(270) March on us with] So the 4to.--The 8vo "MARTCHT on WITH vs with."
(271) As if there were no way but one with us] i.e. as if we were to lose our lives. This phrase, which is common in our early writers, was not obsolete in Dryden's time: "for, if he heard the malicious trumpeter proclaiming his name before his betters, he knew THERE WAS BUT ONE WAY WITH HIM." Preface to ALL FOR LOVE.
(272) pore] So the 8vo.--The 4to "dore."
(273) in] i.e. on.
(274) stay] Old eds. "aie" and "aye."
(275) retorqued] i.e. bent back in reflections on our former happiness. So the 8vo.--The 4to "retortued."
(276) A] Old eds. "As."
(277) Elysium] Old eds. "Elisian."
(278) thoughts] So the 8vo.--The 4to "thought."
(279) parbreak] i.e. vomit.
(280) abjection] Old eds. "obiection."
(281) villainess] i.e. servant, slave,
(282) ruth] So the 8vo.--The 4to "truth."
(283) resolve] i.e. dissolve.
(284) bann'd] i.e. cursed.
(285) the] So the 4to.--The 8vo "thy."
(286) ever-living] So the 8vo.--The 4to. "euerlasting."
(287) give] So the 4to.--The 8vo "AND giue."
(288) her] Must mean Zenocrate, whom Zabina fancies herself to be addressing.
(289) Let the soldiers be buried.--Hell, death, Tamburlaine] So the 8vo.--Omitted in the 4to. (Where the modern editors got their reading, "Let the soldiers be CURSED," I know not.)
(290) Make ready my coach] Shakespeare seems to have remembered this passage when he made Ophelia say, "Come, my coach," &c. HAMLET, act iv. sc. 5.
(291) I come, I come, I come] So the 8vo.--The 4to "I come, I come."
(292) Egyptians'] So the 4to.--The 8vo "Egiptian.'
(293) The] Old eds. "Thy."
(294) thy] So the 8vo.--The 4to "thine."
(295) war] So the 8vo.--The 4to "warres."
(296) Come] Old eds. "Comes" and "Comep."
(297) Armed] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Armes."
(298) final] So the 4to.--The 8vo "small."
(299) King of Arabia] i.e. Alcidamus; see p. 10, l. 9, sec. col.
(Page 10, Second Column, Line 9, This Play: "Where her betrothed lord, Alcidamus,")
(300) thy] So the 4to.--The 8vo "my."
(301) conceit] i.e. fancy, imagination.
(302) have] So the 8vo.--The 4to "hath."
(303) Euphrates] So our old poets invariably, I believe, accentuate this word. (Note: 'Euphrates' was printed with no accented characters at all.)
(304) should] So the 8vo.--The 4to "shall."
(305) sweat] So the 8vo.--The 4to "sweare."
(306) wide-gaping] Old eds. "wide GASPING."
(307) resolv'd] i.e. dissolved.
(308) Millions] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Million."
(309) Elysium] Old eds. "Elisian."
(310) Renowmed] See note ||, p. 11.(i.e. note 52.) So the 8vo. --The 4to "Renowned."
(311) record] i.e. take to witness.
(312) no further time] i.e. no more distant time.
(313) the] So the 8vo.--The 4to "my."
(314) I not] So the 8vo.--The 4to "not I."
(315) Else] So the 4to.--The 8vo "Then."
(316) on] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.
(317) as beseems] So the 4to.--The 8vo "as BEST beseemes."
(318) We will our rites, &c.] Old eds. "We will our CELEBRATED rites," &c.--"The word 'CELEBRATED' occurs in both the old editions, but may well be dispensed with as regards both the sense and measure." Ed. 1826. "I think this word got into the text from either the author or printer, who was perhaps the editor, doubting whether to use 'SOLEMNIZE' or 'CELEBRATE;' and it slipt from the margin, where it was probably placed, into the verse itself." J. M. in GENT. MAG. for Jan. 1841.