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<135> quietly] So the 8vo.--The 4to "quickely."

<136> friends] So the 4to.--The 8vo "friend."

<137> you] So the 4to.--The 8vo "thou."

<138> pioners] See note ||, p.20.

<note ||, from p.20.(The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great):

"pioners] The usual spelling of the word in our early writers (in Shakespeare, for instance).">

<139> in] So the 8vo.--The 4to "to."

<140> argins] See note ?<sic>, p.55.<note ?? p.55, i.e.note 117.>

<141> quietly] So the 8vo.--The 4to "quickely."

<142> Were you, that are the friends of Tamburlaine] So the 8vo.

--The 4to "Were ALL you that are friends of Tamburlaine."

<143> of] So the 8vo.--The 4to "to."

<144> all convoys that can] i.e.(I believe) all convoys (conveyances) that can be cut off.The modern editors alter "can" to "come."

<145> I am] So the 8vo.--The 4to "am I."

<146> into] So the 8vo.--The 4to "vnto."

<147> hold] So the 4to.--The 8vo "holdS."

<148> straineth] So the 4to.--The 8vo "staineth."

<149> home] So the 8vo.--The 4to "haue."

<150> wert] So the 8vo.--The 4to "art."

<151> join'd] So the 4to.--The 8vo "inioin'd."

<152> of] So the 8vo.--The 4to "in."

<153> the] Added perhaps by a mistake of the transcriber or printer.

<154> and] So the 8vo.--The 4to "the."

<155> Renowmed] See note ||, p.11.So the 8vo.--The 4to "Renowned."

<Note ||, from p.11.(The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great).

"renowmed] i.e.renowned.--So the 8vo.--The 4to "renowned."

--The form "RENOWMED" (Fr.renomme) occurs repeatedly afterwards in this play, according to the 8vo.It is occasionally found in writers posterior to Marlowe's time.

e.g.

"Of Constantines great towne RENOUM'D in vaine."

Verses to King James, prefixed to Lord Stirling's MONARCHICKE TRAGEDIES, ed.1607.">

<156> emperor, mighty] So the 8vo.--The 4to "emperour, AND mightie."

<157> the] So the 4to.--The 8vo "this."

<158> your] So the 8vo.--The 4to "our."

<159> term'd] Old eds."terme."

<160> the] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.

<161> your] So the 8vo.--The 4to "our."

<162> brandishing their] So the 4to.--The 8vo "brandishing IN their."

<163> with] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.

<164> shew'd your] So the 8vo.--The 4to "shewed TO your."

<165> Sorians] See note ?, p.44.<i.e.note 13.>

<166> repair'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "prepar'd."

<167> And neighbour cities of your highness' land] So the 8vo.--

Omitted in the 4to.

<168> he] i.e.Death.So the 8vo.--The 4to "it."

<169> is] So the 8vo.--The 4to "the."

<170> harness'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "harnesse."

<171> on] So the 4to.--The 8vo "with" (the compositor having caught the word from the preceding line).

<172> thou shalt] So the 8vo.--The 4to "shalt thou."

<173> the] So the 8vo.--The 4to "our."

<174> and rent] So the 8vo.--The 4to "or rend."

<175> Go to, sirrah] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Goe sirrha."

<176> give arms] An heraldic expression, meaning--shew armorial bearings (used, of course, with a quibble).

<177> No] So the 4to.--The 8vo "Go."

<178> bugs] i.e.bugbears, objects to strike you with terror.

<179> rout] i.e.crew, rabble.

<180> as the foolish king of Persia did] See p.16, first col.

<p.15, first col.(The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great, ACT II, Scene IV):"