44.
<133> Minions, falc'nets, and sakers] "All small pieces of ordnance." Ed. 1826.
<134> hold] Old eds. "gold" and "golde."
<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.
"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 ?
<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."
"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.
<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.
" SCENE IV.
Enter MYCETES with his crown in his hand.
MYCETES. Accurs'd be he that first invented war!
They knew not, ah, they knew not, simple men,
How those were hit by pelting cannon-shot
Stand staggering like a quivering aspen-leaf
Fearing the force of Boreas' boisterous blasts!
In what a lamentable case were I,
If nature had not given me wisdom's lore!
For kings are clouts that every man shoots at,
Our crown the pin that thousands seek to cleave:
Therefore in policy I think it good
To hide it close; a goodly stratagem,
And far from any man that is a fool:
So shall not I be known; or if I be,
They cannot take away my crown from me.
Here will I hide it in this simple hole.