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乐乐陶陶 更新:2021-02-19 20:38 字数:9321
spacious; And many unfrequented plots there are Fitted by kind for rape
and villainy。 Single you thither then this dainty doe; And strike her home
by force if not by words。 This way; or not at all; stand you in hope。 Come;
come; our Empress; with her sacred wit To villainy and vengeance
consecrate; Will we acquaint with all what we intend; And she shall file
our engines with advice That will not suffer you to square yourselves; But
to your wishes' height advance you both。 The Emperor's court is like the
house of Fame; The palace full of tongues; of eyes; and ears; The woods
are ruthless; dreadful; deaf; and dull。 There speak and strike; brave boys;
and take your turns; There serve your lust; shadowed from heaven's eye;
And revel in Lavinia's treasury。 CHIRON。 Thy counsel; lad; smells of no
cowardice。 DEMETRIUS。 Sit fas aut nefas; till I find the stream To cool
this heat; a charm to calm these fits; Per Styga; per manes vehor。 Exeunt
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SCENE II。 A forest near Rome
Enter TITUS ANDRONICUS; and his three sons; LUCIUS;
QUINTUS; MARTIUS; making a noise with hounds and horns; and
MARCUS TITUS。 The hunt is up; the morn is bright and grey; The fields
are fragrant; and the woods are green。 Uncouple here; and let us make a
bay; And wake the Emperor and his lovely bride; And rouse the Prince;
and ring a hunter's peal; That all the court may echo with the noise。 Sons;
let it be your charge; as it is ours; To attend the Emperor's person carefully。
I have been troubled in my sleep this night; But dawning day new comfort
hath inspir'd。
Here a cry of hounds; and wind horns in a peal。 Then enter
SATURNINUS; TAMORA; BASSIANUS LAVINIA; CHIRON;
DEMETRIUS; and their attendants Many good morrows to your Majesty!
Madam; to you as many and as good! I promised your Grace a hunter's
peal。 SATURNINUS。 And you have rung it lustily; my lords… Somewhat
too early for new…married ladies。 BASSIANUS。 Lavinia; how say you?
LAVINIA。 I say no; I have been broad awake two hours and more。
SATURNINUS。 Come on then; horse and chariots let us have; And to our
sport。 'To TAMORA' Madam; now shall ye see Our Roman hunting。
MARCUS。 I have dogs; my lord; Will rouse the proudest panther in the
chase; And climb the highest promontory top。 TITUS。 And I have horse
will follow where the game Makes way; and run like swallows o'er the
plain。 DEMETRIUS。 Chiron; we hunt not; we; with horse nor hound; But
hope to pluck a dainty doe to ground。 Exeunt
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SCENE III。 A lonely part of the forest
Enter AARON alone; with a bag of gold
AARON。 He that had wit would think that I had none; To bury so
much gold under a tree And never after to inherit it。 Let him that thinks of
me so abjectly Know that this gold must coin a stratagem; Which;
cunningly effected; will beget A very excellent piece of villainy。 And so
repose; sweet gold; for their unrest 'Hides the gold' That have their alms
out of the Empress' chest。
Enter TAMORA alone; to the Moor
TAMORA。 My lovely Aaron; wherefore look'st thou sad When
everything does make a gleeful boast? The birds chant melody on every
bush; The snakes lie rolled in the cheerful sun; The green leaves quiver
with the cooling wind And make a chequer'd shadow on the ground;
Under their sweet shade; Aaron; let us sit; And while the babbling echo
mocks the hounds; Replying shrilly to the well…tun'd horns; As if a double
hunt were heard at once; Let us sit down and mark their yellowing noise;
And… after conflict such as was suppos'd The wand'ring prince and Dido
once enjoyed; When with a happy storm they were surpris'd; And curtain'd
with a counsel…keeping cave… We may; each wreathed in the other's arms;
Our pastimes done; possess a golden slumber; Whiles hounds and horns
and sweet melodious birds Be unto us as is a nurse's song Of lullaby to
bring her babe asleep。 AARON。 Madam; though Venus govern your
desires; Saturn is dominator over mine。 What signifies my deadly…standing
eye; My silence and my cloudy melancholy; My fleece of woolly hair that
now uncurls Even as an adder when she doth unroll To do some fatal
execution? No; madam; these are no venereal signs。 Vengeance is in my
heart; death in my hand; Blood and revenge are hammering in my head。
Hark; Tamora; the empress of my soul; Which never hopes more heaven
than rests in thee… This is the day of doom for Bassianus; His Philomel
must lose her tongue to…day; Thy sons make pillage of her chastity; And
wash their hands in Bassianus' blood。 Seest thou this letter? Take it up; I
pray thee; And give the King this fatal…plotted scroll。 Now question me no
more; we are espied。 Here comes a parcel of our hopeful booty; Which
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dreads not yet their lives' destruction。
Enter BASSIANUS and LAVINIA TAMORA。 Ah; my sweet Moor;
sweeter to me than life! AARON。 No more; great Empress: Bassianus
comes。 Be cross with him; and I'll go fetch thy sons To back thy quarrels;
whatsoe'er they be。 Exit BASSIANUS。 Who have we here? Rome's royal
Emperess; Unfurnish'd of her well…beseeming troop? Or is it Dian; habited
like her; Who hath abandoned her holy groves To see the general hunting
in this forest? TAMORA。 Saucy controller of my private steps! Had I the
pow'r that some say Dian had; Thy temples should be planted presently
With horns; as was Actaeon's; and the hounds Should drive upon thy new…
transformed limbs; Unmannerly intruder as thou art! LAVINIA。 Under
your patience; gentle Emperess; 'Tis thought you have a goodly gift in
horning; And to be doubted that your Moor and you Are singled forth to
try thy experiments。 Jove shield your husband from his hounds to…day! 'Tis
pity they should take him for a stag。 BASSIANUS。 Believe me; Queen;
your swarth Cimmerian Doth make your honour of his body's hue; Spotted;
detested; and abominable。 Why are you sequest'red from all your train;
Dismounted from your snow…white goodly steed; And wand'red hither to
an obscure plot; Accompanied but with a barbarous Moor; If foul desire
had not conducted you? LAVINIA。 And; being intercepted in your sport;
Great reason that my noble lord be rated For sauciness。 I pray you let us
hence; And let her joy her raven…coloured love; This valley fits the
purpose passing well。 BASSIANUS。 The King my brother shall have
notice of this。 LAVINIA。 Ay; for these slips have made him noted long。
Good king; to be so mightily abused! TAMORA。 Why; I have patience to
endure all this。
Enter CHIRON and DEMETRIUS
DEMETRIUS。 How now; dear sovereign; and our gracious mother!
Why doth your Highness look so pale and wan? TAMORA。 Have I not
reason; think you; to look pale? These two have 'ticed me hither to this
place。 A barren detested vale you see it is: The trees; though summer; yet
forlorn and lean; Overcome with moss and baleful mistletoe; Here never
shines the sun; here nothing breeds; Unless the nightly owl or fatal raven。
And when they show'd me this abhorred pit; They told me; here; at dead
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time of the night; A thousand fiends; a thousand hissing snakes; Ten
thousand swelling toads; as many urchins; Would make such fearful and
confused cries As any mortal body hearing it Should straight fall mad or
else die suddenly。 No sooner had they told this hellish tale But straight
they told me they would bind me here Unto the body of a dismal yew; And
leave me to this miserable death。 And then they call'd me foul adulteress;
Lascivious Goth; and all the bitterest terms That ever ear did hear to such
effect; And had you not by wondrous fortune come; This vengeance on me
had they executed。 Revenge it;