Speeches (Lines) for (stage directions)
in "Titus Andronicus"
Total: 98

1

I,1,1

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [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 colours]

2

I,1,22

Bassianus. Romans, friends, followers, favorers of my right,
If ever Bassianus, Caesar's son,
Were gracious in the eyes of royal Rome,
Keep then this passage to the Capitol
And suffer not dishonour to approach
The imperial seat, to virtue consecrate,
To justice, continence and nobility;
But let desert in pure election shine,
And, Romans, fight for freedom in your choice.

(stage directions). [Enter MARCUS ANDRONICUS, aloft, with the crown]

3

I,1,61

Bassianus. Marcus Andronicus, so I do ally
In thy uprightness and integrity,
And so I love and honour thee and thine,
Thy noble brother Titus and his sons,
And her to whom my thoughts are humbled all,
Gracious Lavinia, Rome's rich ornament,
That I will here dismiss my loving friends,
And to my fortunes and the people's favor
Commit my cause in balance to be weigh'd.

(stage directions). [Exeunt the followers of BASSIANUS]

4

I,1,71

Bassianus. Tribunes, and me, a poor competitor.

(stage directions). [Flourish. SATURNINUS and BASSIANUS go up into the Capitol]

5

I,1,72

(stage directions). [Flourish. SATURNINUS and BASSIANUS go up into the Capitol]

(stage directions). [Enter a Captain]

6

I,1,147

Lucius. Away with him! and make a fire straight;
And with our swords, upon a pile of wood,
Let's hew his limbs till they be clean consumed.

(stage directions). [Exeunt LUCIUS, QUINTUS, MARTIUS, and MUTIUS, with ALARBUS]

7

I,1,178

Titus Andronicus. Let it be so; and let Andronicus
Make this his latest farewell to their souls.
[Trumpets sounded, and the coffin laid in the tomb]
In peace and honour rest you here, my sons;
Rome's readiest champions, repose you here in rest,
Secure from worldly chances and mishaps!
Here lurks no treason, here no envy swells,
Here grow no damned grudges; here are no storms,
No noise, but silence and eternal sleep:
In peace and honour rest you here, my sons!

(stage directions). [Enter LAVINIA]

8

I,1,259

Marcus Andronicus. With voices and applause of every sort,
Patricians and plebeians, we create
Lord Saturninus Rome's great emperor,
And say 'Long live our Emperor Saturnine!'

(stage directions). [A long flourish till they come down]

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I,1,303

Saturninus. Thanks, sweet Lavinia. Romans, let us go;
Ransomless here we set our prisoners free:
Proclaim our honours, lords, with trump and drum.

(stage directions). [Flourish. SATURNINUS courts TAMORA in dumb show]

10

I,1,305

Bassianus. Lord Titus, by your leave, this maid is mine.

(stage directions). [Seizing LAVINIA]

11

I,1,317

Bassianus. By him that justly may
Bear his betroth'd from all the world away.

(stage directions). [Exeunt BASSIANUS and MARCUS with LAVINIA]

12

I,1,320

Mutius. Brothers, help to convey her hence away,
And with my sword I'll keep this door safe.

(stage directions). [Exeunt LUCIUS, QUINTUS, and MARTIUS]

13

I,1,325

Titus Andronicus. What, villain boy!
Barr'st me my way in Rome?

(stage directions). [Stabbing MUTIUS]

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I,1,330

Mutius. Help, Lucius, help!
[Dies]
[During the fray, SATURNINUS, TAMORA, DEMETRIUS,]
CHIRON and AARON go out and re-enter, above]

(stage directions). [Re-enter LUCIUS]

15

I,1,338

Lucius. Dead, if you will; but not to be his wife,
That is another's lawful promised love.

(stage directions). [Exit]

16

I,1,378

Saturninus. Ascend, fair queen, Pantheon. Lords, accompany
Your noble emperor and his lovely bride,
Sent by the heavens for Prince Saturnine,
Whose wisdom hath her fortune conquered:
There shall we consummate our spousal rites.

(stage directions). [Exeunt all but TITUS]

17

I,1,382

Titus Andronicus. I am not bid to wait upon this bride.
Titus, when wert thou wont to walk alone,
Dishonour'd thus, and challenged of wrongs?

