No Fear Shakespeare: Coriolanus: Act 1 Scene 2

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Original Text	Modern Text
Corioli. The Senate-house.	Corioli. The Senate-house.
Enter TULLUS AUFIDIUS and certain Senators	Enter TULLUS AUFIDIUS and certain Senators
FIRST SENATOR So, your opinion is, Aufidius, That they of Rome are entered in our counsels And know how we proceed.	FIRST SENATOR So, your opinion is, Aufidius, That they of Rome are entered in our counsels And know how we proceed.
AUFIDIUS Is it not yours? 5 What ever have been thought on in this state, That could be brought to bodily act ere Rome Had circumvention? ’Tis not four days gone Since I heard thence; these are the words: I think I have the letter here; yes, here it is.	AUFIDIUS Is it not yours? What ever have been thought on in this state, That could be brought to bodily act ere Rome Had circumvention? ’Tis not four days gone Since I heard thence; these are the words: I think I have the letter here; yes, here it is.
Reads	Reads
10 ‘They have press’d a power, but it is not known Whether for east or west: the dearth is great; The people mutinous; and it is rumour’d, Cominius, Martius your old enemy, Who is of Rome worse hated than of you, 15 And Titus Lartius, a most valiant Roman, These three lead on this preparation Whither ’tis bent: most likely ’tis for you: Consider of it.’	‘They have press’d a power, but it is not known Whether for east or west: the dearth is great; The people mutinous; and it is rumour’d, Cominius, Martius your old enemy, Who is of Rome worse hated than of you, And Titus Lartius, a most valiant Roman, These three lead on this preparation Whither ’tis bent: most likely ’tis for you: Consider of it.’
FIRST SENATOR Our army’s in the field 20 We never yet made doubt but Rome was ready To answer us.	FIRST SENATOR Our army’s in the field We never yet made doubt but Rome was ready To answer us.
AUFIDIUS Nor did you think it folly To keep your great pretences veil’d till when They needs must show themselves; which 25 in the hatching, It seem’d, appear’d to Rome. By the discovery. We shall be shorten’d in our aim, which was To take in many towns ere almost Rome Should know we were afoot.	AUFIDIUS Nor did you think it folly To keep your great pretences veil’d till when They needs must show themselves; which in the hatching, It seem’d, appear’d to Rome. By the discovery. We shall be shorten’d in our aim, which was To take in many towns ere almost Rome Should know we were afoot.
SECOND SENATOR 30 Noble Aufidius, Take your commission; hie you to your bands: Let us alone to guard Corioli: If they set down before ’s, for the remove Bring your army; but, I think, you’ll find 35 They’ve not prepared for us.	SECOND SENATOR Noble Aufidius, Take your commission; hie you to your bands: Let us alone to guard Corioli: If they set down before ’s, for the remove Bring your army; but, I think, you’ll find They’ve not prepared for us.
AUFIDIUS O, doubt not that; I speak from certainties. Nay, more, Some parcels of their power are forth already, And only hitherward. I leave your honours. 40 If we and Caius Martius chance to meet, ’Tis sworn between us we shall ever strike Till one can do no more.	AUFIDIUS O, doubt not that; I speak from certainties. Nay, more, Some parcels of their power are forth already, And only hitherward. I leave your honours. If we and Caius Martius chance to meet, ’Tis sworn between us we shall ever strike Till one can do no more.
ALL The gods assist you!	ALL The gods assist you!
AUFIDIUS And keep your honours safe!	AUFIDIUS And keep your honours safe!
FIRST SENATOR 45 Farewell.	FIRST SENATOR Farewell.
SECOND SENATOR Farewell.	SECOND SENATOR Farewell.
ALL Farewell.	ALL Farewell.
Exeunt	Exeunt

Original Text	Modern Text
Corioli. The Senate-house.	Corioli. The Senate-house.
Enter TULLUS AUFIDIUS and certain Senators	Enter TULLUS AUFIDIUS and certain Senators
FIRST SENATOR So, your opinion is, Aufidius, That they of Rome are entered in our counsels And know how we proceed.	FIRST SENATOR So, your opinion is, Aufidius, That they of Rome are entered in our counsels And know how we proceed.
AUFIDIUS Is it not yours? 5 What ever have been thought on in this state, That could be brought to bodily act ere Rome Had circumvention? ’Tis not four days gone Since I heard thence; these are the words: I think I have the letter here; yes, here it is.	AUFIDIUS Is it not yours? What ever have been thought on in this state, That could be brought to bodily act ere Rome Had circumvention? ’Tis not four days gone Since I heard thence; these are the words: I think I have the letter here; yes, here it is.
Reads	Reads
10 ‘They have press’d a power, but it is not known Whether for east or west: the dearth is great; The people mutinous; and it is rumour’d, Cominius, Martius your old enemy, Who is of Rome worse hated than of you, 15 And Titus Lartius, a most valiant Roman, These three lead on this preparation Whither ’tis bent: most likely ’tis for you: Consider of it.’	‘They have press’d a power, but it is not known Whether for east or west: the dearth is great; The people mutinous; and it is rumour’d, Cominius, Martius your old enemy, Who is of Rome worse hated than of you, And Titus Lartius, a most valiant Roman, These three lead on this preparation Whither ’tis bent: most likely ’tis for you: Consider of it.’
FIRST SENATOR Our army’s in the field 20 We never yet made doubt but Rome was ready To answer us.	FIRST SENATOR Our army’s in the field We never yet made doubt but Rome was ready To answer us.
AUFIDIUS Nor did you think it folly To keep your great pretences veil’d till when They needs must show themselves; which 25 in the hatching, It seem’d, appear’d to Rome. By the discovery. We shall be shorten’d in our aim, which was To take in many towns ere almost Rome Should know we were afoot.	AUFIDIUS Nor did you think it folly To keep your great pretences veil’d till when They needs must show themselves; which in the hatching, It seem’d, appear’d to Rome. By the discovery. We shall be shorten’d in our aim, which was To take in many towns ere almost Rome Should know we were afoot.
SECOND SENATOR 30 Noble Aufidius, Take your commission; hie you to your bands: Let us alone to guard Corioli: If they set down before ’s, for the remove Bring your army; but, I think, you’ll find 35 They’ve not prepared for us.	SECOND SENATOR Noble Aufidius, Take your commission; hie you to your bands: Let us alone to guard Corioli: If they set down before ’s, for the remove Bring your army; but, I think, you’ll find They’ve not prepared for us.
AUFIDIUS O, doubt not that; I speak from certainties. Nay, more, Some parcels of their power are forth already, And only hitherward. I leave your honours. 40 If we and Caius Martius chance to meet, ’Tis sworn between us we shall ever strike Till one can do no more.	AUFIDIUS O, doubt not that; I speak from certainties. Nay, more, Some parcels of their power are forth already, And only hitherward. I leave your honours. If we and Caius Martius chance to meet, ’Tis sworn between us we shall ever strike Till one can do no more.
ALL The gods assist you!	ALL The gods assist you!
AUFIDIUS And keep your honours safe!	AUFIDIUS And keep your honours safe!
FIRST SENATOR 45 Farewell.	FIRST SENATOR Farewell.
SECOND SENATOR Farewell.	SECOND SENATOR Farewell.
ALL Farewell.	ALL Farewell.
Exeunt	Exeunt