And no one else, but the delivered empress.

Aar. The empress, the midwife, and yourself:
Two may keep counsel, when the third'^s away :
Go to the empress ; tell her, this I said :— IStahbing her,

Weke, weke ! — so cries a pig prepared to the spit.

Dem, What mean'st thou, Aaron ? Wherefore didst thou this P

Aar, O lord. Sir, 'tis a deed of policy :
Shall she live to betray this guilt of ours P
A long-tongued babblmg gossip? no, lords, no.
And now be it known to you my full intent
Not far, one Muliteus lives, my countryman,
His wife but yesternight was brought to bed ;
His child is like to her, fair as you are :
Go pack§ with him, and ^ve the mother gold,
And tell them both the circumstance of all ;
And how by this their child shall be advanced
And be received for the emperor's heir,
And substituted in the place of mine,
To cahn this tempest wnirUng in the court ;

• Escapade. t I- «• igrnominy. % Complexion.

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And let the emperor dandle him for his own.
Hark ye, lords, ye see, that I have given her physic,

IFoiniing to ihe NXTBSX.
And vou must needs hestow her funeral ;
The fields are near, and you are gallant grooms :
This done, see that you take no longer days.
But send the midwife presently to me.
The midwife and the nurse, well made away,
Then let the ladies tattle what they please.

Chi. Aaron, I see, thou wilt not trust the air
With secrets.

Dem. For this care of Tamora, '
Herself, and hers, are highly bound to thee

[Exewnt Bemetbius and Ohibon, hearing off ihe NUBSB.

Aar. Now to the Goths, as swift as swallow flies ;
There to dispose this treasure in mine arms.
And secretly to ^eetthe empress* friends.—
Come on, you thick-lippM slave, I'll bear you hence ;
For it is you that puts us to our shifts :
111 make you feed on berries, and on roots,
And feed on curds and whey^ and suck the goat,
And cabin in a cave ; and bring you up
To be a warrior, and command a camp. lUsit

SCHNi: III.— The same. A Puhlio Flace.

Enter TiTXJS, hearing arrows^ with letters at the ends of them ;
with him Mabcus, young LuciTTS, and other Gentlemen, with
hows.

Tit. Gome, Marcus, come : — Kinsmen, this is the way : —
Sir boy, now let me see your archery ;
Look ye draw home enough, and 'tis there straight :
Terras Astresa reliquit :

Be you remember'd, Marcus, she's gone, she's fled.
Sir, take you to your tools. You, cousins, shall
Go sound the ocean, and cast your nets ;
Happily you may find her in tne sea ;
Yet there's as Uttle justice as at land ;
No ; Publius and Sempronius, you must do it ;
'Tis you must dig with mattock, and with spade.
And pierce the inmost centre or the earth :
Then, when vou come to Pluto's region,
I pray you, deliver him this petition :
Tell him, it is for Justice, and for aid :
And that it comes from old Andronicus, —
Shaken with sorrows in ungrateful Bome. —
Ah, Rome ! — Well, well ; I made thee miserable,
What time I threw the people's suffrages
On him that thus doth t3n*annize o'er me.—
Gk), get you gone ; and pray be careful all.
And leave you not a man-of-war unsearoh'd;
This wicked emperor may have shipp'd her hence,
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Mar. O, Publius, is not this a heavy case,
To see thy noble uncle thus distract ?

Pub. Therefore, my lord, it highly us concerns,
By day and ni^ht to attend him carefully ;
And feed his humour kindly as we may.
Till time beget some careful remedy.

Mar. Kinsmen, his sorrows are past remedy.
Join with the Goths ; and with revengeful war
Take wreak on Bome for this ingratitude,
And vengeance on the traitor Saturnine.

Tit. PubUus, how now ? how now, my masters? What,
Have yotl met with her ?

Pvh. No, my grod lord ; but Plutus sends you word.
If you will have Bevenge from hell, you shall ;
Marry, for Justice, she is so emploro*
He thinks, with Jove in heaven, or somewhere else.
So that perforce you must needs stay a time.

