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And by her presence still renew his sorrows. He kills her.
T IT US
A reason mighty, strong, and effectual;
A pattern, precedent, and lively warrant,
For me, most wretched, to perform the like.
Die, die, Lavinia, and thy shame with thee,
And with thy shame thy father’s sorrow die!
SAT URNINUS
What hast thou done, unnatural and unkind?
T IT US
Killed her for whom my tears have made me blind.
I am as woeful as Virginius was, [50]
And have a thousand times more cause than he
To do this outrage, and it now is done.
SAT URNINUS
What, was she ravished? tell who did the deed.
T IT US
Will’t please you eat? will’t please your highness feed?
T AMORA
Why hast thou slain thine only daughter thus?
T IT US
Not I; ’twas Chiron and Demetrius.
They ravished her and cut away her tongue;
And they, ‘twas they, that did her all this wrong.
SAT URNINUS
Go, fetch them hither to us presently
T IT US
Why, there they are both, bakèd in this pie, [60]
Whereof their mother daintily hath fed,
Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.
