Lucius
give us the proudest prisoner of the Goths give us the queen of the Goths that we may hew his limbs, and on a pile that we should remove his limbs ad manes fratrum sacrifice his flesh and we should sacrifice his flesh before this earthy prison of their bones before we take the bones that so the shadows be not unappeased the shadows are calling for it nor we disturb’d with prodigies on earth we also call for it
Titus Andronicus
I give him you the noblest that survives I give him to you the eldest son of this distressed queen the eldest son of this distressed queen
Tamora
stay Roman brethren gracious conqueror dear gracious conqueror victorious Titus rue the tears I shed Titus have sorrow for my tears a mother’s tears in passion of her son I am in tears for my son and if thy sons were ever dear to thee and my sons are close to me sufficeth not that we brought to Rome we were not brought to Rome to die to beautify thy triumphs and return we were brought to show you won captive to thee and to thy Roman yoke captured by you and by the soldiers of Rome but must my son be slaughter’d in the streets but should my son die in the streets for valiant doings in their’s country’s cause for doing courageous things for your country o if to fight for king and commonweal do you fight for king or for the people were piety in thine it is in these were you religious in your choice Andronicus stain not thy tomb with blood don’t stain the tomb with blood wilt thou draw near the nature of the gods? will you draw near the nature of the gods draw near them then in being merciful will you show me some mercy sweet mercy is a nobility’s true badge noble people like you have mercy thrice noble Titus spare my first – born son please noble Titus spare my eldest son.
Titus Andronicus
patient yourself, madam, and pardon me calm down madam and sorry these are their brethren whom you Goths beheld these are our brothers who you killed alive and dead and for their brethren slain alive or dead and for those who you killed religiously they ask a sacrifice our religion asks for sacrifices to this your son is mark’d and die he must your son will die as a offering to the gods to appease their groaning shadows that are gone to make the dead happy

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