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Rome. Before the Capitol.
[The Tomb of the ANDRONICI appearing; the Tribunes and Senators aloft.
Enter, below, from one side, SATURNINUS and his Followers; and, from the
other side, BASSIANUS and his Followers; with drum and colors]
SATURNINUS
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Noble | patri|cians, pat|rons of | my right,
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Defend | the just|ice of | my cause | with arms.
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And count|rymen,| my lov|ing fol|lowers,
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Plead my | success|sive tit|le with | your
swords.
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I was the | first-born son,| that was | the last
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That wore | the imper|ial di|adem | of Rome;
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Then let | my fath|er's hon|ors live | in me,
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Nor^wrong | mine^age | with this | indig|nity.
BASSIANUS
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Romans,| friends, fol/lowers,
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Favor|ers of | my right: (tri with
prev)
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If ev|er Bas|sian|us, Cae|sar's son,
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Were gra|cious in | the eyes | of roy|al Rome,
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Keep^then | this pas|sage to | the Cap|itol:
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And suf|fer not | dishon|or to | approach
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The imper|ial seat | to vir|tue: con|secrate
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To just|ice, cont|inence, and | nobil|ity:
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But let | desert | in pure | elec|tion shine;
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And Rom|ans, fight | for free|dom in | your
choice.
[Enter MARCUS ANDRONICUS, aloft, with the crown]
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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Princes,| that strive | by fac|tions, and | by
friends,
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Ambi|tiously | for rule | and emp|ery:
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Know, that | the people | of Rome | for whom | we
stand
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A spec|ial part|y, have | by com|mon voice
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In elec|tion for | the Rom|an emp|ery,
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Chosen | Andron|icus,/ surnamed | Pius,
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For man|y good | and great | deserts | to Rome.
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A nob|ler man,| a brav|er war|rior,
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Lives^not | this^day | within | the ci|ty walls.
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He by | the sen|ate is | acci|ted home
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From wear|y wars | against | the bar|barous
Goths,
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That with | his sons |(a ter|ror to | our foes)
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Hath^yoked | a na|tion strong,| trained up in
arms.
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Ten years are spent,| since^first | he und|ertook
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This cause | of Rome,| and chas|tised | with arms
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Our^en|emies' pride.| Five times he | hath
returned
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Bleeding | to Rome,| bearing | his val|iant sons
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In cof|fins from | the field. \\
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And now | at last,| laden | with hon|or's spoils,
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Returns | the good | Andron|icus | to Rome,
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Renown|ed Tit|us, flour|ishing | in arms.
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Let us | entreat,| by hon|or of | his name,
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Whom^(worth|ily)| you would | have^now | succeed,
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And in | the Cap|itol | and sen|ate's right,
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Whom you | pretend | to hon|or and | adore,
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That you | withdraw | you, and | abate | your
strength,
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Dismiss | your fol|lowers,| and as suit|ors
should,
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Plead your | deserts | in peace | and
hum|bleness.
SATURNINUS
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How fair | the trib|une speaks,| to calm | my
thoughts.
BASSIANUS
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Marcus | Andron|icus, so | I do | affy
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In thy / upright|ness and | integ|rity:
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And so | I love | and hon|or thee,| and thine,
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Thy nob|le broth|er Tit|us, and | his sons,
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And her |(to whom | my thoughts | are hum|bled
all)
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Gracious | Lavin|ia, Rome's | rich orn/ament,
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That I | will here | dismiss | my lov|ing
friends:
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And to | my for|tunes, and the | people's |
favor,
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Commit | my cause | in bal|ance to | be weighed.
[Exeunt the followers of BASSIANUS]
SATURNINUS
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Friends, that | have been | thus for/ward in | my
right,
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I thank | you all,| and here | dismiss | you all,
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And to the | love and | favor | of my | country.
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Commit | myself,| my pers|on, and | the cause:
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Rome, be | as just | and gra|cious un|to me,
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As I | am con|fident | and kind | to thee.
