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Plac'd by the issue of great Bajazeth,

And sacred lord, the mighty Callapine,

Who lives in Egypt prisoner to that slave

Which kept his father in an iron cage,—

Now have we march'd from fair Natolia

Two hundred leagues, and on Danubius' banks

Our warlike host, in complete armour, rest,

Where Sigismund, the king of Hungary,

Should meet our person to conclude a truce:

What! shall we parle with the Christian?

Or cross the stream, and meet him in the field?

GAZELLUS. King of Natolia, let us treat of peace:

We all are glutted with the Christians' blood,

And have a greater foe to fight against,—

Proud Tamburlaine, that now in Asia,

Near Guyron's head, doth set his conquering feet,

And means to fire Turkey as he goes:

'Gainst him, my lord, you must address your power.

URIBASSA. Besides, King Sigismund hath brought from Christendom

More than his camp of stout Hungarians,—

Sclavonians, Almains, Rutters, 5 Muffs, and Danes,

That with the halberd, lance, and murdering axe,