 | George Herbert - Literary Collections - 2007 - 47 pages
...will inherit. part: Depart, die. 4. passing brave: An ironic echo of Marlowe's Tamburlaine, who asks, 'Is it not passing brave to be a King, / And ride in triumph through Persepolis?' (Part 1, II v 53-4). 5-6. 'Compute thy substance by ... what thou lookest for in heaven and what thou... | |
 | Robert Fisk - Social Science - 2008 - 544 pages
...in Marlowe's play. Tamburlaine is the archetypal Muslim conqueror, the 'scourge of God' who found it passing brave to be a king, and ride in triumph through Persepolis. But Othello remains the most obvious, tragic narrative of our Middle Eastern fears. He is a Muslim... | |
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And ride in triumph through Persepolis ! — Is it not brave to be a king, Techelles ! — Usumcasane and Theridamas, Is it not passing brave to be a king, And ride in triumph through Persepolis ? Tech. 