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Open | the gates,| and let | me in.|
BASSIANUS
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Tribunes,| and me,| a poor | compe|titor.
[Flourish. SATURNINUS and BASSIANUS go up into the Capitol. Enter a
Captain]
CAPTAIN
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Romans | make way:| the good | Andron|icus,
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Patron | of vir|tue, Rome's | best cham/pion,
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Success|ful in | the bat|tles that | he fights,
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With hon|or and | with for|tune is | returned,
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From where | he cir|cumscrib|ed with | his sword,
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And brought | to yoke | the en|emies | of Rome.
[Drums and trumpets sounded. Enter MARTIUS and MUTIUS; After them, two Men
bearing a coffin covered with black; then LUCIUS and QUINTUS. After them,
TITUS ANDRONICUS; and then TAMORA, with ALARBUS, DEMETRIUS, CHIRON, AARON,
and other Goths, prisoners; Soldiers and people following. The Bearers set
down the coffin, and TITUS speaks]
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Hail Rome: Vic|torious | in thy mourn|ing weeds:
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Lo as | the bark | that hath | discharged | her
fraught,
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Returns | with pre|cious jad|ing to | the bay,
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From whence | at first | she weighed | her
anch|orage:
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Cometh | Andron|icus bound | with laur|el boughs,
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To re-|salute | his count|ry with | his tears,
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Tears of true joy | for his | return | to Rome,
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Thou great defend|er of / this Cap|itol,
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Stand gra/cious to | the rites | that we |
intend.
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Romans,| of five | and twen|ty val|iant sons,
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Half of | the num|ber that / King Pri|am had,
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Behold | the poor | remains | alive | and dead!
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These that | survive,| let Rome | reward | with
love:
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These that | I bring | unto | their lat|est home,
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With bur|ial | amongst | their an|cestors.
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Here* Goths | have given | me leave | to sheathe
| my sword:
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Titus | unkind,| and care|less of | thine^own,
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Why suf|ferst thou | thy sons | unbur|ied yet,
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To hov|er on | the dread|ful shore | of Styx?
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Make way to lay | them by | their bre|thren.
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There greet in sil|ence as | the dead | are wont,
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And sleep | in peace,| slain in | your count|ry's
wars:
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O sac/red re|cepta|cle of | my joys,
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Sweet cell of vir|tue and | nobil|ity,
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How man|y sons | of mine | hast thou^|in store,
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That thou | wilt nev|er rend|er to | me more?
LUCIUS
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Give us | the prou|dest pris|oner of | the Goths,
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That we | may hew | his limbs,| and on | a pile
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Ad man|es frat|rum, sac|rifice | his flesh:
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Before | this earth|y pris|on of | their bones,
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That so | the shad|ows be | not^un|appeased,
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Nor* we | disturbed | with prod|igies | on earth.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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I give | him you,| the nob|lest that | survives,
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The eld|est son | of this | distres|sed queen.
TAMORA
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Stay Roman breth|ren, gra|cious con|queror,
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Victor|ious Tit|us, rue | the tears | I shed,
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A moth|er's tears | in pas|sion for | her son:
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And if | thy sons | were ev|er dear | to thee,
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Oh think | my son / to be | as dear to me.
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Suffice|th not,| that we | are brought | to Rome
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To beaut|ify | thy tri|umphs, and | return
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Captive | to thee,| and to | thy Rom|an yoke,
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But must | my sons | be slaught|ered in | the
streets,
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For val|iant do|ings^in | their count|ry's cause?
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O! If | to fight | for king | and com|monweal,
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Were pi|ety | in thine,| it is | in these:
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Andron|icus,/ stain not | thy tomb | with blood.
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Wilt thou | draw near the nat|ure of | the gods?
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Draw near them | then in | being | merciful,
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Sweet* mer|cy is |*nobil|ity's / true badge:
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Thrice noble Titus,| spare my | first-born son.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Patient | yourself | madam,| and pard|on me.
