pray you give them leave, madam; this speech is a goodly refreshing to them. THER. But if his highness would let them be fed, it would do them more good. TAMB. Sirrah, why fall you not to?-are you so daintily brought up, you cannot eat your own flesh? BAJ. First, legions of devils shall tear thee in pieces. USUM. Villain, know'st thou to whom thou speakest ? TAMB. O, let him alone. Here; eat sir; take it from my sword's point, or I'll thrust it to thy heart. [Bajazet takes it and stamps upon it. THER. He stamps it under his feet, my lord. TAMB. Take it up, villain, and eat it; or I will make thee slice the brawns of thy arms into carbonades and eat them. USUм. Nay, 'twere better he kill'd his wife, and |