:47:34
My lords, what wrongs are these?
:47:37
Was ever seen an emperor
in Rome thus overborne,
:47:42
troubled, confronted thus,
:47:44
and for the extent
of equal justice
:47:46
used in such contempt?
:47:50
My lords, you know,
as do the mightful gods,
:47:53
however these disturbers
of our peace buzz
:47:56
in the people's ears,
:47:58
there naught has passed,
but even with law,
:48:01
against the willful sons
of old Andronicus.
:48:06
And what and if his sorrows
do overwhelm his wits?
:48:09
Hmm?
:48:12
Shall we be thus afflicted
by his wreaks, his fits,
:48:16
his frenzies, and his bitterness?
:48:18
And now he writes to heaven
for his redress.
:48:21
See? Here's to Jove,
this to Apollo,
:48:24
this to Mercury,
this to the god of war--
:48:27
Sweet scrolls to fly
about the streets of Rome!
:48:33
What's this but libeling
against the Senate
:48:36
and blazoning our injustice everywhere?
:48:42
A goodly humor,
is it not, my lords?
:48:45
For who would say in Rome
no justice were?
:48:50
Lord of my life,
:48:51
commander of my thoughts--
:48:52
But if I live...
:48:56
his feigned ecstasies
shall be no shelter