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Coriolanus

Act III, Scene 3

The same. The Forum.
 
[Enter SICINIUS and BRUTUS]
 
BRUTUS
       .   T    T      T           ,          ,       ,
      In this point charge | him home,| that he | affects
         ,    2     x      ,         ,         ,
      Tyran|nical power:| if he | evade | us there,
          ,      ,      2       ,      ,        ,
      Enforce | him with his | envy | to the | people,
            ,          ,      ,            ,     ,
      And that | the spoil | got on | the Ant|iates
            ,        ,     ,      ,               ,
      Was nere | distri|buted.| What, will | he come?
 
[Enter an Aedile]
 
AEDILE
            ,
      He's com|ing.
 
BRUTUS
                    ,       ,      ,    oo
                   How | accom|panied?|
 
AEDILE
            ,       ,   2    ,           ,     ,
      With old | Menen|ius, and | those sen|ators
            ,        ,      2
      That al||ways fav|ored him.
 
SICINIUS
                                      ,       2   ,     ,
                                    Have | you a cat|alogue
          ,         ,        ,         ,         ,       ,    ,               ,  ->
      Of all | the voi|ces that | we have | procured,|| set down / by the | poll?
 
AEDILE
            ,           ,
      I | have: 'tis | ready.
 
SICINIUS
        ,            ,        ,          ,
      Have you | collec|ted them | by tribes?
 
AEDILE
                                                  ,
                                              I have.
 
SICINIUS
         ,        ,     ,         ,       ,       ->
      Assem|ble pres|ently | the peo|ple hith|er:
       ,        2       ,        ,         ,         ,
      And | when they hear | me say,| it shall | be so,
        2      ,             ,        2     ,         ,        ,     2->
      In the right | and strength | of the com|mons: be | it eith||er
            ,           ,        ,     2        ,     ,
      For death,| for fine,| or ban|ishment*, then | let them
       . T  T    T     T    T    .   T            ,
      If I say fine,| cry Fine; if death,| cry* death,  ??
         ,        ,        ,        ,     ,
      Insis|ting on | the old | prerog|ative
            x       2      ,      2      ,
      And power | in the truth |of the cause.
 
AEDILE
                                              ,      2     ,
                                              I shall in|form them.
 
BRUTUS
       .    T    T    T           ,       ,        ,
      And when such time | they have | begun | to cry,
       ,          T    T     T        2   ,         ,
      Let them | not cease, but | with a din | confused
          ,          ,        ,   ,   ,
      Enforce | the pres|ent ex|ecu|tion
           ,          ,         ,
      Of what | we chance | to sent|ence.
 
AEDILE
                                          ,      ,
                                         Ve|ry well.
 
SICINIUS
        ,               ,          ,      ,           ,
      Make them | be strong,| and rea|dy for | this hint,
            ,          ,           x
      When we | shall hap | to give it | them.
 
BRUTUS
                                               ,        x
                                              Go | about it,
       ,             ,         ,           ,           ,
      Put him | to chol|er straight,| he hath | been used
      ,          ,         ,         ,          ,
      Ever | to con|quer, and | to have | his worth
          ,      ,          x             ,           x
      Of con|tradic|tion. Being | once^chafed,| he cannot
            ,        ,         ,            ,          ,
      Be reined | again | to tempe|rance, then | he speaks
              ,         ,           ,         ,             ,
      What's in | his heart,| and that | is there | which looks
            ,        ,           ,
      With us | to break | his neck.
 
SICINIUS
                                       ,              ,
                                     Well, here^|he comes.
 
[Enter CORIOLANUS, MENENIUS, and COMINIUS, with Senators and Patricians]
 
MENENIUS
       ,          ,       ,
      Calmly,| I do | beseech | you.  \\
 
CORIOLANUS
       ,            ,                 ,     ,        ,
      Aye, as | an ost|ler, that / fourth poor|est piece
             ,          ,               ,  ,    oo
      Will bear | the knave | by the / volume:|
           ,         ,
      The hon|ored gods  ????
        T    T   .   T   ,     2         ,         ,
      Keep Rome in safe|ty, and the | chairs of | justice
           ,            ,      ,      T     T  .   Tx
      Supplied | with worth|y men,| plant love among us
         ,            ,    ,                    ,        ,
      Through our | large temp/les with | the shows of peace,
           ,           ,            ,
      And not | our streets | with war.
 
