The most lamentable Tragedie
21241989Like
stinging Bees in hotte
st summers day,
21251990Led by their Ma
ster to the
flowred
fields,
21261991And be aduengde on cur
sed
Tamora: 21271992And as he
saith,
so
say we all with him.
21281993Lucius. I humblie thanke him and I thanke you all,
21291994But who comes here led by a lu
stie
Gothe?
21301995Enter a Goth leading of Aron with his child
21321997Goth. Renowmed L
ucius from our troupes I
straid,
21331998To gaze vpon a ruinous Mona
sterie,
21341999And as I earne
stly did
fixe mine eye,
21352000Vpon the wa
sted building
suddainely,
21362001I heard a child crie vnderneath a wall,
21372002I made vnto the noi
se, when
soone I heard,
21382003The crying babe controld with this di
scour
se:
21392004Peace tawnie
flaue, halfe me, and halfe thy Dame,
21402005Did not thy hue bewray who
se brat thou art,
21412006Had nature lent thee but thy mothers looke,
21422007Villaine thou might
st haue bin an Emperour.
21432008But where the bull and Cow are both milkewhite,
21442009They neuer doe beget a coleblacke Calfe:
21452010Peace Villaine peace, euen thus he rates the babe,
21462011For I mu
st beare thee to a tru
stie
Goth,
21472012Who when he knowes thou art the Empre
sse babe,
21482013Will hold thee dearely for thy mothers
sake.
21492014With this my weapon drawen I ru
sht vpon him
21502015Surpri
sde him
suddainely, and brought him hither
21512016To v
se as you thinke needefull of the man.
21522017Lucius. Oh worthie
Goth this is the incarnate diuell,
21532018That robd
Andronicus of his good hand,
21542019This is the Pearle that plea
sd your Empre
sse eye,
21552020And her's the ba
se fruit of her burning lu
st,
21562021Say wall-eyd
slaue whither would
st thou conuay,
This