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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. [80]
Enter Titus.
T IT US
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. [90]
But welcome, as you are. What shall we do?
T AMORA
What wouldst thou have us do, Andronicus?
DEMET RIUS
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 revenged on him.
T AMORA
Show me a thousand that hath done thee wrong,
And I will be revengèd on them all.
T IT US
Look round about the wicked streets of Rome,
And when thou find’st a man that’s like thyself,
Good Murder, stab him; he’s a murderer. [100]
Go thou with him, and when it is thy hap
