Five Revenge Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy, Hamlet, Antonio's Revenge, The Tragedy of Hoffman, The Revenger's Tragedy (Penguin Classics) by William Shakespeare

Author:William Shakespeare [Shakespeare, William]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780141960463
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2012-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

Act 5

Scene 1

The cornets sound for the Act.

The dumbshow.

Enter as at one door, Castilio and Forobosco, with halberds: four pages with torches: lucio bare: Piero, Maria and Alberto talking: Alberto draws out his dagger, Maria her knife, aiming to menace the duke. Then Galeatzo betwixt two Senators, reading a paper to them: at which, they all make semblence of loathing Piero, and knit their fists at him; two ladies and Nutriche: all these go softly over the stage, whilst at the other door enters the ghost of Andrugio, who passeth by them, tossing his torch about his head in triumph.

All forsake the stage, saving Andrugio, who speaking, begins the Act.

Andrugio. Venit dies, tempusque, quo reddat suis

Animam squallentum sceleribus.

The first of strenuous vengeance is clutched,

And stern Vindicta towereth up aloft,

That she may fall with a more weighty peise,

And crush life’s sap from out Piero’s veins.

Now ’gins the leprous cores of ulcered sins

Wheal to a head; now is his fate grown mellow,

Instant to fall into the rotten jaws

10 Of chap-fallen death. Now down looks providence

T’attend the last act of my son’s revenge.

Be gracious, observation, to our scene.

For now the plot unites his scattered limbs

Close in contracted bands. The Florence prince,

Drawn by firm notice of the duke’s black deeds,

Is made a partner in conspiracy.

The states of Venice are so swollen in hate

Against the duke, for his accursed deeds –

Of which they are confirmed by some odd letters

20 Found in dead Strotzo’s study, which had passed

Betwixt Piero and the murdering slave –

That they can scarce retain from bursting forth

In plain revolt. O, now triumphs my ghost;

Exclaiming, heaven’s just! For I shall see

The scourge of murder and impiety. Exit.

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