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These are | their breth|ren, whom | you Goths |
beheld
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Alive | and dead,| and for | their breth|ren
slain,
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Reli|giously | they ask | a sac|rifice:
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To this | your son | is marked,| and die | he
must,
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To appease | their groan|ing shad|ows that | are
gone.
LUCIUS
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Away | with him,| and make | a fi|re straight,
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And with | our swords | upon | a pile | of wood,
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Let's^hew | his limbs | till they | be clean |
consumed.
[Exeunt LUCIUS, QUINTUS, MARTIUS, and MUTIUS, with ALARBUS]
TAMORA
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O cru|el ir|relig|ious pi|ety.
CHIRON
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Was ev|er Scy|thia half | so bar|barous?
DEMETRIUS
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Oppose | not Scy/thia | to ambi|tious Rome,
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Alar|bus goes | to rest,| and we | survive,
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To tremb|le und|er Tit|us' threat|ening looks,
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Then mad|am stand | resolved,| but hope | withal,
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The self-same gods | that armed | the Queen | of
Troy
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With op|portu|nity | of sharp | revenge
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Upon | the Thra|cian tyr|ant in | his tent,
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May fav/or Tam|ora,| the Queen | of Goths,
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(When Goths | were Goths,| and Tam|ora | was
queen)
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To quit | the blood|y wrongs | upon | her foes.
[Enter LUCIUS, QUINTUS, MARTIUS and MUTIUS, with their swords bloody]
LUCIUS
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See lord and fath|er, how | we have | performed
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Our Rom|an rites,| Alar|bus' limbs | are lopped,
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And entrails feed | the sac|rifi|cing fire,
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Whose^smoke | like^in|cense^doth | perfume | the
sky.
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Remain|eth nought | but to in|ter our | brethren,
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And with loud 'lar|ums wel|come them | to Rome.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Let it | be so,| and let | Andron|icus
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Make this his lat|est fare|well to | their souls.
[Trumpets sounded, and the coffin laid in the tomb]
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In peace | and hon|or rest | you here | my sons,
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Rome's^read|iest champ|ions, repose | you here |
in rest, ??
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Secure | from world|ly chan|ces and / mishaps:
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Here* lurks | no treason, here | no en|vy swells,
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Here* grow | no damned grud|ges, here | are no*
storms,
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No* noise,| but sil|ence^and | etern|al sleep,
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In peace | and hon|or rest | you here | my sons.
LAVINIA
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In peace | and hon|or, live | Lord^Tit|us long,
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My nob|le lord | and fath|er, live | in fame:
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Lo at | this tomb | my trib|uta|ry tears,
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I rend|er for | my breth|ren's ob|sequies:
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And at | thy feet | I kneel,| with tears | of joy
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Shed on | the earth | for thy | return | to Rome:
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O bless | me here | with thy | victor|ious hand,
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Whose^for|tunes Rome's | best cit/izens |
applaud.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Kind Rome,/ that hast | thus lov/ingly | reserved
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The cor|dial of | mine^age | to glad | my heart,
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Lavin|ia live,| outlive | thy fath|er's days:
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And fame's | etern|al date | for vir|tue's
praise.
[Enter, below, MARCUS ANDRONICUS and Tribunes; enter SATURNINUS and
BASSIANUS, attended]
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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Long live Lord | Titus,| my beloved | brother,
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Gracious | trium/pher in | the eyes | of Rome.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Thanks gentle trib|une,
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Noble | brother | Marcus. (tri with prev)
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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And wel|come, neph|ews from | success|ful wars,
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You that | survive | and you | that sleep | in
fame:
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Fair* lords | your fort|unes are | alike | in
all,
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That^in | your count|ry's serv|ice drew | your
swords.
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But saf|er tri|umph^is | this fun|eral pomp,
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That hath | aspired | to Sol|on's hap|piness,
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And tri|umphs ov|er chance | in hon|or's bed.
