Chapter XVIII: Act II: SCENE I. Rome. Before the palace

_Enter_ AARON.[4089]

_Aar._ Now climbeth Tamora Olympus' top,
Safe out of fortune's shot, and sits aloft,
Secure of thunder's crack or lightning flash,
Advanced above pale envy's threatening reach.[4090]
As when the golden sun salutes the morn, 5
And, having gilt the ocean with his beams,
Gallops the zodiac in his glistering coach,
And overlooks the highest-peering hills;[4091]
So Tamora:[4092]
Upon her wit doth earthly honour wait,[4093] 10
And virtue stoops and trembles at her frown.
Then, Aaron, arm thy heart, and fit thy thoughts,[4094]
To mount aloft with thy imperial mistress,[4095]
And mount her pitch, whom thou in triumph long
Hast prisoner held, fetter'd in amorous chains, 15
And faster bound to Aaron's charming eyes
Than is Prometheus tied to Caucasus.[4096]
Away with slavish weeds and servile thoughts![4097]
I will be bright, and shine in pearl and gold,
To wait upon this new-made empress.[4098] 20
To wait, said I? to wanton with this queen,[4099]
This goddess, this Semiramis, this nymph,[4100]
This siren, that will charm Rome's Saturnine,
And see his shipwreck and his commonweal's.
Holloa! what storm is this? 25

_Enter_ DEMETRIUS _and_ CHIRON, _braving_.[4101]

_Dem._ Chiron, thy years want wit, thy wit wants edge,[4102]
And manners, to intrude where I am graced,
And may, for aught thou know'st, affected be.[4103]

_Chi._ Demetrius, thou dost over-ween in all,
And so in this, to bear me down with braves. 30
'Tis not the difference of a year or two
Makes me less gracious, or thee more fortunate:[4104]
I am as able and as fit as thou
To serve, and to deserve my mistress' grace;
And that my sword upon thee shall approve, 35
And plead my passions for Lavinia's love.[4105]

_Aar._ [_Aside_] Clubs, clubs! these lovers will not keep
the peace.[4106][4107]

_Dem._ Why, boy, although our mother, unadvised,
Gave you a dancing-rapier by your side,[4108]
Are you so desperate grown, to threat your friends?[4109] 40
Go to; have your lath glued within your sheath
Till you know better how to handle it.

_Chi._ Meanwhile, sir, with the little skill I have,
Full well shalt thou perceive how much I dare.

_Dem._ Ay, boy, grow ye so brave? [_They draw._

_Aar._ [_Coming forward_] Why, how now, lords![4110] 45
So near the emperor's palace dare you draw,
And maintain such a quarrel openly?
Full well I wot the ground of all this grudge:[4111]
I would not for a million of gold
The cause were known to them it most concerns; 50
Nor would your noble mother for much more
Be so dishonour'd in the court of Rome.[4112]
For shame, put up.

_Dem._ Not I, till I have sheathed[4113]
My rapier in his bosom, and withal
Thrust those reproachful speeches down his throat[4114] 55
That he hath breathed in my dishonour here.

_Chi._ For that I am prepared and full resolved.[4115]
Foul-spoken coward! that thunder'st with thy tongue[4116]
And with thy weapon nothing darest perform.[4117]

_Aar._ Away, I say![4106] 60
Now, by the gods that warlike Goths adore,[4118]
This petty brabble will undo us all.[4119]
Why, lords, and think you not how dangerous[4120]
It is to jet upon a prince's right?[4121]
What, is Lavinia then become so loose, 65
Or Bassianus so degenerate,
That for her love such quarrels may be broach'd
Without controlment, justice, or revenge?[4122]
Young lords, beware! an should the empress know[4123]
This discord's ground, the music would not please.[4124] 70

_Chi._ I care not, I, knew she and all the world:
I love Lavinia more than all the world.

_Dem._ Youngling, learn thou to make some meaner choice:[4125]
Lavinia is thine elder brother's hope.

_Aar._ Why, are ye mad? or know ye not, in Rome[4106][4126] 75
How furious and impatient they be,
And cannot brook competitors in love?
I tell you, lords, you do but plot your deaths
By this device.[4127]

_Chi._ Aaron, a thousand deaths[4128]
Would I propose to achieve her whom I love.[4128][4129] 80

_Aar._ To achieve her! how?

_Dem._ Why makest thou it so strange?[4130]
She is a woman, therefore may be woo'd;
She is a woman, therefore may be won;
She is Lavinia, therefore must be loved.
What, man! more water glideth by the mill 85
Than wots the miller of; and easy it is
Of a cut loaf to steal a shive, we know:
Though Bassianus be the emperor's brother,
Better than he have worn Vulcan's badge.[4131]

_Aar._ [_Aside_] Ay, and as good as Saturninus may.[4106][4132] 90

_Dem._ Then why should he despair that knows to court it
With words, fair looks, and liberality?
What, hast not thou full often struck a doe,[4133]
And borne her cleanly by the keeper's nose?

_Aar._ Why, then, it seems, some certain snatch or so[4106] 95
Would serve your turns.

_Chi._ Ay, so the turn were served.

_Dem._ Aaron, thou hast hit it.

_Aar._ Would you had hit it too![4106]
Then should not we be tired with this ado.
Why, hark ye, hark ye! and are you such fools
To square for this? would it offend you, then,[4134] 100
That both should speed?[4135]

_Chi._ Faith, not me.

_Dem._ Nor me, so I were one.[4136]

_Aar._ For shame, be friends, and join for that you jar:
'Tis policy and stratagem must do
That you affect; and so must you resolve, 105
That what you cannot as you would achieve,
You must perforce accomplish as you may.
Take this of me: Lucrece was not more chaste
Than this Lavinia, Bassianus' love.[4137]
A speedier course than lingering languishment[4138] 110
Must we pursue, and I have found the path.[4139]
My lords, a solemn hunting is in hand;
There will the lovely Roman ladies troop:
The forest walks are wide and spacious;
And many unfrequented plots there are 115
Fitted by kind for rape and villany:
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[4140] 120
To villany and vengeance consecrate,
Will we acquaint with all that we intend;[4141]
And she shall file our engines with advice,[4142]
That will not suffer you to square yourselves,
But to your wishes' height advance you both. 125
The emperor's court is like the house of Fame,
The palace full of tongues, of eyes and ears:[4143]
The woods are ruthless, dreadful, deaf and dull;[4144]
There speak, and strike, brave boys, and take your turns;
There serve your lust, shadow'd from heaven's eye,[4145] 130
And revel in Lavinia's treasury.

