Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Goth. To gaze vpon a ruinous Monasterie,
Goth. And
Goth. The Lamentable Tragedie of Titus Andronicus.
Goth. And as I earnestly did fixe mine eye
Goth. Vpon the wasted building, suddainely
Goth. I heard a childe cry vnderneath a wall:
Goth. I made vnto the noyse, when soone I heard,
Goth. The crying babe control'd with this discourse:
Goth. Peace Tawny slaue, halfe me, and halfe thy Dam,
Goth. Did not thy Hue bewray whose brat thou art?
Goth. Had nature lent thee, but thy Mothers looke,
Goth. Villaine thou might'st haue bene an Emperour.
Goth. But where the Bull and Cow are both milk‑white,
Goth. They neuer do beget a cole‑blacke‑Calfe:
Goth. Peace, villaine peace, euen thus he rates the babe,
Goth. For I must beare thee to a trusty Goth,
Goth. Who when he knowes thou art the Empresse babe,
Goth. Will hold thee dearely for thy Mothers sake.
Goth. With this, my weapon drawne I rusht vpon him,
Goth. Surpriz'd him suddainely, and brought him hither