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Coriolanus

Act I, Scene 7

The gates of Corioli.
 
[TITUS LARTIUS, having set a guard upon Corioli, going with drum and trumpet toward COMINIUS and MARTIUS CAIUS, enters with Lieutenant, other Soldiers, and a Scout]
 
LARTIUS
       ,     2        ,          ,         ,          ,
      So, let^the | ports be | guarded;| keep your | duties
       ,  2        ,           ,     2         ,         ,
      As I have | set them | down. If I | do send,| dispatch
             ,    2     ,        ,          ,           ,
      Those^cen|turies to | our aid,| the rest | will serve
                ,     ,        ,        ,          ,
      For a / short hold|ing, if | we lose | the field,
          ,        ,          ,
      We can|not keep | the town.
 
LIEUTENANT
                                        ,          ,         ->
                                 Fear* not | our care || sir.
 
LARTIUS
        ,           ,           ,         x     oo
      Hence;| and shut | your gates | upon us:|
            ,       ,      2     ,       ,           x
      Our guid|er come,| to the Rom|an camp | conduct us.
 
[Exeunt]

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