_Chi._ Thy counsel, lad, smells of no cowardice.

_Dem._ Sit fas aut nefas, till I find the stream[4146]
To cool this heat, a charm to calm these fits,[4147]
Per Styga, per manes vehor. [_Exeunt._[4148] 135

SCENE II. _A forest near Rome. Horns and cry of hounds heard._

_Enter_ TITUS ANDRONICUS, _with_ Hunters, &c., MARCUS, LUCIUS,
QUINTUS, _and_ MARTIUS.[4149]

_Tit._ The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey,[4150]
The fields are fragrant, and the woods are green:[4151]
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,[4152] 5
That all the court may echo with the noise.[4153]
Sons, let it be your charge, as it is ours,[4154]
To attend the emperor's person carefully.[4155]
I have been troubled in my sleep this night,
But dawning day new comfort hath inspired. 10

_A cry of hounds, and horns winded in a peal. Enter_
SATURNINUS, TAMORA, BASSIANUS, LAVINIA, DEMETRIUS, CHIRON,
_and their_ Attendants.[4156]

Many good morrows to your majesty;
Madam, to you as many and as good:
I promised your grace a hunter's peal.

_Sat._ And you have rung it lustily, my lords;[4157]
Somewhat too early for new-married ladies. 15

_Bas._ Lavinia, how say you?

_Lav._ I say, no;[4158][4159]
I have been broad awake two hours and more.[4159][4160]

_Sat._ Come on then; horse and chariots let us have,
And to our sport. [_To Tamora_] Madam, now shall ye see[4161]
Our Roman hunting.

_Marc._ I have dogs, my lord, 20
Will rouse the proudest panther in the chase,
And climb the highest promontory top.[4162]

_Tit._ And I have horse will follow where the game
Makes way, and run like swallows o'er the plain.[4163]

_Dem._ Chiron, we hunt not, we, with horse nor hound,[4164] 25
But hope to pluck a dainty doe to ground. [_Exeunt._[4164]

SCENE III. _A lonely part of the forest._

_Enter_ AARON, _with a bag of gold_.[4165]

_Aar._ He that had wit would think that I had none,[4166]
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, 5
Which, cunningly effected, will beget[4167]
A very excellent piece of villany:
And so repose, sweet gold, for their unrest [_Hides the gold._[4168]
That have their alms out of the empress' chest.

_Enter_ TAMORA.[4169]

_Tam._ My lovely Aaron, wherefore look'st thou sad,[4170] 10
When every thing doth make a gleeful boast?
The birds chant melody on every bush;
The snake lies rolled in the cheerful sun;[4171]
The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind,
And make a chequer'd shadow on the ground: 15
Under their sweet shade, Aaron, let us sit,
And, whilst the babbling echo mocks the hounds,
Replying shrilly to the well-tuned horns,
As if a double hunt were heard at once,[4172]
Let us sit down and mark their yellowing noise;[4173] 20
And, after conflict such as was supposed
The wandering prince and Dido once enjoy'd,[4174]
When with a happy storm they were surprised,
And curtain'd with a counsel-keeping cave,
We may, each wreathed in the other's arms, 25
Our pastimes done, possess a golden slumber;
Whiles hounds and horns and sweet melodious birds[4175]
Be unto us as is a nurse's song
Of lullaby to bring her babe asleep.

_Aar._ Madam, though Venus govern your desires,[4176] 30
Saturn is dominator over mine:
What signifies my deadly-standing eye,[4177]
My silence and my cloudy melancholy,
My fleece of woolly hair that now uncurls
Even as an adder when she doth unroll 35
To do some fatal execution?[4178]
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, 40
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,[4179]
Thy sons make pillage of her chastity,
And wash their hands in Bassianus' blood. 45
Seest thou this letter? take it up, I pray thee,[4180]
And give the king this fatal-plotted scroll.[4181]
Now question me no more; we are espied;
Here comes a parcel of our hopeful booty,
Which dreads not yet their lives' destruction.[4182] 50

_Tam._ Ah, my sweet Moor, sweeter to me than life![4183]

_Aar._ No more, great empress; Bassianus comes:[4166]
Be cross with him, and I'll go fetch thy sons
To back thy quarrels, whatsoe'er they be. [_Exit._

_Enter_ BASSIANUS _and_ LAVINIA.[4184]

_Bas._ Who have we here? Rome's royal empress,[4185][4186] 55
Unfurnish'd of her well-beseeming troop?[4187]
Or is it Dian, habited like her,
Who hath abandoned her holy groves
To see the general hunting in this forest?

_Tam._ Saucy controller of my private steps![4188] 60
Had I the power that some say Dian had,
Thy temples should be planted presently[4189]
With horns, as was Actæon's, and the hounds[4190]
Should drive upon thy new-transformed limbs,[4191]
Unmannerly intruder as thou art! 65

_Lav._ Under your patience, gentle empress,[4186]
'Tis thought you have a goodly gift in horning;
And to be doubted that your Moor and you
Are singled forth to try experiments:
Jove shield your husband from his hounds to-day! 70
'Tis pity they should take him for a stag.

_Bas._ Believe me, queen, your swarth Cimmerian[4192]
Doth make your honour of his body's hue,
Spotted, detested, and abominable.
Why are you sequester'd from all your train, 75
Dismounted from your snow-white goodly steed,
And wander'd hither to an obscure plot,
Accompanied but with a barbarous Moor,[4193]
If foul desire had not conducted you?

_Lav._ And, being intercepted in your sport,[4194] 80
Great reason that my noble lord be rated
For sauciness. I pray you, let us hence,
And let her joy her raven-colour'd love;[4195]
This valley fits the purpose passing well.

_Bas._ The king my brother shall have note of this.[4196] 85

_Lav._ Ay, for these slips have made him noted long:[4197]
Good king, to be so mightily abused!

_Tam._ Why have I patience to endure all this?[4198]

_Enter_ DEMETRIUS _and_ CHIRON.

