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[Exit, with his followtrs.
B
AJ
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Come, kings and bassoes, let us glut our swords, That thirst to drink the
feeble Persians' blood.
[Exit with his followers.
Z
AB
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Base concubine, must thou be placed by me, That am the empress of the
mighty Turk?
Z
ENO
.
Disdainful Turkess and unreverend boss!
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Callest thou me concubine, that am betrothed
Unto the great and mighty Tamburlaine?
Z
AB
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To Tamburlaine, the great Tartarian thief!
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Z
ENO
.
Thou wilt repent these lavish words of thine,
When thy great basso-master and thyself
Must plead for mercy at his kingly feet,
And sue to me to be your advocate.
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Z
AB
.
And sue to thee! — J tell thee, shameless girl,
Thou shalt be laundress to my waiting maid!
How lik'st thou her, Ebea? — Will she serve?
E
BEA
.
Madam, perhaps, she thinks she is too fine,
But I shall turn her into other weeds,
And make her dainty fingers fall to work.
Z
ENO
.
Hear'st thou, Anippe, how thy drudge doth talk?
And how my slave, her mistress, menaceth?
Both for their sauciness shall be employed
To dress the common soldiers' meat and drink,
P'or we will scorn they should come near ourselves.
A
NIP
.
Yet sometimes let your highness send for them
To do the work my chambermaid disdains.
[They sound to the battle -within.
Z
ENO
.
Ye gods and powers that govern Persia,
And made my lordly love her worthy king,
Now strengthen him against the Turkish Bajazeth,
And let his foes, like flocks of fearful roes
Pursued by hunters fly his angry looks,
That I may see him issue conqueror!
Z
AB
.
Now, Mahomet, solicit God himself,
And make him rain down murdering shot from heaven
To dash the Scythians' brains, and strike them dead,
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That dare to manage arms with him
That offered jewels to thy sacred shrine,
When first he warred against the Christians!
[To the battle again.
Z
ENO
.
By this the Turks lie weltering in their blood,
And Tamburlaine is Lord of Africa,
Z
AB
.
Thou art deceived. — I heard the trumpet sound,
As when my emperor overthrew the Greeks,
And led them captive into Africa.
Straight will I use thee as thy pride deserves —
Prepare thyself to live and die my slave.
Z
ENO
.
If Mahomet should come from heaven and swear
My royal lord is slain or conquered,
Yet should he not persuade me otherwise
But that he lives and will be conqueror.
EnterBajazeth, pursued byTamburlaine; they fight,
andBajazethis overcome.
T
AMB
.
Now, king of bassoes, who is conqueror?
B
AJ
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Thou, by the fortune of this damned foil.
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T
AMB
.
Where are your stout contributory kings?
EnterTechelles, Theridamas, andUsumcasane.
T
ECH
.
We have their crowns — their bodies strow the field.
T
AMB
.
Each man a crown! — Why kingly fought i' faith.
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Deliver them into my treasury.
Z
ENO
.
Now let me offer to my gracious lord
His royal crown again so highly won.
T
AMB
.
Nay, take the crown from her, Zenocrate,
And crown me emperor of Africa,
Z
AB
.
No, Tamburlaine: though now thou gat the best,
Thou shalt not yet be lord of Africa.
T
HER
.
Give her the crown, Turkess; you were best.