(stage directions). [Re-enter MARCUS, LUCIUS, QUINTUS, and MARTIUS]

18

I,1,413

Quintus. Not I, till Mutius' bones be buried.

(stage directions). [MARCUS and the Sons of TITUS kneel]

19

I,1,432

Titus Andronicus. Rise, Marcus, rise.
The dismall'st day is this that e'er I saw,
To be dishonour'd by my sons in Rome!
Well, bury him, and bury me the next.

(stage directions). [MUTIUS is put into the tomb]

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I,1,546

Saturninus. Be it so, Titus, and gramercy too.

(stage directions). [Flourish. Exeunt]

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II,1,547

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter AARON]

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Aaron. Now climbeth Tamora Olympus' top,
Safe out of fortune's shot; and sits aloft,
Secure of thunder's crack or lightning flash;
Advanced above pale envy's threatening reach.
As when the golden sun salutes the morn,
And, having gilt the ocean with his beams,
Gallops the zodiac in his glistering coach,
And overlooks the highest-peering hills;
So Tamora:
Upon her wit doth earthly honour wait,
And virtue stoops and trembles at her frown.
Then, Aaron, arm thy heart, and fit thy thoughts,
To mount aloft with thy imperial mistress,
And mount her pitch, whom thou in triumph long
Hast prisoner held, fetter'd in amorous chains
And faster bound to Aaron's charming eyes
Than is Prometheus tied to Caucasus.
Away with slavish weeds and servile thoughts!
I will be bright, and shine in pearl and gold,
To wait upon this new-made empress.
To wait, said I? to wanton with this queen,
This goddess, this Semiramis, this nymph,
This siren, that will charm Rome's Saturnine,
And see his shipwreck and his commonweal's.
Holloa! what storm is this?

(stage directions). [Enter DEMETRIUS and CHIRON, braving]

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II,1,595

Demetrius. Ay, boy, grow ye so brave?

(stage directions). [They draw]

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II,1,694

Demetrius. Sit fas aut nefas, till I find the stream
To cool this heat, a charm to calm these fits.
Per Styga, per manes vehor.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

25

II,2,695

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter TITUS ANDRONICUS, with Hunters, &c., MARCUS,]
LUCIUS, QUINTUS, and MARTIUS]

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II,2,730

Demetrius. Chiron, we hunt not, we, with horse nor hound,
But hope to pluck a dainty doe to ground.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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II,3,731

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter AARON, with a bag of gold]

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II,3,742

Aaron. He that had wit would think that I had none,
To bury so much gold under a tree,
And never after to inherit it.
Let him that thinks of me so abjectly
Know that this gold must coin a stratagem,
Which, cunningly effected, will beget
A very excellent piece of villany:
And so repose, sweet gold, for their unrest
[Hides the gold]
That have their alms out of the empress' chest.

(stage directions). [Enter TAMORA]

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II,3,788

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.

(stage directions). [Exit]

30

II,3,789

(stage directions). [Exit]

(stage directions). [Enter BASSIANUS and LAVINIA]

31

II,3,824

Tamora. Why have I patience to endure all this?

(stage directions). [Enter DEMETRIUS and CHIRON]

32

II,3,853

Demetrius. This is a witness that I am thy son.

(stage directions). [Stabs BASSIANUS]

33

II,3,855

Chiron. And this for me, struck home to show my strength.

(stage directions). [Also stabs BASSIANUS, who dies]

34

II,3,935

Tamora. Farewell, my sons: see that you make her sure.
Ne'er let my heart know merry cheer indeed,
Till all the Andronici be made away.
Now will I hence to seek my lovely Moor,
And let my spleenful sons this trull deflow'r.

(stage directions). [Exit]

35

II,3,936

(stage directions). [Exit]

(stage directions). [Re-enter AARON, with QUINTUS and MARTIUS]

36

II,3,943

Martius. And mine, I promise you; were't not for shame,
Well could I leave our sport to sleep awhile.

(stage directions). [Falls into the pit]

37

II,3,955

Aaron. [Aside] Now will I fetch the king to find them here,
That he thereby may give a likely guess
How these were they that made away his brother.

