7/24/2019 Titus Script http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/titus-script 1/27 TAMORA My lovely Aaron, wherefore look'st thou sad, When every thing doth make a gleeful boast? AARON Madam, though enus govern your desires, !aturn is dominator over mine" What signi#es my deadly$standing eye, My silen%e and my %loudy melan%holy, My &ee%e of woolly hair that now un%urls ven as an adder when she doth unroll To do some fatal e(e%ution? )ark Tamora, the em*ress of my soul, Whi%h never ho*es more heaven than rests in thee, This is the day of doom for +assianus" )is hilomel must lose her tongue to$day, Thy sons make *illage of her %hastity And wash their hands in +assianus' blood- !eest thou this letter? take it u*, . *ray thee, And give the king this fatal *lotted s%roll- Now /uestion me no more0 we are es*ied0 )ere %omes a *ar%el of our ho*eful booty, Whi%h dreads not yet their lives' destru%tion- TAMORA Ah, my sweet Moor, sweeter to me than life1
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TAMORA
My lovely Aaron, wherefore look'st thou sad,
When every thing doth make a gleeful boast?
AARON
Madam, though enus govern your desires,
!aturn is dominator over mine"
What signi#es my deadly$standing eye,
My silen%e and my %loudy melan%holy,
My &ee%e of woolly hair that now un%urls
ven as an adder when she doth unroll
To do some fatal e(e%ution?
)ark Tamora, the em*ress of my soul,
Whi%h never ho*es more heaven than rests in thee,
This is the day of doom for +assianus"
)is hilomel must lose her tongue to$day,
Thy sons make *illage of her %hastity
And wash their hands in +assianus' blood-
!eest thou this letter? take it u*, . *ray thee,
And give the king this fatal *lotted s%roll-
Now /uestion me no more0 we are es*ied0
)ere %omes a *ar%el of our ho*eful booty,
Whi%h dreads not yet their lives' destru%tion-
TAMORA
Ah, my sweet Moor, sweeter to me than life1
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AARON
No more, great em*ress0 +assianus %omes"
+e %ross with him0 and .'ll go fet%h thy sons
To ba%k thy /uarrels, whatsoe'er they be-
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nter +A!!.AN2! and 3A.N.A
+A!!.AN2!
Who have we here? Rome's royal em*ress,
2nfurnish'd of her well$beseeming troo*?
Or is it 4ian, habited like her,
Who hath abandoned her holy groves
To see the general hunting in this forest?
TAMORA
!au%y %ontroller of our *rivate ste*s1
)ad . the *ower that some say 4ian had,
Thy tem*les should be *lanted *resently
With horns, as was A%taeon's0 and the hounds
!hould drive u*on thy new$transformed limbs,
2nmannerly intruder as thou art1
3A.N.A
2nder your *atien%e, gentle em*ress,
'Tis thought you have a goodly gift in horning0
And to be doubted that your Moor and you
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Are singled forth to try e(*eriments"
5ove shield your husband from his hounds to$day1
'Tis *ity they should take him for a stag-
+A!!.AN2!
+elieve me, /ueen, your swarth 6immerian
4oth make your honour of his body's hue,
!*otted, detested, and abominable-
Why are you se/uester'd from all your train,
4ismounted from your snow$white goodly steed-
And wander'd hither to an obs%ure *lot,
A%%om*anied but with a barbarous Moor,
.f foul desire had not %ondu%ted you?
3A.N.A
And, being inter%e*ted in your s*ort,
7reat reason that my noble lord be rated
8or sau%iness- . *ray you, let us hen%e,
And let her 9oy her raven$%olour'd love0
This valley #ts the *ur*ose *assing well-
+A!!.AN2!
The king my brother shall have note of this-
3A.N.A
Ay, for these sli*s have made him noted long"
7ood king, to be so mightily abused1
TAMORA
Why have . *atien%e to endure all this?
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4MTR.2!
)ow now, dear sovereign, and our gra%ious mother1
Why doth your highness look so *ale and wan?
TAMORA
)ave . not reason, think you, to look *ale?
These two have 'ti%ed me hither to this *la%e"
A barren detested vale, you see it is0
The trees, though summer, yet forlorn and lean,
O'er%ome with moss and baleful mistletoe"
)ere never shines the sun0 here nothing breeds,
2nless the nightly owl or fatal raven"
And when they show'd me this abhorred *it,
They told me, here, at dead time of the night,
A thousand #ends, a thousand hissing snakes,
Ten thousand swelling toads, as many ur%hins,
Would make su%h fearful and %onfused %ries
As any mortal body hearing it
!hould straight fall mad, or else die suddenly-
No sooner had they told this hellish tale,
+ut straight they told me they would bind me here
2nto the body of a dismal yew,
And leave me to this miserable death"
And then they %all'd me foul adulteress,
3as%ivious 7oth, and all the bitterest terms
That ever ear did hear to su%h e:e%t"
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And, had you not by wondrous fortune %ome,
This vengean%e on me had they e(e%uted-
Revenge it, as you love your mother's life,
Or be ye not hen%eforth %all'd my %hildren-
4MTR.2!