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Titus | Andron|icus,| the peo|ple of Rome,
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Whose^friend | in just|ice thou | hast ev|er
been,
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Send thee by | me their | tribune*| and their
trust,
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This pal/liament | of white | and spot|less hue.
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And name | thee in e|lection | for the / empire,
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With these | our late-|deceased | emper|or's
sons:
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Be can|dida|tus then,| and put | it on,
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And help | to set | a head | on head|less Rome.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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A bet|ter head | her glor|ious bo|dy fits,
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Than his | that shakes | for age | and
feeb|leness:
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What should | I don | this robe | and troub|le
you,
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Be cho/sen with | procla|mations | today,
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Tomor|row yield | up^rule,| resign | my life,
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And set | abroad | new bus/iness for | you all.
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Rome I | have been | thy sol|dier for|ty years,
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And led | my count|ry's strength | success|fully,
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And bur|ied one | and twen|ty val|iant sons,
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Knighted | in field,| slain man/fully | in arms,
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In right | and serv|ice of | their noble |
country:
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Give me | a staff | of hon|or for | mine^age,
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But not | a scep|ter to | control | the world,
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Upright | he held | it lords,| that held | it
last.
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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Titus,| thou shalt | obtain | and ask | the
emp||ery.
SATURNINUS
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Proud | and ambi|tious trib|une canst | thou
tell?
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Patience | Prince^Sat|urninus.
SATURNINUS
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Romans | do me | right. (tri with prev)
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Patri|cians draw | your swords,| and sheathe |
them not
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Till Sat|urnin|us be | Rome's^emp|eror:
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Andron|icus | would^thou | wert shipped | to
hell,
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Rather | than rob | me of | the peop|le's hearts.
LUCIUS
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Proud Saturnine,| inter|rupter of | the good
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That nob|le-mind|ed Tit|us means | to thee.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Content | thee prince,| I will | restore | to
thee
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The peop|le's hearts,| and wean | them from |
themselves.
BASSIANUS
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Andron|icus,| I do / not flat|ter thee
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But hon|or thee,| and will | do* till | I die:
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My fac|tion if | thou strength|en with | thy
friend?
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I will / most thank|ful be,| and thanks | to men
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Of nob|le minds,| is hon|ora|ble meed.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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People | of Rome,| and nob|le trib|unes here,
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I ask | your voi|ces and | your suf|frages,
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Will you be|stow them | friendly | on
An|dronicus?
TRIBUNES
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To grat|ify | the good | Andron|icus,
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And grat|ulate | his safe | return | to Rome,
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The peop|le will | accept | whom he | admits.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Tribunes | I thank | you, and | this suit | I
make,
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That you | create | your emp|eror's eld|est son,
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Lord Saturnine,| whose vir/tues will | I hope,
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Reflect | on Rome | as Tit|an's rays | on earth,
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And rip|en just|ice in | this com|monweal:
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Then^if | you will | elect | by my | advice,
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Crown him,| and say:| Long live our^emp|eror.
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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With voi|ces and | applause | of eve|ry sort,
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Patri|cians and | plebei|ans we | create
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Lord^Sat|urninus | Rome's great emp|eror.
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And say,| Long live our^Emp|eror Sat|urnine.
[A long flourish till they come down]
SATURNINUS
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Titus | Andron|icus, for | thy fav|ors done,
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To us | in our | elec|tion | this^day,
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I give | thee thanks | in part | of thy |
deserts,
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And will | with deeds | requite | thy
gent|leness:
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And for an | onset Tit|us to | advance
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Thy name,| and hon|ora|ble fam|ily,
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Lavin|ia | will I | make my | empress,
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Rome's royal mist|ress, mist|ress of | my heart
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And in | the sac|red Panth|eon her | espouse:
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Tell me An|dronicus,| doth this | motion | please
thee?
