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A Forest. | |
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Horns and cry of hounds heard.Enter TITUS ANDRONICUS, with Hunters, &c.; MARCUS, LUCIUS, QUINTUS, and MARTIUS. | |
| Tit. The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey, | |
| The fields are fragrant and the woods are green. | |
| Uncouple here and let us make a bay, | 5 |
| 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: | 10 |
| I have been troubled in my sleep this night, | |
| But dawning day new comfort hath inspir’d. [A cry of hounds, and horns winded in a peal. | |
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Enter SATURNINUS, TAMORA, BASSIANUS, LAVINIA, DEMETRIUS, CHIRON, and Attendants. | |
| Many good morrows to your majesty; | |
| Madam, to you as many and as good; | 15 |
| I promised your Grace a hunter’s peal. | |
| Sat. And you have rung it lustily, my lord; | |
| Somewhat too early for new-married ladies. | |
| Bas. Lavinia, how say you? | |
| Lav. I say, no; | 20 |
| I have been broad awake two hours and more. | |
| Sat. Come on, then; horse and chariots let us have, | |
| And to our sport.—[To TAMORA.] Madam, now shall ye see | |
| Our Roman hunting | |
| Mar. I have dogs, my lord, | 25 |
| Will rouse the proudest panther in the chase, | |
| And climb the highest promontory top. | |
| Tit. And I have horse will follow where the game | |
| Makes way, and run like swallows o’er the plain. | |
| Dem. [Aside.] Chiron, we hunt not, we, with horse nor hound, | 30 |
| But hope to pluck a dainty doe to ground. [Exeunt. | |
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