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[Cornets. Enter CORIOLANUS, MENENIUS, all the Gentry, COMINIUS, TITUS
LARTIUS, and other Senators]
CORIOLANUS
, 2 ,
2 , T T T
Tullus Au|fidius | then had | made new head.
LARTIUS
, ,
, ,
,
He had,| my lord,| and that | it was | which
caused
, , ,
Our swif|ter comp|osi|tion. \\
CORIOLANUS
, ,
, , ,
So then | the Vol|ces stand | but as | at first,
, ,
, ,
,
Ready | when time | shall prompt | them, to /
make road
x ,
Upon us | again.
COMINIUS
2 , ,
,
They are worn |(lord^cons|ul) so,
, ,
, , ,
That we | shall hard|ly in | our ag|es see
,
, ,
Their ban|ners wave | again.
CORIOLANUS
, 2 , 2
Saw you Au|fidius?
LARTIUS
, ,
, , ,
On safe|guard he | came to | me, and | did curse
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Against | the Vol|ces, for | they had so | vilely
,
, , 2 ,
, 2
Yielded | the town:| he is re|tired to | Antium.
CORIOLANUS
, 2
,
Spoke he of | me?
LARTIUS
, T
He | did, my | lord.
CORIOLANUS
T T
How? What?
LARTIUS
, ,
, ,
,
How of|ten he | had met | you sword | to sword:
2 ,
, ,
, ,
That of all | things u|pon the | earth, he | hated
T Tx
T , 2
, ,
Your person most:| that he would | pawn his |
fortunes
,
, , ,
,
To hope|less rest|itu|tion, so | he might
, ,
,
Be called | your van|quisher. \\
CORIOLANUS
,
, ,
At Ant|ium / lives he?
LARTIUS
, ,
At Ant/ium.
CORIOLANUS
, ,
, ,
,
I wish | I had | a cause | to seek | him there,
2 ,
, ,
, ,
To oppose | his hat|red ful|ly. Wel|come home.
, ,
, , ,
o
Behold,| these are | the tri|bunes of | the
peo|ple,
,
2 , ,
, ,
o
The tongues | of the com|mon mouth.| I do |
despise | them: (hex with prev)
, ,
, , ,
For they | do prank | them in | author|ity,
, T
Tx T 2
Against | all noble suf|ferance.
[Enter SICINIUS and BRUTUS]
SICINIUS
, ,
->
Pass | no furth||er.
CORIOLANUS
, 2
,
Ha?| What is that? \\
BRUTUS
, 2 ,
2 , , ,
It will be | dangerous | to go | on-- no*|
further.
CORIOLANUS
, ,
What makes | this change?
MENENIUS
x
The matter? ????
COMINIUS
,
, x
, ,
Hath he | not passed | the noble,| and the |
common?
BRUTUS
, 2
,
Comin|ius, no.
CORIOLANUS
, 2 ,
,
Have I had | children's | voices?
FIRST SENATOR
,
, , 2 , ,
Tribunes*| give^way,| he shall | to the
mark|et-place.
BRUTUS
,
, ,
,
The peo|ple are | incensed | against | him.
SICINIUS
<- ,
, ,
,
Stop,|| or all | will fall | in broil.
CORIOLANUS
, ,
Are these | your herd?
, ,
, , ,
Must^these | have^voi|ces, that | can yield | them
now,
,
, ,
, 2 , 2
And straight | disclaim | their tongues?| What
are your | offices?
, 2
, ,
, ,
You being | their mouths,| why rule | you not |
their teeth?
,
, ,
Have you | not set | them on?
MENENIUS
, ,
Be calm,| be calm.
CORIOLANUS
,
, , , ,
It is | a pur|posed thing,| and grows | by plot,
, ,
, , ,
To curb | the will | of the | nobil|ity:
, 2
, ,
, ,
Suffer it,| and live | with such | as can|not
rule,
x
, T
Nor ever | will be | ruled.
BRUTUS
T . T ,
Call it not | a plt:
,
, , ,
,
The peo|ple cry | you mocked | them: and | of
late,
, x
, ,
,
When corn | was given | them grat|is, you |
repined;
,
, 2 ,
, , ->
Scandaled | the sup|pliants: for | the peo|ple,
called || them
, ,
, 2 ,
x
Time-|pleasers,| flatterers,| foes to |
nobleness.
