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with this reproach。 TITUS。 'Tis sure enough; an you knew how; But if you 

hunt these bear…whelps; then beware: The dam will wake; and if she wind 



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ye once; She's with the lion deeply still in league; And lulls him whilst she 

playeth on her back; And when he sleeps will she do what she list。 You are 

a young huntsman; Marcus;   let alone; And   come; I   will go get a leaf   of 

brass; And with a gad of steel will write these words; And lay it by。 The 

angry northern wind Will blow these sands like Sibyl's leaves abroad; And 

where's our lesson; then? Boy; what say you? BOY。 I say; my lord; that if I 

were a man Their mother's bedchamber should not be safe For these base 

bondmen to the yoke of Rome。 MARCUS。 Ay; that's my boy! Thy father 

hath full oft For his ungrateful country done the like。 BOY。 And; uncle; so 

will I; an if I live。 TITUS。 Come; go with me into mine armoury。 Lucius; 

I'll fit thee; and withal my boy Shall carry from me to the Empress' sons 

Presents   that   I   intend   to   send   them   both。   Come;   come;   thou'lt   do   my 

message;     wilt  thou   not?   BOY。    Ay;   with  my    dagger   in  their  bosoms; 

grandsire。 TITUS。 No; boy; not so; I'll teach thee another course。 Lavinia; 

come。 Marcus; look to my house。 Lucius and I'll go brave it at the court; 

Ay; marry; will we; sir! and we'll be waited on。 Exeunt TITUS; LAVINIA; 

and YOUNG LUCIUS MARCUS。 O heavens; can you hear a good man 

groan And not relent; or not compassion him? Marcus; attend him in his 

ecstasy; That hath more scars of sorrow in his heart Than foemen's marks 

upon his batt'red shield; But yet so just that he will not revenge。 Revenge 

the heavens for old Andronicus! Exit 



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                        SCENE II。 Rome。 The palace 



     Enter AARON; DEMETRIUS and CHIRON; at one door; and at the 

other door; YOUNG LUCIUS and another with a bundle of weapons; and 

verses writ upon them 

       CHIRON。        Demetrius;     here's   the   son   of   Lucius;    He   hath    some 

message   to   deliver   us。   AARON。   Ay;   some   mad   message   from   his   mad 

grandfather。 BOY。 My lords; with all the humbleness I may; I greet your 

honours   from Andronicus…   'Aside' And   pray   the   Roman   gods   confound 

you    both!   DEMETRIUS。          Gramercy;      lovely   Lucius。    What's    the  news? 

BOY。 'Aside' That   you are   both decipher'd;  that's the news;  For villains 

mark'd with rape。… May it please you; My grandsire; well advis'd; hath sent 

by me The goodliest weapons of his armoury To gratify your honourable 

youth; The hope of Rome; for so he bid me say; And so I do; and with his 

gifts present Your lordships; that; whenever   you have need; You may  be 

armed and appointed well。 And so I leave you both… 'Aside' like bloody 

villains。   Exeunt   YOUNG   LUCIUS   and   attendant   DEMETRIUS。   What's 

here? A scroll; and written round about。 Let's see: 'Reads' 'Integer vitae; 

scelerisque  purus;   Non  eget   Mauri   iaculis;   nec  arcu。'   CHIRON。  O;   'tis   a 

verse    in  Horace;    I  know    it  well;  I  read   it  in   the  grammar    long   ago。 

AARON。 Ay;   just…   a   verse   in   Horace。   Right;   you   have   it。   'Aside'   Now; 

what   a   thing   it   is   to   be   an   ass!   Here's   no   sound   jest! The   old   man   hath 

found their guilt; And sends them weapons wrapp'd about with lines That 

wound;   beyond   their   feeling;   to   the   quick。   But   were   our   witty   Empress 

well afoot; She would applaud Andronicus' conceit。 But let her rest in her 

unrest   awhile… And   now;   young   lords;   was't   not   a   happy   star   Led   us   to 

Rome; strangers; and more than so; Captives; to be advanced to this height? 

