READ STUDY GUIDE: Act II, Scenes i-iii |
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Act II, Scene ii:
A Forest near Rome; a Lodge seen at a distance. Horns
A Forest near Rome; a Lodge seen at a distance. Horns
| and cry of hounds heard. |
| [Enter TITUS ANDRONICUS, with hunters, &c., MARCUS, LUCIUS, QUINTUS, and MARTIUS.] |
| TITUS : |
| The hunt is up, the morn is bright and gay, |
| The fields are fragrant, and the woods are green. |
| 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, |
| That all the court may echo with the noise. |
| Sons, let it be your charge, as it is ours, |
| To attend the emperor's person carefully: |
| I have been troubled in my sleep this night, |
| But dawning day new comfort hath inspir'd. |
| [Horns in a peal. Enter SATURNINUS, TAMORA, BASSIANUS, LAVINIA, DEMETRIUS, CHIRON, and Attendants.] |
| Many good morrows to your majesty:— |
| Madam, to you as many and as good:— |
| I promised your grace a hunter's peal. |
| SATURNINUS : |
| And you have rung it lustily, my lord; |
| Somewhat too early for new-married ladies. |
| BASSIANUS : |
| Lavinia, how say you? |
| LAVINIA : |
| I say no; I have been broad awake two hours and more. |
| SATURNINUS : |
| Come on then, horse and chariots let us have, |
| And to our sport.—[To TAMORA.]Madam, now shall ye see |
| Our Roman hunting. |
| MARCUS : |
| I have dogs, my lord, |
| Will rouse the proudest panther in the chase, |
| And climb the highest promontory top. |
| TITUS : |
| And I have horse will follow where the game |
| Makes way, and run like swallows o'er the plain. |
| DEMETRIUS : |
| Chiron, we hunt not, we, with horse nor hound, |
| But hope to pluck a dainty doe to ground. |
| [Exeunt.] |
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