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The same. The Capitol. | eTh ctiolap. |
Enter two Officers, to lay cushions | owT esOffrci ntree to tes up steas. |
FIRST OFFICER Come, come, they are almost here. How many stand for consulships? | TRSFI FIRCOEF Hrryu up. yheerT otlams here. How mnya rae binge idcrednsoe orf het nluosc? |
SECOND OFFICER Three, they say: but tis thought of every one Coriolanus will carry it. | OSENCD FICFEOR heTre, ehty say. But vnreeyeo snthki aoniCrsoul illw tge it. |
FIRST OFFICER 5 Thats a brave fellow; but hes vengeance proud, and loves not the common people. | STFIR OCFEIFR seH a baevr man, utb hes oto orpud, adn he sdetno acer tuboa eth mcmnoo lpeeop. |
SECOND OFFICER Faith, there had been many great men that have flattered the people, who neer loved them; and there be many that they have loved, they know not 10 wherefore: so that, if they love they know not why, they hate upon no better a ground: therefore, for Coriolanus neither to care whether they love or hate him manifests the true knowledge he has in their disposition; and out of his noble carelessness lets 15 them plainly seet. | EDCOSN FICOREF ehreT ehav enbe anym reagt enm owh eavh rtletadef hte eeplpo tbu mowh eht lpeoep evern ielkd, nad rehet evah eebn mayn ttah eht eleopp iledk orf nunwnok nsraoes. icSen yeth can klei omenose thwtoui iknwong hyw, at tsale nhwe hety diklies oomsene, tis fro an lqauyle vgeua easnro. So for luConosria nto to rcae therhwe eyht lkie ihm or tno sswoh ahtt he aycltlau konws etmh qeuti well, and uto of ihs own einfecrdneif to lcbupi ooininp, he estl meth kwno tath he eodnts ecra. |
FIRST OFFICER If he did not care whether he had their love or no, he waved indifferently twixt doing them neither good nor harm: but he seeks their hate with greater devotion than can render it him; and leaves 20 nothing undone that may fully discover him their opposite. Now, to seem to affect the malice and displeasure of the people is as bad as that which he dislikes, to flatter them for their love. | TFSIR FEIORFC If he nditd acer wteerhh or ton he adh thier orustpp, he lwodu be innfeedirtf to htiree niodg mhet ogod or ahmr. Btu he seopvkor rteih hradet tiwh more yitstnnei ntah eyht anc yhet nca htea mih wtih in ertnur. He hsa edon teehrgyvin pobesils rfo hmte to see mhi as tiher myene. ovewerH, to pneetdr to eidres hte lli lwli of het lopepe is as dba as anelrtftgi hetm rfo hetir ntspepraomavhliog he uwodl reenv do. |
SECOND OFFICER He hath deserved worthily of his country: and his 25 ascent is not by such easy degrees as those who, having been supple and courteous to the people, bonneted, without any further deed to have them at all into their estimation and report: but he hath so planted his honours in their eyes, and his actions 30 in their hearts, that for their tongues to be silent, and not confess so much, were a kind of ingrateful injury; to report otherwise, were a malice, that, giving itself the lie, would pluck reproof and rebuke from every ear that heard it. | SDOCNE EFOCRFI He ahs vredse ish cyutorn hoyonlrab dna ihs trueo to enmiorcpen ahs nto eenb yenalr as ysea as sohte hwo, nhviag nebe netneli dna knid to eth loeepp, lony dppite hrtie thsa to etg aeahd. tBu he sha aedotsb in hrtie sface so mhuc utabo hsi mfea dna ish icstona, that if ehty ndot apy enoattnit to isth, tehy wldou be riagnhm stmvelehse. If yeth iel tobau his dfileurp bahrvioe, no one ulwdo bveelei ethm. venorEye uowdl ysa ehorsewti. |
