Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

TREBIZOND

in 2 Tamburlaine the Great — Marlowe, Christopher

Metadata

Play2 Tamburlaine the Great
AuthorMarlowe, Christopher
Year (catalogued)1590
First performance1588
Decade1590s
GenreTragedy
Play typeAdult Professional
CompanyAdmiral's (Nottingham's) Men
Speech prefix(es)treb. | Treb. | Tre.
Words150
Characters859
Typicality0.44 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA07004.2
BritDrama no.789
ClusterCluster 6 — Battlefield messengers & soldiers

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Full speech

From trebizon in Asia the less, Naturalized Turks and stout Bythinians Came to my bans full fifty thousand more, That fighting, knows not what retreat does mean, Nor ere return but with the victory, Since last we numbered to your majesty. The common soldiers of our mighty host Shall bring thee bound unto the Generals tent. Away, let us to the field, that the villain may be slain. May never day give virtue to his eyes, Whose sighed composed of fury and of fire Does send such stern affections to his heart, And I as many bring from Trebizon, Chio Famastro and Amasia, All bordering on the Mare-major sea: Riso, Sancina, and the bordering towns, That touch the end of famous Euphrates. Whose courages are kindled with the flames, The cursed Scythian sets on all their towns, And vow to burn the villains cruel heart. Vild Tyrant, barbarous bloody Tamburlain

Plot summary

Plot — 2 Tamburlaine the Great
Q@reames has invaded Europe, but the advance of @amiburlaine in Asia forces him to make peace: he concludes a defensive treaty with SigiSiOHa) and both swear by the gods of their respective religions. Sigismond breaks his vow and makes war; Orcanes prays to Jesus Christ for victory, and Sigismond interprets his defeat as divine vengeance for his perjury. Bajazetli’s son @allapimé escapes from prison in Egypt by offering his jailer wealth and a crown. He is installed as Emperor of Turkey, and he and (Bamiburlaine muster their forces for war on one another. Tamburlaine encourages his sons to martial pursuits, and promises to settle the succession on the most warlike, not the eldest. He teaches them courage by wounding himself, but @alypHaS proves reluctant. Zenoeraté dies. Tamburlaine has her body embalmed and takes it with him; Bamissa, the town of her death, is burned. @echelles and [iieridamas besiege BalSSPA at the Syrian frontier. The fort is taken and its captain shot; determined not to outlive him, his wife Olympia kills her son but is captured before she can kill herself. Miteridamias woos her, and threatens rape when she rejects him. She offers him an ointment that will make him invulnerable, and offers to test it by anointing her own throat; this turns out to be a trick to make him kill her. Wamburiaine’s forces arrive at the frontier and give battle. GalyphasiStays away, preferring to play cards, so Tamburlaine kills him. Callapine’s subject kings are captured and made to draw Tamburlaine’s chariot, while the Turkish concubines are given to the common soldiers. Callapine himself escapes and regroups while Tamburlaine marches on Babylon. EH@GG¥ErHOE is captured, hung up in chains on his city walls, and shot. The citizens are drowned in the asphalt lake nearby. Tamburlaine burns the Koran and challenges Muhammad to take vengeance. He is taken ill and dies, regretting the parts of the world he has left unconquered. Amyras succeeds his father, while Callapine’s army advances.