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TAMBURLAINE.

Well done, my boy! thou shalt have shield and lance,

Armour of proof, horse, helm, and curtle-axe,

And I will teach thee how to charge thy foe,

And harmless run among the deadly pikes.

If thou wilt love the wars and follow me,

Thou shalt be made a king and reign with me,

Keeping in iron cages emperors.

If thou exceed thy elder brothers' worth,

And shine in complete virtue more than they,

Thou shalt be king before them, and thy seed

Shall issue crowned from their mother's womb.

CELEBINUS. Yes, father; you shall see me, if I live,

Have under me as many kings as you,

And march with such a multitude of men

As all the world shall 38 tremble at their view.

TAMBURLAINE. These words assure me, boy, thou art my son.

When I am old and cannot manage arms,

Be thou the scourge and terror of the world.

AMYRAS. Why may not I, my lord, as well as he,

Be term'd the scourge and terror of 39 the world?

TAMBURLAINE. Be all a scourge and terror to 40 the world,