CHORUS:His Second Part,
Where Death cuts off the progress of his pomp
And murderous Fates throw all his triumphs down.
Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
Tamburlaine the Great, Part 2, “Prologue,” ll. 3-5 (c. 1587)
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In the Octavo copy, "triumphs;" in Quarto "triumph."
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