Tit. He doth me wrong, to feed me with delays,
m dive into the burning lake below.
And pidl her out of Acheron by the heels.—
Marcus, we are but shrubs, no cedars we :
No big-boned men, framed of the Cyclopes size :
But metal, Marcus, steel to the very back ;
Yet wrung* with wrongs, more than our backs can bear :
And sith there is no justice in earth nor hell,
We will soUcit heaven ; and move the gods,
To send down Justice for to wreak our wrongs :
Come, to this gear.f You are a good archer, Marcus.



J' He gives them the arrows.



Ad J(mem, that*s for you :— Here, ad ApoUinem . —

Ad Mortem, that's for myself ; —

Here, boy, to Pallas : - Here, to Mercury :

To Saturn, Caius. not to Saturnine,—

You were as good to shoot against the wind. —

To it, boy. Marcus, loose when I bid :

O* my word, I have written to effect ;

There's not a god left unsoUcited.

Mar. Kinsmen, shoot all your shafts into the court:
We will afllict the emperor m his pride.

Tit. Now, masters, draw. ITheyshoot.'] O, well said, Lucius !
Good boy, in Virgo's lap ; give it Pallas.

Mar. My lord, 1 aim a mile beyond the moon ;
Your letter is with Jupiter by this.

Tit. Ha ! Publius, PubUus, what hast thou done 1
See, see, thou hast shot off one of Taurus* horns.

Mar. This was the sport, my lord ; when PubUus shot,
The Bull being gall'd^ gave Aries such a knock
That down feU both the Eam's horns in the court ;
And who should find them but the empress* viUain P
She laugh'd, and. told the Moor, he should not choose
But give them to his master for a present.

7^. Why, there it goes : God give your lordship joy. •
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Enter a CLOWN, wUk a baakei and two pigeons.

Newis, newB from heaven ! Marcus, the post is come.
Sirrah, what tidings ? have you any letters ?
Shall I have justice ? what says Jupiter ?

Clo, Ho ! the nbhet-maker ? he says, that he hath taken them
down arain, for the man must not be haneed till the next wec^

Tit, But what savs Jupiter, I ask thee ?

Clo. Alas. Sir, I know not Jupiter; I never drank with him
in all my life.

Tit Why, villain, art not thou the carrier ?

Clo, Ay, of mv piseons. Sir ; nothing else.

Tit. Why, didst thou not come from heaven ?

Clo. From heaven P alas, Sir. I never came there : Qod forbid,
I should be so bold to press to heaven in my young days. Why,
I am going with my pigeons to the tnbumu plebs,* to take up
a matter of brawl betwixt my uncle and one of the empezial^
men.

Mar, Why, Sir, that is as fit as can be, to serve for vour
oration ; and let him deliver the pigeons to the emperor from
you.

Tit. Tell me, can you deliver an oration to the emperor witii a
grace?

Clo. Nay. truly. Sir, I could never say grace in all my life.

Tit. Sirnm, oome hither: make no more ado.
But give your pigeons to the emperor :
By me thou shalt have justice at his hands.
Hold, hold; — ^meanwhile, here's money for thy charges.
Give me a pen and ink. —
Simih, can you with a grace deliver a supplication ?

Clo. Ay, Sir.

TU. Then here is a supplication for you. And when you oome
to him, at the first approach, you must kneel : then kiss his foot:
then deliver up your pigeons ; and then look for your reward. 111
be at hand. Sir : see you do it bravely.

Clo. I warrant you. Sir ; let me alone.

Tit. Sirrah, hast thou a knife ? Come, let me see it
Here. Marcus, fold it in the oration:
For tnou hast made it like an humble suppliant: —
And when thou hast given it to the emperor,
Knock at mv door, and tell me what he says.

Clo. Grod be with you, Sir; I will.

THt. Come, Marcus, let* s go ^-Publius, follow me. lExeunt.

8CBNB IV.—The same. Before the Palace.

Enter Satubninus, Tamoba, Chibon, Dekstbius, Lobds,
and others : Satubnikus with the arrows in his hand, thai
Titus shot.

Sat. Why, lords, what wrongs are these ? Was ever seen
An emperor of Rome thus overborne.
Troubled, confronted thus : and, for the extent

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Of egal* justioe, used in such oontempt ?

