GOTH.
My lord, there is a messenger from Rome
Desires to be admitted to your presence.
LUCIUS.
Let him come near.
Welcome, Aemilius. What’s the news from Rome?
AEMILIUS.
Lord Lucius, and you princes of the Goths,
The Roman emperor greets you all by me;
And, for he understands you are in arms,
He craves a parley at your father’s house,
Willing you to demand your hostages,
And they shall be immediately delivered.
FIRST GOTH.
What says our general?
LUCIUS.
Aemilius, let the emperor give his pledges
Unto my father and my uncle Marcus,
And we will come. March away.
[Exeunt.]
SCENE II. Rome. Before Titus’s House
Enter Tamora and her two sons, disguised.
TAMORA.
Thus, in this strange and sad habiliment,
I will encounter with Andronicus,
And say I am Revenge, sent from below
To join with him and right his heinous wrongs.
Knock at his study, where they say he keeps
To ruminate strange plots of dire revenge;
Tell him Revenge is come to join with him
And work confusion on his enemies.
[They knock.]