_Dem._ How now, dear sovereign, and our gracious mother![4199]
Why doth your highness look so pale and wan?[4200] 90

_Tam._ 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;[4201]
The trees, though summer, yet forlorn and lean,
O'ercome with moss and baleful mistletoe:[4202] 95
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 time of the night,
A thousand fiends, a thousand hissing snakes, 100
Ten thousand swelling toads, as many urchins,
Would make such fearful and confused cries,
As any mortal body hearing it[4203]
Should straight fall mad, or else die suddenly.
No sooner had they told this hellish tale, 105
But straight they told me they would bind me here
Unto the body of a dismal yew,[4204]
And leave me to this miserable death:
And then they call'd me foul adulteress,
Lascivious Goth, and all the bitterest terms 110
That ever ear did hear to such effect:[4205]
And, had you not by wondrous fortune come,
This vengeance on me had they executed.
Revenge it, as you love your mother's life,
Or be ye not henceforth call'd my children.[4206] 115

_Dem._ This is a witness that I am thy son. [_Stabs Bassianus._[4207]

_Chi._ And this for me, struck home to show my strength.[4208]

[_Also stabs Bassianus, who dies._

_Lav._ Ay, come, Semiramis, nay, barbarous Tamora,[4209]
For no name fits thy nature but thy own!

_Tam._ Give me the poniard; you shall know, my boys,[4210] 120
Your mother's hand shall right your mother's wrong.

_Dem._ Stay, madam; here is more belongs to her;
First thrash the corn, then after burn the straw:
This minion stood upon her chastity,
Upon her nuptial vow, her loyalty, 125
And with that painted hope braves your mightiness:[4211][4212]
And shall she carry this unto her grave?[4212][4213]

_Chi._ An if she do, I would I were an eunuch.[4214]
Drag hence her husband to some secret hole,
And make his dead trunk pillow to our lust.[4215] 130

_Tam._ But when ye have the honey ye desire,[4216]
Let not this wasp outlive, us both to sting.[4217]

_Chi._ I warrant you, madam, we will make that sure.[4218]
Come, mistress, now perforce we will enjoy
That nice-preserved honesty of yours.[4219] 135

_Lav._ O Tamora! thou bear'st a woman's face--[4220]

_Tam._ I will not hear her speak; away with her!

_Lav._ Sweet lords, entreat her hear me but a word.

_Dem._ Listen, fair madam: let it be your glory
To see her tears, but be your heart to them 140
As unrelenting flint to drops of rain.[4221]

_Lav._ When did the tiger's young ones teach the dam?[4222]
O, do not learn her wrath; she taught it thee;[4223]
The milk thou suck'dst from her did turn to marble;[4224]
Even at thy teat thou hadst thy tyranny.[4225] 145
Yet every mother breeds not sons alike:
[_To Chiron_] Do thou entreat her show a woman pity.[4226]

_Chi._ What, wouldst thou have me prove myself a bastard?[4227]

_Lav._ 'Tis true; the raven doth not hatch a lark:[4227][4228]
Yet have I heard,--O, could I find it now!-- 150
The lion, moved with pity, did endure
To have his princely paws pared all away:[4229]
Some say that ravens foster forlorn children,
The whilst their own birds famish in their nests:
O, be to me, though thy hard heart say no, 155
Nothing so kind, but something pitiful!

_Tam._ I know not what it means: away with her!

_Lav._ O, let me teach thee! for my father's sake,
That gave thee life, when well he might have slain thee,
Be not obdurate, open thy deaf ears.[4230] 160

_Tam._ Hadst thou in person ne'er offended me,
Even for his sake am I pitiless.[4231]
Remember, boys, I pour'd forth tears in vain,
To save your brother from the sacrifice;
But fierce Andronicus would not relent: 165
Therefore, away with her, and use her as you will;[4232]
The worse to her, the better loved of me.

_Lav._ O Tamora, be call'd a gentle queen,[4233]
And with thine own hands kill me in this place!
For 'tis not life that I have begg'd so long; 170
Poor I was slain when Bassianus died.[4234]

_Tam._ What begg'st thou then? fond woman, let me go.[4235]

_Lav._ Tis present death I beg; and one thing more
That womanhood denies my tongue to tell:
O, keep me from their worse than killing lust, 175
And tumble me into some loathsome pit,
Where never man's eye may behold my body:
Do this, and be a charitable murderer.

_Tam._ So should I rob my sweet sons of their fee:
No, let them satisfy their lust on thee. 180

_Dem._ Away! for thou hast stay'd us here too long.[4236]

_Lav._ No grace? no womanhood? Ah, beastly creature![4236][4237]
The blot and enemy to our general name![4238]
Confusion fall--[4239]

_Chi._ Nay, then I'll stop your mouth. Bring thou her husband:[4240] 185
This is the hole where Aaron bid us hide him.

[_Demetrius throws the body of Bassianus into the
pit; then exeunt Demetrius and Chiron, dragging
off Lavinia._[4241]

_Tam._ Farewell, my sons: see that you make her sure.
Ne'er let my heart know merry cheer indeed,
Till all the Andronici be made away.[4242]
Now will I hence to seek my lovely Moor, 190
And let my spleenful sons this trull deflower. [_Exit._

_Re-enter_ AARON, _with_ QUINTUS _and_ MARTIUS.[4243]

_Aar._ Come on, my lords, the better foot before:[4244]
Straight will I bring you to the loathsome pit[4245]
Where I espied the panther fast asleep.

_Quin._ My sight is very dull, whate'er it bodes. 195

_Mart._ And mine, I promise you; were it not for shame,[4246]
Well could I leave our sport to sleep awhile.

[_Falls into the pit._[4247]

_Quin._ What, art thou fall'n? What subtle hole is this,[4248]
Whose mouth is cover'd with rude-growing briers,[4249]
Upon whose leaves are drops of new-shed blood 200
As fresh as morning dew distill'd on flowers?[4250]
A very fatal place it seems to me.
Speak, brother, hast thou hurt thee with the fall?

_Mart._ O brother, with the dismal'st object hurt[4251]
That ever eye with sight made heart lament! 205

_Aar._ [_Aside_] Now will I fetch the king to find them here,[4252]
That he thereby may have a likely guess[4253]
How these were they that made away his brother. [_Exit._[4254]

_Mart._ Why dost not comfort me, and help me out[4255]
From this unhallow'd and blood-stained hole?[4256] 210

_Quin._ I am surprised with an uncouth fear;[4257]
A chilling sweat o'er-runs my trembling joints;[4258]
My heart suspects more than mine eye can see.