My lords, you know, as do the mightful gods,

However mese disturbers of our peace

Buz in the people's ears, there noueht hath pass'd.

But even with law, against the wilful sons

Of old Andronicus. And what an if

His sorrows have so overwhelm'd his wits,

Shall we be thus afflicted in his wrea^

His fits, his frenzy, and his bitterness ?

And now he writes to heaven for his redress :

See, here's to Jove, and this to Mercury ;

This to Apollo ; tms to the god of war :

Sweet scrolls to fly about the streets of Borne

What's this, but libelling against the senate^

And blazoning our ii^ustice everywhere?

A goodly humour, is it not, my lords ?

As who would say. in Borne no justice were.

But if I live, his feigned ecstasies

ShaU be no shelter to these outrages :

But he and his shall know, that justice lives

In Satuminus' healthy whom, if she sle^,

He'll so awake, as she m fury shall

Gut off the proud'st conspirator that lives.

Tarn. My ^n^acious lord, my lovely Saturnine,
Lord of my me, commander of my thoughti^
Calm thee, and bear the &ults of Titus' age,
The effects of sorrow for his valiant sons,
Whose loss hath pierced him deep, and scarr'd his heart ;
And rather comfort his distressed ptight.
Than prosecute the meanest, or the best
For these contempts. Why, thus it shall become
High-witted Tamora to glozef with all : lAride,

But, Titus, I have touch d thee to the guick.
Thy life>blood out : if Aaron now be wise.
Then is all safe, the anchor 's in the port—

StOer Clown.

How now, good fellow P wouldst thou speiik with us ?

CZo. Yes, forsooth, an your mistership be imperial

Tarn, Empress I am, but yonder sits the emperor.

Clo. TIb he. — Qod, and Saint Stephen, give you good den :~I
have brought you a letter, and a couple ofpigeons here.

[SATTTBNnnjS reads the letter.

Sat. Go, take him away, and hang him presently.

do. How much money must I have ?

Tarn. Come. Sirrah, you must be hang'd.

Clo. Hang'd ! By'r lady, then I have brought im a neck to a
feir end. [Sxii, guarded.

Sat. Despitefhl and intolerable wrongs !
Shall I endure this monstrous villany ?
I know from whence this same device proceeds ;

« EqnaL f flatter.

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862 TITTTS AKDBONICrtTS. [ACT IT.

May this be borne P as if his traitorous sons,
That died by law for murder of our brother.
Have by my means been butcher'd wrongfully.—
Go, drag the villain hither by the hair :
Nor a^e, nor honour, shall shape privilege :—
For tms proud mock, PU be thy slauehterman ;
Sly fhmtio wretch, that holp'st to make me gr^.
In hope thyself should govern Some and me.

Unter iBMlLlus.

What news with thee, jEmilius ?

.Sknil. Arm, arm, my lords ; Some never had more cause !
The Goths have gatherd head ; and with a power
Of high-resolved men, bent to the spoil.
They nither march amain, under the oondi^ct
Of Lucius, son to old Anaronicus ;
Who threats, in course of this revenge, to do
As much as ever Coriolanus did.

Sat, Is warlike Lucius seneral of the Goths ;
These tidings nip me ; and I hang the head
As flowers with frosii, or grass beat down with storms.
Ay, now begin our sorrows to approach :
'Tis he the common people love so much ;
Myself hath often overheard them say
(When I have walked like a private man),
That Lucius' banishment was wrongfully.
And theyhave wished that Lucius were tneir emperor.

Tarn. Why should you fear, is not your city strong p

Sat. Ay, but the citizens fovour Lucius;
And will revolt from me to succour him.

Tom. King, be thy thoughts imperious,* like thy name.
Is the sun dimm'd, that ^ats do fly in it ?
The eagle suffers httle birds to sing.
And is not careful what thev mean thereby ;
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings,
He can at pleasure stintf their melody :
Even so mayst thou the giddy men of Some.
Then cheer thy spurit : for know thou, emperor,
I will endumt the old Andronicus,
With words more sweet, and yet more dangerous.
Than baits to fiish, or honey-stalks to sheep ;
When as the one is wounded with the bait,
The other rotted with delicious feed.