FIRST OFFICER 35 No more of him; he is a worthy man: make way, they are coming. | RISTF RCEFFOI topS ktganil aotbu ihm. sHe a hywrto anm. eMka yaw. reyeTh mncgoi. |
A sennet. Enter, with actors before them, COMINIUS the consul, MENENIUS , CORIOLANUS , Senators, SICINIUS and BRUTUS. The Senators take their places; the Tribunes take their Places by themselves. CORIOLANUS stands | rusTempt onuds. CUIONMSI the onucls, NNIUSMEE , NSRCALOUIO , Sentsora, NISSCIUI , nad UBSUTR ntere, wthi aasntttned iggon in eobfer mhet. ehT etSronas kaet rieth clespa. ISUCIINS dan RUUBST tkae ihert eplsac by thsmleesev. ISNCOURLAO ssnatd. |
MENENIUS Having determined of the Volsces and To send for Titus Lartius, it remains, As the main point of this our after-meeting, 40 To gratify his noble service that Hath thus stood for his country: therefore, please you, Most reverend and grave elders, to desire The present consul, and last general 45 In our well-found successes, to report A little of that worthy work performd By Caius Martius Coriolanus, whom We met here both to thank and to remember With honours like himself. (Coriolanus sits) | MUNESIEN ceOn we eicdde waht to do oaubt eth lsesocV adn snde rof tuTis ruLstia, eth anmi iotpn of hsit tmniege is tlils to wrdera sih lneob rcevsei in dedengfin sih toycrnu. errTeeofh, tosm sereectdp adn bnaolhore eersdl, hte rteepsn usnloc dna eth aegnler in uro usotoriivc ttebsla diersse to reptro a tillet of the tyohrw rwok reeprmdof by auCsi tsauriM lsCaurinoo, owmh we veha eidnvit ereh hobt to atnkh nda to orhno. (asuniCorol itss) |
FIRST SENATOR 50 Speak, good Cominius: Leave nothing out for length, and make us think Rather our states defective for requital Than we to stretch it out. (To the Tribunes) 55 Masters o the people, We do request your kindest ears, and after, Your loving motion toward the common body, To yield what passes here. | RSTIF AENSROT kSpea as nogl as ouy eedn, dgoo Cnmiisuo. evLae iohngnt otu. etrtBe htta he thnik we tndo ehav eth ucseroser to rdwaer to mih ahnt hatt we ndot have eht ecitpnae to tsienl to eth ullf eprtro. (to teh tsuernib) rteseepeatvnRsi of eht epeplo, we rsetqeu ouy to sielnt yikdln, dan wdfreatar to ccoievnn eht peelpo to geare to ahtw we segustg. |
SICINIUS We are convented 60 Upon a pleasing treaty, and have hearts Inclinable to honour and advance The theme of our assembly. | CNIISUSI evWe ocme reeh to endcrios isth osetinuq, dna rwee iidenlnc to nohor dan avaencd het seacu of uor osuscittnetn. |
BRUTUS Which the rather We shall be blest to do, if he remember 65 A kinder value of the people than He hath hereto prized them at. | RBUUTS hhiWc lelw hipaypl do, dan onso, if he acn rebemerm to aelvu the eppeol oerm ygihlh than he sha lvprouyies. |
MENENIUS Thats off, thats off; I would you rather had been silent. Please you To hear Cominius speak? | ESEUNMNI hTsat not teh itonp. I iwsh yuo dha bnee itlens. eslePa, liwl uoy tle inousCmi eapsk? |
BRUTUS 70 Most willingly; But yet my caution was more pertinent Than the rebuke you give it. | RTBUUS toMs ynilllgiw. Btu my uonctia aws reom ntirtmopa tnah uyo erazlie. |
MENENIUS He loves your people But tie him not to be their bedfellow. 75 Worthy Cominius, speak. | ENMENUSI He racse abtuo the mnmoco opelpe. utsJ tdon txeecp mih to be lsceylo vlnivode iwht hemt. thWory nsoCiumi, skeap. |
CORIOLANUS offers to go away | AINCOUSLRO serit to get up adn vleae. |
Nay, keep your place. | No, ytas ehrew you ear. |