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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It doth | my worth|y lord,| and in | this^match,
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I hold | me high|ly hon|ored of | your grace,
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And here | in sight | of Rome,| to Sat|urnine,
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King and | command|er of | our com|monweal,
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The wide world's emp|eror, do | I con|secrate,
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My sword,| my char|iot, and | my pris|oners;
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Presents | well* worth|y Rome's | imper|ial lord:
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Receive | them then,| the trib|ute that | I owe,
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Mine^hon|or's ens|igns hum|bled at | thy feet.
SATURNINUS
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Thanks noble Tit|us, fath|er of | my life,
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How proud | I am | of thee,| and of | thy gifts
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Rome shall | record,| and when | I do | forget
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The least | of these | unspeak|able | deserts,
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Romans | forget | your fe|alty | to me.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Now mad/am are | you pris|oner to an | emperor,
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To him | that for | your hon|or and | your state,
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Will use | you nob/ly and | your fol|lowers.
SATURNINUS
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A good|ly la|dy, trust | me of | the hue
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That I | would choose,| were I | to choose |
anew:
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Clear up fair queen | that cloud|y count|enance,
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Though chance | of war | hath wrought | this
change | of cheer,
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Thou comst | not to | be made | a scorn | in
Rome:
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Princely | shall be | thy us|age eve|ry way.
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Rest on | my word,| and let | not dis|content
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Daunt^all | your hopes:| madam | he com|forts
you,
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Can make | you great|er than | the Queen | of
Goths?
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Lavin|ia you | are not | displeased | with this?
LAVINIA
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Not^I | my lord,| sith^true | nobil|ity,
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Warrants | these words | in prince|ly court|esy.
SATURNINUS
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Thanks sweet^|Lavin|ia, Rom|ans let | us go;
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Ransom|less here | we set | our pris|oners free,
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Proclaim | our hon|ors lords | with trump | and
drum.
[Flourish. SATURNINUS courts TAMORA in dumb show]
BASSIANUS
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Lord Tit/us by | your leave,| this maid | is
mine.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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How sir?| Are you | in earn|est then | my lord?
BASSIANUS
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Aye noble Tit|us, and | resolved | withal,
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To do | myself | this reas|on, and | this right.
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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Suum | cuiquam,/ is our | Roman | justice,
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This^prince | in just|ice seize|th but | his own.
LUCIUS
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And that | he will | and shall,| if Lu|cius live.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Traitors | avaunt,| where is | the emp|eror's
guard?
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Treason | my lord,| Lavin|ia is | surprised.
SATURNINUS
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Surprised,| by whom?
BASSIANUS
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By him | that just|ly may
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Bear his | betrothed,| from all | the world |
away.
[Exeunt BASSIANUS and MARCUS with LAVINIA]
MUTIUS
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Brothers | help to | convey | her hence | away,
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And with | my sword | I'll keep | this door safe.
[Exeunt LUCIUS, QUINTUS, and MARTIUS]
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Follow | my lord,| and I'll / soon bring | her
back.
MUTIUS
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My lord | you pass | not here. \\
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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What vil|lain boy,| barrst me | my way | in Rome?
MUTIUS
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Help | Lucius | help. \\
[He kills him.]
LUCIUS
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My lord | you are / unjust,| and more | than so,
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In wrong|ful quar|rel, you | have slain | your
son.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Nor thou,| nor he | are an|y sons | of mine,
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My sons | would nev|er so | dishon|or me.
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Traitor re|store La|vinia | to the | emperor.
LUCIUS
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Dead if | you will,| but not | to be | his wife,
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That is | anoth|er's law|ful prom|ised love.
[Exit. Enter the Emperor with Tamora and her two sons, with Aaron.]
SATURNINUS
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No Titus, no,| the emp|eror needs | her not,
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Nor her,| nor thee,| nor an|y of | thy stock:
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I'll trust | by leis|ure him | that mocks | me
once.
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Thee never: nor | thy trait|orous haugh|ty sons,
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Confed|erates all,| thus to | dishon|or me.
