Have miserable, mad, mistaking eyes. O sweet Revenge, now do I come to thee: And, if one arm's embracement will content thee, [Eait TITUS from above. Tam. This closing with him fits his lunacy Enter TITUS. Tit. Long have I been forlorn, and all for thee: Tam. What would'st thou have us do, Andronicus ? Chi. Shew me a villain, that hath done a rape, And I am sent to be reveng'd on him. Tam. Shew me a thousand, that have done thee wrong, And I will be revenged on them all. Tit. Look round about the wicked streets of Rome, Well may'st thou know her by thy own proportion, I pray thee, do on them some violent death, They have been violent to me and mine. Tam. Well hast thou lesson'd us; this shall we do: But would it please thee, good Andronicus, To send for Lucius, thy thrice valiant son, Who leads towards Rome a band of warlike Goths, Tit. Marcus, my brother!-'tis sad Titus calls. Enter MARCUS. Go, gentle Marcus, to thy nephew Lucius; 2 Some of the chiefest princes of the Goths; Bid him encamp his soldiers where they are: Mar. This will I do, and soon return again. And take my ministers along with me. [Exit. Tit. Nay, nay, let Rape and Murder stay with me, Or else I'll call my brother back again, And cleave to no revenge but Lucius. Tam. [To her Sons.] What say you, boys? will you abide with him, Whiles I go tell my lord the emperor, How I have govern'd our determin'd jest? Yield to his humour, smooth and speak him fair, And tarry with him till I come again. Tit. I know them all, though they suppose me mad, And will o'er-reach them in their own devices; A pair of cursed hell-hounds, and their dam. [Aside. Dem. Madam, depart at pleasure, leave us here. To lay a complot to betray thy foes. [Exit TAM. Tit. I know, thou dost; and, sweet Revenge, farewell. Chi. Tell us, old man, how shall we be employ'd? Tit. Tut, I have work enough for you to do.Publius, come hither, Caius, and Valentine! Enter PUBLIUS, and Others. Pub. What is your will? Tit. Know you these two? Pub. The empress' sons, I take them, Chiron and Demetrius. Tit. Fye, Publius, fye! thou art too much deceiv'd: 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. [Exit TITUS.-PUBLIUS, &c. lay hold on CHIRON and DEMETRIUS. Chi. Villains, forbear; we are the empress' sons. Pub. And therefore do we what we are commanded.Stop close their mouths, let them not speak a word: Is he sure bound? look that you bind them fast. Re-enter TITUS ANDRONICUS and LAVINIA; she bearing a Bason, he a Knife. Tit. 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 Hark, wretches, how I mean to martyr you. You know, your mother means to feast with me, And make two pasties of your shameful heads; [He cuts their Throats. Receive the blood; and, when that they are dead, And in that paste let their vile heads be bak'd.— To make this banquet; which I wish might prove [Exeunt, bearing the dead Bodies. |