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Under their sweet   shade; Aaron;  let   us sit; And   while   the   babbling   echo 

mocks the hounds; Replying shrilly to the well…tun'd horns; As if a double 

hunt were heard at once; Let us sit down and mark their yellowing noise; 

And… after conflict such as was suppos'd The wand'ring prince and Dido 

once enjoyed; When with a happy storm they were surpris'd; And curtain'd 

with a counsel…keeping cave… We may; each wreathed in the other's arms; 

Our pastimes   done;  possess   a   golden slumber; Whiles   hounds   and   horns 

and sweet melodious birds Be unto us as is a nurse's song Of lullaby to 

bring    her   babe   asleep。   AARON。       Madam;      though    Venus    govern    your 

desires; Saturn is dominator over mine。 What signifies my deadly…standing 

eye; My silence and my cloudy melancholy; My fleece of woolly hair that 

now   uncurls   Even   as   an   adder   when   she   doth   unroll   To   do   some   fatal 

execution? No; madam; these are no venereal signs。 Vengeance is in my 

heart; death in my hand; Blood and revenge are hammering in my head。 

Hark; Tamora; the empress of my soul; Which never hopes more heaven 

than   rests   in   thee… This   is   the day  of   doom  for   Bassianus;   His   Philomel 

must lose her tongue to…day; Thy sons make pillage of her chastity; And 

wash their hands in Bassianus' blood。 Seest thou this letter? Take it up; I 

pray thee; And give the King this fatal…plotted scroll。 Now question me no 

more;   we   are   espied。   Here   comes   a   parcel   of   our   hopeful   booty;  Which 



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dreads not yet their lives' destruction。 

       Enter BASSIANUS and LAVINIA TAMORA。 Ah;  my sweet Moor; 

sweeter   to   me   than   life!   AARON。   No   more;   great   Empress:   Bassianus 

comes。 Be cross with him; and I'll go fetch thy sons To back thy quarrels; 

whatsoe'er they be。 Exit BASSIANUS。 Who have we here? Rome's royal 

Emperess; Unfurnish'd of her well…beseeming troop? Or is it Dian; habited 

like her; Who hath abandoned her holy groves To see the general hunting 

in this forest? TAMORA。 Saucy controller of my private steps! Had I the 

pow'r   that   some   say  Dian   had; Thy  temples   should   be   planted   presently 

With horns; as was Actaeon's; and the hounds Should drive upon thy new… 

transformed   limbs;   Unmannerly   intruder   as   thou   art!   LAVINIA。   Under 

your   patience;   gentle   Emperess;   'Tis   thought   you   have   a   goodly   gift   in 

horning; And to be doubted that your Moor and you Are singled forth to 

try thy experiments。 Jove shield your husband from his hounds to…day! 'Tis 

pity  they  should   take   him  for  a  stag。  BASSIANUS。  Believe  me;  Queen; 

your swarth Cimmerian Doth make your honour of his body's hue; Spotted; 

detested;   and   abominable。   Why   are   you   sequest'red   from   all   your   train; 

Dismounted from your snow…white goodly steed; And wand'red hither to 

an obscure plot; Accompanied but with   a barbarous Moor; If foul   desire 

had not conducted you? LAVINIA。 And; being intercepted in your sport; 

Great reason that my noble lord be rated For sauciness。 I pray you let us 

hence;    And    let  her   joy  her   raven…coloured      love;  This   valley   fits  the 

purpose   passing      well。  BASSIANUS。   The         King    my   brother    shall  have 

notice   of this。  LAVINIA。 Ay;  for   these   slips   have   made   him  noted   long。 

Good king; to be so mightily abused! TAMORA。 Why; I have patience to 

endure all this。 

       Enter CHIRON and DEMETRIUS 

       DEMETRIUS。  How now; dear sovereign; and our gracious mother! 