CORIOLANUS
, ,
,
Why this | was known | before.
BRUTUS
, ,
Not to | them all.
CORIOLANUS
,
, ,
Have you | informed | them sith|ence?
BRUTUS
, , ,
->
How?| I in||form them?
CORIOLANUS
, ,
, ,
You are | like to | do such^|business.
BRUTUS
, T
T T , ,
Not un|like each way | to bet|ter yours.
CORIOLANUS
, ,
, ,
,
Why then | should I | be cons|ul? By / yond
clouds
, 2
, , ,
,
Let me de|serve so | ill as | you, and | make me
,
, 2
Your fel|low tri|bune*.
SICINIUS
, , ,
You show |
too much | of that,
, ,
, , ,
For which | the peo|ple stir:| if you | will pass
,
2 , , ,
,
To where | you are bound,| you must | inquire |
your way,
,
, ,
, x
Which you | are out | of, with | a gent|ler
spirit,
, , , ,
2 ,
Or nev|er be | so nob/le as a | consul,
, , ,
Nor yoke | with him | for tri|bune*.
MENENIUS
, ,
Let's | be calm.
COMINIUS
, ,
, ,
, 3 3->
The peo|ple are | abused:| set^on,| this
palt||ering
,
, , 2 ,
,
Becomes | not^Rome:| nor has Co|rio|lanus
,
, , ,
, ->
Deserved | this so | dishon|ored rub,| laid*
false||ly
, , ,
, oo
In the | plain way / of his | merit.|
CORIOLANUS
, ,
oo , ,
Tell me | of corn:| | this was | my speech,
, ,
2 ,
And I | will speak | it again.
MENENIUS
, ,
Not^now,| not^now.
FIRST SENATOR
,
, ,
Not in | this heat,| sir, now.
CORIOLANUS
, ,
,
Now as | I live,| I will. (tri with prev)
,
, , ,
o
My nob|ler friends,| I crave | their pard|ons:
,
, ,
, ,
For the | muta|ble, rank-|scented | many,
, 2 ,
, , ,
Let them re|gard me,| as I | do not | flatter,
, 2
, , , ,
And there|in behold | themselves:| I say | again,
, , , 2 ,
, 2->
In sooth|ing them,| we nour|ish against | our
sen||ate
x 2 ,
, x ,
The cockle | of rebel|lion, ins|olence,
se|dition,
, 2
, , ,
,
Which we our|selves have | plowed for,| sowed, and
| scattered,
, 2
, , ,
,
By ming|ling them with | us, the | honored |
number,
, , ,
x ,
Who lack | not vir|tue, no,| nor power,| but that
,
x ,
Which they | have given | to beg|gars.
MENENIUS
, ,
Well,| no more.
FIRST SENATOR
T T T
2 ,
No more words,| we beseech | you.
CORIOLANUS
, ,
How?| No* more?
,
, , ,
,
As for | my count|ry, I | have shed | my blood,
, , ,
, ,
Not fear|ing out|ward force:| so shall | my lungs
, ,
2 , ,
,
Coin words / till their de|cay, a|gainst
those^|measles
, ,
, , ,
Which we | disdain | should tat|ter us,/ yet
sought
, , ,
The ve|ry way | to catch | them. \\
BRUTUS
, 2
x ,
, ,
You speak | of the people,| as if | you were
| a god,
,
, ,
, , , ->
To pun|ish; not | a man,| of their |
infir||mity.
SICINIUS
, , , x
'Twere well | we let | the peo|ple know it.
MENENIUS
, ,
What, what?| His chol|er? \\
CORIOLANUS
,
, 2 ,
2 ,
,
Choler?| Were I as | patient | as the mid|night*
sleep,
, , ,
By Jove,| 'twould be | my mind. \\
SICINIUS
, 2
, , ,
,
It is a | mind that | shall re|main a | poison
,
, ,
, ,
Where it | is: not | poison | any | further.
CORIOLANUS
___ ,
Shall | remain? \\
,
, , 2 ,
,
Hear you | this Tri/ton of the | minnows?| Mark
you
, , ,
His abs|olute | shall?
