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And with my power did march to Zanzibar,

The western part of Afric, where I view'd

The Ethiopian sea, rivers and lakes,

But neither man nor child in all the land:

Therefore I took my course to Manico,

Where, 57 unresisted, I remov'd my camp;

And, by the coast of Byather, 58 at last

I came to Cubar, where the negroes dwell,

And, conquering that, made haste to Nubia.

There, having sack'd Borno, the kingly seat,

I took the king and led him bound in chains

Unto Damascus, 59 where I stay'd before.

TAMBURLAINE. Well done, Techelles!—What saith Theridamas?

THERIDAMAS. I left the confines and the bounds of Afric,

And made 60 a voyage into Europe,

Where, by the river Tyras, I subdu'd

Stoka, Podolia, and Codemia;

Then cross'd the sea and came to Oblia,

And Nigra Silva, where the devils dance,

Which, in despite of them, I set on fire.

]From thence I cross'd the gulf call'd by the name

Mare Majore of the inhabitants.

Yet shall my soldiers make no period