Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1 by Christopher Marlowe (feel good books to read TXT) 📖

<304> should] So the 8vo.—The 4to “shall.”

<305> sweat] So the 8vo.—The 4to “sweare.”

<306> wide-gaping] Old eds. “wide GASPING.”

<307> resolv’d] i.e. dissolved.

<308> Millions] So the 8vo.—The 4to “Million.”

<309> Elysium] Old eds. “Elisian.”

<310> Renowmed] See note ||, p. 11.<i.e. note 52.> So the 8vo. —The 4to “Renowned.”

<311> record] i.e. take to witness.

<312> no further time] i.e. no more distant time.

<313> the] So the 8vo.—The 4to “my.”

<314> I not] So the 8vo.—The 4to “not I.”

<315> Else] So the 4to.—The 8vo “Then.”

<316> on] So the 4to.—Omitted in the 8vo.

<317> as beseems] So the 4to.—The 8vo “as BEST beseemes.”

<318> We will our rites, &c.] Old eds. “We will our CELEBRATED rites,” &c.—“The word ‘CELEBRATED’ occurs in both the old editions, but may well be dispensed with as regards both the sense and measure.” Ed. 1826. “I think this word got into the text from either the author or printer, who was perhaps the editor, doubting whether to use ‘SOLEMNIZE’ or ‘CELEBRATE;’ and it slipt from the margin, where it was probably placed, into the verse itself.” J. M. in GENT. MAG. for Jan. 1841.

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