COMINIUS
, ,
'Twas | from the | canon.
CORIOLANUS
T T T
, , , ,
Shall? O God!| But most | unwise | patri|cians:
why
, , ,
, T T T
You grave,| but reck|less sen|ators,| have you
thus (hex with prev)
, ,
, ,
, 2
Given | Hydra | here to | choose an | officer,
, x
, , ,
That with | his peremp|tory / shall, be|ing but
, ,
2 , , x
The horn,| and noise | of the monst|er's, wants |
not spirit
, , ,
, ,
To say,| he'll turn | your cur|rent in | a ditch,
,
, ,
, x
And make | your chan|nel his?| If he | have
power,
, ,
, , ,
Then vail | your ig|norance:| if none,| awake
, 2
, , ,
,
Your dang|erous len|ity.| If you | are learned,
,
, ,
, ,
Be not | as com|mon fools;| if you | are not,
,
, , ,
2 x
Let them | have cush|ions by | you. You | are
plebeians,
,
, 2 ,
, ,
If they | be sen|ators: and | they are / no less,
, ,
, ,
,
When both | your voi|ces blend|ed, the / greatst
taste
, ,
, , ,
Most^pal|ates theirs.| They choose | their
mag|istrate,
, ,
, ,
,
And such | a one | as he,| who puts | his shall,
, 2 ,
, ,
,
His pop|ular shall,| against | a grav|er bench
,
, , ,
,
Than ev|er frown | in Greece.| By Jove | himself,
, ,
, , ,
It makes | the cons|uls base;| and my / soul
aches
, ,
, ,
,
To know,| when two | author|ities | are up,
,
, , ,
,
Neither | supreme;| how soon | confu|sion
, ,
, ,
,
May ent|er 'twixt | the gap | of both,| and
take
, 2 ,
2
The one | by the oth|er.
COMINIUS
, 2
, ,
Well*, on | to the mark|etplace.
CORIOLANUS
,
, ,
, ,
Whoev|er gave | that couns|el, to / give forth
, 2
, ,
, ,
The corn | of the store|house* grat|is, as |'twas
used
, ,
Sometime | in Greece.
MENENIUS
,
, ,
Well, well,| no more | of that.
CORIOLANUS
, x
, ,
x
Though there | the people | had more | abso|lute*
power
, ,
x
, 2 ,
x ,
->
I say | they nour|ished diso|bedience:| fed, the
|| ruin of | the state.
BRUTUS
,
, ,
Why shall | the peo|ple give
,
, ,
One that | speaks^thus,| their voice?
CORIOLANUS
, x
I'll give | my reasons,
, ,
2 , , ,
More worth/ier than their | voices.| They know |
the corn ??
,
, , ,
2 ,
Was not | our rec|ompense,| resting |
well^assured
,
, x
2 , 2 ,
That nere did service for it; being pressed | to
the war,
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Even | when the | navel | of the state | was
touched,
2
, , ,
, ,
They would not | thread the | gates: this^|kind
of | service
, ,
, , ,
,
Did not deserve corn gratis. Being in the
war, ????
, ,
2 , , ,
Their mut|inies | and revolts,| wherein | they
showed
, , ,
2 x ,
Most val|or spoke | not for them.| The
accu|sation
,
2 , , ,
,
Which they have | often | made a|gainst the |
senate,
T T T
, x
2 ,
All cause un|born, could | never be the | native
2 ,
, ,
T T T
Of our so | frank do|nation.| Well, what then?
,
, , , ,
How shall | this bos|om-mul|tiplied,| digest
, , ,
, ,
The sen|ate's court|esy?| Let^deeds | express
,
, , ,
x
What's^like | to be | their words,| we did |
request it,
,
, ,
, ,
We are | the great|er poll,| and in / true fear
,
, ,
, ,
They gave | us our | demands.| Thus we | debase
,
, ,
, x
The na|ture of | our seats,| and make | the
rabble
,
T T T T
T T
Call our | cares, fears; which | will in time
, ,
2 , ,
,
Break^ope | the locks | of the sen|ate, and /
bring in
, ,
,
The crows | to peck | the eag|les.
