Come Tamburlain, now whet thy winged ſwordAnd lift thy loftie arme into the cloudes,That it may reach the King of Perſeas crowne,And ſet it ſafe on my victorious head.
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, Act II, scene iii