The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
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Why, boy, although our mother, unadvis'd,
Gave you a dancing-rapier by your side, Are you so desperate grown to threat your friends? Go to; have your lath glu'd within your sheath Till you know better how to handle it. CHIRON. Meanwhile, sir, with the little skill I have, Full well shalt thou perceive how much I dare. DEMETRIUS. Ay, boy, grow ye so brave? [They draw.] AARON. [Coming forward.] Why, how now, lords! So near the emperor's palace dare ye draw, And maintain such a quarrel openly? Full well I wot the ground of all this grudge: I would not for a million of gold The cause were known to them it most concerns; Nor would your noble mother for much more Be so dishonour'd in the court of Rome. For shame, put up. DEMETRIUS. Not I, till I have sheath'd My rapier in his bosom, and withal Thrust those reproachful speeches down his throat |
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