MENENIUS
, ,
Come | enough.
BRUTUS
,
, ,
Enough,| with ov|er-meas|ure.
CORIOLANUS
, ,
No,| take^more.
,
, ,
, ,
->
What may | be sworn | by, both | divine | and
hum||an,
,
2 , , , , ->
Seal | what I end | withal.| This doub|le
worsh||ip,
, ,
, , ,
,
Where|on part | does dis|dain, with | cause, the
| other (hex with next)
,
2 , ,
, , , ->
Insult | without^all | reason:| where gen|try,
tit|le, wis||dom
, 2 ,
, , ,
Can|not conclude,| but by | the yea | and no
,
, , , ,
Of gene|ral ig|norance,| it must | omit
, ,
, ,
,
Real ne|cessi|ties*, and / give way | the while
2 ,
, ,
2 , ,
->
To unstab|le slight|ness. Pur|pose so barred,| it
fol||lows,
, 2
, , , 2 ,
->
noth|ing is done | to pur|pose. There|fore
beseech || you,
,
2 , ,
, ,
You | that will be | less^fear|ful, than |
discreet,
, , , ,
,
That love | the fund|ament|al part | of state
,
, ,
x ,
More than | you doubt | the change | on it: that
| prefer
,
, ,
, ,
A nob|le life,| before | a long,| and wish,
, , ,
2 , 2 ,
To jump | a bo|dy with a | dangerous | physic.
,
, x ,
,
That's sure | of death | without it,| at once |
pluck^out
, , 2 ,
, ,
The mult|itud|inous tongue,| let them | not^lick
, ,
x ,
,
The sweet | which^is | their poison.| Your dis|honor
,
, ,
, ,
Mangles | true judg/ment, and | bereaves | the
state
,
, , ,
x
Of that | integ|rity | which should | become it:
, 2 x
, ,
,
Not hav|ing the power | to do | the good | it
would
2 ,
, x
For the ill | which doth | control it.
BRUTUS
, ,
Has said | enough.
SICINIUS
x
, , ,
,
Has spoken | like a | traitor,| and shall
| answer
, ,
As trait|ors do.
CORIOLANUS
, ,
, ->
Thou wretch,| despite | orewhelm || thee:
,
2 , ,
2 , ,
What | should the peo|ple do | with these bald |
tribunes?
, , ,
, 2 ,
On whom | depend|ing, their | obed|ience fails
, ,
, ,
,
To the | greater | bench, in / a re|bellion:
, ,
, ,
,
When what's | not meet,| but what | must be,| was
law,
,
, ,
, ,
Then were | they chos|en: in | a bet|ter hour,
,
, ,
, ,
Let what | is meet,| be said | it must | be meet,
,
x 2 ,
And throw | their power | in the dust.
BRUTUS
, 2 ,
Manifest | treason.
SICINIUS
, ,
__
This a | consul?| No. \\
BRUTUS
2 ,
, , , ,
The aediles | ho: let / him be | appre|hended:
SICINIUS
, ,
, ,
,
Go call | the peo|ple, in | whose^name | myself
, ,
2 , 2 ,
,
Attach | thee as a | traitorous | inno|vator:
, 2
, ,
, ,
, ->
A foe | to the pub|lic weal.| Obey | I charge ||
thee,
,
2 ,
And | follow | to thine ans|wer.
CORIOLANUS
, ,
Hence | old^goat.
SENATORS
, ,
We'll sure|ty him.
COMINIUS
T T T ___
Aged sir, hands | off.
CORIOLANUS
T Tx
T , ,
,
Hence rotten thing,| or I | shall shake | thy
bones
,
,
Out of | thy gar|ments.
SICINIUS
, , ,
Help | ye cit|izens.
[Enter a rabble of Citizens (Plebeians), with the Aediles]
MENENIUS
On both sides more respect.
SICINIUS
Here's he, that would take from you all your power.
BRUTUS
Seize him AEdiles.
CITIZENS
Down with him, down with him.
SENATORS
[They all bustle about CORIOLANUS, crying]
Weapons, weapons, weapons:
Tribunes, Patricians, Citizens: What ho:
Sicinius, Brutus, Coriolanus, Citizens.
