MALU E empire being ele&tive, and not fucceffive, the emperors, in being, made profit of their own times.' STELVENS TITUS ANDRONICUS. ACT I. SCENE I Rome. Before the Capitol. The tomb of the Andronici appearing; the Tribunes and Senators aloft, as in the Senate. Enter, below, SATURNINUS and his followers, on one fide; and BASSIANÚS and his followers, on the other; with drum and colours. SAT. Noble patricians, patrons of my right, Defend the juftice of my caufe with arms; And, countrymen, my loving followers, Plead my fucceffive title with your fwordss I am his firft-born fon, that was the laft That ware the imperial diadem of Rome; Then let my father's honours live in me, Nor wrong mine age with this indignity. BAS. Romans, friends, followers, favourers of my right, If ever Baffianus, Cæfar's fon, Were gracious in the eyes of royal Rome, my succeffive title- i. e. my title to the fucceffion. Thus alfo Raleigh: "The empire being elective, and not fuc ceffive, the emperors, in being, made profit of their own times." STEEVENS |