ALMEDA. That's no matter,<106> sir, for being a king;
or Tamburlaine came up of nothing.

KING OF JERUSALEM. Your majesty may choose some 'pointed time,
Performing all your promise to the full;
'Tis naught for your majesty to give a kingdom.

CALLAPINE. Then will I shortly keep my promise, Almeda.

ALMEDA. Why, I thank your majesty.
[Exeunt.]


SCENE II.

Enter TAMBURLAINE and his three sons, CALYPHAS, AMYRAS, and
CELEBINUS; USUMCASANE; four ATTENDANTS bearing the hearse of
ZENOCRATE, and the drums sounding a doleful march; the town
burning.

TAMBURLAINE. So burn the turrets of this cursed town,
Flame to the highest region of the air,
And kindle heaps of exhalations,
That, being fiery meteors, may presage
Death and destruction to the inhabitants!
Over my zenith hang a blazing star,
That may endure till heaven be dissolv'd,
Fed with the fresh supply of earthly dregs,
Threatening a dearth<107> and famine to this land!
Flying dragons, lightning, fearful thunder-claps,