Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1
       50 (return) [ thy] So the 8vo.—The 4to "the."]     

  

       51 (return) [ brave] See note | in preceding column.[i.e. note 44.]]     

  

       52 (return) [ renowmed] i.e. renowned.—So the 8vo.—The 4to "renowned." —The form "RENOWMED" (Fr. renomme) occurs repeatedly afterwards in this play, according to the 8vo. It is occasionally found in writers posterior to Marlowe's time. e.g.     

    "Of Constantines great towne RENOUM'D in vaine."         Verses to King James, prefixed to Lord Stirling's MONARCHICKE TRAGEDIES, ed. 1607.] 

  

       53 (return) [ cliffs] So the 8vo.—The 4to "cliftes."]     

  

       54 (return) [ merchants] i.e. merchant-men, ships of trade.]     

  

       55 (return) [ stems] i.e. prows.]     

  

       56 (return) [ vail] i.e. lower their flags.]     

  

       57 (return) [ Bootes] The 8vo "Botees."—The 4to "Boetes."]     

  

       58 (return) [ competitor] i.e. associate, partner (a sense in which the word is used by Shakespeare).]     

  

       59 (return) [ To these] Old eds. "ARE these."]     


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