_Mart._ To prove thou hast a true-divining heart,[4259]
Aaron and thou look down into this den,[4260] 215
And see a fearful sight of blood and death.

_Quin._ Aaron is gone; and my compassionate heart[4261]
Will not permit mine eyes once to behold
The thing whereat it trembles by surmise:
O, tell me how it is; for ne'er till now[4262] 220
Was I a child to fear I know not what.

_Mart._ Lord Bassianus lies embrewed here,
All on a heap, like to a slaughter'd lamb,[4263]
In this detested, dark, blood-drinking pit.

_Quin._ If it be dark, how dost thou know 'tis he?[4264] 225

_Mart._ Upon his bloody finger he doth wear
A precious ring, that lightens all the hole,[4265]
Which, like a taper in some monument,
Doth shine upon the dead man's earthy cheeks,[4266]
And shows the ragged entrails of the pit:[4267] 230
So pale did shine the moon on Pyramus
When he by night lay bathed in maiden blood.
0 brother, help me with thy fainting hand--
If fear hath made thee faint, as me it hath--[4268]
Out of this fell devouring receptacle,[4269] 235
As hateful as Cocytus' misty mouth.[4270]

_Quin._ Reach me thy hand, that I may help thee out;
Or, wanting strength to do thee so much good,
I may be pluck'd into the swallowing womb
Of this deep pit, poor Bassianus' grave. 240
I have no strength to pluck thee to the brink.

_Mart._ Nor I no strength to climb without thy help.[4271]

_Quin._ Thy hand once more; I will not loose again,[4272]
Till thou art here aloft, or I below:
Thou canst not come to me: I come to thee. [_Falls in._ 245

_Enter_ SATURNINUS _with_ AARON.[4273]

_Sat._ Along with me: I'll see what hole is here,[4274]
And what he is that now is leap'd into it.[4275]
Say, who art thou that lately didst descend
Into this gaping hollow of the earth?[4276]

_Mart._ The unhappy son of old Andronicus; 250
Brought hither in a most unlucky hour,
To find thy brother Bassianus dead.

_Sat._ My brother dead! I know thou dost but jest:
He and his lady both are at the lodge
Upon the north side of this pleasant chase; 255
'Tis not an hour since I left them there.[4277]

_Mart._ We know not where you left them all alive;[4278]
But, out, alas! here have we found him dead.

_Re-enter_ TAMORA, _with_ Attendants; TITUS ANDRONICUS, _and_
LUCIUS.[4279]

_Tam._ Where is my lord the king?

_Sat._ Here, Tamora; though grieved with killing grief.[4280] 260

_Tam._ Where is thy brother Bassianus?

_Sat._ Now to the bottom dost thou search my wound:
Poor Bassianus here lies murdered.

_Tam._ [_Giving a letter_] Then all too late I bring this fatal writ,[4281]
The complot of this timeless tragedy; 265
And wonder greatly that man's face can fold
In pleasing smiles such murderous tyranny.

_Sat._ [_Reads_] 'An if we miss to meet him handsomely--[4282]
Sweet huntsman, Bassianus 'tis we mean--
Do thou so much as dig the grave for him: 270
Thou know'st our meaning. Look for thy reward[4283]
Among the nettles at the elder-tree
Which overshades the mouth of that same pit
Where we decreed to bury Bassianus.
Do this and purchase us thy lasting friends.' 275
O Tamora! was ever heard the like?[4284]
This is the pit, and this the elder-tree.
Look, sirs, if you can find the huntsman out
That should have murder'd Bassianus here.[4285]

_Aar._ My gracious lord, here is the bag of gold.[4286] 280

_Sat._ [_To Titus_] Two of thy whelps, fell curs of bloody kind,[4287]
Have here bereft my brother of his life.
Sirs, drag them from the pit unto the prison:
There let them bide until we have devised
Some never-heard-of torturing pain for them.[4288] 285

_Tam._ What, are they in this pit? O wondrous thing![4289]
How easily murder is discovered!

_Tit._ High emperor, upon my feeble knee
I beg this boon, with tears not lightly shed,
That this fell fault of my accursed sons, 290
Accursed, if the fault be proved in them--[4290]

_Sat._ If it be proved! you see it is apparent.
Who found this letter? Tamora, was it you?

_Tam._ Andronicus himself did take it up.

_Tit._ I did, my lord: yet let me be their bail;[4291] 295
For, by my fathers' reverend tomb, I vow[4292]
They shall be ready at your highness' will
To answer their suspicion with their lives.[4293]

_Sat._ Thou shalt not bail them: see thou follow me.
Some bring the murder'd body, some the murderers:[4294] 300
Let them not speak a word; the guilt is plain;[4295]
For, by my soul, were there worse end than death,
That end upon them should be executed.[4296]

_Tam._ Andronicus, I will entreat the king:
Fear not thy sons; they shall do well enough.[4297] 305

_Tit._ Come, Lucius, come; stay not to talk with them.

[_Exeunt._[4298]

SCENE IV. _Another part of the forest._

_Enter_ DEMETRIUS _and_ CHIRON, _with_ LAVINIA, _ravished; her hands
cut off, and her tongue cut out_.[4299]

_Dem._ So, now go tell, an if thy tongue can speak,[4300]
Who 'twas that cut thy tongue and ravish'd thee.[4301]

_Chi._ Write down thy mind, bewray thy meaning so,
An if thy stumps will let thee play the scribe.[4302]

_Dem._ See, how with signs and tokens she can scrowl.[4303] 5

_Chi._ Go home, call for sweet water, wash thy hands.[4304]

_Dem._ She hath no tongue to call, nor hands to wash;
And so let's leave her to her silent walks.

