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PERSONS REPRESENTED.

SATURNINUS, Son to the late Emperor of Rome. Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act II. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act IV. sc. 4. Act V. sc. 3.

BASSIANUS, brother to Saturninus.
Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act II. sc. 2; sc. 3.
TITUS ANDRONICUS, a noble Roman.

Appears, Act I. sc. 2. Act II. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act III. sc. 1; sc. 2.
Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 3. Act V. sc. 2; sc. 3.

MARCUS ANDRONICUS, brother to Titus. Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act II. sc. 2; sc. 5. Act III. sc. 1; Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 3. Act V. sc. 2; sc. 3.

SC. 2.

LUCIUS, son to Titus Andronicus.

Appears, Act I. sc. 2. Act II. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act III. sc. 1. Act V. sc. 1; sc. 3.

QUINTUS, Son to Titus Andronicus.

Appears, Act I. sc. 2. Act II. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act III. sc. 1.
MARTIUS, Son to Titus Andronicus.

Appears, Act 1. sc. 2. Act II. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act III. sc. 1.
MUTIUS, son to Titus Andronicus.
Appears, Act I. sc. 2.

Young LUCIUS, a boy, son to Lucius.
Appears, Act III. sc. 2. Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 3.

Act V. sc. 3.

PUBLIUS, son to Marcus the tribune.
Appears, Act V. sc. 2.

ÆMILIUS, a noble Roman.
Appears, Act IV. sc. 4. Act V. sc. 1; sc. 3.

ALARBUS, son to Tamora.
Appears, Act I. sc. 2.

CHIRON, Son to Tamora.

Appears, Act I. sc. 2. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 3; sc. 5.
Act IV. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act V. sc. 2.

DEMETRIUS, Son to Tamora.

Appears, Act I. sc. 2. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 3; sc. 5.
Act IV. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act V. sc. 2.

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Appears, Act I. sc. 2.

Act II. sc. 2; sc. 3; sc. 4. Act IV. sc. 4.
Act V. sc. 2; sc. 3.

LAVINIA, daughter to Titus Andronicus.

Appears, Act I. sc. 2. Act II. sc. 2; sc. 3; sc. 5. Act III. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act IV. sc. 1. Act V. sc. 2; sc. 3.

A Nurse.

Appears, Act IV. sc. 2.

A Black Child.

Appears, Act IV. sc. 2. Act V. sc. 1.

Kinsmen of Titus, Senators, Tribunes, Officers, Soldiers, and Attendants.

SCENE,-ROME, AND THE COUNTRY NEAR IT.

TITUS ANDRONICUS.

ACT I.

SCENE I.-Rome.

Flourish. Enter the Tribunes and Senators, aloft; and then enter SATURNINUS and his Followers at one door, and BASSIANUS and his Followers at the other, with drum and colours.

Sat. Noble patricians, patrons of my right,
Defend the justice of my cause with arms;
And, countrymen, my loving followers,
Plead my successive title with your swords:
I am his first-born son, that was the last
That wore the imperial diadem of Rome :
Then let my father's honours live in me,
Nor wrong mine age with this indignity.

Bass. Romans, friends, followers, favourers of my right,

If ever Bassianus, Cæsar's son,

Were gracious in the eyes of royal Rome,
Keep then this passage to the Capitol;
And suffer not dishonour to approach
Th' imperial seat; to virtue consecrate,
To justice, continence, and nobility:
But let desert in pure election shine;
And, Romans, fight for freedom in your choice.

Enter MARCUS ANDRONICUS, aloft, with the crown.
Marc. Princes, that strive by factions and by friends

Ambitiously for rule and empery,

Know that the people of Rome, for whom we stanl
A special party, have by common voice,
In election for the Roman empery,
Chosen Andronicus, surnamed Pius,
For many good and great deserts to Rome:
A nobler man, a braver warrior,

Lives not this day within the city walls.
He by the senate is accited home,

From weary wars against the barbarous Goths,
That with his sons, a terror to our foes,

Hath yok'd a nation strong, train'd up in arms.
Ten years are spent, since first he undertook
This cause of Rome, and chastised with arms
Our enemies' pride: five times he hath return'd
Bleeding to Rome, bearing his valiant sons
In coffins from the field;

And now at last, laden with honour's spoils,
Returns the good Andronicus to Rome,
Renowned Titus, flourishing in arms.
Let us entreat,-by honour of his name,
Whom worthily you would have now succeed,
And in the Capitol and senate's right,
Whom you pretend to honour and adore,—
That you withdraw you, and abate your strength;
Dismiss your followers, and, as suitors should,
Plead your deserts in peace and humbleness.
Sat. How fair the tribune speaks to calm my
thoughts!

Bass. Marcus Andronicus, so I do affy
In thy uprightness and integrity,

And so I love and honour thee and thine,
Thy noble brother Titus and his sons,

And her to whom my thoughts are humbled all,
Gracious Lavinia, Rome's rich ornament,
That I will here dismiss my loving friends;

And to my fortunes and the people's favour

Commit my cause in balance to be weigh'd.

[Exeunt Followers of BASSIANUS. Sat. Friends, that have been thus forward in my

right,

I thank you all, and here dismiss you all;
And to the love and favour of my country
Commit myself, my person, and the cause.

[Exeunt Followers of SATURNINUS.

Rome, be as just and gracious unto me,
As I am confident and kind to thee.

Open the gates and let me in.

Bass. Tribunes, and me, a poor competitor. [Flourish. They go up into the Senate-house

SCENE II.-The same.

Enter a Captain, and others.

Cap. Romans, make way: the good Andronicus,
Patron of virtue, Rome's best champion,
Successful in the battles that he fights,
With honour and with fortune is return'd,
From where he circumscribed with his sword,
And brought to yoke, the enemies of Rome.

[Sound drums and trumpets, and then enter two of TITUS' Sons. After them two Men bearing a coffin covered with black: then two other Sons. After them TITUS ANDRONICUS; and then TAMORA, the Queen of Goths, and her two Sons, CHIRON and DEMETRIUS, with AARON the Moor, and others, as many as can be. They set down the coffin, and TITUS speaks.

Tit. Hail, Rome, victorious in thy mourning weeds! Lo, as the bark that hath discharg'd her fraught, Returns with precious lading to the bay

From whence at first she weigh'd her anchorage,
Cometh Andronicus, bound with laurel boughs,

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