第 15 节
作者: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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