(stage directions). [Exit]

38

II,3,993

Quintus. Thy hand once more; I will not loose again,
Till thou art here aloft, or I below:
Thou canst not come to me: I come to thee.

(stage directions). [Falls in]

39

II,3,994

(stage directions). [Falls in]

(stage directions). [Enter SATURNINUS with AARON]

40

II,3,1019

Tamora. Then all too late I bring this fatal writ,
The complot of this timeless tragedy;
And wonder greatly that man's face can fold
In pleasing smiles such murderous tyranny.

(stage directions). [She giveth SATURNINUS a letter]

41

II,3,1060

Titus Andronicus. Come, Lucius, come; stay not to talk with them.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

42

II,4,1061

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter DEMETRIUS and CHIRON with LAVINIA, ravished;]
her hands cut off, and her tongue cut out]

43

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Demetrius. If thou hadst hands to help thee knit the cord.

(stage directions). [Exeunt DEMETRIUS and CHIRON]

44

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(stage directions). [Exeunt DEMETRIUS and CHIRON]

(stage directions). [Enter MARCUS]

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Marcus Andronicus. Who is this? my niece, that flies away so fast!
Cousin, a word; where is your husband?
If I do dream, would all my wealth would wake me!
If I do wake, some planet strike me down,
That I may slumber in eternal sleep!
Speak, gentle niece, what stern ungentle hands
Have lopp'd and hew'd and made thy body bare
Of her two branches, those sweet ornaments,
Whose circling shadows kings have sought to sleep in,
And might not gain so great a happiness
As have thy love? Why dost not speak to me?
Alas, a crimson river of warm blood,
Like to a bubbling fountain stirr'd with wind,
Doth rise and fall between thy rosed lips,
Coming and going with thy honey breath.
But, sure, some Tereus hath deflowered thee,
And, lest thou shouldst detect him, cut thy tongue.
Ah, now thou turn'st away thy face for shame!
And, notwithstanding all this loss of blood,
As from a conduit with three issuing spouts,
Yet do thy cheeks look red as Titan's face
Blushing to be encountered with a cloud.
Shall I speak for thee? shall I say 'tis so?
O, that I knew thy heart; and knew the beast,
That I might rail at him, to ease my mind!
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders where it is.
Fair Philomela, she but lost her tongue,
And in a tedious sampler sew'd her mind:
But, lovely niece, that mean is cut from thee;
A craftier Tereus, cousin, hast thou met,
And he hath cut those pretty fingers off,
That could have better sew'd than Philomel.
O, had the monster seen those lily hands
Tremble, like aspen-leaves, upon a lute,
And make the silken strings delight to kiss them,
He would not then have touch'd them for his life!
Or, had he heard the heavenly harmony
Which that sweet tongue hath made,
He would have dropp'd his knife, and fell asleep
As Cerberus at the Thracian poet's feet.
Come, let us go, and make thy father blind;
For such a sight will blind a father's eye:
One hour's storm will drown the fragrant meads;
What will whole months of tears thy father's eyes?
Do not draw back, for we will mourn with thee
O, could our mourning ease thy misery!

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

46

III,1,1123

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter Judges, Senators and Tribunes, with MARTIUS]
and QUINTUS, bound, passing on to the place of
execution; TITUS going before, pleading]

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Titus Andronicus. O happy man! they have befriended thee.
Why, foolish Lucius, dost thou not perceive
That Rome is but a wilderness of tigers?
Tigers must prey, and Rome affords no prey
But me and mine: how happy art thou, then,
From these devourers to be banished!
But who comes with our brother Marcus here?

(stage directions). [Enter MARCUS and LAVINIA]

48

III,1,1280

Titus Andronicus. Mark, Marcus, mark! I understand her signs:
Had she a tongue to speak, now would she say
That to her brother which I said to thee:
His napkin, with his true tears all bewet,
Can do no service on her sorrowful cheeks.
O, what a sympathy of woe is this,
As far from help as Limbo is from bliss!

(stage directions). [Enter AARON]

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Marcus Andronicus. But I will use the axe.

(stage directions). [Exeunt LUCIUS and MARCUS]

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Aaron. [Aside] If that be call'd deceit, I will be honest,
And never, whilst I live, deceive men so:
But I'll deceive you in another sort,
And that you'll say, ere half an hour pass.

