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Coriolanus

Act I, Scene 2

Corioli. The Senate-house.
 
[Enter TULLUS AUFIDIUS and certain Senators]
 
FIRST SENATOR
       ,           ,       ,      ,    ,
      So, your | opin|ion is | Aufid|ius,
             ,         ,         ,    ,    2        ,
      That they | of Rome | are ent|ered in our | counsels,
            ,         ,        ,
      And know | how we | proceed.
 
AUFIDIUS
                                            ,    ,
                                   Is it / not yours?
           ,       ,            ,          ,          ,
      What ev|er have | been thought | on^in | this^state
             ,           ,          ,   2   ,          ,
      That could | be brought | to bod|ily act,| ere^Rome
           ,      ,                      ,    ,    ,
      Had cir|cumvent|ion: 'Tis not // four days gone
            ,            ,       ,               ,         ,
      Since^I | heard^thence,| these are | the words,| I think
          ,         ,        ,     T     T   Tx
      I have | the let|ter here:| yes, here it is;
          2        ,          ,      ,        T  T    T
      They have pressed | a power,| but it | is not known
       ,              ,         ,           ,          ,
      Whether | for east | or west:| the dearth | is great,
           ,       ,   2      ,        ,    ,
      The peo|ple mut|inous: and | it is | rumored,
         ,   2    ,               ,   ,   ,
      Comin|ius, Mar|tius your / old en|emy
            ,        ,      ,    ,                ,
      (Who is | of Rome | worse hat/ed than | of you)
           ,      ,              ,   ,   2    ,     ->
      And Tit|us Lar|tius, a / most val|iant Rom||an,
        ,       ,     ,               ,     ,
      These | three lead / on this | prepa|ration
       ,              ,           ,        ,         ,
      Whither |'tis bent:| most like|ly, 'tis | for you:
          ,       x
      consid|er of it.
 
FIRST SENATOR
                            ,       ,         ,
                       Our ar|my's in | the field:
          ,      ,           ,           ,         ,     2->
      We nev|er yet | made^doubt | but Rome | was rea||dy
          ,       ,
      To ans|wer us.
 
AUFIDIUS
                      ,                 x      ,
                     Nor did | you think it | folly,
           ,           ,          ,        ,            ,
      To keep | your great | pretens|es veiled,| till when
             ,            ,           ,       ,     2        ,
      They needs | must show | themselves,| which in the | hatching
            ,          ,          ,     ,    2    ,   2
      It seemed | appeared | to Rome.| By the di|scovery,
       ,              ,         ,        ,           ,
      We shall | be short|ened in | our aim,| which was
           ,        ,      ,           ,         ,
      To take | in ma|ny towns,| ere (al|most) Rome
               ,         ,       ,
      Should know | we were | afoot.
 
SECOND SENATOR
                                      ,   2    ,  2
                                     Noble Au|fidius,
        ,             ,         ,         ,          ,
      Take your | commis|sion, hie | you to | your bands,
       ,          ,         ,        ,   ,
      Let us | alone | to guard | Cori|oli:
           ,          ,          x      ,            ,
      If they | set down | before us:| for the | remove
             ,         ,      ,         ,              ,
      Bring^up | your ar|my: but | (I think)| you'll find
               ,         ,          ,
      They've^not | prepared | for us.
 
AUFIDIUS
                                            ,           ,
                                       O* doubt | not that,
          ,           ,        ,    ___    __
      I speak | from cert|ainties.| Nay | more,
            ,        ,           x           ,        ,
      Some^par|cels of | their power | are forth | already,
           ,      ,    2     ,     ,           ,
      And on|ly hith|erward. I | leave your | honors.
          ,        ,      ,          ,         ,
      If we | and Ca|ius Mar|tius chance | to meet,
             ,         ,          ,         ,        ,
      'Tis sworn | between | us, we | shall ev|er strike
            ,         ,        ,
      Till one | can do | no more.
 
ALL
                                          ,        ,        2->
                                    The gods | assist || you.
 
AUFIDIUS
            ,          ,        ,
      And keep | your hon|ors safe.
 
FIRST SENATOR
                                          ,
                                    Farewell.
 
SECOND SENATOR
                                                   ,
                                             Farewell.
 
ALL
Farewell.
 
[Exeunt]

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