_Chi._ An 'twere my case, I should go hang myself.[4305]

_Dem._ If thou hadst hands to help thee knit the cord. 10

[_Exeunt Demetrius and Chiron._

_Horns winded, within. Enter_ MARCUS, _from hunting_.[4306]

_Mar._ Who is this? my niece, that flies away so fast![4307]
Cousin, a word; where is your husband?[4308]
If I do dream, would all my wealth would wake me!
If I do wake, some planet strike me down,
That I may slumber in eternal sleep! 15
Speak, gentle niece, what stern ungentle hands[4309]
Have lopp'd and hew'd and made thy body bare[4309]
Of her two branches, those sweet ornaments,
Whose circling shadows kings have sought to sleep in,
And might not gain so great a happiness 20
As have thy love? Why dost not speak to me?[4310]
Alas, a crimson river of warm blood,
Like to a bubbling fountain stirr'd with wind,
Doth rise and fall between thy rosed lips,[4311]
Coming and going with thy honey breath. 25
But, sure, some Tereus hath deflowered thee,
And, lest thou shouldst detect him, cut thy tongue.[4312]
Ah, now thou turn'st away thy face for shame!
And, notwithstanding all this loss of blood,
As from a conduit with three issuing spouts,[4313] 30
Yet do thy cheeks look red as Titan's face
Blushing to be encounter'd with a cloud.
Shall I speak for thee? shall I say 'tis so?[4314]
O, that I knew thy heart; and knew the beast,[4315]
That I might rail at him, to ease my mind! 35
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders where it is.
Fair Philomel, why she but lost her tongue,[4316]
And in a tedious sampler sew'd her mind:[4317]
But, lovely niece, that mean is cut from thee; 40
A craftier Tereus, cousin, hast thou met,[4318]
And he hath cut those pretty fingers off,
That could have better sew'd than Philomel.[4319]
O, had the monster seen those lily hands
Tremble, like aspen-leaves, upon a lute, 45
And make the silken strings delight to kiss them,
He would not then have touch'd them for his life!
Or, had he heard the heavenly harmony
Which that sweet tongue hath made,[4320]
He would have dropp'd his knife, and fell asleep[4321] 50
As Cerberus at the Thracian poet's feet.
Come, let us go and make thy father blind;
For such a sight will blind a father's eye:
One hour's storm will drown the fragrant meads;
What will whole months of tears thy father's eyes? 55
Do not draw back, for we will mourn with thee:
O, could our mourning ease thy misery! [_Exeunt._[4322]

FOOTNOTES:

[4089] ACT II. SCENE I.] Rowe. Actus secunda. F₁. Actus secundus. F₂ F₃ F₄. om. Qq. See note (I).

Rome.] Rowe.

Before the palace] Theobald.

Enter Aaron.] sound trumpets, Manet Moore. Qq. Enter Aaron alone. Ff.

[4090] _above_] _about_ F₁.

[4091] _highest-peering_] Theobald. _highest piering_ Qq F₁ F₂. _highest piring_ F₃ F₄.

[4092] _So Tamora_] Marked by Keightley as an imperfect line.

[4093] _wit_] _will_ Hanmer (Warburton).

_earthly_] Qq F₁ F₂. _early_ F₃ F₄.

[4094] _thy heart_] _the heart_ F₂.

[4095] _mount aloft_] _soar aloft_ S. Walker conj.

[4096] _is_] _was_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[4097] _servile_] Q₁. _idle_ Q₂ Ff.

[4098] _empress_] _empresse_ F₁ F₂. _emperesse_ Qq. _emperess_ F₃ F₄.

[4099] _wait_] _wait upon_ Hanmer.

[4100] _Semiramis_] F₃ F₄. _Semerimis_ Qq F₁. _Samiramis_ F₂.

_this nymph_] Q₁. _this Queene_ Q₂ Ff. om. Hanmer, reading _This queen ... Semiramis_ as one line. _this quean_ Jackson conj.

[4101] _Holloa_] _Hollo_ Qq. _Holla_ Ff.

braving] om. Rowe.

[4102] SCENE II. Pope.

_want_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _wants_ Qq F₁.

[4103] _know'st_] Ff. _knowest_ Qq.

[4104] _or_] om. Hanmer.

[4105] _passions_] _passion_ Rowe.

[4106] Aar.] Moore. Qq.

[4107] [Aside] Dyce. om. Qq Ff.

[4108] _dancing-rapier_] Steevens. _daunsing rapier_ Qq F₁ F₂. _dancing rapier_ F₃ F₄. _dangling rapier_ Long MS.

[4109] _friends_?] _friends:_ Q₁.

[4110] [Coming forward] Dyce. Interposing. Capell. Omitted in Qq Ff.

_how now_] Qq F₁. _now_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4111] _wot the ... grudge:_] _wote, the ... grudge._ Ff. _wote, the ... grudge,_ Qq.

[4112] _dishonour'd_] Pope. _dishonoured_ or _dishonored_ Qq Ff.

[4113] Dem.] Chi. Theobald (Warburton).

[4114] _those_] Q₁. _these_ Q₂ Ff.

[4115] Chi.] Dem. Theobald (Warburton).

[4116] _Foul-spoken ... tongue_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_that_] _Thou_ Rowe.

[4117] _darest_] _darst_ Q₁. _durst_ Q₂. _dar'st_ Ff.

[4118] [beating down their Swords. Capell.

[4119] _petty_] Qq F₄. _pretty_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[4120] _lords,_] _lords--_ Rowe.

[4121] _jet_] _iet_ Qq. _set_ Ff. _jut_ Malone.

[4122] _revenge?_] Q₂ Ff. _revenge._ Q₁.

[4123] _an_] Capell. _and_ Qq Ff.

[4124] _discord's_] F₄. _discords_ Qq. _discord_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[4125] _Youngling ... choice_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_meaner_] Qq F₁ F₂. _better_ F₃ F₄.

[4126] _Why, are_] Theobald. _Why are_ Qq Ff.

_not, in Rome_] Theobald. _not in Rome,_ Qq F₁ F₂. _not in Rome_ F₃ F₄.

[4127] _device_] Theobald. _devise_ Qq Ff.

[4128] _Aaron ... love_] Arranged as by Hanmer. Two lines, the first ending _propose,_ in Qq Ff.

[4129] _propose_] _oppose_ Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. Vol. LX.).

_love._] Q₁. _do love._ Q₂ Ff. _do love?_ Rowe.

[4130] _makest_] _mak'st_ Ff. _makes_ Qq.

[4131] _have_] Qq F₁. _have yet_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_Vulcan's_] _Vulcanus'_ or _old Vulcan's_ Anon. conj.

[4132] [Aside] Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

_Saturninus_] Q₁ F₂ F₃ F₄. _Saturnius_ F₁. _Saturnine_ Q₂.

