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Rome. Before the Palace.
AARON
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Now climb|eth Tam|ora | Olym|pus' top,
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Safe out | of for|tune's shot,| and sits | aloft,
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Secure | of thund|er's crack | or light|ning
flash,
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Advanced | above pale en|vy's threat|ening reach:
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As when | the gold|en sun | salutes | the morn,
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And hav|ing gilt | the o|cean with | his beams,
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Gallops | the zo|diac | in his glis|tering coach,
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And ov|erlooks | the high|est-peer|ing hills:
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So Tam|ora: \\
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Upon | her wit | doth^earth|ly hon|or wait,
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And vir|tue stoops | and tremb|les at | her
frown.
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Then Aar|on arm | thy heart,| and fit | thy
thoughts,
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To mount | aloft | with thy im|perial | mistress,
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And mount | her pitch,| whom thou | in tri|umph
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Hast^pris|oner held,| fettered | in am|orous
chains,
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And fast|er bound | to Aar|on's charm|ing eyes,
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Than^is | Prometh|eus tied | to Cau|casus.
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Away | with slav|ish weeds | and servile
thoughts,
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I will | be bright | and shine | in pearl | and
gold,
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To wait | upon | this new-made | empress.
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To wait | said I.| To want|on with | this queen,
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This god|dess, this | Semi|ramis,| this queen,
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This sir|en, that will // charm Rome's
Sat|urnine,
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And see | his ship|wreck, and | his com|monweal's.
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Hello,| what storm | is this? \\
[Enter DEMETRIUS and CHIRON, braving]
DEMETRIUS
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Chiron thy | years want wit,| thy wit |
wants^edge
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And man|ners to | intrude | where^I | am graced;
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And may | for aught | thou knowst | affec|ted be.
CHIRON
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Demet|rius, thou | dost^ov|er-ween | in all,
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And so | in this,| to bear | me down | with
braves.
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'Tis not | the dif|ference of | a year | or two
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Makes me | less gra/cious, or | thee more*|
fortunate:
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I am | as ab|le, and | as fit,| as thou,
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To serve,| and to / deserve | my mist|ress'
grace,
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And that | my sword | upon | thee* shall |
approve,
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And plead | my pas|sions for | Lavin|ia's love.
AARON
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Clubs, clubs, these | lovers will | not keep the
peace.
DEMETRIUS
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Why* boy,| although | our moth|er (un|advised)
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Gave you | a dan|cing-rap|ier by | your side,
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Are you | so des|perate grown | to threat | your
friends?
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Go* to:| have your / lath glued | within | your
sheath,
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Till you know | better | how to | handle it.
CHIRON
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Meanwhile sir,| with the lit|tle skill | I have,
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Full* well | shalt^thou | perceive | how* much |
I dare.
DEMETRIUS
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Aye boy*,| grow ye so | brave?
[They draw]
AARON
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Why*| how now lords?
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So near | the emp|eror's pal|ace dare | you draw,
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And maintain such | a quar|rel op|enly?
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Full* well | I wot,| the ground | of all | this
grudge.
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I would | not for | a mil|lion | of gold,
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The cause | were known | to them | it most |
concerns.
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Nor would | your nob|le moth|er for / much more
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Be so | dishon|ored in | the court | of Rome:
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For shame | put^up.
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Not^I,| till^I | have sheathed
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My rap|ier in | his bos|om, and | withal
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Thrust these reproach|ful speech|es down | his
throat,
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That he | hath breathed | in my | dishon|or here.
CHIRON
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For that | I am | prepared,| and full | resolved,
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Foul-spoken cow|ard, that / thunderst | with thy
tongue,
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And with | thy weap|on noth|ing darst | perform.
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Away | I say. \\
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Now by | the gods | that war|like Goths adore,
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This pet|ty brab|ble will | undo | us all:
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Why* lords,| and think | you not | how dang|erous
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It is | to set | upon | a prin|ce's right?
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What is | Lavin|ia then | become so loose,
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Or Bas|sian|us so | degen|erate,
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That for | her love | such^quar|rels may | be
broached,
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Without | control|ment, just|ice, or | revenge?
