centre's latitude,)      As pilgrims travel to our hemisphere, Only to gaze upon Zenocrate. Thou shalt not beautify Larissa-plains, But keep within the circle of mine arms:      At every town and castle I besiege, Thou shalt be set upon my royal tent; And, when I meet an army in the field, Those 109 looks will shed such influence in my camp, As if Bellona, goddess of the war, Threw naked swords and sulphur-balls of fire Upon the heads of all our enemies.—      And now, my lords, advance your spears again; Sorrow no more, my sweet Casane, now:      Boys, leave to mourn; this town shall ever mourn, Being burnt to cinders for your mother's death. CALYPHAS. If I had wept a sea of tears for her, would not ease the sorrows 110 I sustain. AMYRAS. As is that town, so is my heart consum'd With grief and sorrow for my mother's death. CELEBINUS. My mother's death hath mortified my mind, And sorrow stops the passage of my speech. TAMBURLAINE. But now, my boys, leave off, and list to me, That mean to teach you rudiments of war. I'll have you learn to sleep upon the ground, March in your armour thorough watery fens, Sustain the scorching heat and freezing cold, Hunger and thirst, 111 right adjuncts of the war; And, after this, to scale a castle-wall, Besiege a fort, to undermine a town, And make whole cities caper in the air:      Then next, the way to fortify your men; In champion 112 grounds what figure serves you best, For which 113 the quinque-angle form is meet, Because the corners there may fall more flat Whereas 114 the fort may fittest be assail'd, And sharpest where th' assault is desperate:      The ditches must be deep; the 115 counterscarps Narrow and steep; the walls made high and broad; The bulwarks and the rampires large and strong, With cavalieros 116 and thick counterforts, And room within to lodge six thousand men; It must have privy ditches, countermines, And secret issuings to defend the ditch; It must have high argins 117 and cover'd ways To keep the bulwark-fronts from battery, And parapets to hide the musketeers, Casemates to place the great 118 artillery, And store of ordnance, that from every flank May scour the outward curtains of the fort, Dismount the cannon of the adverse part, Murder the foe, and save the 119 walls from breach. When this is learn'd for service on the land, By plain and easy demonstration I'll teach you how to make the water mount, That you may dry-foot march through lakes and pools, Deep rivers, havens, creeks, and little seas, And make a fortress in the 

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