(stage directions). [Cuts off TITUS's hand]

51

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(stage directions). [Cuts off TITUS's hand]

(stage directions). [Re-enter LUCIUS and MARCUS]

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Aaron. I go, Andronicus: and for thy hand
Look by and by to have thy sons with thee.
[Aside]
Their heads, I mean. O, how this villany
Doth fat me with the very thoughts of it!
Let fools do good, and fair men call for grace.
Aaron will have his soul black like his face.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Marcus Andronicus. But yet let reason govern thy lament.TITUS ANDRONICUS. If there were reason for these miseries,
Then into limits could I bind my woes:
When heaven doth weep, doth not the earth o'erflow?
If the winds rage, doth not the sea wax mad,
Threatening the welkin with his big-swoln face?
And wilt thou have a reason for this coil?
I am the sea; hark, how her sighs do blow!
She is the weeping welkin, I the earth:
Then must my sea be moved with her sighs;
Then must my earth with her continual tears
Become a deluge, overflow'd and drown'd;
For why my bowels cannot hide her woes,
But like a drunkard must I vomit them.
Then give me leave, for losers will have leave
To ease their stomachs with their bitter tongues.

(stage directions). [Enter a Messenger, with two heads and a hand]

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Messenger. Worthy Andronicus, ill art thou repaid
For that good hand thou sent'st the emperor.
Here are the heads of thy two noble sons;
And here's thy hand, in scorn to thee sent back;
Thy griefs their sports, thy resolution mock'd;
That woe is me to think upon thy woes
More than remembrance of my father's death.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Lucius. Ah, that this sight should make so deep a wound,
And yet detested life not shrink thereat!
That ever death should let life bear his name,
Where life hath no more interest but to breathe!

(stage directions). [LAVINIA kisses TITUS]

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Titus Andronicus. Why, I have not another tear to shed:
Besides, this sorrow is an enemy,
And would usurp upon my watery eyes
And make them blind with tributary tears:
Then which way shall I find Revenge's cave?
For these two heads do seem to speak to me,
And threat me I shall never come to bliss
Till all these mischiefs be return'd again
Even in their throats that have committed them.
Come, let me see what task I have to do.
You heavy people, circle me about,
That I may turn me to each one of you,
And swear unto my soul to right your wrongs.
The vow is made. Come, brother, take a head;
And in this hand the other I will bear.
Lavinia, thou shalt be employ'd: these arms!
Bear thou my hand, sweet wench, between thy teeth.
As for thee, boy, go get thee from my sight;
Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay:
Hie to the Goths, and raise an army there:
And, if you love me, as I think you do,
Let's kiss and part, for we have much to do.

(stage directions). [Exeunt TITUS, MARCUS, and LAVINIA]

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Lucius. Farewell Andronicus, my noble father,
The wofull'st man that ever lived in Rome:
Farewell, proud Rome; till Lucius come again,
He leaves his pledges dearer than his life:
Farewell, Lavinia, my noble sister;
O, would thou wert as thou tofore hast been!
But now nor Lucius nor Lavinia lives
But in oblivion and hateful griefs.
If Lucius live, he will requite your wrongs;
And make proud Saturnine and his empress
Beg at the gates, like Tarquin and his queen.
Now will I to the Goths, and raise a power,
To be revenged on Rome and Saturnine.

(stage directions). [Exit]

58

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter TITUS, MARCUS, LAVINIA and Young LUCIUS, a boy]

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Titus Andronicus. Come, take away. Lavinia, go with me:
I'll to thy closet; and go read with thee
Sad stories chanced in the times of old.
Come, boy, and go with me: thy sight is young,
And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter young LUCIUS, and LAVINIA running after him,]
and the boy flies from her, with books under his
arm. Then enter TITUS and MARCUS]

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Titus Andronicus. 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.

(stage directions). [Exeunt TITUS, LAVINIA, and Young LUCIUS]

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Marcus Andronicus. 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 batter'd shield;
But yet so just that he will not revenge.
Revenge, ye heavens, for old Andronicus!