ALL
Peace, peace, peace, stay, hold, peace.
MENENIUS
, 2
, ,
, ,
What is a|bout to | be? I | am out | of breath,
, , ,
, T T T
Confus|ion's near,| I can|not speak.| You,
tribunes ????
2 ,
, 2 , , ,
2 , 2
To the peo|ple: Co|riola|nus, pa|tience: speak |
good* Sici||nius. ????
SICINIUS
Hear me, people peace.
CITIZENS
Let's hear our tribune: peace, speak, speak, speak.
SICINIUS
,
, , ,
,
You are | at point | to lose | your lib|erties:
, T
T T ,
,
Martius | would have all | from you;| Martius,
T T T
, , o
Whom late you | have named | for cons|ul.
MENENIUS
Fie, fie, fie, this is the way to kindle, not to quench.
FIRST SENATOR
To unbuild the city, and to lay all flat.
SICINIUS
What is the city, but the people?
CITIZENS
True, the people are the city.
BRUTUS
By the consent of all, we were established the people's magistrates.
CITIZENS
You so remain.
MENENIUS
And so are like to do.
COMINIUS
,
, ,
, ,
That is | the way | to lay | the ci|ty flat,
, , ,
, ,
To bring | the roof | to the | founda/tion,
<- , ,
, ,
,
And || bury | all, which^|yet dis|tinctly |
ranges
, ,
x
In heaps,| and piles | of ruin.
SICINIUS
, ,
This^de/serves death.
BRUTUS
,
, ,
, ,
Or let | us stand | to our | author|ity,
,
, , ,
,
Or let | us lose | it: We | do here | pronounce,
, ,
2 , ,
x
Upon | the part | of the peo|ple, in / whose
power
, 2 ,
, ,
,
We were e|lected | theirs, Mar/tius is | worthy
,
,
Of pres|ent death.
SICINIUS
, , ,
Therefore | lay hold / of him:
, 2
, ,
, ,
Bear him | to the rock | Tarpe|ian, and / from
thence
, 2 ,
, 2
Into de|struction | cast him.
BRUTUS
, ,
Aediles | seize him.
CITIZENS
Yield Martius, yield.
MENENIUS
Hear me one word, beseech you tribunes, hear me but a word.
AEDILE
Peace, peace.
MENENIUS
, ,
, , ,
Be that | you seem,| truly | your count|ry's
friend,
, 2
, ,
, ,
And temp|erately | proceed | to what | you would
, 2 ,
,
Thus^vi|olently | redress.
BRUTUS
___ T T
T
Sir,| those cold ways, (tri with
prev)
,
, , , , ,
That seem | like prud|ent helps,| are ve|ry
pois|onous,
,
, , 2 ,
, ,
Where the | disease | is vi|olent. Lay | hands
u|pon him, (hex with prev)
,
2 ,
And bear | him to the / rock.
CORIOLANUS
, T T
T
No,| I'll die here:
, ,
, 2 ,
,
There's^some | among | you have be|held me |
fighting,
T T . T
, , 2
,
Come try upon | yourselves,| what you have | seen
me.
MENENIUS
Down with that sword, tribunes withdraw awhile.
BRUTUS
Lay hands upon him.
COMINIUS
Help Martius, help: you that be noble, help him young and old.
CITIZENS
Down with him, down with him.
[In this mutiny, the Tribunes, the AEdiles, and the People, are beat in]
MENENIUS
T T T
2 , ,
,
Go, get you | to your house:| be gone,| away.
, 2
T T
All will be | naught else.
SECOND SENATOR
T ,
Get | you gone.
COMINIUS
<- , ,
, ,
, ,
Stand^fast,|| we have | as ma|ny friends | as
en|emies.
MENENIUS
, ,
,
Shall it | be put | to that?
FIRST SENATOR
, ,
The gods | forbid:
, , ,
, ,
I prith|ee, nob|le friend,| home to | thy house,
,
, ,
Leave us | to cure | this cause.
MENENIUS
,
, x
For 'tis | a sore | upon us, (tri with
prev)
, ,
, ,
,
You can|not tent | yourself:| be gone,| beseech
you.