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Was none | in Rome | to make | a stale |
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But Sat|urnine?| Full well An|dronicus
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Agree | these^deeds,| with that // proud brag |
of thine,
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That sad|ist, I | begged the | empire at | thy
hands.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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O mons|trous, what | reproach|ful words | are
these?
SATURNINUS
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But go | thy ways,| go* give | that chang|ing
piece,
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To him | that flour|ished for | her with | his
sword:
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A val|iant son-|in-law | thou shalt | enjoy:
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One, fit to band|y with | thy law|less sons,
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To ruf|fle in | the com|monwealth | of Rome.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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These^words | are raz|ors to | my wound|ed heart.
SATURNINUS
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And there|fore* love|ly Tam|ora queen | of Goths,
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That like | the state|ly Phoe|be 'mongst | her
nymphs
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Dost^ov|ershine | the gal|lantst^dames | of Rome,
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If thou | be pleased | with this | my sud|den
choice,
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Behold | I choose | thee Tam|ora for | my bride,
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And will | create | thee emp/ress of | Rome,
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Speak Queen of Goths | dost thou | applaud | my
choice?
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And here | I swear | by all | the Rom|an gods,
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Sith^priest | and ho|ly wat|er are / so near,
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And tap|ers burn | so* bright | and eve|ry thing
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In read|iness | for Hy|menae|us stand,
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I will / not re-|salute | the streets | of Rome,
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Or climb | my pal|ace, till | from forth | this
place,
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I lead | espoused | my bride | along | with me.
TAMORA
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And here | in sight | of heaven | to Rome | I
swear,
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If Sat|urnine | advance | the Queen | of Goths,
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She will a | handmaid be | to his | desires,
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A lov|ing nurse,| a moth|er to | his youth.
SATURNINUS
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Ascend fair queen,| pantheon | Lords, ac|company
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Your nob|le emp|eror | and his love|ly bride,
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Sent by | the heav|ens for / Prince Sat|urnine,
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Whose^wis|dom hath | her for|tune con|quered,
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There shall | we con|summate | our spous|al
rites.
[Exeunt all but TITUS]
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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I am | not bid | to wait | upon | this bride:
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Titus | when wert | thou wont | to walk | alone,
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Dishon|ored thus | and chal|lenged | of wrongs?
[Enter MARCUS, LUCIUS, QUINTUS, and MARTIUS]
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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O Tit|us see!| O see | what thou | hast done!
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In a / bad quar|rel, slain | a vir|tuous son.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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No fool|ish trib|une, no:| no son | of mine,
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Nor thou,| nor these | confed|erates in | the
deed,
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That hath | dishon|ored all | our fa|mily.
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Unworth|y broth|er, and / unworth|y sons.
LUCIUS
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But let | us give | him bur|ial as | becomes:
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Give^Mu|tius bur|ial with | our bre|thren.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Traitors | away,| he rests | not in this tomb:
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This mon|ument*/ five hund|red years | hath
stood,
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Which^I | have sump|tuously / re-ed|ified:
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Here none but sol|diers, and / Rome's serv|itors,
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Repose | in fame:| none^base|ly slain | in
brawls,
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Bury him | where you | can, he | comes not here.
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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My lord | this is | impi|ety | in you,
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My neph|ew Mu|tius' deeds | do plead | for him,
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He must | be bur|ied with | his bre|thren.
QUINTUS
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And shall,| or him | we will | accomp|any.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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And shall!| What vil/lain was | it spake | that
word?
QUINTUS
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He that | would vouched it | in an|y place | but
here.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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What would | you bu|ry him | in my | despite?
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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No noble Tit|us, but | entreat | of thee,
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To pard|on Mu|tius, and | to bu|ry him.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Marcus,| even^thou | hast struck | upon | my
crest,
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And with these boys | mine^honor | thou hast |
wounded,
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My foes | I do | repute | you eve|ry one.
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So troub|le me / no more,| but get | you gone.
MARTIUS
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He is not | himself,| let us | withdraw.
