reasoned with great authority.” More is talking of the centralist 
and nationalistic political organizations which were new in his 
day. For these new forms of gigantism the blank verse of 
Marlowe was the objective correlative:

     Cheridamas : Tamburlaine!
          A Scythian shepherd so embellished 
          With nature’s pride and richest furniture! 
          His looks do menace heaven and dare the gods; 
          His fiery eyes are fix’d upon the earth, 
          As if he now devis’d some stratagem, 
          Or meant to pierce Avernus’ darksome vaults 
          To pull the triple-headed dog from hell. (70)