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| <H3>SCENE III. The same. A public place.</h3> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>Enter TITUS, bearing arrows with letters at the ends of them; with him, MARCUS, Young LUCIUS, PUBLIUS, SEMPRONIUS, CAIUS, and other Gentlemen, with bows</i> | |
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| <A NAME=speech1><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=1>Come, Marcus; come, kinsmen; this is the way.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=2>Sir boy, now let me see your archery;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=3>Look ye draw home enough, and 'tis there straight.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=4>Terras Astraea reliquit:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=5>Be you remember'd, Marcus, she's gone, she's fled.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=6>Sirs, take you to your tools. You, cousins, shall</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>Go sound the ocean, and cast your nets;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=8>Happily you may catch her in the sea;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=9>Yet there's as little justice as at land:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>No; Publius and Sempronius, you must do it;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=11>'Tis you must dig with mattock and with spade,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>And pierce the inmost centre of the earth:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>Then, when you come to Pluto's region,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=14>I pray you, deliver him this petition;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>Tell him, it is for justice and for aid,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>And that it comes from old Andronicus,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=17>Shaken with sorrows in ungrateful Rome.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=18>Ah, Rome! Well, well; I made thee miserable</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>What time I threw the people's suffrages</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=20>On him that thus doth tyrannize o'er me.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=21>Go, get you gone; and pray be careful all,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>And leave you not a man-of-war unsearch'd:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>This wicked emperor may have shipp'd her hence;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>And, kinsmen, then we may go pipe for justice.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech2><b>MARCUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=25>O Publius, is not this a heavy case,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=26>To see thy noble uncle thus distract?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech3><b>PUBLIUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=27>Therefore, my lord, it highly us concerns</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=28>By day and night to attend him carefully,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=29>And feed his humour kindly as we may,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=30>Till time beget some careful remedy.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech4><b>MARCUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=31>Kinsmen, his sorrows are past remedy.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=32>Join with the Goths; and with revengeful war</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=33>Take wreak on Rome for this ingratitude,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=34>And vengeance on the traitor Saturnine.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech5><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=35>Publius, how now! how now, my masters!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=36>What, have you met with her?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech6><b>PUBLIUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=37>No, my good lord; but Pluto sends you word,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=38>If you will have Revenge from hell, you shall:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=39>Marry, for Justice, she is so employ'd,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=40>He thinks, with Jove in heaven, or somewhere else,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=41>So that perforce you must needs stay a time.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech7><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=42>He doth me wrong to feed me with delays.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=43>I'll dive into the burning lake below,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=44>And pull her out of Acheron by the heels.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>Marcus, we are but shrubs, no cedars we</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=46>No big-boned men framed of the Cyclops' size;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=47>But metal, Marcus, steel to the very back,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=48>Yet wrung with wrongs more than our backs can bear:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>And, sith there's no justice in earth nor hell,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=50>We will solicit heaven and move the gods</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>To send down Justice for to wreak our wrongs.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=52>Come, to this gear. You are a good archer, Marcus;</A><br> | |
| <p><i>He gives them the arrows</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=53>'Ad Jovem,' that's for you: here, 'Ad Apollinem:'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=54>'Ad Martem,' that's for myself:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=55>Here, boy, to Pallas: here, to Mercury:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=56>To Saturn, Caius, not to Saturnine;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=57>You were as good to shoot against the wind.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=58>To it, boy! Marcus, loose when I bid.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=59>Of my word, I have written to effect;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=60>There's not a god left unsolicited.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech8><b>MARCUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=61>Kinsmen, shoot all your shafts into the court:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=62>We will afflict the emperor in his pride.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech9><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=63>Now, masters, draw.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>They shoot</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=64>O, well said, Lucius!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=65>Good boy, in Virgo's lap; give it Pallas.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech10><b>MARCUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=66>My lord, I aim a mile beyond the moon;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=67>Your letter is with Jupiter by this.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech11><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=68>Ha, ha!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=69>Publius, Publius, what hast thou done?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=70>See, see, thou hast shot off one of Taurus' horns.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech12><b>MARCUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=71>This was the sport, my lord: when Publius shot,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=72>The Bull, being gall'd, gave Aries such a knock</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=73>That down fell both the Ram's horns in the court;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=74>And who should find them but the empress' villain?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=75>She laugh'd, and told the Moor he should not choose</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>But give them to his master for a present.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech13><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=77>Why, there it goes: God give his lordship joy!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter a Clown, with a basket, and two pigeons in it</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=78>News, news from heaven! Marcus, the post is come.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=79>Sirrah, what tidings? have you any letters?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=80>Shall I have justice? what says Jupiter?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech14><b>Clown</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=81>O, the gibbet-maker! he says that he hath taken</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=82>them down again, for the man must not be hanged till</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=83>the next week.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech15><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=84>But what says Jupiter, I ask thee?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech16><b>Clown</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=85>Alas, sir, I know not Jupiter; I never drank with him</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=86>in all my life.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech17><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=87>Why, villain, art not thou the carrier?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech18><b>Clown</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=88>Ay, of my pigeons, sir; nothing else.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech19><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=89>Why, didst thou not come from heaven?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech20><b>Clown</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=90>From heaven! alas, sir, I never came there God</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=91>forbid I should be so bold to press to heaven in my</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>young days. Why, I am going with my pigeons to the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=93>tribunal plebs, to take up a matter of brawl</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=94>betwixt my uncle and one of the emperial's men.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech21><b>MARCUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=95>Why, sir, that is as fit as can be to serve for</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>your oration; and let him deliver the pigeons to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=97>the emperor from you.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech22><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=98>Tell me, can you deliver an oration to the emperor</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=99>with a grace?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech23><b>Clown</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=100>Nay, truly, sir, I could never say grace in all my life.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech24><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=101>Sirrah, come hither: make no more ado,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=102>But give your pigeons to the emperor:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=103>By me thou shalt have justice at his hands.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=104>Hold, hold; meanwhile here's money for thy charges.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=105>Give me pen and ink. Sirrah, can you with a grace</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=106>deliver a supplication?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech25><b>Clown</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=107>Ay, sir.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech26><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=108>Then here is a supplication for you. And when you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=109>come to him, at the first approach you must kneel,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>then kiss his foot, then deliver up your pigeons, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=111>then look for your reward. I'll be at hand, sir; see</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=112>you do it bravely.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>Clown</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=113>I warrant you, sir, let me alone.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=114>Sirrah, hast thou a knife? come, let me see it.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=115>Here, Marcus, fold it in the oration;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=116>For thou hast made it like an humble suppliant.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>And when thou hast given it the emperor,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=118>Knock at my door, and tell me what he says.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech29><b>Clown</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=119>God be with you, sir; I will.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>TITUS ANDRONICUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=120>Come, Marcus, let us go. Publius, follow me.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
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