FIRST SENATOR
                                          ,      ,
                                        Amen,| amen.
 
MENENIUS
         ,       ,
      A nob|le wish.  \\
 
[Enter AEdile, with Citizens]
 
SICINIUS
       __     __    __    ,       oo
      Draw | near | ye | people.|
 
AEDILE
        ,    2        ,           ,  2
      List to your | tribunes*.| Audience:
                                             T   T  T
                                           Peace I say.
 
CORIOLANUS
        T     T   T     ,
      First hear me | speak.
 
TRIBUNES
                                       T     T    T
                             Well*, | say: Peace ho.
 
CORIOLANUS
        ,    2        T     T  T      2       ,     ,
      Shall I be | charged no furth|er than this | present?
            ,       ,         ,
      Must^all | deter|mine here?
 
SICINIUS
                                     ,       ,
                                  I do | demand,
          ,        ,     ,    2       ,          ,
      If you | submit | you to the | people's | voices,
         ,           ,     ,         ,         ,
      Allow | their of|ficers,| and are | content
          ,       ,        ,              ,     ,
      To suf|fer law|ful cens|ure for / such faults
           ,           ,       ,        2
      As shall | be proved | upon | you?
 
CORIOLANUS
                                            ,        ,
                                         I am | content.
 
MENENIUS
       ,  ,               ,        ,        ,
      Lo cit/izens,| he says | he is | content.
       .   T   T   T      3  3     ,         ,        ,
      The warlike serv|ice he has done,| consid|er; think
        ,           ,          ,      ,             ,
      Upon | the wounds | his bo|dy bears,| which show
        T     T    T        ,       ,    __
      Like graves in | the ho|ly church|yard.
 
CORIOLANUS
         ,              ,         ,          ,
      Scratches | with bri|ers, scars | to move
        ,         ,  2
      Laughter | only.
 
MENENIUS
                            ,       ,
                       Con|sider | further:  (tetra with prev)
             ,          ,      T    T  .  T    ,
      That when | he speaks | not like a cit|izen,
            ,          ,       ,         ,         ,
      You find | him like | a sol|dier: do | not^take
            ,       ,   ,            ,          ,
      His rough|er ac|cents for | mali|cious sounds:
           ,      ,      ,    2     ,       ,
      But as | I say,| such as be|come a | soldier,
       ,             ,     ,
      Rather | than en|vy you.
 
COMINIUS
                                       ,         ,
                               Well* well,| no more.
 
CORIOLANUS
        ,    2       ,
      What is the | matter,  ????
            ,        ,          ,               ,    ,
      That be|ing passed | for cons|ul with / full voice:
       2    ,       ,          ,         ,      ,
      I am so | dishon|ored, that | the ve|ry hour
            ,        ,       ,
      You take | it off | again.
 
SICINIUS
                                  ,           ,
                                 Answer | to us.
 
CORIOLANUS
       ,                ,        ,
      Say then:| 'tis true,| I ought so.  \\
 
SICINIUS
            ,      ,           ,               ,          ,
      We charge | you, that | you have | contrived | to take
             ,           ,        ,        ,         ,
      From Rome | all* seas|oned of|fice, and | to wind
            ,     ,         x        ,     ,
      Yourself | into | a power | tyran|nical,
            ,          ,        ,       ,        ,      ->
      For which | you are | a trait|or to | the peo||ple.
 
CORIOLANUS
       ,      ,     2
      How?| Traitor?
 
MENENIUS
                            ,   2     ,          ,
                     Nay*| temperate|ly: your | promise.
 