QUINTUS
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Not^I | till Mut|ius' bones | be bur|ied.
[MARCUS and the Sons of TITUS kneel]
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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Brother,| for in | that name | doth^na|ture
plead.
QUINTUS
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Father,| and in | that name | doth^na|ture speak.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Speak^thou | no more | if all | the rest | will
speed.
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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Renown|ed Tit|us more | than half | my soul.
LUCIUS
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Dear* fath|er, soul | and sub|stance^of | us all.
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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Suffer | thy broth|er Mar|cus to | inter
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His nob|le neph|ew here | in vir|tue's nest,
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That died | in hon|or and | Lavin|ia's cause.
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Thou^art | a Rom|an, be | not bar|barous:
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The Greeks | upon | advice | did bu|ry A||jax
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That | slew him|self: and | Laer|tes' son,
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Did gra|ciously | plead for | his fun|erals:
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Let^not | young^Mu|tius then | that was | thy joy
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Be barred | his en|trance here.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Rise Marcus, rise,
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The dis|mallst day | is this | that ere | I saw,
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To be | dishon|ored by | my sons | in Rome:
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Well, bu/ry him,| and bu|ry me | the next.
[MUTIUS is put into the tomb]
LUCIUS
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There lie thy | bones sweet*| Mutius | with thy
friends,
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Till* we | with troph|ies do | adorn | thy tomb.
ALL
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No man shed | tears for | noble | Mutius,
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He lives | in fame,| that died | in vir|tue's
cause.
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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My lord | to step | out of | these sud|den dumps,
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How comes | it that | the sub|tle Queen | of
Goths,
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Is of | a sud|den thus | advanced | in Rome?
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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I know | not Mar/cus: but | I know | it is,
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(Whether | by device | or no)| the heavens | can
tell,
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Is she not then | behold|ing to | the man,
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That brought | her for this // high good turn |
so far?
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Yes, and | will nob|ly him | remun|erate.
[Flourish. Enter, from one side, SATURNINUS attended, TAMORA, DEMETRIUS,
CHIRON and AARON; from the other, BASSIANUS, LAVINIA, and others]
SATURNINUS
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So Bas|sian|us, you | have played | your prize,
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God give you | joy sir | of your gal|lant bride.
BASSIANUS
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And you | of yours | my lord:| I say | no more,
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Nor wish | no less,| and so | I take | my leave.
SATURNINUS
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Traitor,| if Rome | have law,| or we | have
power,
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Thou and | thy fac|tion shall | repent | this
rape.
BASSIANUS
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Rape call / you it | my lord,| to seize | my own,
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My truth-|betroth|ed love,| and now | my wife?
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But let | the laws | of Rome | deter|mine all,
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Meanwhile I | am possessed | of that | is mine.
SATURNINUS
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'Tis good | sir: you | are ve|ry short | with us,
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But^if | we live,| we'll be | as sharp | with
you.
BASSIANUS
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My lord,| what I | have done | as best | I may,
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Answer | I must,| and shall | do with | my life,
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Only | thus^much | I give | your grace | to know,
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By all | the dut|ies that | I owe | to Rome,
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This nob|le gent|leman / Lord Tit|us here,
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Is in | opin|ion and | in hon|or wronged,
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That in | the res|cue^of | Lavin|ia,
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With his / own hand | did slay | his young|est
son,
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In zeal | to you,| and high|ly moved | to wrath.
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To be | controlled | in that | he frank|ly gave:
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Receive | him then | to fav|or Sat|urnine,
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That hath | expressed | himself | in all | his
deeds,
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A fath|er and | a friend | to thee,| and Rome.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Prince Bassian|us leave | to plead | my deeds,
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'Tis thou,| and those,| that have | dishon|ored
me.
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Rome and | the right|eous heav|ens be | my judge,
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How^I | have loved | and hon|ored Sat|urnine.
