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Coriolanus

Act I, Scene 8

A field of battle.
 
[Alarum as in battle. Enter, from opposite sides, MARTIUS and AUFIDIUS]
 
MARTIUS
             ,            ,          ,     ,   2       ,
      I'll fight | with none | but thee,| for I do | hate thee
        ,       2     ,         ,
      Worse than a | promise-|breaker.
 
AUFIDIUS
                                            ,       ,
                                       We hate | alike:
           ,       ,       ,       ,      ,
      Not Af|ric owns | a serp|ent I | abhor
        ,               ,         ,      ,          ,
      More than | thy fame | and en|vy: fix | thy foot.
 
MARTIUS
                  ,    ,       ,        ,          ,
      Let^the / first bud|ger die | the oth|er's slave,
         2      ,      ,         ,
      And the gods | doom him | after.  \\
 
AUFIDIUS
        2   ,     ,         ,            ,        ,
      If I fly | Martius,| holloa | me like | a hare.
 
MARTIUS
          ,      T     T     T      ,       oo
      Within | these three hours | Tullus |
         ,         ,       2      ,    ,     ,
      Alone | I fought | in your Cor|iol|i walls,
            ,           ,         ,            ,         ,
      And made | what work | I pleased:| 'tis not | my blood,
            ,          ,           ,          ,        ,
      Wherein | thou seest | me masked,| for thy | revenge
              ,         x       2      ,
      Wrench^up | thy power | to the high|est.
 
AUFIDIUS
                                                 ,        2     ,      ->
                                               Wert | thou the Hec||tor,
        ,       2      ,                 ,     ,     ,
      That | was the whip | of your / bragged pro|geny,
               ,         2   ,          ,
      Thou shouldst | not escape | me here.  \\
 
[They fight, and certain Volces come to the aid of AUFIDIUS. MARTIUS fights till they be driven in breathless]
         ,      2     ,     ,  2      ,            ,
      Offi|cious and not | valiant,| you have | shamed me
           ,        ,       ,
      In your | condem|ned sec|onds.   \\
 
[Exeunt]

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