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[ Renowmed] See note ||, p. 11. So the 8vo.—The 4to "Renowned."—The prefix to this speech is wanting in the old eds.
[note ||, from p. 11. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the
Great):
"renowmed] i.e. renowned.—So the 8vo.—The 4to "renowned."
—The form "RENOWMED" (Fr. renomme) occurs repeatedly
afterwards in this play, according to the 8vo. It is
occasionally found in writers posterior to Marlowe's time.
e.g.
"Of Constantines great towne RENOUM'D in vaine."
Verses to King James, prefixed to Lord Stirling's
MONARCHICKE TRAGEDIES, ed. 1607.">[
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[ invisibly] So the 4to.—The 8vo "inuincible.">[
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[ inexcellence] So the 4to.—The 8vo "inexcellencie.">[
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[ Enter Tamburlaine, &c.] Here the old eds. have no stage- direction; and perhaps the poet intended that Tamburlaine should enter at the commencement of this scene. That he is drawn in his chariot by the two captive kings, appears from his exclamation at p. 72, first col. "Draw, you slaves!">[