CORIOLANUS
            ,       2     ,        ,      ,    2       ,
      The fires | in the low|est hell,| fold in the | people:
        ,    2          ,         ,      ,  2      ,
      Call me their | traitor,| Thou in|jurious | tribune*,
          ,            ,          ,       ,          ,
      Within | thine^eyes | sat^twen|ty thous|and deaths
                 ,       ,          ,     ,         ,
      In thy / hands clutched:| as ma|ny mil|lions in
           ,        ,       ,   ,                   ,
      Thy ly|ing tongue,| both num/bers. I | would say
            ,      ,      ,        2    ,          ,
      Thou lie|st un|to thee,| with a voice | as free,
         ,        ,          ,
      As I | do pray | the gods.
 
SICINIUS
                                  ,     2        ,
                                Mark you this | people?
 
CITIZENS
       ,         ,              ,          ,
      To the | rock, to | the rock | with him.
 
SICINIUS
                                                ___
                                               Peace:
           ,         ,     ,   ,                 ,
      We need | not put | new mat/ter to | his charge:
        ,               ,         ,         ,           ,
      What you | have seen | him do,| and heard | him speak:
        ,             ,     ,     ,               ,
      Beating | your of|ficers,| cursing | yourselves,
         ,        ,            ,            ,       ,     ->
      Oppos|ing laws | with strokes,| and here | defy||ing
        ,             ,       x           ,
      Those | whose great | power must | try him.
      <- ,         ,         ,   2         ,         ,    2    ,
         Even || this so | criminal,| and in | such^cap|ital kind,
           ,        2   ,         ,
      Deserves | the extre|mest death.  \\
 
BRUTUS
       ,    ,                ,         ,         __
      But since / he hath | served | well for | Rome.
 
CORIOLANUS
        ,    2        ,         ,
      What do you | prate of | service.
 
BRUTUS
          ,         ,             x
      I talk | of that,| that know it.  (tri with prev)
 
CORIOLANUS
You?
 
MENENIUS
           ,         ,         ,          ,           ,       ->
      Is this | the prom|ise that | you made | your moth||er?
 
COMINIUS
        ,        ,
      Know,| I pray | you.
 
CORIOLANUS
                             ,      ,        ,
                           I'll | know no | further:
       ,               ,           ,         ,       ,
      Let them | pronounce | the steep | Tarpei|an death,
       ,  2      T T     T         ,         ,     ->
      Vagabond^|exile, flee|ing, pent | to ling||er
       ,        2    ,        ,        ,          ,
      But | with a grain | a day,| I would | not buy
             ,       ,         ,      .  T    T    T
      Their mer|cy, at | the price | of one fair word,
            ,         ,        ,           ,          ,
      Nor check | my cour|age for | what they | can give,
             x             x            ,
      To have it | with saying,| good* mor|row.
 
SICINIUS
                                                 ,        2    ,
                                                For | that he has
            ,        ,         ,           ,         ,
      (As much | as in | him lies)| from time | to time
       ,           ,          ,         ,        ,
      Envied | against | the peo|ple; seek|ing means
           ,       ,            x         ,         ,
      To pluck | away | their power:| as now | at last,
        2    ,           ,            ,     ,    2       ,
      Given hos|tile* strokes,| and that | not in the | presence
           ,       ,         ,      2     ,     ,
      Of drea|ded just|ice, but | on the min|isters
            ,       ,        ,     2      ,      2     ,      ->
      That do | distrib|ute it.| In the name | of the peo||ple,
       ,      2      x         ,        ,           ,
      And | in the power | of us | the tri|bunes*, we
         ,      2       ,          ,        ,         ,
      (Eene from this^|instant*)| banish | him our | city
          ,      ,       ,    ,   ,
      In per|il of | precip|ita|tion
            ,          ,        ,       ,       ,
      From off | the rock | Tarpei|an, nev|er more
          ,             ,    ,       2     ,          ,
      To ent|er our / Rome gates.| in the peo|ple's name,
         ,         ,         ,
      I say | it shall | be so.  \\
 
CITIZENS
           ,         ,        ,         ,    ,           ,  ->
      It shall | be so,| it shall | be so:| let him || away:
            ,          ,         ,         ,
      He's ban|ished, and | it shall | be so.
 
