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Coriolanus
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SCENE I. Rome. A street
[Cornets. Enter CORIOLANUS, MENENIUS, COMINIUS, TITUS LARTIUS,
Senators, and Patricians.]
Senators, and Patricians.]
CORIOLANUS.
Tullus Aufidius, then, had made new head?
Tullus Aufidius, then, had made new head?
LARTIUS.
He had, my lord; and that it was which caus'd
Our swifter composition.
He had, my lord; and that it was which caus'd
Our swifter composition.
CORIOLANUS.
So then the Volsces stand but as at first;
Ready, when time shall prompt them, to make road
Upon's again.
So then the Volsces stand but as at first;
Ready, when time shall prompt them, to make road
Upon's again.
COMINIUS.
They are worn, lord consul, so
That we shall hardly in our ages see
Their banners wave again.
They are worn, lord consul, so
That we shall hardly in our ages see
Their banners wave again.
CORIOLANUS.
Saw you Aufidius?
Saw you Aufidius?
LARTIUS.
On safeguard he came to me; and did curse
Against the Volsces, for they had so vilely
Yielded the town; he is retir'd to Antium.
On safeguard he came to me; and did curse
Against the Volsces, for they had so vilely
Yielded the town; he is retir'd to Antium.
CORIOLANUS.
Spoke he of me?
Spoke he of me?
LARTIUS.
He did, my lord.
He did, my lord.
CORIOLANUS.
How? What?
How? What?
LARTIUS.
How often he had met you, sword to sword;
That of all things upon the earth he hated
Your person most; that he would pawn his fortunes
To hopeless restitution, so he might
Be call'd your vanquisher.
How often he had met you, sword to sword;
That of all things upon the earth he hated
Your person most; that he would pawn his fortunes
To hopeless restitution, so he might
Be call'd your vanquisher.
CORIOLANUS.
At Antium lives he?
At Antium lives he?
LARTIUS.
At Antium.
At Antium.
CORIOLANUS.
I wish I had a cause to seek him there,
To oppose his hatred fully. - Welcome home. [To Laertes.]
I wish I had a cause to seek him there,
To oppose his hatred fully. - Welcome home. [To Laertes.]
[Enter SICINIUS and BRUTUS.]
Behold! these are the tribunes of the people;
The tongues o' the common mouth. I do despise them,
For they do prank them in authority,
Against all noble sufferance.
The tongues o' the common mouth. I do despise them,
For they do prank them in authority,
Against all noble sufferance.
SICINIUS.
Pass no further.
Pass no further.
CORIOLANUS.
Ha! what is that?
Ha! what is that?
BRUTUS.
It will be dangerous to go on: no further.
It will be dangerous to go on: no further.
CORIOLANUS.
What makes this change?
What makes this change?
MENENIUS.
The matter?
The matter?
COMINIUS.
Hath he not pass'd the noble and the commons?
Hath he not pass'd the noble and the commons?
BRUTUS.
Cominius, no.
Cominius, no.
CORIOLANUS.
Have I had children's voices?
Have I had children's voices?
FIRST SENATOR.
Tribunes, give way; he shall to the market-place.
Tribunes, give way; he shall to the market-place.
BRUTUS.
The people are incens'd against him.
The people are incens'd against him.
SICINIUS.
Stop,
Or all will fall in broil.
Stop,
Or all will fall in broil.
CORIOLANUS.
Are these your herd? -
Must these have voices, that can yield them now,
And straight disclaim their tongues? - What are your offices?
You being their mouths, why rule you not their teeth?
Have you not set them on?
Are these your herd? -
Must these have voices, that can yield them now,
And straight disclaim their tongues? - What are your offices?
You being their mouths, why rule you not their teeth?
Have you not set them on?
MENENIUS.
Be calm, be calm.
Be calm, be calm.
CORIOLANUS.
It is a purpos'd thing, and grows by plot,
To curb the will of the nobility:
Suffer't, and live with such as cannot rule,
Nor ever will be rul'd.
It is a purpos'd thing, and grows by plot,
To curb the will of the nobility:
Suffer't, and live with such as cannot rule,
Nor ever will be rul'd.
