The most Lamentable Tragedie
25292391Welcome yee warlike
Gothes, welcome L
ucius,
25302392And welcome all although the cheare be poore,
25312393Twill
fill your
stomacks, plea
se you eate of it.
25322394King. Why art thou thus attired
Andronicus?
25332395Titus. Becau
se I would be
sure to haue all well,
25342396To entertaine your highnes and your Empre
sse.
25352397Tamora. We are beholding to you good
Andronicus,
25362398Titus. And if your highnes knew my hart you were,
25372399My Lord the Emperour re
solue me this,
25382400Was it well done of ra
sh Viginius 25392401To
slay his daughter with his owne right hand
25402402Becau
se
she was enfor
st,
stainde, and de
flowrde?
25432405King. Becau
se the girle
should not
suruiue her
shame,
25442406And by her pre
sence
still renewe his
sorrowes.
25452407Titus. A rea
son mighty,
strong, and e
ffe
ctuall,
25462408A patterne pre
sident, and liuelie warrant,
25472409For me mo
st wretched to performe the like,
25482410Die, die,
Lauinia and thy
shame wirh thee,
25492411And with thy
shame thy Fathers
sorrow die.
25512412King. What ha
st thou done, vnnaturall and vnkinde.
25522413Tit. Kild her for whom my teares haue made me blind.
25532414I am as woefull as
Virginius was,
25542415And haue a thou
sand times more cau
se than he,
25552416To doe this outrage, and it now is done.
25562417King. What was
she raui
sht, tell who did the deede.
25572418T. Wilt plea
se you eate, wilt plea
se your highnes feed.
25582419Tam. Why ha
st thou
slaine thine only Daughter thus?
25592420Titus. Not I, twas
Chiron, and
Demetrius,
25602421They Raui
sht her and cut away her tongue,
25612422And they, twas they, that did her all this wrong.
25622423King, Goe fetch them hither to vs pre
sently.
25632424Titus. Why there they are both baked in this Pie.
25642425Whereof their Mother daintilie hath fed,
25652426Eating the
fle
sh that
shee her
selfe hath bred,
Tis