...have, in deference to the received opinion, admitted it into the present collection. THE PROLOGUE. FROM jigging veins of rhyming mother wits, And such...terms, And scourging kingdoms with his conquering sword. View but his picture in this tragic glass, And then applaud his fortunes as you please. PERSONS...

...expressions Marlow uses in his short prologue, to the first part of Tamburlaine the Great, are important. ' From jigging veins of rhyming mother wits, ' And such...terms, ' And scourging kingdoms with his conquering sword. ' \7'iew but his picture in this tragic glass, ' And then applaud his fortunes as you please...

...high pretensions was come to rescue the stage from the dominion of feebleness and buffoonery : — " From jigging veins of rhyming mother wits, And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay, We '11 lead you to the stately tent of war, Where you shall hear the Scythian Tamburlaine, Threat'ning...

...claims to have introduced a new form of composition : — " From jigging veins of rhyming mother-U'tis, And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay, We'll lead you to the stately tent of war," &c. Accordingly, nearly the whole drama, consisting of a first and second part, is in blank-verse....

...claims to have introduced a new form of composition : — " From jigging veins of rhyming mother-teits, And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay, We'll lead you to the stately tent of war," &c. Accordingly, nearly the whole drama, consisting of a first and second part, is in blank-verse....

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...— " From jiggling veins of rhyming mother wits, As such conceits as clownagc keeps in pay, We '11 lead you to the stately tent of war, Where you shall hear the Scythian Tamburlaine, Threat'ning the world with high astounding terms." * His daring was successful. It is he who is accounted...

...— " From jiggling veins of rhyming mother wits, As such conceits as elownage keeps in pay, We '11 lead you to the stately tent of war, Where you shall hear the Scythian Tamburlainc, Threat'ning the world with high astounding terms." * His daring was successful. It is...

...Compare too the Prologue to the First Part of Tamburlaine; " From jigging reins of rhyming mother-wits, And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay, We'll lead you to the stately tent of war," &c. It must be remembered that, before the appearance of Tamburlaine, writers for the regular theatres...

...supposition which the following passage in the prologue to that tragedy to some extent confirms : ' From jigging veins of rhyming mother wits, And such...the Scythian Tamburlaine, Threatening the world with hitjh astounding terms,' &c. the more vital parts.' In spite of all title-pages to the contrary, he...