The most Lamentable Tragedie
442436That brought her for this high good turne
so farre.
445437 Enter the Emperour, Tamora 438and her two sonnes, with the Enter at the other doore
447Bascianus and Lauinia, with others.
448440Saturnine. So
Bascianus, you haue plaid your prize,
449441God giue you ioy
sir of your gallant Bride.
450442Bascianus. And you of yours my Lord, I
say no more,
451443Nor wi
sh no le
sse, and
so I take my leaue.
452444Saturnine. Traitor, if Rome haue law, or we haue power,
453445Thou and thy fa
ction
shall repent this Rape.
454446Bassianus. Rape call you it my Lord to ceaze my owne,
455447My true betrothed loue, and now my wife:
456448But let the lawes of Rome determine all,
457449Meanewhile am I po
sse
st of that is mine.
458450Saturnine. Tis good
sir, you are verie
short with vs.
459451But if we liue, weele be as
sharpe with you.
460452Bascianus. My Lord what I haue done as be
st I may,
461453An
swere I mu
st, and
shall doo with my life,
462454Onely thus much I giue your Grace to know,
463455By all the dueties that I owe to Rome,
464456This Noble Gentleman Lord
Titus here,
465457Is in opinion and in honour wrongd,
466458That in the re
scue of L
auinia,
467459With his owne hand did
slay his younge
st sonne,
468460In zeale to you, and highly moude to wrath,
469461To be controwld in that he frankelie gaue.
470462Receaue him then to fauour
Saturnine,
471463That hath expre
st him
selfe in all his deeds,
472464A father and a friend to thee and Rome.
473465Titus. Prince
Bascianus leaue to pleade my deeds,
474466Tis thou, and tho
se, that haue di
shonoured me,
475467Rome and the righteous heauens be my iudge,
476468How I haue loude and honoured
Saturnine.
Tamora,