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Young lords beware,| and should | the emp|ress
know,
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This^dis|cord ground, the mus|ic would / not
please.
CHIRON
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I care | not I,| knew* she | and all | the world,
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I love | Lavin|ia more | than all | the world.
DEMETRIUS
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Youngling,| learn thou to make | some^mean|er
choice,
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Lavin|ia is | thine^eld|er broth|er's hope.
AARON
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Why are | ye mad?| Or know | ye not | in Rome
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How fur|ious and | impa|tient | they be,
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And can|not brook | compet|itors | in love?
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I tell | you lords,| you do | but plot | your
deaths,
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By this | device. \\
CHIRON
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Aaron,| a thous|and deaths | would I | propose,
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To achieve | her whom | I love.
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To achieve | her, how?
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Why, makst thou | it so strange?|
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She^is | a wom|an, there|fore may | be wooed,
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She is | a wom|an, there|fore may | be won,
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She^is | Lavin|ia there|fore must | be loved.
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What man, more | water | glideth | by the mill
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Than wots | the mil|ler of,| and ea|sy it is
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Of a / cut loaf | to steal | a shive | we know:
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Though* Bas|sian|us be | the emp|eror's
broth||er,
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Bet|ter than he | have worn | Vulcan's | badge.
AARON
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Aye, and | as good | as Sat|urnin|us may.
DEMETRIUS
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Then why | should he | despair | that knows | to
court it
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With words,| fair looks, and lib|eral|ity:
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What, hast | not^thou | full^of|ten struck | a
doe,
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And borne | her clean|ly by | the keep|er's nose?
AARON
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Why then | it seems,| some cert|ain snatch | or
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Would serve | your turns.
CHIRON
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Aye* so | the turn | were served.
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Aaron | thou hast hit it.
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Would^you | had hit | it too,
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Then should | not we | be tired | with this |
ado:
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Why* hark | ye, hark | ye, and are // you such
fools,
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To square | for this?| Would it | offend | you
then?
CHIRON
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Faith not me.
DEMETRIUS
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Nor me,| so I | were one.
AARON
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For shame | be friends,| and join | for that |
you jar:
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'Tis pol|icy,| and strat|agem | must do
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That you | affect,| and so | must^you | resolve,
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That what | you can|not as | you would | achieve,
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You must | perforce | accomp|lish as | you may:
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Take this^of | me, Lu|crece was | not more chaste
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Than this | Lavin|ia, Bas|sian|us' love,
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A speed|ier course | than ling|ering
lang|uishment
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Must^we | pursue,| and I | have found | the path:
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My lords,| a sol|emn hunt|ing is | in hand.
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There will | the love|ly Rom|an lad|ies troop:
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The for|est walks | are wide | and spa|cious,
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And man|y un|frequen|ted plots | there^are,
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Fitted | by kind | for rape | and vil|lany:
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Single | you thith|er then | this dain|ty doe,
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And strike | her home | by force,| if not | by
words:
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This^way | or not | at all,| stand you | in hope.
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Come, come, our | empress | with her sac|red wit
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To vil|lany | and venge|ance con|secrate,
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Will we | acquaint | with all | that we | intend,
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And she | shall file | our en|gines with |
advice,
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That will | not suf|fer you | to square |
yourselves,
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But to | your wish|es' height | advance | you
both.
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The emp|eror's court | is like | the house | of
Fame,
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The pal|ace full | of tongues,| of eyes,| of
ears:
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The woods | are ruth|less, dread|ful, deaf,| and
dull:
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There speak, and strike | brave boys, and take |
your turns.
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There* serve | your lusts,| shadowed | from
heav|en's eye,
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And rev|el in | Lavin|ia's trea|sury.
CHIRON
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Thy couns|el lad | smells of | no cow/ardice.
DEMETRIUS
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Sit fas | aut nef|as, till | I find | the
streams,
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To cool | this heat,| a charm | to calm |
these^fits,
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Per Sty/ga per | manes | vehor.|
[Exeunt]