BRUTUS.
Call't not a plot:
The people cry you mock'd them; and of late,
When corn was given them gratis, you repin'd;
Scandal'd the suppliants for the people, - call'd them
Time-pleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness.
Call't not a plot:
The people cry you mock'd them; and of late,
When corn was given them gratis, you repin'd;
Scandal'd the suppliants for the people, - call'd them
Time-pleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness.
CORIOLANUS.
Why, this was known before.
Why, this was known before.
BRUTUS.
Not to them all.
Not to them all.
CORIOLANUS.
Have you inform'd them sithence?
Have you inform'd them sithence?
BRUTUS.
How! I inform them!
How! I inform them!
COMINIUS.
You are like to do such business.
You are like to do such business.
BRUTUS.
Not unlike,
Each way, to better yours.
Not unlike,
Each way, to better yours.
CORIOLANUS.
Why, then, should I be consul? By yond clouds,
Let me deserve so ill as you, and make me
Your fellow tribune.
Why, then, should I be consul? By yond clouds,
Let me deserve so ill as you, and make me
Your fellow tribune.
SICINIUS.
You show too much of that
For which the people stir: if you will pass
To where you are bound, you must inquire your way,
Which you are out of, with a gentler spirit;
Or never be so noble as a consul,
Nor yoke with him for tribune.
You show too much of that
For which the people stir: if you will pass
To where you are bound, you must inquire your way,
Which you are out of, with a gentler spirit;
Or never be so noble as a consul,
Nor yoke with him for tribune.
MENENIUS.
Let's be calm.
Let's be calm.
COMINIUS.
The people are abus'd; set on. This palt'ring
Becomes not Rome; nor has Coriolanus
Deserv'd this so dishonour'd rub, laid falsely
I' the plain way of his merit.
The people are abus'd; set on. This palt'ring
Becomes not Rome; nor has Coriolanus
Deserv'd this so dishonour'd rub, laid falsely
I' the plain way of his merit.
CORIOLANUS.
Tell me of corn!
This was my speech, and I will speak't again, -
Tell me of corn!
This was my speech, and I will speak't again, -
MENENIUS.
Not now, not now.
Not now, not now.
FIRST SENATOR.
Not in this heat, sir, now.
Not in this heat, sir, now.
CORIOLANUS.
Now, as I live, I will. - My nobler friends,
I crave their pardons:
For the mutable...
Now, as I live, I will. - My nobler friends,
I crave their pardons:
For the mutable...
Table of contents
- ACT I.
- SCENE I. Rome. A street.
- SCENE II. Corioli. The Senate House.
- SCENE III. Rome. An apartmnet in MARCIUS' house.
- SCENE IV. Before Corioli.
- SCENE V. Within Corioli. A street.
- SCENE VI. Near the camp of COMINIUS.
- SCENE VII. The gates of Corioli.
- SCENE VIII. A field of battle between the Roman and the Volscian
- SCENE IX. The Roman camp.
- SCENE X. The camp of the Volsces.
- ACT II.
- SCENE I. Rome. A public place
- SCENE II. Rome. The Capitol.
- SCENE III. Rome. The Forum.
- ACT III.
- SCENE I. Rome. A street
- SCENE II. Rome. A room in CORIOLANUS'S house.
- Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant
- SCENE III. Rome. The Forum.
- ACT IV.
- SCENE I. Rome. Before a gate of the city.
- SCENE II. Rome. A street near the gate.
- SCENE III. A highway between Rome and Antium.
- SCENE IV. Antium. Before AUFIDIUS'S house.
- SCENE V. Antium. A hall in AUFIDIUS'S house.
- SCENE VI. Rome. A public place.
- SCENE VII. A camp at a short distance from Rome.
- ACT V.
- SCENE I. Rome. A public place
- SCENE II. An Advanced post of the Volscian camp before Rome. The
- SCENE III. The tent of CORIOLANUS.
- SCENE IV. Rome. A public place.
- SCENE V. Rome. A street near the gate.
- SCENE VI. Antium. A public place.
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