Quin. T

ed, dark, blood-drinking pit.

, like to a slaughter'd lamb,

Till thou

be dark, how dost thou know 'tis he?

Thou cans

ng,3 that lightens all the hole,

In his bloody finger he doth wear

Sat. Al

a taper in some monument,

And what

pon the dead man's earthy cheeks,

Sar, who

e ragged entrails of this pit:

Into this

mine the moon' on Pyramus,

Mart.

night lay bath'd in maiden blood. lp me with thy fainting hand,nade thee faint, as me it hath,

Il devouring receptacle,

He and h

Cocytus' misty mouth.

ring,] There is supposed to be a gem called a
th emits not reflected but native light. Mr. Boyle
ality of its existence. Johnson.

Esta Romanorum, history the sixth: "He farther
a carbuncle in the hall that lighted all the house."
ate's Description of King Priam's Palace, L. II:
r most chefe all dirkeness to confound,
uncle was set as kyng of stones all,
comforte and gladden all the hall.
to enlumine in the black night
the freshness of his ruddy light."
Tuse's Elysium, by Drayton:
admired, mighty stone,
arbuncle that 's named;

from it such a flaming light

diancy ejecteth,

a the very darkest night

e to it directeth."

The Romaunt of the Rose, attributes the same pro

arbuncle:

light ysprang out of the stone." Steevens.

hole, The 4to. 1600, reads-all this hole. Todd.
Le did shine the moon &c.] Lee appears to have
to this image in his Massacre of Paris:
like a midnight moon upon a murder." Steevens.

Upon the Tis not a Mart. But, out

Enter T

is he

S,

m called a Mr. Boyle

He farther he house." ce, L. II:

1,

ame pro

18.

Todd.

to have

Steevens

Thou canst not come to me, I come to 1
Enter SATURNINUS and ΑΛΙ

Sat. Along with me :- I'll see what
And what he is, that now is leap'd into i
Say, who art thou, that lately didst desce
Into this gaping hollow of the earth?

Mart. The unhappy son of old Andro Brought hither in a most unlucky hour, To find thy brother Bassianus dead.

Sat. My brother dead? I know, thou ( He and his lady both are at the lodge, Upon the north side of this pleasant cha 'Tis not an hour since I left him there.

Mart. We know not where you left h But, out alas! here have we found him c Enter TAMORA, with Attendants; TITU and LUCIUS.

Tam. Where is my lord, the king? Sat. Here, Tamora; though griev'd w Tam. Where is thy brother Bassianus Sat. Now to the bottom dost thou sea Poor Bassianus here lies murdered.

Tam. Then all too late I bring this fa

[

The complot of this timeless tragedy;
And wonder greatly, that man's face car
In pleasing smiles such murderous tyrar

Sat. [reads] An if we miss to meet hi
Sweet huntsman, Bassianus 'tis we mean,
Do thou so much as dig the grave for him

6

7

left him there.] Edition 1600 reads

timeless-] i. e. untimely. So, in K "The bloody office of his timeless end

[Showing it.

Dem. Se

f thy whelps, [to TIT.] fell curs of bloody

Chi. Go

Dem. S.

nd,

reft my brother of his life :

And so let

m bide, until we have devis'd

m from the pit unto the prison;

Chi. An

Dem. If

eard-of torturing pain for them.

t, are they in this pit? O wondrous thing! urder is discovered!

If I do dr

If I do wa

That I ma

Speak, ge

Have lopp

Of her tw

Whose c

And migh

As half th

Alas, a cr

speak a word, the guilt is plain ;

Conicus, I will entreat the king; sons, they shall do well enough.

Dul, were there worse end than death, on them should be executed.

The murder'd body, some the murderers:

shalt not bail them; see, thou follow me.

Like to a

Doth rise

Coming

But, sure

And, lest

Lucius, come; stay not to talk with them.

[Exeunt severally.

Chi. Write down thy mind, bewray thy And, if thy stumps will let thee, play the Dem. See, how with signs and tokens Chi. Go home, call for sweet water, wa Dem. She hath no tongue to call, nor And so let's leave her to her silent walk Chi. An 'twere my case, I should go h Dem. If thou hadst hands to help thee [Excunt

Enter Marcus.

Mar. Who's this, my niece, that flie Cousin, a word; Where is your husband If I do dream, 'would all my wealth wou If I do wake, some planet strike me dow That I may slumber in eternal sleep!Speak, gentle niece, what stern ungentle Have lopp'd, and hew'd, and made thy bo Of her two branches? those sweet ornam Whose circling shadows kings have soug And might not gain so great a happiness As half thy love? Why dost not speak to Alas, a crimson river of warm blood, Like to a bubbling fountain stirr'd with w Doth rise and fall between thy rosed lips, Coming and going with thy honey breath But, sure, some Tereus hath defloured th And, lest thou should'st detect him, cut t

8 - she can scowl.] Edition 1600 reads: This, I apprehend, is the true reading. Todd

If I do dream, would all my wealth would wa a dream, I would give all my possessions to be by waking. Johnson.

1

lest thou should'st detect him, &c.] Olo them. The same mistake has happened in man The correction was made by Mr. Rowe.

Because th

e silken strings delight to kiss them; t then have touch'd them for his life:

For these,

at the Thracian poet's feet.

ve dropp'd his knife, and fell asleep,

My sons' s

Exeu

ght will blind a father's eye :

go, and make thy father blind;

earth! 1

That shall

torm will drown the fragrant meads; hole months of tears thy father's eyes? back, for we will mourn with thee;

mourning ease thy misery!

[Exeunt.

ng ravished Philomela, his wife's sister, cut out prevent a discovery. Malone.

issuing spouts,] Old copies their issuing &c. ir Thomas Hanmer. Steevens.

hou met withal,] The word withal, is wanting in

Todd.

cian poet's-] Orpheus. Steevens.

Than yout In summe

winter, And keep

So thou re