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• Preface
• Publisher's Notice
• Introduction
• Tamburlaine the Great. In Two Parts.
• Tamburlaine the Great, Part Tbe First.
• The Prologue.
• Persons Represented. 1
• Tamburlaine the Great. Part the First.: Act the First.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Act the Second.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Scene V.
• Scene VI.
• Scene VII.
• Act the Third.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Act the Fourth.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Act the Fifth.
• Scene I.
• Tamburlaine the Great. Part the Second
• Prologue.
• Persons Represented.
• Tamburlaine the Great. Part the Second: Act the First.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene II.
• Act the Second.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Act the Third.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Scene V.
• Act the Fourth.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Act the Fifth.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus.
• Persons Represented.
• The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Scene V.
• Scene VI. 1
• Scene VII.
• Scene VIII.
• Scene IX.
• Scene X.
• Scene XI.
• Scene XII.
• Scene XIII.
• Scene XIV.
• Scene XV.
• Scene XVI.
• Appendix to Dr. Faustus.
• Ballad of Faustus.

SCENE II.

Enter CALLAPINE, lhe King of Amasia, and Soldiers, with drums and lrumiOets.

Call.

• King of Amasia, now our mighty host
• Marcheth in Asia Major where the streams
• Of Euphrates and Tigris swiftly run,
• And here may we behold great Babylon
• Circled about with Limnasphaltis' lake
• Where Tamburlaine with all his army lies,
• Which being faint and weary with the siege,
• We may lie ready to encounter him
• Before his host be full from Babylon,
• And so revenge our latest grievous loss,

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• If God or Mahomet send any aid.

Ama.

• Doubt not, my lord, but we shall conquer him.
• The monster that hath drunk a sea of blood,
• And yet gapes still for more to quench his thirst,
• Our Turkioh swords shall headlong send to.hell,
• And that vile carcase drawn by warlike kings
• The fowls shall eat; for never sepulchre
• Shall grace this base-born tyrant Tamburlaine.

Call.

• When I record my parents' slavish life,
• Their cruel death, mine own captivity, 2o
• My viceroys' bondage under Tamburlaine,
• Methinks I could sustain a thousand deaths
• To be revenged of all his villany.
• Ah, sacred Mahomet! thou that hast seen
• Millions of Turks perish by Tamburlaine,
• Kingdoms made waste, brave cities sacked and burnt,
• And but one host is left to honour thee,
• Aid thy obedient servant, Callapine,
• And make him after all these overthrows
• To triumph over cursed Tamburlaine.

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Ama.

• Fear not, my lord; I see great Mahomet
• Clothed in purple clouds, and on his head
• A chaplet brighter than Apollo's crown,
• Marching about the air with armed men
• To join with you against this Tamburlam.
• Renowmèd general, mighty Callapine,
• Though God himself and holy Mahomet
• Should come in person to resist your power,
• Yet might your mighty host encounter all,
• And pull proud Tamburlaine upon his knees

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• To sue for mercy at your highness' feet.

Call.

• Captain, the force of Tamburlaine is great,
• His fortune greater, and the victories
• Wherewith he hath so sore dismayed the world
• Are greatest to discourage all our drifts;
• Yet when the pride of Cynthia is at full,
• She wanes again, and so shall his, I hope;
• For we have here the chief selected men
• Of twenty several kingdoms at the least;
• Nor ploughman, priest, nor merchant, stays at home;

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• All Turkey is in arms with Callapine;
• And never will we sunder camps and arms
• Before himself or his be conquered.
• This is the time that must eternise me
• For conquering the tyrant of the world.
• Come, soldiers, let us lie in wait for him,
• And if we find him absent from his camp,
• Or that it be rejoined again at full,
• Assail it and be sure of victory. [Exeunt.