Enlightenment

Nicolas Rowe: Tamerlane

A similar proclamation of patriotic virtue of liberty runs through Nicholas Rowe’s tragedy Tamerlane (1701), in which the hero is identified with William III, in opposition to the wicked Bajazet (Louis XIV).

Rowe (Nicholas), Tamerlane. In Miscellaneous Tragedies Vol IV. 12mo. London, Third Edition, 1714.
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