Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 21 (gar, shillings, alii, yongrave, ogenes, nat…). Matches are highlighted.
be reclaimed with princely lenity. Suppose they be in number infinite, Yet being void of Martial discipline, All running headlong after greedy spoils: And more regarding gain than victory: Like to the cruel brother's of the earth, Sprung of the teeth of Dragons venomous, Their careless swords shall launch their fellows threats
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Then having passed Armenian deserts now, And pitch our tents under the Georgean hills. Whose tops are covered with Tartarian thiefs, That lie in ambush, waiting for a pray: What should we do but bid them battle straight, And rid the world of those detested troops; Least if we let them lynger here a while, They gather strength by power of fresh supplies. This country swarntes with vile eutragious men, That live by rapine and by lawless spoil, Fit Soldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine. And he that could with gifts and promises. Inveigle him that led a thousand horse, And make him false his faith unto his King, Will quickly win such as are Like himself. Therefore cheer up your minds, prepare to fight, He that can take or slaughter tamburlaine, Shall rule the Province of Albania. Who brings that Traitors head theridamas, Shall have a government in Medea: Beside the spoil of him and all his train: But if Cosroe (as our Espials say, And as we know) remains with tamburlaine, His Highness pleasure is that he should live, And be reclaimed with princely lenity. Suppose they be in number infinite, Yet being void of Martial discipline, All running headlong after greedy spoils: And more regarding gain than victory: Like to the cruel brother's of the earth, Sprung of the teeth of Dragons venomous, Their careless swords shall launch their fellows threats And make us triumph in their overthrow. Then noble soldiers, to entrap these thieves, That live confounded in disordered troops, If wealth or riches may prevail with them, We have our Camels laden all with gold: Which you that be but common soldiers, Shall fling in every corner of the field: And while the base born Tartars take it up, You fighting more for honour than for gold, Shall massacre those greedy minded slaves. And when their scattered army is subdued: And you march on their slaughtered carcases, Share equally the gold that bought their lives, And live Like Gentlemen in Persea, Strike up the Drum and march corragiously, Fortune her self doth fit upon our Crests. Most happy Emperor in humblest terms I vow my service to your Majesty. With utmost virtue of my faith and duty. Not for so small a fault my sovereign Lord Oft have I herd your Majesty complain, Of Tamburlaine, that sturdy Scythian thief, That robs your Merchant's of Persepolis, Treading by land unto the Western Isles, And in your confines with his lawless train, Daily commits incivil outrages. Hoping (misled by dreaming prophecies) To reign in Asia, and with barbarous Arms, To make himself the Monarch of the East: But ere he march in Asia, or display His vagrant Ensign in the Persean fields, Your Grace hath taken order by Theridimas, Chardg'd with a thousand horse, to apprehend And bring him Captive to your Highnese throne, So Poets say, my Lord. Some powers divine, or else infernal, mixed Their angry seeds at his conception: For he was never sprung of human raze, Since with the spirit of his fearful pride, He dares so doubtlessly resolve of rule. And by profession be ambitious.
Plot summary
Plot — 1 Tamburlaine the Great
Encouraged by a prophecy that he will one day rule Asia, Mambuarlainé robs travellers passing through Persia. He ambushes the party escorting Zénderate to her husband-to-be, purloins their treasure, and. woos her. [iferidamas is sent by Mycetés, the Persian King, to attack Tamburlaine, but Tamburlaine persuades him to switch sides with eloquent promises of wealth and power. The Persian nobles conspire to depose Mycetes in favour of his brother @GSEGE] Mycetes offers battle, and Cosroe joins forces with Tamburlaine against him. Advised by his counsellor M@amdgét Mycetes plans to beat Tamburlaine’s soldiers by laying out gold on the battlefield: they will stop fighting to pick it up, and so be massacred. The stratagem fails. Tamburlaine encounters Mycetes on the battlefield, but rejects the opportunity to steal the crown Mycetes is trying to hide: he will win it in battle instead. MIyG8tés is killed: Tamburlaing presents @6sf6e with his crown, and is created Regent of Persia; but the prospect of coronation attracts him. He betrays and kills Cosroe and makes himself king. Zenserate remains with Tamburlaine, nominally as his captive; though reputed his concubine, she grows to love him. When Ajpydaas tries to persuade her to reject Tamburlaine, the Scythian induces him to commit suicide. The Emperor of the Turks, Bajazethi leaves the siege of Constantinople to challenge Tamburlaine. He is defeated and taken captive with his wife Zabifial Tamburlaine refuses to ransom him, and keeps him in an iron cage: the defeated Emperor is used as a footstool and fed with scraps on the end of Tamburlaine’s sword; his vassal kings are deposed and their crowns awarded to Tamburlaine’s followers. Zenocrate’s fatheRthelSultanlofiEgypt joins forces with her ex-fiancé ANG@aMTS to rescue her. Tamburlaine besieges Damascus, and appears, as is his custom, in different colours on successive days: first white, to signify that he will accept the city’s surrender without bloodshed; then red, indicating that its soldiers will all be killed; then black, promising total destruction. The Governor of Damascus waits until the third day, but the Sultan’s troops do not arrive to relieve the city as expected; so he sends four virgins to plead for mercy. Tamburlaine’s rules are inflexible: the virgins are killed and all the citizens massacred. Bajazethiand Zabitia knock out their brains against the bars of his cage; ZeaGGraté discovers the bodies and fears that fortune may overthrow Tamburlaine…