This is a witness that . am thy son-
!tabs +A!!.AN2!
6).RON
And this for me, stru%k home to show my strength-
Also stabs +A!!.AN2!, who dies
3A.N.A
Ay, %ome, !emiramis, nay, barbarous Tamora,
8or no name #ts thy nature but thy own1
TAMORA
7ive me thy *oniard0 you shall know, my boys
;our mother's hand shall right your mother's wrong-
4MTR.2!
!tay, madam0 here is more belongs to her0
8irst thrash the %orn, then after burn the straw"
This minion stood u*on her %hastity,
2*on her nu*tial vow, her loyalty,
And with that *ainted ho*e braves your mightiness"
And shall she %arry this unto her grave?
6).RON
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An if she do, . would . were an eunu%h-
4rag hen%e her husband to some se%ret hole,
And make his dead trunk *illow to our lust-
TAMORA
+ut when ye have the honey ye desire,
3et not this was* outlive, us both to sting-
6).RON
. warrant you, madam, we wil l make that sure-
6ome, mistress, now *erfor%e we will en9oy
That ni%e$*reserved honesty of yours-
3A.N.A
O Tamora1 thou bear'st a woman's fa%e,$$
TAMORA
. will not hear her s*eak0 away with her1
3A.N.A
!weet lords, entreat her hear me but a word-
4MTR.2!
3isten, fair madam" let it be your glory
To see her tears0 but be your heart to them
As unrelenting &int to dro*s of rain-
3A.N.A
When did the tiger's young ones tea%h the dam?
O, do not learn her wrath0 she taught it thee0
The milk thou su%k'dst from her did turn to marble0
ven at thy teat thou hadst thy tyranny-
;et every mother breeds not sons alike"
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To 6).RON
4o thou entreat her show a woman *ity-
6).RON
What, wouldst thou have me *rove myself a bastard?
3A.N.A
'Tis true0 the raven doth not hat%h a lark"
;et have . heard,$$O, %ould . #nd it now1$$
The lion moved with *ity did endure
To have his *rin%ely *aws *ared all away"
!ome say that ravens foster forlorn %hildren,
The whilst their own birds famish in their nests"
O, be to me, though thy hard heart say no,
Nothing so kind, but something *itiful1
TAMORA
. know not what it means0 away with her1
3A.N.A
O, let me tea%h thee1 for my father's sake,
That gave thee life, when well he might have
slain thee,
+e not obdurate, o*en thy deaf ears-
TAMORA
)adst thou in *erson ne'er o:ended me,
ven for his sake am . *itiless-
Remember, boys, . *our'd forth tears in vain,
To save your brother from the sa%ri#%e0
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+ut #er%e Androni%us would not relent0
Therefore, away with her, and use her as you will,
The worse to her, the better loved of me-
3A.N.A
O Tamora, be %all'd a gentle /ueen,
And with thine own hands kill me in this *la%e1
8or 'tis not life that . have begg'd so long0
oor . was slain when +assianus died-
TAMORA
What begg'st thou, then? fond woman, let me go-
3A.N.A
'Tis *resent death . beg0 and one thing more
That womanhood denies my tongue to tell"
O, kee* me from their worse than killing lust,
And tumble me into some loathsome *it,
Where never man's eye may behold my body"
4o this, and be a %haritable murderer-
TAMORA
!o should . rob my sweet sons of their fee"
No, let them satisfy their lust on thee-
4MTR.2!
Away1 for thou hast stay'd us here too long-
3A.N.A
No gra%e? no womanhood? Ah, beastly %reature1
The blot and enemy to our general name1
6onfusion fall$$
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6).RON
Nay, then .'ll sto* your mouth- +ring thou her husband"
This is the hole where Aaron bid us hide him-
4MTR.2! throws the body of +A!!.AN2! into the *it0 then e(eunt 4MTR.2! and6).RON, dragging o: 3A.N.A
TAMORA
8arewell, my sons" see that you make her sure-
Ne'er let my heart know merry %heer indeed,
Till all the Androni%i be made away-
Now will . hen%e to seek my lovely Moor,
And let my s*leenful sons this trull de&ow'r-
(it
Re$enter AARON, with <2.NT2! and MART.2!
!6N .- Another *art of the forest-
nter 4MTR.2! and 6).RON with 3A.N.A, ravished0 her hands %ut o:, and her