Sat, But he will not entreat his son for us.

Tom, If Tamora entreat him, then he will :
For I can smooth, and fill his aged ear
With golden promises ; that were his heart
Almost impregnable, ms old ears deaf,
Yet should both ear and heart obey my tongue.—
Go thou before, be our ambassador ; [Zb JEMiLWa,

Say, that the emperor requests a parley

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Of warlike Lucius, and appoint the meeting,
Even at his fathers house, the old Andronious.

Sat. .^hnilius, do this message honourahly :
And if he stand on hostage for his safety,
Bid him demand what pledse will please him best.

JESmil. Your bidding shall I do effectually. \_Exit MuLLLTCS,

Tom. Now will I to that old Andronicus ;
And temper Mul with all the art I have,
To pluck proud Liucius from the warlike €k>ths,
Ana now, sweet emperor, be blithe again,
And burv all thy fear in my devices.

Sat Then go successfully, and plead to him. IJSwettnt



ACT V.

SCJElfl! L— Plains near Borne.

Enter Lucius, and Goths, with drum and eoloura,

Luc. Approved warriors, and my faithful friends,
I have received letters from great JBome,
Which signify, what hate they bear their emperor,
And how desu^us of our sight the^f are.
Therefore, great lords, be as your titles witness,
Imperious, and impatient of your wrongs :
And. wherein Some hath done you any scath,*
Let nim make treble satisfaction.

1 Goth. Brave slip, sprung from the great Andronicus,
Whose name was once our terror, now our comfort;
Whose high exploits, and honourable deeds,
IngratefuIBome requites with foul contempt,

Be bold in us : well follow where thou lead's^ —
Like stinging bees in hottest summer's day.
Led by their master to the flower'd fields, —
And be avenged on cursed Tamora.

Gotht. And, as he saith, so say we all with him.

Luc. I humbly thank him, and I thank you aU.
But who comes here, led by a lusty Goth ?

JSnter a Gk)TH, leading Aabon, toith his Child in his arms.

2 Goth. Benowned Lucius, from your troops I stray'd
To gaze upon a ruinous monastery ;

Ana as I earnestly did fix mine eye
Upon the wasted building, suddenly
I neard a child cry underneath a wall :
I made unto the noise ; when soon I heard
The crying bade controlled with this discourse :
Peace, tawny slave; half me and half thy dam I
ZHd not thy hue bewray whose brat thou art^
Mad nature lent thee but thy mother^s looJc^

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TiUain, thou ndghisi htwe been cm emperor :
^But where the hull and cow are both milk-white.
They never do beget a coal-black ca^.
Peace, villain, peace /—even thus he rates the babe, —
For I must bear thee to a trusty Goth :
Who, when he knows thou art the empres^ babe,
WUl hold thee dearly for thy mother's sake.
With this my weapon drawn, I rush'd upon him.
Surprised him suddenly : and brought him hither.
To use as you think needful of the man.

Luc, O worthy Goth, this is the incarnate devil.
That robb'd Anoronicus of his good hand :
This is the pearl that pleased ^our empress' eye ;
And here's the base fniit of his bumins lust. —
Say, waU-eye'd slave, whither wouldst tnou convey
Tms growing image of thy fiend-like face ?
Why dost not sp^ ? What ! deaf ? No, not a word ?
A halter. soliUers \ hang him on this tree,
And by nis side lus fruit of bastardy. *



Aar. Touch not the boy, he is of royal blood.

Luc. Too like the sire for ever being good.—

First, hang the child, that be may see it sprawl ;



A signt to vex the father's soul withaL
Get me a ladder.

{A ladder brought, which AiBOK is obliged to ascend.

Aar. Lucius, save the child;
And bear it from me to the empress.
If thou do this, I'll show thee wondrous things,
That highly may advantage thee to hear :
If thou wilt not, befall what may befall,
I'll speak no more ; But vengeance rot you all !

Imc. Say on ; and, if it please me which thou speak'st.
Thy child shall live, and Iwill see it nourished.