COMINIUS
Come sir, along with us.
MENENIUS
, ,
, 2 , ,
I would | they were | barbar|ians, as | they are,
2 , ,
, , 2 ,
Though in Rome | littered:| not Rom|ans, as | they are
not,
, 2
, 2 , ,
Though calved | in the porch | of the Cap|itol:
<- ,
, ,
, ,
,
Be gone,|| put not | your worth|y rage
| into | your
tongue,
,
, ,
One^time | will owe | anoth|er. \\
CORIOLANUS
,
, ,
, ,
On fair | ground, I | could beat | forty | of them.
MENENIUS
I could myself take up a brace of the best of them, yea, the two tribunes.
COMINIUS
, ,
, , ,
But now |'tis odds | beyond | arith|metic,
, 2 ,
, , ,
And man|hood* is called | foole|ry, when | it
stands
,
, ,
, ,
Against | a fal|ling fab|ric. Will | you hence,
,
, , ,
,
Before | the tag | return?| Whose^rage |
doth^rend
, ,
, ,
,
Like^int|errup|ted wat|ers, and | orebear
, ,
,
What they | are used | to bear.
MENENIUS
, ,
Pray you | be gone:
, , 2
T T T 2 ,
I'll try | whether my | old wit be | in request
,
, x ,
,
With those | that have | but little:| this must |
be patched
, ,
,
With cloth | of an|y col|or.
COMINIUS
, 2 ,
Nay,| come^away.
[Exeunt] CORIOLANUS, COMINIUS, and others
PATRICIAN
, ,
,
This^man | has marred | his for|tune.
\\
MENENIUS
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His na|ture is / too nob|le for | the world:
, ,
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He would | not flat|ter Nep|tune for his |
trident,
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2 x x
, ,
Or Jove | for his power | to thunder:| his
heart's | his mouth:
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What his / breast forg|es, that | his tongue |
must vent,
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And be|ing ang|ry, does | forget | that ever
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,
He heard | the name | of death.
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Here's^good|ly
work.
SECOND PATRICIAN
, , ,
I would | they were | abed.
MENENIUS
,
, 2 ,
I would | they were in | Tiber. (tri with
prev)
,
, ,
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What the | vengeance,| could he | not speak |'em
fair?
[Enter BRUTUS and SICINIUS, with the rabble]
SICINIUS
T T T
,
Where is this | viper,
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That would | depop||ulate | the ci|ty, and | be
eve|ry man || himself? ??
MENENIUS
,
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You worth|y tri|bunes. \\
SICINIUS
,
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He shall | be thrown | down the | Tarpei|an rock
, 2 ,
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With rig|orous hands:| he hath | resist|ed law,
,
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And there|fore law | shall scorn | him furth|er
trial
,
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Than the | sever|ity | of the pub|lic power,
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,
Which^he | so sets | at nought. \\
FIRST CITIZEN
, , , , ,
He shall / well know | the nob|le trib|unes are
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, oo
The peo|ple's mouths,| and we | their hands.|
CITIZENS
, x
He shall | sure^on it.
MENENIUS
,
Sir, sir.
SICINIUS
___
Peace.
MENENIUS
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,
Do not / cry hav|oc, where | you should | but
hunt
,
,
With mod|est war|rant. \\
SICINIUS
,
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Sir, how | comes it | that you | have holp ????
,
,
To make | this res|cue? \\
MENENIUS
T T T ,
,
Hear me speak?| As I | do know ????
,
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The cons|ul's worth|iness, so | can I name | his faults.
SICINIUS
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2
Consul?| What cons|ul?
MENENIUS
, 2 , ,
2->
The cons|ul Cori|olan||us.
BRUTUS
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He | consul. \\
CITIZENS
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No,| no,| no,| no,| no.
MENENIUS
, 2
, ,
If by the | tribunes'| leave,
T T Tx
And | yours good
people,
,
, 2 ,
, ,
I may | be heard,| I would crave | a word | or
two,
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The which | shall turn | you to / no furth|er
harm,
,
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Than so | much loss | of time.