It did me good before the palace gate To brave the Tribune in his brother's 

hearing。 DEMETRIUS。 But me more good to see so great a lord Basely 

insinuate and send us gifts。 AARON。 Had he not reason; Lord Demetrius? 

Did   you   not   use   his   daughter   very   friendly?   DEMETRIUS。   I   would   we 

had   a   thousand   Roman   dames At   such   a   bay;   by   turn   to   serve   our   lust。 

CHIRON。  A   charitable   wish   and   full   of   love。  AARON。   Here   lacks   but 

your   mother   for   to   say  amen。   CHIRON。 And   that   would   she   for   twenty 



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thousand more。 DEMETRIUS。 Come;   let us go and pray to all the gods 

For our beloved mother in her pains。 AARON。 'Aside' Pray to the devils; 

the gods have given us over。 'Trumpets sound' DEMETRIUS。 Why do the 

Emperor's trumpets flourish thus? CHIRON。 Belike; for joy the Emperor 

hath a son。 DEMETRIUS。 Soft! who comes here? 

       Enter NURSE; with a blackamoor CHILD 

       NURSE。   Good   morrow;   lords。   O;   tell   me;   did   you   see   Aaron   the 

Moor? AARON。 Well; more or less; or ne'er a whit at all; Here Aaron is; 

and what with Aaron now? NURSE。 O gentle Aaron; we are all undone! 

Now      help;   or   woe    betide   thee   evermore!      AARON。       Why;     what    a 

caterwauling dost thou keep! What dost thou wrap and fumble in thy arms? 

NURSE。   O;   that   which   I   would   hide   from   heaven's   eye:   Our   Empress' 

shame and stately Rome's disgrace! She is delivered; lord; she is delivered。 

AARON。 To whom? NURSE。 I mean she is brought a…bed。 AARON。 Well; 

God give her good rest! What hath he sent her? NURSE。 A devil。 AARON。 

Why; then she is the devil's dam; A joyful issue。 NURSE。 A joyless; dismal; 

black;   and   sorrowful   issue!   Here   is   the   babe;   as   loathsome   as   a  toad 

Amongst the fair…fac'd breeders of our clime; The Empress sends it thee; 

thy   stamp;   thy   seal;   And   bids   thee   christen   it   with   thy   dagger's   point。 

AARON。 Zounds; ye whore! Is black so base a hue? Sweet blowse; you 

are a beauteous blossom sure。 DEMETRIUS。 Villain; what hast thou done? 

AARON。 That   which   thou   canst   not   undo。   CHIRON。 Thou   hast   undone 

our mother。 AARON。 Villain; I have done thy mother。 DEMETRIUS。 And 

therein; hellish dog; thou hast undone her。 Woe to her chance; and damn'd 

her loathed choice! Accurs'd the offspring of so foul a fiend! CHIRON。 It 

shall   not   live。   AARON。   It   shall   not   die。   NURSE。   Aaron;   it   must;   the 

mother wills it so。 AARON。 What; must it; nurse? Then let no man but I 

Do execution on my flesh and blood。 DEMETRIUS。 I'll broach the tadpole 

on my rapier's point。 Nurse; give it me; my sword shall soon dispatch it。 

AARON。        Sooner    this  sword    shall   plough    thy  bowels     up。  'Takes    the 

CHILD from the NURSE; and draws' Stay; murderous villains; will you 

kill   your   brother!   Now;   by   the   burning   tapers   of   the   sky  That   shone   so 

brightly  when   this   boy  was   got;   He  dies upon  my  scimitar's   sharp   point 

That   touches   this   my   first…born   son   and   heir。   I   tell   you;   younglings;   not 



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Enceladus;   With   all   his   threat'ning   band   of   Typhon's   brood;   Nor   great 

Alcides; nor the god of war; Shall seize this prey out of his father's hands。 

What; what; ye sanguine; shallow…hearted boys! Ye white…lim'd walls! ye 

alehouse   painted   signs!   Coal…black   is   better   than   another   hue   In   that   it 

scorns to bear another hue; For all the water in the ocean Can never turn 

the swan's black legs to white; Although she lave them hourly in the flood。 

Tell the Empress from me I am of age To keep mine own… exc

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