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against the willful sons
of old Andronicus.

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And what and if his sorrows
do overwhelm his wits?

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Hmm?
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Shall we be thus afflicted
by his wreaks, his fits,

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his frenzies, and his bitterness?
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And now he writes to heaven
for his redress.

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See? Here's to Jove,
this to Apollo,

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this to Mercury,
this to the god of war--

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Sweet scrolls to fly
about the streets of Rome!

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What's this but libeling
against the Senate

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and blazoning our injustice everywhere?
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A goodly humor,
is it not, my lords?

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For who would say in Rome
no justice were?

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Lord of my life,
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commander of my thoughts--
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But if I live...
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his feigned ecstasies
shall be no shelter

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to these outrages.
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But he and his shall know
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that justice lives in
Saturninus' health,

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whom, if she sleep,
he'll so awake

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as she in fury shall cut off
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the proud'st conspirator that lives.
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Shh.
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Calm thee,
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and bear the faults of Titus' age,
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the effects of sorrow
for his valiant sons,

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whose loss hath pierced him deep
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and scarred his heart.
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O Titus, I have touched thee
to the quick.

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Take arms, my lords.
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Rome never had more cause!
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The Goths have gathered head.
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And with a power of high-resolved men
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bent to the spoil,
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they hither march amain
under conduct of Lucius,

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son to old Andronicus.
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Is warlike Lucius
leader of the Goths?


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