第 15 节
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乐乐陶陶 更新:2021-02-19 20:38 字数:9322
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come and be thy waggoner And whirl along with thee about the globes。
Provide thee two proper palfreys; black as jet; To hale thy vengeful
waggon swift away; And find out murderers in their guilty caves; And
when thy car is loaden with their heads; I will dismount; and by thy
waggon wheel Trot; like a servile footman; all day long; Even from
Hyperion's rising in the east Until his very downfall in the sea。 And day by
day I'll do this heavy task; So thou destroy Rapine and Murder there。
TAMORA。 These are my ministers; and come with me。 TITUS。 Are they
thy ministers? What are they call'd? TAMORA。 Rape and Murder;
therefore called so 'Cause they take vengeance of such kind of men。
TITUS。 Good Lord; how like the Empress' sons they are! And you the
Empress! But we worldly men Have miserable; mad; mistaking eyes。 O
sweet Revenge; now do I come to thee; And; if one arm's embracement
will content thee; I will embrace thee in it by and by。 TAMORA。 This
closing with him fits his lunacy。 Whate'er I forge to feed his brain…sick
humours; Do you uphold and maintain in your speeches; For now he
firmly takes me for Revenge; And; being credulous in this mad thought;
I'll make him send for Lucius his son; And whilst I at a banquet hold him
sure; I'll find some cunning practice out of hand To scatter and disperse the
giddy Goths; Or; at the least; make them his enemies。 See; here he comes;
and I must ply my theme。
Enter TITUS; below
TITUS。 Long have I been forlorn; and all for thee。 Welcome; dread
Fury; to my woeful house。 Rapine and Murder; you are welcome too。 How
like the Empress and her sons you are! Well are you fitted; had you but a
Moor。 Could not all hell afford you such a devil? For well I wot the
Empress never wags But in her company there is a Moor; And; would you
represent our queen aright; It were convenient you had such a devil。 But
welcome as you are。 What shall we do? TAMORA。 What wouldst thou
have us do; Andronicus? DEMETRIUS。 Show me a murderer; I'll deal
with him。 CHIRON。 Show me a villain that hath done a rape; And I am
sent to be reveng'd on him。 TAMORA。 Show me a thousand that hath done
thee wrong; And I will be revenged on them all。 TITUS。 Look round about
the wicked streets of Rome; And when thou find'st a man that's like thyself;
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Good Murder; stab him; he's a murderer。 Go thou with him; and when it is
thy hap To find another that is like to thee; Good Rapine; stab him; he is a
ravisher。 Go thou with them; and in the Emperor's court There is a queen;
attended by a Moor; Well shalt thou know her by thine own proportion;
For up and down she doth resemble thee。 I pray thee; do on them some
violent death; They have been violent to me and mine。 TAMORA。 Well
hast thou lesson'd us; this shall we do。 But would it please thee; good
Andronicus; To send for Lucius; thy thrice…valiant son; Who leads towards
Rome a band of warlike Goths; And bid him come and banquet at thy
house; When he is here; even at thy solemn feast; I will bring in the
Empress and her sons; The Emperor himself; and all thy foes; And at thy
mercy shall they stoop and kneel; And on them shalt thou ease thy angry
heart。 What says Andronicus to this device? TITUS。 Marcus; my brother!
'Tis sad Titus calls。
Enter MARCUS
Go; gentle Marcus; to thy nephew Lucius; Thou shalt inquire him out
among the Goths。 Bid him repair to me; and bring with him Some of the
chiefest princes of the Goths; Bid him encamp his soldiers where they are。
Tell him the Emperor and the Empress too Feast at my house; and he shall
feast with them。 This do thou for my love; and so let him; As he regards
his aged father's life。 MARCUS。 This will I do; and soon return again。 Exit
TAMORA。 Now will I hence about thy business; And take my ministers
along with me。 TITUS。 Nay; nay; let Rape and Murder stay with me; Or
else I'll call my brother back again; And cleave to no revenge but Lucius。
TAMORA。 'Aside to her sons' What say you; boys? Will you abide with
him; Whiles I go tell my lord the Emperor How I have govern'd our
determin'd jest? Yield to his humour; smooth and speak him fair; And tarry
with him till I turn again。 TITUS。 'Aside' I knew them all; though they
suppos'd me mad; And will o'er reach them in their own devices; A pair of
cursed hell…hounds and their dam。 DEMETRIUS。 Madam; depart at
pleasure; leave us here。 TAMORA。 Farewell; Andronicus; Revenge now
goes To lay a complot to betray thy foes。 TITUS。 I know thou dost; and;
sweet Revenge; farewell。 Exit TAMORA CHIRON。 Tell us; old man; how
shall we be employ'd? TITUS。 Tut; I have work enough for you to do。
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Publius; come hither; Caius; and Valentine。
Enter PUBLIUS; CAIUS; and VALENTINE
PUBLIUS。 What is your will? TITUS。 Know you these two?
PUBLIUS。 The Empress' sons; I take them: Chiron; Demetrius。 TITUS。
Fie; Publius; fie! thou art too much deceiv'd。 The one is Murder; and Rape
is the other's name; And therefore bind them; gentle Publius… Caius and
Valentine; lay hands on them。 Oft have you heard me wish for such an
hour; And now I find it; therefore bind them sure; And stop their mouths if
they begin to cry。 Exit 'They lay hold on CHIRON and DEMETRIUS'
CHIRON。 Villains; forbear! we are the Empress' sons。 PUBLIUS。 And
therefore do we what we are commanded。 Stop close their mouths; let
them not speak a word。 Is he sure bound? Look that you bind them fast。
Re…enter TITUS ANDRONICUS with a knife; and LAVINIA; with a
basin
TITUS。 Come; come; Lavinia; look; thy foes are bound。 Sirs; stop
their mouths; let them not speak to me; But let them hear what fearful
words I utter。 O villains; Chiron and Demetrius! Here stands the spring
whom you have stain'd with mud; This goodly summer with your winter
mix'd。 You kill'd her husband; and for that vile fault Two of her brothers
were condemn'd to death; My hand cut off and made a merry jest; Both
her sweet hands; her tongue; and that more dear Than hands or tongue; her
spotless chastity; Inhuman traitors; you constrain'd and forc'd。 What would
you say; if I should let you speak? Villains; for shame you could not beg
for grace。 Hark; wretches! how I mean to martyr you。 This one hand yet is
left to cut your throats; Whiles that Lavinia 'tween her stumps doth hold
The basin that receives your guilty blood。 You know your mother means to
feast with me; And calls herself Revenge; and thinks me mad。 Hark;
villains! I will grind your bones to dust; And with your blood and it I'll
make a paste; And of the paste a coffin I will rear; And make two pasties
of your shameful heads; And bid that strumpet; your unhallowed dam;
Like to the earth; swallow her own increase。 This is the feast that I have
bid her to; And this the banquet she shall surfeit on; For worse than
Philomel you us'd my daughter; And worse than Progne I will be reveng'd。
And now prepare your throats。 Lavinia; come; Receive the blood; and
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when that they are dead; Let me go grind their bones to powder small; And
with this hateful liquor temper it; And in that paste let their vile heads be
bak'd。 Come; come; be every one officious To make this banquet; which I
wish may prove More stern and bloody than the Centaurs' feast。 'He cuts
their throats' So。 Now bring them in; for I will play the cook; And see
them ready against their mother comes。 Exeunt; bearing the dead bodies
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