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tamburlaine the great, pt 1-第6部分

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With greedy talents gripe my bleeding heart;

And like a harpy tires on my life。

Theridamas and Tamburlaine; I die:

And fearful vengeance light upon you both!

     'Dies。TAMBURLAINE takes COSROE'S crown; and puts it on

     his own head。'



TAMBURLAINE。 Not all the curses which the Furies breathe

Shall make me leave so rich a prize as this。

Theridamas; Techelles; and the rest;

Who think you now is king of Persia?



ALL。 Tamburlaine!  Tamburlaine!



TAMBURLAINE。 Though Mars himself; the angry god of arms;

And all the earthly potentates conspire

To dispossess me of this diadem;

Yet will I wear it in despite of them;

As great commander of this eastern world;

If you but say that Tamburlaine shall reign。



ALL。 Long live Tamburlaine; and reign in Asia!



TAMBURLAINE。 So; now it is more surer on my head

Than if the gods had held a parliament;

And all pronounc'd me king of Persia。

     'Exeunt。'









     ACT III。







     SCENE I。



     Enter BAJAZETH; the KINGS OF FEZ; MOROCCO; and ARGIER; with

     others; in great pomp。



BAJAZETH。 Great kings of Barbary; and my portly bassoes;

We hear the Tartars and the eastern thieves;

Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine;

Presume a bickering with your emperor;

And think to rouse us from our dreadful siege

Of the famous Grecian Constantinople。

You know our army is invincible;

As many circumcised Turks we have;

And warlike bands of Christians renied;

As hath the ocean or the Terrene sea

Small drops of water when the moon begins

To join in one her semicircled horns:

Yet would we not be brav'd with foreign power;

Nor raise our siege before the Grecians yield;

Or breathless lie before the city…walls。



KING OF FEZ。 Renowmed emperor and mighty general;

What; if you sent the bassoes of your guard

To charge him to remain in Asia;

Or else to threaten death and deadly arms

As from the mouth of mighty Bajazeth?



BAJAZETH。 Hie thee; my basso; fast to Persia;

Tell him thy lord; the Turkish emperor;

Dread lord of Afric; Europe; and Asia;

Great king and conqueror of Graecia;

The ocean; Terrene; and the Coal…black sea;

The high and highest monarch of the world;

Wills and commands; (for say not I entreat;)

Not once to set his foot in Africa;

Or spread his colours in Graecia;

Lest he incur the fury of my wrath:

Tell him I am content to take a truce;

Because I hear he bears a valiant mind:

But if; presuming on his silly power;

He be so mad to manage arms with me;

Then stay thou with him;say; I bid thee so;

And if; before the sun have measur'd heaven

With triple circuit; thou regreet us not;

We mean to take his morning's next arise

For messenger he will not be reclaim'd;

And mean to fetch thee in despite of him。



BASSO。 Most great and puissant monarch of the earth;

Your basso will accomplish your behest;

And shew your pleasure to the Persian;

As fits the legate of the stately Turk。

     'Exit。'



KING OF ARGIER。 They say he is the king of Persia;

But; if he dare attempt to stir your siege;

'Twere requisite he should be ten times more;

For all flesh quakes at your magnificence。



BAJAZETH。 True; Argier; and tremble's' at my looks。



KING OF MOROCCO。 The spring is hinder'd by your smothering host;

For neither rain can fall upon the earth;

Nor sun reflex his virtuous beams thereon;

The ground is mantled with such multitudes。



BAJAZETH。 All this is true as holy Mahomet;

And all the trees are blasted with our breaths。



KING OF FEZ。 What thinks your greatness best to be achiev'd

In pursuit of the city's overthrow?



BAJAZETH。 I will the captive pioners of Argier

Cut off the water that by leaden pipes

Runs to the city from the mountain Carnon;

Two thousand horse shall forage up and down;

That no relief or succour come by land;

And all the sea my galleys countermand:

Then shall our footmen lie within the trench;

And with their cannons; mouth'd like Orcus' gulf;

Batter the walls; and we will enter in;

And thus the Grecians shall be conquered。

     'Exeunt。'







     SCENE II。



     Enter ZENOCRATE; AGYDAS; ANIPPE; with others。



AGYDAS。 Madam Zenocrate; may I presume

To know the cause of these unquiet fits

That work such trouble to your wonted rest?

'Tis more than pity such a heavenly face

Should by heart's sorrow wax so wan and pale;

When your offensive rape by Tamburlaine

(Which of your whole displeasures should be most)

Hath seem'd to be digested long ago。



ZENOCRATE。 Although it be digested long ago;

As his exceeding favours have deserv'd;

And might content the Queen of Heaven; as well

As it hath chang'd my first…conceiv'd disdain;

Yet since a farther passion feeds my thoughts

With ceaseless and disconsolate conceits;

Which dye my looks so lifeless as they are;

And might; if my extremes had full events;

Make me the ghastly counterfeit of death。



AGYDAS。 Eternal heaven sooner be dissolv'd;

And all that pierceth Phoebus' silver eye;

Before such hap fall to Zenocrate!



