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- $Title{Titus Andronicus: Act II, Scene II}
- $Author{Shakespeare, William}
- $Subject{}
- $Log{Dramatis Personae*02000.TXT}
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- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
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- TITUS ANDRONICUS
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- ACT II
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- SCENE II: A forest near Rome. Horns and cry of hounds heard.
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- {Enter TITUS ANDRONICUS, with Hunters, &c., MARCUS,
- LUCIUS, QUINTUS, and MARTIUS.}
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- TITUS ANDRONICUS: The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey,
- The fields are fragrant and the woods are green:
- Uncouple here and let us make a bay
- And wake the emperor and his lovely bride
- And rouse the prince and ring a hunter's peal,
- That all the court may echo with the noise.
- Sons, let it be your charge, as it is ours,
- To attend the emperor's person carefully:
- I have been troubled in my sleep this night,
- But dawning day new comfort hath inspired. 10
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- {A cry of hounds and horns, winded in a peal. Enter
- SATURNINUS, TAMORA, BASSIANUS, LAVINIA, DEMETRIUS,
- CHIRON, and Attendants.}
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- Many good morrows to your majesty;
- Madam, to you as many and as good:
- I promised your grace a hunter's peal.
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- SATURNINUS: And you have rung it lustily, my lord;
- Somewhat too early for new-married ladies.
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- BASSIANUS: Lavinia, how say you?
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- LAVINIA: I say, no;
- I have been broad awake two hours and more.
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- SATURNINUS: Come on, then; horse and chariots let us have,
- And to our sport.
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- [To TAMORA]
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- Madam, now shall ye see
- Our Roman hunting.
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- MARCUS ANDRONICUS: I have dogs, my lord, 20
- Will rouse the proudest panther in the chase,
- And climb the highest promontory top.
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- TITUS ANDRONICUS: And I have horse will follow where the game
- Makes way, and run like swallows o'er the plain.
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- DEMETRIUS: Chiron, we hunt not, we, with horse nor hound,
- But hope to pluck a dainty doe to ground.
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- [Exeunt.]
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