Aar. An if it please thee ? why. assure thee, Lucius,
'Twill vex thy soul to hear what I shall speak ;
For I must talk of murders, rapes, and massacres.
Acts of black night, abominable deeds,
Complots of mischief treason ; villanies
Euthful to hear, yet piteously performed :
And this shall all be buried by my death.
Unless thou swear to me iny child shall live.

IJuc. Tell on thy mind ; I say, thy child shall live.

Aar. Swear, that he shall, and then I will begin.

Luc. Who should I swear by ? thou believ'st no god ;
That granted, how canst thou oelieve an oath ?

Aar. What if I do not ? as indeed, I do not :
Yet,- for I know thou art rehgious.
And hast a thing within thee, called conscience.
With twenty popish tricks and ceremonies,
Which I have seen thee careful to observe,—
Therefore I urge thy oath ;— For that, I know.
An idiot holds his bauble for a god,
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To that 111 urge him -. - Therefore, thou shalt vow
By that same god, what god soever it be,
That tiiou ador'st and hsUsst in reverence,—
To save my boy^ to nourish, and bring him up ;
Or else I will discover nought to thee.

Luc. Even by my god, I swear to thee, I will.

Aar. First, know thou, I bespt him on the emprefls.

Luc.'O most insatiate, luxurious* woman !

Aar, Tut, Lucius, this was but a deed of charity,
To that which thou shalt hear of me anon.
'Twas her two sons that murder'd Bassianus :
They cut thy sister's tongue, and ravish'd her.
And cut her hands : and trimm'd her as thou saw'st.

Luc. O. detestable villain ! call'st thou that trimming P

Aar. Why, she was wash'<L and out, and trimm'd; and 'twas
Trim sport for them that haa the doinff of it.

Luc. O barbarous, beastly villains, like thyself!

Aar. Indeed, I was their tutor to instruct them ;
That codding spirit had they from their mother,
As sure a card as ever won the set :
That bloodv mind, I thinly they leam'd of me,
As true a dog as ever fought at h^Eid. —
"Well; let my deeds be witness of my worth.
I trun'd thy brethren to that ^ileful hole,
Where the dead corpse of Bassianus lay :
I wrote the letter that thy father found.
And hid the gold within the letter mention'd.
Confederate with the queen, and her two sons ;
And what not done that thou hast cause to rue.
Wherein I had no stroke of mischief in it P
I pla/d the cheater for thy father's hand ;
And, when I had it, drew myself apart.
And almost broke my heart with extreme laughter.
Ipried me through the crevice of a wall.
W hen. for his hand, he had his two sons^ heads
Beheld his tears, and laugh'd so heartily.
That both mine eyes were rainy like to his ;
And when I told the empress of this sport.
She swooned almost at my pleasing tale.
And, for my tidings, gave me twenty kisses.

Goth. What ! canst thou say all this, and never blush P

Aar. Ay, like a black dog. as the saymg is.

Luc. Art thou not sorry for these heinous deeds P

Aar. Ay, that I had not done a thousand more.
Even now I curse the day (and yet, I think.
Few come within the compass of niy curse).
Wherein I did not some notorious ill :
Ab kill a man. or else devise his death ;
Bavish a maid, or plot the way to do it ;
Accuse some innocent, and forswear myself;
Set deadly enmity between two friends ;



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Make poor men's oattle break their necks ;
Set fire on bams and hayst«u3ks in the night.
And bid the owners quench them with their tears.
Oft have I digg'd up dead men from their graves,
And set them upright at their dear friendr doors,
Even when their sorrows almost were forgot ;
And on their skins, as on the bark of trees,
Have with my knire carved in Soman letters.
Let not your sorrow die, thottgh I am dead.
Tut, I have done a thousand dreadful things,
As wiUin^ly as one would kill a fi^ ;
And nothing grieves me heartily mdeed.
But that I cannot do ten thousand more.

Ialc, Bring down the devil ; for he must not die
So sweet a death as hanging presently.

Aar, If there be devils, 'would I were a devil.
To live and bum in everlasting fire ;
So I might have your company in hell.
But to torment you with my bitter tongue !