ZENOCRATE。 Ah; life and soul; still hover in his breast;

And leave my body senseless as the earth;

Or else unite you to his life and soul;

That I may live and die with Tamburlaine!



     Enter; behind; TAMBURLAINE; with TECHELLES; and others。



AGYDAS。 With Tamburlaine!  Ah; fair Zenocrate;

Let not a man so vile and barbarous;

That holds you from your father in despite;

And keeps you from the honours of a queen;

(Being suppos'd his worthless concubine;)

Be honour'd with your love but for necessity!

So; now the mighty Soldan hears of you;

Your highness needs not doubt but in short time

He will; with Tamburlaine's destruction;

Redeem you from this deadly servitude。



ZENOCRATE。 Leave to wound me with these words;

And speak of Tamburlaine as he deserves:

The entertainment we have had of him

Is far from villany or servitude;

And might in noble minds be counted princely。



AGYDAS。 How can you fancy one that looks so fierce;

Only dispos'd to martial stratagems?

Who; when he shall embrace you in his arms;

Will tell how many thousand men he slew;

And; when you look for amorous discourse;

Will rattle forth his facts of war and blood;

Too harsh a subject for your dainty ears。



ZENOCRATE。 As looks the sun through Nilus' flowing stream;

Or when the Morning holds him in her arms;

So looks my lordly love; fair Tamburlaine;

His talk much sweeter than the Muses' song

They sung for honour 'gainst Pierides;

Or when Minerva did with Neptune strive:

And higher would I rear my estimate

Than Juno; sister to the highest god;

If I were match'd with mighty Tamburlaine。



AGYDAS。 Yet be not so inconstant in your love;

But let the young Arabian live in hope;

After your rescue to enjoy his choice。

You see; though first the king of Persia;

Being a shepherd; seem'd to love you much;

Now; in his majesty; he leaves those looks;

Those words of favour; and those comfortings;

And gives no more than common courtesies。



ZENOCRATE。 Thence rise the tears that so distain my cheeks;

Fearing his love through my unworthiness。



     'TAMBURLAINE goes to her; and takes her away lovingly by

     the hand; looking wrathfully on AGYDAS; and says nothing。

     Exeunt all except AGYDAS。'



AGYDAS。 Betray'd by fortune and suspicious love;

Threaten'd with frowning wrath and jealousy;

Surpris'd with fear of hideous revenge;

I stand aghast; but most astonied

To see his choler shut in secret thoughts;

And wrapt in silence of his angry soul:

Upon his brows was pourtray'd ugly death;

And in his eyes the fury of his heart;

That shone as comets; menacing revenge;

And cast a pale complexion on his cheeks。

As when the seaman sees the Hyades

Gather an army of Cimmerian clouds;

(Auster and Aquilon with winged steeds;

All sweating; tilt about the watery heavens;

With shivering spears enforcing thunder…claps;

And from their shields strike flames of lightning;)

All…fearful folds his sails; and sounds the main;

Lifting his prayers to the heavens for aid

Against the terror of the winds and waves;

So fares Agydas for the late…felt frowns;

That send a tempest to my daunted thoughts;

And make my soul divine her overthrow。



     Re…enter TECHELLES with a naked dagger; and USUMCASANE。



TECHELLES。 See you; Agydas; how the king salutes you!

He bids you prophesy what it imports。



AGYDAS。 I prophesied before; and now I prove

The killing frowns of jealousy and love。

He needed not with words confirm my fear;

For words are vain where working tools present

The naked action of my threaten'd end:

It says; Agydas; thou shalt surely die;

And of extremities elect the least;

More honour and less pain it may procure;

To die by this resolved hand of thine

Than stay the torments he and heaven have sworn。

Then haste; Agydas; and prevent the plagues

Which thy prolonged fates may draw on thee:

Go wander free from fear of tyrant's rage;

Removed from the torments and the hell

Wherewith he may excruciate thy soul;

And let Agydas by Agydas die;

And with this stab slumber eternally。

     'Stabs himself。'



TECHELLES。 Usumcasane; see; how right the man

Hath hit the meaning of my lord the king!



USUMCASANE。 Faith; and; Techelles; it was manly done;

And; since he was so wise and honourable;

Let us afford him now the bearing hence;

And crave his triple…worthy burial。



TECHELLES。 Agreed; Casane; we will honour him。

     'Exeunt; bearing out the body。'







     SCENE III。



     Enter TAMBURLAINE; TECHELLES; USUMCASANE; THERIDAMAS;

     a BASSO; ZENOCRATE; ANIPPE; with others。



TAMBURLAINE。 Basso; by this thy lord and master knows

I mean to meet him in Bith
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