TAMORA
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My worth|y lord | if ev|er Tam|ora,
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Were gra|cious in | those^prince|ly eyes | of
thine,
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Then hear | me speak | indif|ferently | for all:
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And at | my suit |(sweet*) pard|on what | is
past.
SATURNINUS
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What mad/am, be | dishon|ored op|enly,
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And base|ly put | it up | without | revenge?
TAMORA
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Not^so | my lord,| the gods | of Rome | forfend
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I should | be auth|or to | dishon|or you.
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But on | mine hon|or dare,| I und|ertake
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For good Lord Tit|us' in|nocence | in all:
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Whose^fu|ry not | dissem|bled speaks | his
griefs:
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Then^at | my suit | look gra/ciously | on him,
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Lose^not | so* nob|le a friend | on vain |
suppose,
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Nor with | sour looks afflict | his gent|le
heart,
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My lord,| be ruled | by me,| be won | at last,
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Dissem|ble all | your griefs | and dis|contents,
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You are | but new|ly plant|ed in | your throne,
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Lest then the peo|ple, and | patri|cians too,
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Upon | a just | survey | take Titus' part,
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And so | supplant | you for | ingrat|itude,
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Which^Rome | reputes | to be | a hein|ous sin.
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Yield at | entreats,| and then | let^me | alone:
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I'll find | a day | to mas|sacre | them all,
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And raze | their fac|tion, and | their fa|mily,
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The cru|el fath|er, and | his trait|orous sons,
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To whom | I sued | for my / dear son's | life.
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And make | them know | what 'tis | to let | a
queen
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Kneel in | the streets,| and beg | for grace | in
vain.
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Come, come, sweet | emperor,| (come An|dronicus)
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Take^up | this good | old^man,| and cheer | the
heart,
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That dies | in temp|est of | thy ang|ry frown.
SATURNINUS
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Rise Titus, rise,| my emp|ress hath | prevailed.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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I thank | your maj|esty,| and her | my lord.
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These^words,| these^looks,| infuse | new life in
me.
TAMORA
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Titus,| I am | incor|porate | in Rome,
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A Rom|an now | adop|ted hap|pily,
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And must | advise | the emp|eror for | his good,
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This day all | quarrels | die An|dronicus.
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And let | it be | mine^hon|or good | my lord,
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That I | have rec|onciled | your friends | and
you.
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For you | Prince^Bas|sian|us I | have passed
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My word | and prom|ise to | the emp|eror,
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That you | will be / more mild | and trac|table.
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And fear not lords:| and you | Lavi|nia,
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By my | advice | all humb/led on | your knees,
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You shall | ask par/don of | his maj|esty.
LUCIUS
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We do,| and vow | to heaven,| and to his |
highness,
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That what | we did,| was mild|ly, as | we might,
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Tendering | our sis|ter's hon|or and | our own.
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
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That on | mine hon|or here | I do | protest.
SATURNINUS
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Away | and talk not, troub|le us / no more.
TAMORA
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Nay, nay, sweet | emperor,| we must all | be
friends:
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The trib|une and | his neph|ews kneel | for
grace,
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I will not | be de/nied, sweet | heart look back.
SATURNINUS
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Marcus,| for thy | sake and | thy broth|er's
here,
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And at | my love|ly Tam|ora's | entreats,
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I do | remit | these young men's | heinous |
faults.
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Stand^up:| Lavin|ia, though | you left | me like
| a churl, (hex w prev)
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I found | a friend,| and sure | as death | I
swore,
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I would / not part | a bach|elor from | the
priest.
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Come, if the | emperor's | court can | feast two
brides,
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You are | my guest | Lavin|ia, and | your
friends:
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This day | shall be | a love-day Tam|ora.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
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Tomor|row and | it please | your maj|esty,
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To hunt | the panth|er and | the hart | with me,
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With horn | and hound,| we'll give | your grace |
bonjour.
SATURNINUS
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Be it | so Tit/us, and | gramer|cy too.
[Flourish. Exeunt]