PLEASE READ This edition deviates from the standard text, as such, while it may be of interest to the general reader, it is not suitable as a textbook. See more details below the following extract. .... 'Fair Zenocrate must grace his bed that would conquer all Asia; he that means to be a Terror to the world, and will end all limits to empires... With frowning brows I spurn their crowns from their captive heads. I will have the leading of so great an army that, by their weight and by their numbers as they march, they shall make the mountains quake, and tilt the earth; being so awed, those mountains will bow in respect, at our passage.' .... '...we will lift our swords and lance his greedy thirsting throat, though he means to raze my charmed skin.... kings shall crouch beneath our conquering swords and armies stand amazed at us, when, with their fearing tongues, they shall confess "these are men that all the world must admire..." and with my looks I will menace heaven and dare the Gods.' .... 'The golden ball of heaven's eternal fire, that danced with glory on the silver waves, and readies himself to darken the earth with endless night, the beauty of the brightest day is turned to black! Zenocrate, she that has given me life and light, whose eyes shot fire from their ivory brow and tempered every soul with life's heat, now, by the malice of angry skies, whose jealousy admits no second sun, draws in the comfort of a breath yet is rattled with the mist of death. Now angels walk on the walls of heaven, as sentinels to warn th'immortal souls there to receive divine Zenocrate. The crystal springs that illuminate refined eyes with an eternal silvered sight, runs through Paradise ready to entertain Zenocrate. Physicians, will no physic do her good?' .... Published by New Ventures in Recycled Fiction, through The Gutter Press. .... NOTE; This is an edited transcript of Tamburlaine the Great; it is intended as a partial adaptation. There are many straightforward and complete transcriptions of Marlowe's plays available - this is NOT one of them. It contains some adaptations of his text and language use; almost all references to mythological characters, persons from legend, and the attribution of human or fantastical characteristics to the sun, moon, planets or stars have been removed; there are some supplements to the dialogue but not to the plot. These additions and substitutions are in keeping with the work and are all inspired by the original; there is also some substitution of language into the current idiom. Despite this, this version still remains overwhelmingly Marlowe's own. Here is a very short example of some of the changes, the original text reads as follows - Lie here, weeds that I disdain to wear! This complete armour and this cartle-axe Are adjuncts more beseeming Tamburlaine. And, madam, whatsoever you esteem Of this success and loss undervalued, Both may invest you empress of the East, And these that seem but silly country swains May have the leading of so great an host As with their weight shall make the mountains quake, Even as when windy exhalations, Fighting for passage, tilt within the earth. -- Each line above has ten syllables, in this edition the entire text is rendered in plain text and the above section becomes; - Lie here, weeds that I disdain to wear! I'll put upon myself full-armour, these are more beseeming of Tamburlaine. Lady, disregard the loss of your stolen treasure, I will invest you as empress of the East. I may seem but a silly country boy, yet I may have the leading of so great an army as, by their weight, and by their numbers as they march, they shall make the mountains quake, and tilt the earth; being so awed, those mountains will bow in respect, at our passage. -- Also included in this edition is an edited transcript of the Massacre At Paris. - James Scobie, Series Editor, The Gutter Press.