Bajazethis the powerful Emperor of the Turks. He has little patience for the rumors of Tamburlaine’s growing might, dismissing him based on his humble background and scorning “the presumption of this Scythian slave.” When Tamburlaine destroys his troops and imprisons him and his wife Zabina, Bajazeth is in disbelief and never relents from his verbal assault on his captor. This running soundtrack of abuse only serves to highlight Tamburlaine’s equanimity and inability to be fazed, as he gleefully degrades Bajazeth further. Finally despairing of possible escape, Bajazeth kills himself, causing Zabina to follow suit. His son, Callapine, enters in Part 2 and raises an army to take revenge on Tamburlaine.
Bajazeth Quotes in Tamburlaine
The Tamburlaine quotes below are all either spoken by Bajazeth or refer to Bajazeth . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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For he that gives him other food than this
Shall sit by him and starve to death himself.
This is my mind, and I will have it so.
Not all the kings and emperors of the earth,
If they would lay their crowns before my feet,
Shall ransom him or take him from his cage.
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Bajazeth Quotes in Tamburlaine
The Tamburlaine quotes below are all either spoken by Bajazeth or refer to Bajazeth . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 1
Quotes
For he that gives him other food than this
Shall sit by him and starve to death himself.
This is my mind, and I will have it so.
Not all the kings and emperors of the earth,
If they would lay their crowns before my feet,
Shall ransom him or take him from his cage.
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