[4133] _not thou_] Qq F₁ F₂. _thou not_ F₃ F₄.

_struck_] F₃ F₄. _strooke_ Q₁. _strucke_ Q₂ F₁ F₂.

[4134] _this?_] Q₂ Ff. _this:_ Q₁.

_then_] _then?_ Ff.

[4135] _That ... speed_] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

_speed?_] _speede?_ Q₂. _speede._ Q₁.

[4136] _Faith_] _I' faith_ Capell.

_Nor ... one_] _No, nor me_ Hanmer.

[4137] _Bassianus'_] Pope. _Bassianus_ Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. _Bassianus's_ F₄.

[4138] _than_] Rowe. _this_ Qq Ff.

[4139] _we_] _ye_ Hanmer.

[4140] _sacred_] _secret_ Anon. conj.

[4141] _Will we_] _We will_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[4142] _advice_] F₄. _advise_ Qq F₁ F₂ F₃.

[4143] _and_] Q₁. _of_ Q₂ Ff.

[4144] _dreadful_] _dreadless_ Collier MS.

_dull_] _dumb_ Anon. conj.

[4145] _lust_] Qq. _lusts_ Ff.

_shadow'd_] Ff. _shadowed_ Qq.

[4146] _Sit_] Qq. _Sẏ_ F₁. _Si_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_stream_] _streame_ Qq. _streames_ F₁ F₂. _streams_ F₃ F₄.

[4147] _these_] Q₁. _their_ Q₂ Ff. See note (II).

[4148] _Styga_] F₄. _Stygia_ F₃. _Stigia_ Qq F₁ F₂.

[4149] SCENE II.] Rowe. SCENE III. Pope. ACT II. SCENE I. Johnson conj.

A forest near Rome.] A forest. Rowe. A Chace near Rome. Court before a Lodge. Capell.

Horns ... heard.] Capell.

Enter ...] Capell, substantially. Enter Titus Andronicus and his three sonnes, making a noyse with hounds & hornes. Qq. Enter ... hornes, and Marcus. Ff.

[4150] _morn_] _Moone_ Q₁.

_grey_] _gay_ Hanmer.

[4151] _green_] _wide_ Collier MS.

[4152] _ring ... peal_] _sing ... round_ Collier MS. _ring ... round_ Collier MS. (as quoted in Collier, ed. 2).

[4153] _noise_] _sound_ Collier MS.

[4154] _as it is ours_] _and so will I_ Collier MS.

[4155] _attend_] _tend_ Pope.

[4156] _new ... inspired_] _brought comfort and delight_ Collier MS.

A cry ... peal. Enter....] Heere a cry of Houndes, and winde hornes in a peale, then enter.... Qq. Winde Hornes. Heere a cry.... peale, then Enter.... Ff.

[4157] _lords_] _lord_ Dyce. _lads_ Anon. conj.

[4158] _I say_] _Why, I say_ Hanmer.

[4159] _I say ... more_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4160] _broad_] Qq. om. Ff.

[4161] [To Tamora] Steevens.

[4162] _promontory_] _Promontary_ F₁. _promontory's_ Collier MS.

[4163] _way_] Qq F₁. _away_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_run_] F₃ F₄. _runne_ F₂. _runnes_ Qq F₁.

[4164] Marked as 'Aside' by Capell.

[4165] SCENE III.] Capell. SCENE IV. Pope. om. Ff.

A lonely ... forest.] A desart part of the Forest. Theobald.

Enter Aaron....] Enter Aaron, with a Bag of Gold, which he hides. Capell. Enter Aron alone. Qq Ff (Aaron F₁ F₄).

[4166] Aar.] Moore. Qq.

[4167] _effected_] _affected_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[4168] [Hides the gold.] Malone.

[4169] Enter Tamora.] Enter Tamora alone to the Moore. Qq. Enter Tamora to the Moore. Ff.

[4170] _My ... sad_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_sad_] _so sad_ Rowe (ed. 1).

[4171] _rolled_] _coiled_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[4172] _if_] om. F₂.

[4173] _yellowing_] Qq. _yelping_ Ff. _yelling_ Pope.

[4174] _and Dido_] _of Dido_ Reed (1803, 1813, 1821).

[4175] _Whiles_] _Whilst_ Rowe.

[4176] _Madam ... desires_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[4177] _deadly-standing_] Theobald. _deadly standing_ Qq Ff.

[4178] _execution?_] Q₂ Ff. _execution._ Q₁.

[4179] _lose_] F₃ F₄. _loose_ Qq F₁ F₂.

[4180] _letter?_] Q₁. _letter,_ Q₂ Ff.

[4181] _fatal-plotted_] Theobald. _fatall plotted_ Qq Ff.

[4182] _dreads_] _dread_ Pope.

[4183] _Ah ... life_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[4184] _quarrels_] Q₁ F₃ F₄. _quarrell_ Q₂ F₁ F₂.

[Exit.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

Enter....] Pope. Enter.... Qq Ff, after line 50.

[4185] SCENE V. Pope.

_Who_] Qq. _Whom_ Ff.

_Who ... empress_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[4186] _empress_] _emperess_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[4187] _her_] Q₁. _our_ Q₂ Ff.

_troop_] _troops_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[4188] _my_] Q₁. _our_ Q₂ Ff.

[4189] _presently_] F₃ F₄. _presently,_ Qq. _presently._ F₁ F₂.

[4190] _was_] _were_ Capell.

[4191] _drive_] _thrive_ Heath conj. _dine_ Collier (Collier MS.)

_thy_] Q₁. _his_ Q₂ Ff.

[4192] _swarth_] Ff. _swartie_ Q₁. _swarty_ Q₂. _swart_ Capell.

_Cimmerian_] Theobald. _Cymmerian_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _Cymerion_ Qq F₁.

[4193] _but with a_] Q₁. _with a_ Q₂ Ff. _with him, a_ Capell conj.

[4194] _intercepted_] _interrupted_ Rowe.

[4195] _raven-colour'd_] Pope. _raven culloured_ Qq. _raven coloured_ Ff.

[4196] _note_] Pope. _notice_ Qq Ff.

[4197] _him_] _her_ Steevens conj.

[4198] _have I_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _I have_ Qq F₁.

_this?_] Ff. _this._ Qq.

