Written in 1587 or 1588
A play loosely based on the life of Central Asian emperor Timur "the lame". It was a milestone in Elizabethan public drama because it was a turn from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier Tudor dramatists to fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexity.
Prologue:
From jigging veins of rhyming mother-wits,
And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay,
We'll lead you to the stately tent of war,
Where you shall hear the Scythian Tamburlaine
Threatening the world with high astounding terms,
And scourging kingdoms with his conquering sword.
View but his picture in this tragic glass,
And then applaud his fortunes as you please.
Prologue.
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From jigging veins of rhyming mother-wits,
And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay,
We'll lead you to the stately tent of war,
Where you shall hear the Scythian Tamburlaine
Threatening the world with high astounding terms,
And scourging kingdoms with his conquering sword.
View but his picture in this tragic glass,
And then applaud his fortunes as you please.
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