SICINIUS
T T
,
Speak brief|ly then,
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For we | are pe|rempto|ry to | dispatch
, 2
, , ,
,
This vip|erous trait|or: to | eject | him hence
, ,
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,
Were but / one dang|er, and | to keep | him here
,
, , ,
,
Our cert|ain death:| therefore | it is | decreed,
, ,
He dies | tonight.
MENENIUS
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Now the | good* gods | forbid,
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That our | renown|ed Rome,| whose^grat|itude
,
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Towards her | deserv|ed child|ren, is | enrolled
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T T 2 ,
2 ,
In Jove's | own book, like | an unna|tural dam
,
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Should now | eat^up | her^own. \\
SICINIUS
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He's a | disease | that must | be cut | away.
MENENIUS
,
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Oh he's | a limb,| that has | but a | disease
, ,
, x
,
Mortal,| to cut | it off:| to cure it,| easy.
,
, ,
, ,
What has | he done | to Rome | that's worth|y
death?
,
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2 ,
Killing | our en|emies,| the blood | he hath lost
T . T
T , ,
,
(Which I dare vouch,| is more | than that | he
hath
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,
By many | an ounce)| he dropped | it for his |
country:
,
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->
And what | is left,| to lose | it by | his
coun||try,
, 2
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,
Were | to us all | that do it,| and suf|fer it
, 2 ,
2 ,
A brand | to the end | of the world.
SICINIUS
, ,
This is / clean kam.
BRUTUS
,
,
Merely | awry: \\
, 2
, ,
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When he did | love his | country,| it hon|ored him.
MENENIUS
, ,
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The serv|ice of | the foot ????
2 , ,
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Being once | gangrened,| is not | then re|spected
,
, ,
For what | before | it was.
BRUTUS
, ,
We'll hear | no more:
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, , ,
Pursue | him to | his house,| and pluck | him
thence,
, 2
, x ,
,
Lest his in|fection | being of | catching |
nature,
T T T
Spread further.
MENENIUS
T T T
,
One word more,| one^word:
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This tig|er-foot|ed rage,| when it | shall find
, .
T T T ,
,
The harm | of unscanned swift|ness, will |(too*
late)
T Tx
T 2 ,
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->
Tie leaden pounds | to his heels.| Proceed | by
pro||cess,
, ,
2 , ,
,
Lest | parties |(as he is | beloved)| break^out,
,
, ,
And sack | great^Rome | with Rom|ans. \\
BRUTUS
, ,
If it | were so?
SICINIUS
,
,
What do | ye talk? (di with prev)
, 2
, , ,
, 2
Have we not | had a | taste of | his o|bedience?
2 ,
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Our aedil|es smote:| Ourselves | resist|ed:
Come.
MENENIUS
,
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2 ,
Consid|er this:| he has | been bred | in the wars
, ,
, , ,
Since^he | could draw | a sword,| and is / ill
schooled
,
, , ,
, 2->
In bolt|ed lang|uage: meal | and bran |
togeth||er
, ,
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He throws | without | distinc|tion. Give | me
leave,
,
, , ,
, 2
, ->
I'll go | to him,| and und|ertake | to bring ||
him in peace,
, 2
, 2 ,
,
Where he shall | answer | by a law|ful form
, 2 ,
,
(In peace)| to his ut|most^per|il.
FIRST SENATOR
x ,
Noble | tribunes,
,
, , , ,
It is | the hu/mane way:| the oth|er course
, , ,
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Will prove | too bloo/dy: and | the end | of it,
, , 2
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Unknown / to the be|ginning.
SICINIUS
<- x ,
2 , ,
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Noble Me|nenius,|| be you | then as | the
peo|ple's of|ficer:
,
, ,
Masters,| lay* down | your weap|ons.
BRUTUS
, ,
Go | not home.
SICINIUS
,
, , 2 ,
,
Meet on | the mark|et-place:| We'll attend | you
there:
, 2 T
T T , ,
Where if you | bring not Mar|tius, we'll |
proceed
2 ,
T
In our first | way.
MENENIUS
T T
,
I'll bring | him to | you.
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Let || me de|sire your | compa|ny: he / must
come,
, 2
, ,
Or what is | worst will | follow.
FIRST SENATOR
, 2 ,
Pray you let's^|to him.
[Exeunt]