(stage directions). [Exit]

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IV,2,1676

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter, from one side, AARON, DEMETRIUS, and]
CHIRON; from the other side, Young LUCIUS, and an
Attendant, with a bundle of weapons, and verses
writ upon them]

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Young Lucius. [Aside] That you are both decipher'd, that's the news,
For villains mark'd with rape.—May it please you,
My grandsire, well advised, hath sent by me
The goodliest weapons of his armoury
To gratify your honourable youth,
The hope of Rome; for so he bade 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.

(stage directions). [Exeunt Young LUCIUS, and Attendant]

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Aaron. [Aside] Pray to the devils; the gods have given us over.

(stage directions). [Trumpets sound within]

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Demetrius. Soft! who comes here?

(stage directions). [Enter a Nurse, with a blackamoor Child in her arms]

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Aaron. Then sit we down, and let us all consult.
My son and I will have the wind of you:
Keep there: now talk at pleasure of your safety.

(stage directions). [They sit]

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Aaron. Now to the Goths, as swift as swallow flies;
There to dispose this treasure in mine arms,
And secretly to greet the empress' friends.
Come on, you thick lipp'd slave, I'll bear you hence;
For it is you that puts us to our shifts:
I'll make you feed on berries and on roots,
And feed on curds and whey, and suck the goat,
And cabin in a cave, and bring you up
To be a warrior, and command a camp.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter TITUS, bearing arrows with letters at the]
ends of them; with him, MARCUS, Young LUCIUS,
PUBLIUS, SEMPRONIUS, CAIUS, and other Gentlemen,
with bows]

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Titus Andronicus. Come, Marcus, let us go. Publius, follow me.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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IV,4,2007

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter SATURNINUS, TAMORA, DEMETRIUS, CHIRON,]
Lords, and others; SATURNINUS with the arrows in
his hand that TITUS shot]

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Clown. 'Tis he. God and Saint Stephen give you good den:
I have brought you a letter and a couple of pigeons here.

(stage directions). [SATURNINUS reads the letter]

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Clown. Hanged! by'r lady, then I have brought up a neck to
a fair end.

(stage directions). [Exit, guarded]

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Aemilius. Your bidding shall I do effectually.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Saturninus. Then go successantly, and plead to him.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter LUCIUS with an army of Goths, with drum and colours]

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Lucius. I humbly thank him, and I thank you all.
But who comes here, led by a lusty Goth?

(stage directions). [Enter a Goth, leading AARON with his Child in his arms]

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Lucius. Too like the sire for ever being good.
First hang the child, that he may see it sprawl;
A sight to vex the father's soul withal.
Get me a ladder.

(stage directions). [A ladder brought, which AARON is made to ascend]

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Lucius. Sirs, stop his mouth, and let him speak no more.

(stage directions). [Enter a Goth]

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Lucius. AEmilius, let the emperor give his pledges
Unto my father and my uncle Marcus,
And we will come. March away.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter TAMORA, DEMETRIUS, and CHIRON, disguised]

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Tamora. Thus, in this strange and sad habiliment,
I will encounter with Andronicus,
And say I am Revenge, sent from below
To join with him and right his heinous wrongs.
Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps,
To ruminate strange plots of dire revenge;
Tell him Revenge is come to join with him,
And work confusion on his enemies.

(stage directions). [They knock]

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(stage directions). [They knock]

(stage directions). [Enter TITUS, above]

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Titus Andronicus. Good Lord, how like the empress' sons they are!
And you, the empress! but we worldly men
Have miserable, mad, mistaking eyes.
O sweet Revenge, now do I come to thee;
And, if one arm's embracement will content thee,
I will embrace thee in it by and by.

(stage directions). [Exit above]

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Tamora. This closing with him fits his lunacy
Whate'er I forge to feed his brain-sick fits,
Do you uphold and maintain in your speeches,
For now he firmly takes me for Revenge;
And, being credulous in this mad thought,
I'll make him send for Lucius his son;
And, whilst I at a banquet hold him sure,
I'll find some cunning practise out of hand,
To scatter and disperse the giddy Goths,
Or, at the least, make them his enemies.
See, here he comes, and I must ply my theme.