COMINIUS
        ,           ,         ,        ,         ,
      Hear me | my mast|ers, and | my com|mon friends.
 
SICINIUS
            ,           ,          ,
      He's sent|enced: no | more* hear|ing.
 
COMINIUS
                                             ,         ,
                                            Let | me speak:
      ,              ,        ,          ,          ,
      I have | been cons|ul, and | can show | for Rome
           ,   2      ,       ,        ,        ,
      Her en|emies'^marks | upon | me. I | do love
           ,          ,      ,   2     ,           ,
      My count|ry's good,| with a re|spect more*| tender,
            ,      ,         ,                 ,    ,
      More ho|ly, and | profound,| than mine^/own life,
           ,       ,    ,                 ,          ,
      My dear | wife's est/imate,| her womb's | increase,
            ,        ,        ,       ,       ,
      And treas|ure of | my loins:| then if | I would
        T     T
      Speak that.
 
SICINIUS
                  T     ,           T      T     T
                 We | know your | drift. Speak what?
 
BRUTUS
         ,           ,    2       ,          ,       ,
      There's no | more to be | said, but | he is | banished
         ,    ,     2     ,        ,          ,       ->
      As en|emy | to the peo|ple, and | his coun||try:
       ,     T    T  T
      It | shall be so.  \\
 
CITIZENS
           ,         ,        ,         ,   oo
      It shall | be so,| it shall | be so.|
 
CORIOLANUS
           ,       ,         ,             ,         ,
      You com|mon cry | of curs,| whose^breath | I hate,
           ,      2     ,        ,            ,         ,
      As reek | of the rot|ten fens:| whose^loves | I prize,
                 ,   ,      ,      2   ,       ,
      As the / dead car|casses | of unbur|ied men,
            ,        ,        ,       ,       ,
      That do | corrupt | my air:| I ban|ish you,
            ,        ,           ,       ,       ,
      And here | remain | with your | uncert|ainty.
           ,       ,      ,       ,             ,
      Let eve|ry feeb|le rum|or shake | your hearts:
           ,     ,          ,        ,            ,
      Your en|emies,| with nod|ding of | their plumes
       ,         ,  2     ,                ,       ,
      Fan you | into de|spair: Have | the pow|er still
          ,        ,       ,          ,          ,
      To ban|ish your | defend|ers, till | at length
            ,     ,             ,      ,              ,
      Your ig|norance |(which finds | not till | it feels,
       ,            ,     ,       ,          ,
      Making | not res|erva|tion of | yourselves,
        ,           T    T    . T      ,
      Still your | own foes) deliv|er you
      <-     ,       ,      ,    ,               ,   ,
        As most || abat|ed cap|tives, to | some^na|tion
            ,           ,    ,        ,
      That won you without blows, despising    ????
           ,         ,       ,        ,         ,
      For you | the ci|ty. Thus | I turn | my back;
        ,     2      T     T    T
      There is a | world elsewhere.  \\
 
[Exeunt CORIOLANUS, COMINIUS, MENENIUS, Senators, and Patricians]
 
AEDILE
           ,        ,    ,        ,         ,
      The peo|ple's en|emy | is gone,| is gone.
 
CITIZENS
           ,    x      ,           2     ,          ,
      Our en|emy is | banished,| he is gone:| Hoo,^oo.
 
[Shouting, and throwing up their caps]
 
SICINIUS
          ,         ,         ,          ,       ,
      Go see | him out | at gates,| and fol|low him
          ,         ,         ,          ,        ,
      As he | hath fol|lowed you,| with all | despite
        ,             ,        ,        ,        ,
      Give him | deserved | vexa|tion. Let | a guard
          ,          ,           ,
      Attend | us through | the ci|ty.
 
CITIZENS
      <-  ,     __            ,         ,         ,      __    oo
        Come,| come,|| let's see | him out | at gates,| come:|
            ,         ,          ,      ,            ,
      The gods | preserve | our nob|le tri|bunes*, come.
 
[Exeunt]

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