Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2 by Christopher Marlowe
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Five hundred brigandines are under sail,
Meet for your service on the sea, my lord, That, launching from Argier to Tripoly, Will quickly ride before Natolia, And batter down the castles on the shore. TAMBURLAINE. Well said, Argier! receive thy crown again. Enter USUMCASANE and TECHELLES. Kings of Morocco<47> and of Fez, welcome. USUMCASANE. Magnificent and peerless Tamburlaine, I and my neighbour king of Fez have brought, To aid thee in this Turkish expedition, A hundred thousand expert soldiers; >From Azamor to Tunis near the sea Is Barbary unpeopled for thy sake, And all the men in armour under me, Which with my crown I gladly offer thee. TAMBURLAINE. Thanks, king of Morocco: take your crown again. TECHELLES. And, mighty Tamburlaine, our earthly god, Whose looks make this inferior world to quake, I here present thee with the crown of Fez, And with an host of Moors train'd to the war,<48> Whose coal-black faces make their foes retire, And quake for fear, as if infernal<49> Jove, Meaning to aid thee<50> in these<51> Turkish arms, Should pierce the black circumference of hell, With ugly Furies bearing fiery flags, |
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