[4199] _How ... mother_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[4200] _doth_] _does_ Rowe.

[4201] _barren detested_] _barren and detested_ Rowe. _bare, detested_ Capell.

[4202] _baleful_] _hailful_ Grey conj.

[4203] _body_] _barely_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[4204] _yew_] Ff. _ewgh_ Q₁. _ewe_ Q₂.

[4205] _ear_] _eare_ Qq F₁. _ease_ F₂. _ears_ F₃ F₄.

[4206] _ye not henceforth_] Qq Ff. _ye not from henceforth_ Pope. _not henceforth_ Capell.

[4207] [Stabs Bassianus.] Stab him. Qq F₁ F₃. Sab him. F₂. Stabs him. F₄.

[4208] _And ... strength_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_struck_] Q₁ F₄. strook Q₂ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[Also stabs....] Stabbing him likewise. Theobald. Stabing suddenly Bassianus; who falls. Capell. Omitted in Qq Ff.

[4209] _Ay, come_] Hanmer. _I come_ Qq Ff. _I, come_ Theobald.

_Semiramis_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _Semeramis_ Qq F₁.

[4210] _the_] Q₁. _thy_ Q₂ Ff.

[4211] _painted hope ... mightiness_] Qq F₁. _painted hope, she ... mightinesse_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _painted cope she ... mightiness_ Theobald (Warburton). _paint now braves your mightiness_ Capell. _painted, braves your mightiness_ Steevens conj. _painted shape, she braves your might_ Collier (Collier MS.) _faint hope braves your mightiness_ Grant White conj. _painted upbraids your mightiness_ or _prankt, outbraves your mightiness_ Anon. conj.

_hope_] _robe_ Heath conj.

[4212] _painted hope ... this_] _painted, ... this hope_ Anon. conj.

[4213] _grave?_] Q₂ Ff. _grave._ Q₁.

[4214] _An if ... eunuch_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_An_] Hanmer. _And_ Qq Ff.

_eunuch_] _Euenuke_ Qq.

[4215] _trunk pillow_] _Trunke-Pillow_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[4216] _ye ... ye_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _ye ... we_ Qq F₁. _you ... you_ Rowe.

[4217] _outlive, us_] Theobald. _outlive us_ Qq Ff.

[4218] _you_] om. Pope.

[4219] _nice-preserved_] Ff. _nice preserved_ Qq.

[4220] _bear'st_] Ff. _bearest_ Qq.

_woman's_] _womans_ Qq F₃ F₄. _woman_ F₁ F₂.

_face--_] Rowe. _face._ Qq Ff.

[4221] _flint_] Qq F₁ F₂. _flints_ F₃ F₄.

[4222] _dam?_] Q₂ Ff. _dam._ Q₁.

[4223] _learn_] _teach_ Pope.

[4224] _suck'dst_] Rowe (ed. 2). _suckst_ Qq. _suck'st_ Ff.

[4225] _thy teat_] _her teat_ Collier (Collier MS.) _the teat_ Collier conj.

[4226] [To Chiron] Warburton. om. Qq Ff.

[4227] Two lines in Qq. Four lines, ending _What, ... bastard?... true, ... larke,_ in Ff.

[4228] After this line S. Walker would insert _Nor the fell lioness bring forth a lamb_.

[4229] _paws_] _claws_ Singer (Collier MS.)

[4230] _ears_] _yeares_ Q₁.

[4231] _am I_] _am I now_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4232] _with her_] om. Hanmer.

_and_] om. Capell.

[4233] _O ... queen_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[Kneeling. Collier (Collier MS.)

[4234] _Bassianus_] _Bascianus_ Q₁. _Bussianus_ Q₂.

[4235] Tam.] om. F₂.

_then? fond ... go_] F₃ F₄. _then fond ... goe?_ Qq. _then? fond ... go?_ F₁ F₂.

[4236] Two lines in Qq. Four, ending _Away, ... long ... grace ... creature,_ in Ff.

[4237] [Rising. Collier (Collier MS.)

[4238] _to_] _of_ Rowe.

[4239] _fall--_] Q₂ F₁. _fall._ Q₁. _all--_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4240] _Nay ... husband:_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[Dragging off Lavinia. Pope.

[4241] [Demetrius....] Capell. Exeunt. F₂ F₃ F₄. om. Qq F₁.

[4242] _Andronici_] Ff. _Adronicie_ Q₁. _Andronicie_ Q₂.

[4243] Re-enter....] Dyce. Enter Aron, with two of Titus sonnes. Qq Ff.

Martius.] Capell. Marcus. Rowe.

[4244] SCENE VI. Pope. SCENE IV. The same. Capell. Dyce continues the scene.

Aar.] om. Qq.

[4245] _loathsome_] _lonesome_ Collier MS.

[4246] _were it_] _were't_ Pope.

[4247] [Falls....] Marcus falls.... Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[4248] _What ... this,_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[4249] _cover'd_] Pope. _covered_ Qq Ff.

_rude-growing_] Pope. _rude growing_ Qq Ff.

[4250] _morning_] Q₁ F₄. _mornings_ Q₂ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[4251] Mart.] Mart. [under the stage. Collier MS.

_O ... object_] Two lines in Ff.

_dismal'st_] _dismallest,_ Pope, omitting _hurt_.

_hurt_] Q₁. Omitted in Q₂ Ff.

[4252] [Aside] Johnson.

[4253] _have_] _give_ Steevens (1793).

[4254] [Exit.] Qq. Exit Aaron. F₁ F₄. Exit Aron. F₂ F₃.

[4255] SCENE VII. Pope.

[4256] _unhallow'd_] Ff. _unhollow_ Qq.

[4257] _uncouth_] _uncouch_ F₂ F₃.

[4258] _chilling_] _killing_ Rowe.

[4259] _true-divining_] Theobald. _true divining_ Qq Ff.

[4260] _this den_] _the den_ Rowe.

[4261] _Aaron ... heart_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[4262] _how_] Q₂ Ff. _who_ Q₁.

[4263] _like to a_] Qq. _like to the_ Ff.

[4264] _he?_] Q₂ Ff. _hee._ Q₁.

[4265] _the_] Q₂ Ff. _this_ Q₁.

[4266] _earthy_] Q₁. _earthly_ Q₂ Ff.

[4267] _the_] Ff. _this_ Qq.

