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Scæna. 5.

Callapine, Orcanes, Ierusalem, Trebizon, Soria, Almeda, with their traine.
Messenger.
Renowmed Emperour, mighty Callepine,
Gods great lieftenant ouer all the world:
Here at Alepo with an hoste of men
Lies Tamburlaine, this king of Persea:
In number more than are the quyuering leaues
Of Idas forrest, where your highnesse hounds,
With open crie pursues the wounded Stag:
Who meanes to gyrt Natolias walles with siege,
Fire the towne and ouerrun the land.

Cal.
My royal army is as great as his,
That from the bounds of Phrigia to the sea
Which washeth Cyprus with his brinish waues,
Couers the hils, the valleies and the plaines.
Uiceroies and Peeres of Turky play the men,
Whet all your swords to mangle Tamburlain
His sonnes, his Captaines and his followers,
By Mahomet not one of them shal liue.
The field wherin this battaile shall be fought,
For euer, terme, the Perseans sepulchre,
In memorie of this our victory.

Orc.
Now, he that cals himself the scourge of Ioue,
The Emperour of the world, and earthly God,
Shal end the warlike progresse he intends,
And traueile hedlong to the lake of hell:
Where legions of deuils (knowing he must die
Here in Natolia, by your highnesse hands)
All brandishing their brands of quenchlesse fire,
Streching their monstrous pawes, grin with their teeth.
And guard the gates to entertaine his soule.

Cal.
Tel me Uiceroies the number of your men,
And what our Army royall is esteem'd.

Ier.
From Palestina and Ierusalem,
Of Hebrewes, three score thousand fighting men
Are come since last we shewed your maiesty.

Orc.
So from Arabia desart, and the bounds
Of that sweet land, whose braue Metropolis
Reedified the faire Semyramis,
Came forty thousand warlike foot and horse,
Since last we numbred to your Maiesty.

treb.
From trebizon in Asia the lesse,
Naturalized Turks and stout Bythinians
Came to my bands full fifty thousand more,
That fighting, knowes not what retreat doth meane,
Nor ere returne but with the victory,
Since last we numbred to your maiesty.

Sor.
Of Sorians from Halla is repair'd
And neighbor cities of your highnesse land,
Ten thousand horse, and thirty thousand foot,
Since last we numbred to your maiestie:
So that the Army royall is esteem'd
Six hundred thousand valiant fighting men.

Callep.
Then welcome Tamburlaine vnto thy death.
Come puissant Uiceroies, let vs to the field,
(The Perseans Sepulchre) and sacrifice
Mountaines of breathlesse men to Mahomet,
Who now with Ioue opens the firmament,
To see the slaughter of our enemies.