文档介绍：TITUS ANDRONICUS
TITUS ANDRONICUS
William Shakespeare
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TITUS ANDRONICUS
ACT I.
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TITUS ANDRONICUS
SCENE I. Rome. Before the Capitol
Flourish. Enter the TRIBUNES and SENATORS aloft; and then enter
below SATURNINUS and his followers at one door, and BASSIANUS
and his followers at the other, with drums and trumpets
SATURNINUS. Noble patricians, patrons of my right, Defend the
justice of my cause with arms; And, countrymen, my loving followers,
Plead my essive title with your swords. I am his first born son that
was the last That ware the imperial diadem of Rome; Then let my father's
honours live in me, Nor wrong mine age with this indignity. BASSIANUS.
Romans, friends, followers, favourers of my right, If ever Bassianus,
Caesar's son, Were gracious in the eyes of royal Rome, Keep then this
passage to the Capitol; And suffer not dishonour to approach The 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
MARCUS. Princes, that strive by factions and by friends Ambitiously
for rule and empery, Know that the people of Rome, for whom we stand A
special party, have mon 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 at this day To the monument of that
Andronici Done sacrifice of expiation, And slain the noblest prisoner of
the Goths. And now at last, laden with honour