[4268] _thee_] _the_ F₂.

[4269] _fell devouring_] _fell-devouring_ S. Walker conj.

[4270] _Cocytus'_] _Cocytus_ F₄. _Ocitus_ Qq F₁. _Cocitus_ F₂ F₃.

[4271] _Nor_] _And_ Pope.

[4272] _more; I_] Theobald. _more, I_ Qq Ff. _more I_ Pope.

_loose_] _lose_ Rowe. _loose't_ Capell conj.

[4273] [Falls in.] Pope. Boths fall in. F₁ F₂. Both fall in. F₃ F₄. om. Qq.

Enter....] Enter the Emperour, and Aron the Moore. Qq Ff (and om. Q₂ Ff)(Aaron F₁ F₄).

[4274] SCENE VIII. Pope.

[4275] _into it_] _into't_ Pope.

[4276] _earth?_ Q₂ Ff. _earth._ Q₁.

[4277] _them_] Q₁. _him_ Q₂ Ff.

[4278] _them_] Qq. _him_ Ff.

[4279] Re-enter ...] Dyce. Enter ... Ff.

with Attendants;] Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

Titus Andronicus,] Andronicus, Qq Ff.

[4280] Sat.] F₂ F₃ F₄. King. Qq F₁ (and throughout the scene).

_grieved_] _gnaw'd_ S. Walker conj.

[4281] [Giving a letter] She giveth Saturnine a Letter. Qq Ff, after line 267.

[4282] Sat. [Reads] Saturninus reades the Letter. Qq Ff.

_An_] Hanmer. _And_ Qq Ff.

[4283] _meaning. Lock ... reward meaning: ... reward_ Pope. _meaning, ... reward,_ Q₁. _meaning, ... reward._ Q₂. _meaning, ... reward_ Ff.

[4284] _O ..._] Theobald. King. _Oh ..._ Qq F₁. Sat. _Oh ..._ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4285] _murder'd_] _murther'd_ Pope. _murthered_ Qq Ff.

[4286] [Shewing it. Johnson.

[4287] [To Titus] Rowe.

[4288] _torturing_] F₃ F₄. _tortering_ Qq F₁ F₂.

[4289] _What ... thing!_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[4290] _fault_] Theobald. _faultes_ Q₁. _faults_ Q₂ Ff.

_them--_] F₃ F₄. _them._ Qq F₁ F₂.

[4291] _I ... bail;_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[4292] _fathers'_] Delius. _fathers_ Qq Ff. _father's_ Rowe.

_reverend_] F₄. _reverent_ Qq F₁ F₂ F₃.

[4293] _their suspicion_] _this suspicion_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[4294] _murder'd_] Rowe (ed. 2). _murther'd_ Rowe (ed. 1). _murthered_ Qq Ff.

[4295] _the_] _their_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[4296] [Attendants draw Quintus, and Martius, out of the Pit, and the Body of Bassianus; and Exeunt, bearing them off. Capell.

[4297] Exeunt Sat. Tam. Aar. and Train. Capell.

[4298] _Come ... them._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[Exeunt.] Ff. om. Qq. Exeunt severally. Theobald. Exeunt Titus, and Lucius. Capell.

[4299] SCENE IV.] Dyce. SCENE IX. Pope. SCENE V. Capell.

Another ...] Dyce. The same ... Capell.

Enter ...] Enter the Empresse sonnes, with Lavinia, her handes cut off, and her tongue cut out, and ravisht. Qq Ff.

[4300] _an_] Theobald. _and_ Qq Ff.

[4301] _that cut_] _cut out_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[4302] _An if ... thee play_] Capell. _And if ... thee play_ Qq Ff. _And, if ... thee, play_ Rowe.

[4303] _scrowl_] _scrowle_ Qq. _scowle_ F₁ F₂. _scowl_ F₃ F₄. _scrawl_ Delius.

[4304] _Go ... hands._] One line in Qq. Two, the first ending _home,_ in Ff.

[4305] _An_] Capell. _And_ Ff. _If_ Pope.

_case_] Pope. _cause_ Qq Ff.

[4306] [Exeunt ...] Theobald. Exeunt. Ff. om. Qq.

Horns winded within.] Wind Hornes. Ff. om. Qq. Horns within: Lavinia starts, and is making from them; Enter Marcus. Capell.

Enter ... hunting.] Qq. Enter ... hunting, to Lavinia. Ff.

[4307] _Who is_] _Who's_ Pope.

_this? my ... fast!_] _this, my ... fast_, Q₁. _this my ... fast?_ Q₂. _this, my ... fast?_ Ff.

[4308] _a word_] _a word with you_ Keightley.

_husband?_] Q₂ Ff. _husband._ Q₁.

[4309] _hands Have_] Rowe (ed. 2). _hands, Hath_ Qq. _hands Hath_ Ff. _hand Hath_ Capell.

[4310] _have_] Theobald. _halfe_ Qq F₁ F₂. _half_ F₃ F₄.

[4311] _rosed_] _rosy_ Rowe. _roseate_ or _roseat_ Collier MS.

[4312] _him_] Rowe. _them_ Qq Ff.

[4313] _three_] Hanmer. _theyr_ Q₁. _their_ Q₂ Ff.

[4314] _thee?... so?_] Ff. _thee, ... so._ Q₁. _thee, ... so?_ Q₂.

[4315] _heart_] F₃ F₄. _hart_ Qq F₁ F₂. _hurt_ S. Walker conj.

[4316] _Philomel, why she_] Edd. _Philomela, why she_ Q₁. _Philomella she_ Q₂. _Philomela she_ Ff.

[4317] _sew'd_] Pope. _sowed_ Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. _sewed_ F₄.

[4318] _cousin, hast thou met,_] _cosen hast thou met,_ Q₁. _hast thou met,_ Q₂. _hast thou met withall_ Ff.

[4319] _sew'd_] Pope. _sowed_ Qq F₁ F₂. _sewed_ F₃ F₄.

[4320] _tongue hath made_] Qq Ff. _charming instrument has made_ Ravenscroft's version. _tongue of thine hath often made_ Hanmer. _tongue hath made in minstrelsy_ Collier (Collier MS.) Printed as an imperfect line by Keightley.

[4321] _fell_] _fall'n_ Hanmer.

[4322] _mourning_] _morning_ F₂.