Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2 by Christopher Marlowe
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Forbids you further liberty than this.
CALLAPINE. Ah, were I now but half so eloquent To paint in words what I'll perform in deeds, I know thou wouldst depart from hence with me! ALMEDA. Not for all Afric: therefore move me not. CALLAPINE. Yet hear me speak, my gentle Almeda. ALMEDA. No speech to that end, by your favour, sir. CALLAPINE. By Cairo<29> runs-- ALMEDA. No talk of running, I tell you, sir. CALLAPINE. A little further, gentle Almeda. ALMEDA. Well, sir, what of this? CALLAPINE. By Cairo runs to Alexandria-bay Darotes' stream,<30> wherein at<31> anchor lies A Turkish galley of my royal fleet, Waiting my coming to the river-side, Hoping by some means I shall be releas'd; Which, when I come aboard, will hoist up sail, And soon put forth into the Terrene<32> sea, Where,<33> 'twixt the isles of Cyprus and of Crete, We quickly may in Turkish seas arrive. Then shalt thou see a hundred kings and more, |
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