Minions, falc'nets, and sakers,<133> to the trench,
Filling the ditches with the walls' wide breach,
And enter in to seize upon the hold.--<134>
How say you, soldiers, shall we not?

SOLDIERS. Yes, my lord, yes; come, let's about it.

THERIDAMAS. But stay a while; summon a parle, drum.
It may be they will yield it quietly,<135>
Knowing two kings, the friends<136> to Tamburlaine,
Stand at the walls with such a mighty power.
[A parley sounded.--CAPTAIN appears on the walls,
with OLYMPIA his wife, and his SON.]

CAPTAIN. What require you, my masters?

THERIDAMAS. Captain, that thou yield up thy hold to us.

CAPTAIN. To you! why, do you<137> think me weary of it?

TECHELLES. Nay, captain, thou art weary of thy life,
If thou withstand the friends of Tamburlaine.

THERIDAMAS. These pioners<138> of Argier in Africa,
Even in<139> the cannon's face, shall raise a hill
Of earth and faggots higher than thy fort,
And, over thy argins<140> and cover'd ways,
Shall play upon the bulwarks of thy hold
Volleys of ordnance, till the breach be made
That with his ruin fills up all the trench;