Why  doth   your   Highness   look so   pale   and   wan? TAMORA。   Have   I   not 

reason; think   you;   to   look   pale? These two   have   'ticed   me   hither   to   this 

place。 A barren detested vale you see it is: The trees; though summer; yet 

forlorn and lean; Overcome with moss and baleful mistletoe; Here never 

shines the sun; here nothing breeds; Unless the nightly owl or fatal raven。 

And when they show'd me this abhorred pit; They told me; here; at dead 



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time   of   the  night;   A   thousand   fiends;    a  thousand    hissing   snakes;   Ten 

thousand swelling toads; as many urchins; Would make such fearful and 

confused cries As any mortal body hearing it Should straight fall mad or 

else   die   suddenly。   No   sooner   had   they   told   this   hellish   tale   But   straight 

they told me they would bind me here Unto the body of a dismal yew; And 

leave me to this miserable death。 And then they call'd me foul adulteress; 

Lascivious Goth; and all the bitterest terms That ever ear did hear to such 

effect; And had you not by wondrous fortune come; This vengeance on me 

had they executed。 Revenge it; as you love your mother's life; Or be ye not 

henceforth call'd my children。 DEMETRIUS。 This is a witness that I am 

thy son。 'Stabs BASSIANUS' CHIRON。 And this for me; struck home to 

show   my   strength。   'Also   stabs'   LAVINIA。   Ay;   come;   Semiramis…   nay; 

barbarous Tamora; For no name fits thy nature but thy own! TAMORA。 

Give me the poniard; you shall know; my boys; Your mother's hand shall 

right   your   mother's    wrong。   DEMETRIUS。           Stay;   madam;    here   is  more 

belongs to her; First thrash the corn; then after burn the straw。 This minion 

stood upon her chastity; Upon her nuptial vow; her loyalty; And with that 

painted   hope   braves   your   mightiness; And   shall   she   carry   this   unto   her 

grave? CHIRON。 An if she do; I would I were an eunuch。 Drag hence her 

husband to some secret hole; And make his dead trunk pillow to our lust。 

TAMORA。   But   when   ye   have   the   honey   we   desire;   Let   not   this   wasp 

outlive; us both to sting。 CHIRON。 I warrant you; madam; we will make 

that sure。 Come; mistress; now perforce we will enjoy That nice…preserved 

honesty   of   yours。   LAVINIA。   O   Tamora!   thou   bearest   a   woman's   face… 

TAMORA。   I   will   not   hear   her   speak;   away   with   her!   LAVINIA。   Sweet 

lords; entreat her hear me but a word。 DEMETRIUS。 Listen; fair madam: 

let   it  be  your   glory   To  see   her  tears;  but   be  your   heart   to  them    As 

unrelenting flint to drops of rain。 LAVINIA。 When did the tiger's young 

ones teach the dam? O; do not learn her wrath… she taught it thee; The milk 

thou suck'dst from her did turn to marble; Even at thy teat thou hadst thy 

tyranny。 Yet every mother breeds not sons alike: 'To CHIRON' Do thou 

entreat her show a woman's pity。 CHIRON。 What; wouldst thou have me 

prove  myself   a  bastard?   LAVINIA。  'Tis   true;  the   raven doth   not   hatch   a 

lark。 Yet have I heard… O; could I find it now!… The lion; mov'd with pity; 



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did endure To have his princely paws par'd all away。 Some say that ravens 

foster forlorn children; The whilst their own birds famish in their nests; O; 

be to me; though thy hard heart say no; Nothing so kind; but something 

pitiful! TAMORA。 I know not what it means; away with her! LAVINIA。 O; 

let me teach thee! For my father's sake; That gave thee life when well he 

might   have   slain   thee;   Be   not   obdurate;   open   thy   deaf   ears。   TAMORA。 

Hadst thou in person ne'er offended me; Even for his sake am I pitiless。 

Remember; boys; I pour'd forth tears in vain To save your brother from the 

sacrifice; But fierce Andronicus would not relent。 Therefore away with her; 

and use her as you will; The worse to her the better lov'd of me。 LAVINIA。 

O Tamora; be call'd a gentle queen; And with thine own hands kill me in 

this  

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