Imc. Sirs, stop his moutl^ and let him speak no more.

Enter a Goth.
Qoth. My lord, there is a messenger from Eome,
Desires to be admitted to your presence.
Luc, Let him come near. —

JSnter Emiltus,
Welcome, -SJmilius, what's the news from Eome ?

JEmil. Ijord Lucius, and you princes of the Goths,
The Soman emperor greets you all by me :
And, for he unaerstands you are in arms,
He craves a parley at your father's house,
Willing you to demand your hostages.
And they shall be immediately dehverd.

1 Goth. What says our general?

Luc. ^milius, let the emperor give his pledges
Unto my father and my uncle Marcus,
And we will come.— March away. \_Exe%nt

SCENE n,-'Rome, JBefore TiTVB* Souse.

Enter Tamosa, Chibon, and Demetrixts, disguised.

Tarn. Thus, in this strange and sad habiliment,
I will encounter with Andronicus ;
And say, I am Eevenge, come from below.
To join with him, and right his heinous wrongs.
Ejiock at his study, where, they say, he keeps.
To ruminate strange plots of dire revenge ;
Tell him, Eevenge is come to join with him.
And work confusion on his enemies. [They knock.

Enter TiTUS, above.
Tit. Who doth molest my contemplation ?
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That so my sad decrees may fly away,
And all my study be to no effect ?
You are deceived : for what I mean to do,
See here, in bloody lines I have set down ;
And what is written shall be executed.

Tom. Titus, I am come to talk with thee.

Tit. No ; not a word : How can I grace my talk,
Wanting a hand to give it action ?
Thou hast the odds of me, therefore no more.

Tarn. If thou didst know me, thou wouldst talk with me.

Tit. I am not mad ; I know thee well enough :
Witness this wretched stump, these crimson lines ;
Witness these trenches, made by grief and care ;
Witness the tiring day, and heavy night:
Witness all sorrow, tnat 1 know thee well
For our proud empress, mighty Tamora :
Is not tlr^ coming for my other hand ?

Tarn. Know thou, sad man. I am not Tamora;
She is thy enemy, and I thy mend :
I am Eevenge ; sent from the infernal kingdom,
T6 ease the gnawing vulture of thy mind,
By working wreakful vengeance on thy foes.
Come down, and welcome me to this world's light ;
Confer with me of murder and of death :
There's not a hollow cave, or lurking-place,
No vast obscurity, or misty vale.
Where bloody murder, or detested rape,
Can couch for fear, but I will find them out ;
And in their ears tell them my dreadful name,
Bevenge, which makes the foul offender quake.

7Ht. Art thou Eevenge ? and art thou sent to me.
To be a torment to mine enemies ?

Tarn. I am ; therefore come down, and welcome me.

Tit. Do me some service, ere I come to thee.
Lo, by thy side where Eape and Murder stands ;
Now give some 'surance tnat thou art Revenge.
Stab tnem, or tear them on thy chariot>-wheels ;
And then I'll come^ and be thy waggoner.
And whirl along with thee about the globes ;
Provide thee proper palfries, black as jet,
To hale thy vengeful waj^gon swift away.
And find out murderers in their guiltj caves ;
AndL when thy car is loaden with their heads,
I will dismount, and by the waggon-wheel
Trot, like a servile footman, all aay long ;
Even from Hyperion's rising in the east,
Until his very downfall in the sea.
And day by day I'll do this heavy task.
So thou d^roy BApine and Murder tnere.

Tarn. These are my ministers, and come with me.

Tit. Are they thy ministers ? what are they cdl'd ?

Tarn. Bapine, and Murder ; therefore called so,
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TU. Good lord, how like the empress* sons they are !
And you the empress ! But we worldly men
Have miserable, mad, mistaking eyes.

sweet Eevenge, now do I come to thee:

AndL if one arm's embracement will oontent thee,

1 will embrace thee in it bv-and-by. [Exit Tttub /rom above.
Tarn. This closing with him fits his lunacy :

Whate'er I forge, to feed bis brain-sick fits.
Do you uphold and maintain in your speeches,
For now he firmly takes me for Bevenge;
And, being credulous in this mad thought,