Titus Andronicus, my lord the Emperor
Sends thee this word, that, if thou love thy sons,
Let Marcus, Lucius, or thyself, old Titus,
Or any one of you, chop off your hand
And send it to the King: he for the same
Will send thee hither both thy sons alive,
And that shall be the ransom for their fault.

The Works of Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus. The tragedy of Macbeth. Caius Marcius Coriolanus. Julius Cæsar (ed. 1767)