Titus Andronicus' Gladius


 * Receive the blood: and when that they are dead,
 * Let me go grind their bones to powder small,
 * And with this hateful liquor temper it;
 * And in that paste let their vile heads be bak'd.
 * Come, come, be every one officious
 * To make this banquet; which I wish may prove
 * More stern and bloody than the Centaurs' feast.
 * So, now bring them in, for I will play the cook,
 * And see them ready against their mother comes.-Titus Andronicus (Act 5, Scene 2)

Origin
Titus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Also known as the 'Quentin Tarantino' of Shakespeare due to its violent content. Although rarely played today due to its nature, it was one of the most popular plays during Shakespeares lifetime and a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I.

The play is tells of the cycle of revenge between Titus Andronicus and Tamora, Queen of the Goths. In the last act of the play Titus kills Chiron and Demetrius (the sons of Tamora who raped Lavinia Titus's daughter) and baked their heads into a pie where he then serves to Tamora.