Definition of "Persea"

Unhappie Perſea, that in former ageHaſt bene the ſeat of mightie Conquerors,That in their proweſſe and their pollicies,Have triumpht ouer Affrike, and the boundsOf Europe, where the Sun dares ſcarce appeare, […]

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 I, scene i