Fit for the followers of great Tamburlaine.--
Usumcasane, now come, let us march
Towards Techelles and Theridamas,
That we have sent before to fire the towns,
The towers and cities of these hateful Turks,
And hunt that coward faint-heart runaway,
With that accursed<129> traitor Almeda,
Till fire and sword have found them at a bay.

USUMCASANE. I long to pierce his<130> bowels with my sword,
That hath betray'd my gracious sovereign,--
That curs'd and damned traitor Almeda.

TAMBURLAINE. Then let us see if coward Callapine
Dare levy arms against our puissance,
That we may tread upon his captive neck,
And treble all his father's slaveries.
[Exeunt.]


SCENE III.

Enter TECHELLES, THERIDAMAS, and their train.

THERIDAMAS. Thus have we march'd northward from Tamburlaine,
Unto the frontier point<131> of Soria;<132>
And this is Balsera, their chiefest hold,
Wherein is all the treasure of the land.

TECHELLES. Then let us bring our light artillery,