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Dismay their minds before they come to prove

The wounding troubles angry war affords.

CELEBINUS. No, madam, these are speeches fit for us;

For, if his chair were in a sea of blood,

I would prepare a ship and sail to it,

Ere I would lose the title of a king.

AMYRAS. And I would strive to swim through 43 pools of blood,

Or make a bridge of murder'd carcasses, 44 Whose arches should be fram'd with bones of Turks,

Ere I would lose the title of a king.

TAMBURLAINE. Well, lovely boys, ye shall be emperors both,

Stretching your conquering arms from east to west:—

And, sirrah, if you mean to wear a crown,

When we 45 shall meet the Turkish deputy

And all his viceroys, snatch it from his head,

And cleave his pericranion with thy sword.

CALYPHAS. If any man will hold him, I will strike,

And cleave him to the channel 46 with my sword.

TAMBURLAINE. Hold him, and cleave him too, or I'll cleave thee;

For we will march against them presently.

Theridamas, Techelles, and Casane