(stage directions). [Enter TITUS below]

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Marcus Andronicus. This will I do, and soon return again.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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Titus Andronicus. I know thou dost; and, sweet Revenge, farewell.

(stage directions). [Exit TAMORA]

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Titus Andronicus. Tut, I have work enough for you to do.
Publius, come hither, Caius, and Valentine!

(stage directions). [Enter PUBLIUS and others]

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Titus Andronicus. Fie, Publius, fie! thou art too much deceived;
The one is Murder, Rape is the other's name;
And therefore bind them, gentle Publius.
Caius and Valentine, lay hands on them.
Oft have you heard me wish for such an hour,
And now I find it; therefore bind them sure,
And stop their mouths, if they begin to cry.

(stage directions). [Exit]

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(stage directions). [Exit]

(stage directions). [PUBLIUS, &c. lay hold on CHIRON and DEMETRIUS]

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Titus Andronicus. Come, come, Lavinia; look, thy foes are bound.
Sirs, stop their mouths, let them not speak to me;
But let them hear what fearful words I utter.
O villains, Chiron and Demetrius!
Here stands the spring whom you have stain'd with mud,
This goodly summer with your winter mix'd.
You kill'd her husband, and for that vile fault
Two of her brothers were condemn'd to death,
My hand cut off and made a merry jest;
Both her sweet hands, her tongue, and that more dear
Than hands or tongue, her spotless chastity,
Inhuman traitors, you constrain'd and forced.
What would you say, if I should let you speak?
Villains, for shame you could not beg for grace.
Hark, wretches! how I mean to martyr you.
This one hand yet is left to cut your throats,
Whilst that Lavinia 'tween her stumps doth hold
The basin that receives your guilty blood.
You know your mother means to feast with me,
And calls herself Revenge, and thinks me mad:
Hark, villains! I will grind your bones to dust
And with your blood and it I'll make a paste,
And of the paste a coffin I will rear
And make two pasties of your shameful heads,
And bid that strumpet, your unhallow'd dam,
Like to the earth swallow her own increase.
This is the feast that I have bid her to,
And this the banquet she shall surfeit on;
For worse than Philomel you used my daughter,
And worse than Progne I will be revenged:
And now prepare your throats. Lavinia, come,
[He cuts their throats]
Receive the blood: and when that they are dead,
Let me go grind their bones to powder small
And with this hateful liquor temper it;
And in that paste let their vile heads be baked.
Come, come, be every one officious
To make this banquet; which I wish may prove
More stern and bloody than the Centaurs' feast.
So, now bring them in, for I'll play the cook,
And see them ready 'gainst their mother comes.

(stage directions). [Exeunt, bearing the dead bodies]

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(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). [Enter LUCIUS, MARCUS, and Goths, with AARON prisoner]

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Titus Andronicus. Why, there they are both, baked in that pie;
Whereof their mother daintily hath fed,
Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.
'Tis true, 'tis true; witness my knife's sharp point.

(stage directions). [Kills TAMORA]

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Saturninus. Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed!

(stage directions). [Kills TITUS]

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Marcus Andronicus. Go, go into old Titus' sorrowful house,
[To Attendants]
And hither hale that misbelieving Moor,
To be adjudged some direful slaughtering death,
As punishment for his most wicked life.

(stage directions). [Exeunt Attendants]

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(stage directions). [Exeunt Attendants]

(stage directions). [LUCIUS, MARCUS, and the others descend]

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Young Lucius. O grandsire, grandsire! even with all my heart
Would I were dead, so you did live again!
O Lord, I cannot speak to him for weeping;
My tears will choke me, if I ope my mouth.

(stage directions). [Re-enter Attendants with AARON]

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Lucius. Some loving friends convey the emperor hence,
And give him burial in his father's grave:
My father and Lavinia shall forthwith
Be closed in our household's monument.
As for that heinous tiger, Tamora,
No funeral rite, nor man m mourning weeds,
No mournful bell shall ring her burial;
But throw her forth to beasts and birds of prey:
Her life was beast-like, and devoid of pity;
And, being so, shall have like want of pity.
See justice done on Aaron, that damn'd Moor,
By whom our heavy haps had their beginning:
Then, afterwards, to order well the state,
That like events may ne'er it ruinate.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]