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Princes...
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that strive by factions
and by friends ambitiously
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for rule and empery!
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Know that the people of Rome
have by common voice
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in elections for the Roman empery
chosen Andronicus.
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A nobler man,
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a braver warrior, lives not this day
within the city walls.
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He by the Senate is
accited home from weary wars
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against the barbarous Goths.
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Let us entreat,
by honor of his name,
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that you withdraw you,
dismiss your followers,
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and, as suitors should,
plead your deserts in peace
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and humbleness.
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Marcus Andronicus...
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so I do rely on thy uprightness
and integrity,
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and so I love and honor
thee and thine--
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thy noble brother Titus and his sons
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and her to whom
my thoughts are humbled all,
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gracious Lavinia,
Rome's rich ornament--
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that I will here dismiss
my loving friends.
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And to my fortunes
and the people's favor,
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commit my cause
in balance to be weighed.
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Friends...
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that have been thus forward
in my right,
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I thank you all
and here dismiss you all.
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And to the love and favor of my country
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commit myself, my person,
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and the cause!