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The same. Before the palace.
[Enter SATURNINUS, TAMORA, DEMETRIUS, CHIRON, Lords, and others; SATURNINUS
with the arrows in his hand that TITUS shot]
SATURNINUS
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Why* lords,| what wrongs | are these?| Was ev|er
seen
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An emp|eror | in Rome | thus ov|erborne,
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Troubled,| confront|ed thus,| and for | the
extent
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Of eg|al just|ice, used | in such | contempt?
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My lords,| you know,| as know | the might|ful
gods,
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(Howev|er these | disturb|ers of | our peace
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Buzz in | the peop|le's ears)| there nought |
hath passed,
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But even | with law,| against | the will|ful sons
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Of old | Andron|icus.| And what | and if
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His sor|rows have / so ov|erwhelmed | his wits,
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Shall we | be thus | afflic|ted in | his wreaks,
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His fits,| his fren|zy, and | his bit|terness?
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And now | he writes | to heaven | for his |
redress.
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See, here's to Jove,| and this | to Merc|ury,
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This to | Apol|lo, this | to the god | of war:
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Sweet scrolls to fly | about | the streets | of
Rome:
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What's^this | but lib|elling | against | the
senate,
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And bla|zoning our | injust|ice eve|rywhere?
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A good|ly hum|or, is | it not | my lords?
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As who | would say,| in Rome no just|ice were.
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But if | I live,| his feign|ed ecs|tasies
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Shall be | no shel/ter to | these^out|rages:
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But he | and his | shall know,| that just|ice
lives
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In Sat|urnin|us' health;| whom^if | he sleep,
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He'll so | awake,| as she | in fur|y shall
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Cut^off | the proudst | conspir|ator | that
lives.
TAMORA
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My gra|cious lord,| my love|ly Sat|urnine,
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Lord of | my life,| command|er of | my thoughts,
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Calm thee, and bear | the faults | of Tit|us'
age,
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The effects | of sor|row for | his val|iant sons,
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Whose^loss | hath^pierced | him deep,| and
scarred | his heart;
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And rath|er com|fort his | distres|sed plight,
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Than pro|secute | the mean|est or | the best
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For these | contempts.| Why, thus it shall |
become
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High-witted Tam|ora | to gloze | with all:
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But Tit|us, I | have touched | thee to | the
quick,
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Thy life-|blood^out: if Aar|on now | be wise,
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Then is / all safe,| the anch|or's in | the port.
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How* now | good* fel|low, wouldst | thou speak |
with us?
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Yea forsooth, and your mistership be emperial.
TAMORA
Empress I am, but yonder sits the emperor.
CLOWN
'Tis he; God and Saint Stephen give you good den; I have brought you a
letter, and a couple of pigeons here.
[SATURNINUS reads the letter]
SATURNINUS
Go take him away, and hang him presently.
CLOWN
How much money must I have?
TAMORA
Come sirrah you must be hanged.
CLOWN
Hanged? By our lady, then I have brought up a neck to a fair end.
[Exit, guarded]
SATURNINUS
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Despite|ful and | intol|era|ble wrongs,
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Shall I | endure | this^mons|trous vil|lany?
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I know | from whence | this same | device |
proceeds:
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May* this | be borne?| As if | his trait|orous
sons,
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That died | by law | for murd|er of our |
brother.
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Have by | my means | been butch|ered wrong|fully?
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Go* drag | the vil|lain hith|er by | the hair,
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Nor^age,| nor^hon|or, shall / shape priv|ilege:
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For this / proud mock,| I'll be | thy
slaugh|terman;
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Sly frantic wretch,| that holpst | to make | me
great,
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In hope | thyself | should gov|ern Rome | and me.
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What news | with thee,| Aemil|ius?|
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Arm my | lords, Rome never | had more cause,
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The Goths | have gath|ered head,| and with | a
power
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Of high-|resolv|ed men,| bent to | the spoil
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They hith|er march | amain,| under | conduct*
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Of Luc|ius, son | to old | Andron|icus;
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Who threats | in course | of this | revenge | to
do
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As much | as ever | Cori|ola|nus did.
SATURNINUS
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Is warlike Luc|ius gene|ral of | the Goths?
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These^tid|ings nip | me, and | I hang | the head
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As flowers | with frost,| or grass beat down |
with storms:
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Aye, now begin | our sor|rows to | approach,
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'Tis he | the com|mon peo|ple love | so much,
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Myself | hath oft|en ov|er-heard | them say,
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(When^I | have walk|ed like | a priv|ate man)
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That Luc|ius' ban|ishment | was wrong|fully,
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And they have | wished that | Lucius | were their
| emperor*.
TAMORA
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Why should | you fear?| Is not | our ci|ty
strong?
SATURNINUS
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Aye,| but the | citizens | favor | Lucius,
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And will | revolt | from me,| to suc|cor him.
TAMORA
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King, be*| thy thoughts | imper|ious like | thy
name.
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Is the / sun dimmed,| that gnats | do fly | in
it?
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The eag|le suf|fers lit|tle birds | to sing,
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And is / not care|ful what | they mean | thereby,
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Knowing | that with | the shad|ow of | his wings,
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He can | at pleas|ure stint | their mel|ody.
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Even so | mayst^thou,| the gid|dy men | of Rome,
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Then cheer | thy spirit,| for know |
thou^emp|eror,
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I will | enchant | the old | Andron|icus,
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With words | more sweet, and yet | more
dang/erous
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Than baits | to fish,| or hon|ey-stalks | to
sheep,
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When^as | the one | is wound|ed with | the bait,
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The oth|er rot|ted with | deli|cious food.
SATURNINUS
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But he | will not | entreat | his son | for us.
TAMORA
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If Tam|ora | entreat | him, then | he will,
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For I | can smooth | and fill | his age|d ear,
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With gold|en prom|ises,| that were | his heart
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Almost im|pregna|ble, his | old ears deaf,
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Yet should | both^ear | and heart | obey | my
tongue.
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Go thou | before | to our | ambas|sador,
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Say, that | the emp|eror | requests | a parl||ey
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Of war|like Luc/ius, and ap|point the | meeting.
SATURNINUS
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Aemil|ius do | this mes|sage hon|orably,
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And if he | stand in | hostage | for his |
safety,
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Bid him | demand | what pledge | will please |
him best.
AEMILIUS
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Your bid|ding shall | I do | effec|tually.
[Exit]
TAMORA
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Now will | I to | that old | Andron|icus;
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And temp|er him | with all | the art | I have,
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To pluck proud Luc|ius from | the war|like^Goths.
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And now | sweet^emp|eror | be* blithe | again,
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And bu|ry all | thy fear | in my | devi||ces.
SATURNINUS
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Then go | succes|santly | and plead | to him.
[Exeunt]