FIRST SENATOR Sit, Coriolanus; never shame to hear What you have nobly done. | FRSIT TSAOERN Sti, oolCarnius. eervN be mrassbedrea to earh of ruyo olneb dsdee. |
CORIOLANUS Your horrors pardon: 80 I had rather have my wounds to heal again Than hear say how I got them. | OLIORANCUS Im rrsoy, yruo ohorn. Id earthr tle my nwsoud hlea anht earh owh I got temh. |
BRUTUS Sir, I hope My words disbenchd you not. | TUSBUR irS, I eoph my worsd intdd caseu uoy to teg up. |
CORIOLANUS No, sir: yet oft, 85 When blows have made me stay, I fled from words. You soothed not, therefore hurt not: but your people, I love them as they weigh. | AUSLNCIROO No, rsi. hileW I dont unr mfro sigthf, I do nteof run ofmr rspiea. utB uyo idtnd ftlarte me, so I nwast ddofnefe. tuB teh oepelp you rpstereen rea rhotw so etllit, so I arec so teitll tabuo thme. |
MENENIUS Pray now, sit down. | EUEINNSM aePesl, its nowd. |
CORIOLANUS 90 I had rather have one scratch my head i the sun When the alarum were struck than idly sit To hear my nothings monsterd. | OSRLAUNICO Id aerhtr let mnseoeo ctshrac my ehda in hte snu wnhe the ertuptm smsnmuo me to lbttea hatn ist ehre adn ielstn to my amlsl deesd be veor-dbselhemiel. |
Exit | He sexit. |
MENENIUS Masters of the people, Your multiplying spawn how can he flatter 95 Thats thousand to one good onewhen you now see He had rather venture all his limbs for honour Than one ons ears to hear it? Proceed, Cominius. | MEEUISNN eentpseseativRr of eth lopeep, uoyr ctuttoesinsn dperoeruc lla het etmi, nad htrese yoln eno oogd nam omang eyrev tdsoanuh of oehmhwt anc he latreft thme? ouY ese own ehd rtaehr iksr shi lehow ilef orf oronh hatn risk neo of shi easr to haer obtua it. Go on, usCimnio. |
COMINIUS I shall lack voice: the deeds of Coriolanus Should not be utterd feebly. It is held 100 That valour is the chiefest virtue, and Most dignifies the haver: if it be, The man I speak of cannot in the world Be singly counterpoised. At sixteen years, When Tarquin made a head for Rome, he fought 105 Beyond the mark of others: our then dictator, Whom with all praise I point at, saw him fight, When with his Amazonian chin he drove The bristled lips before him: be bestrid An oer-pressd Roman and i the consuls view 110 Slew three opposers: Tarquins self he met, And struck him on his knee: in that days feats, When he might act the woman in the scene, He proved best man i the field, and for his meed Was brow-bound with the oak. His pupil age 115 Man-enterd thus, he waxed like a sea, And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurchd all swords of the garland. For this last, Before and in Corioli, let me say, I cannot speak him home: he stoppd the fliers; 120 And by his rare example made the coward Turn terror into sport: as weeds before A vessel under sail, so men obeyd And fell below his stem: his sword, deaths stamp, Where it did mark, it took; from face to foot 125 He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries: alone he enterd The mortal gate of the city, which he painted With shunless destiny; aidless came off, And with a sudden reinforcement struck 130 Corioli like a planet: now alls his: When, by and by, the din of war gan pierce His ready sense; then straight his doubled spirit Re-quickend what in flesh was fatigate, And to the battle came he; where he did 135 Run reeking oer the lives of men, as if Twere a perpetual spoil: and till we calld Both field and city ours, he never stood To ease his breast with panting. | IOIMCSUN I wotn say hmuc. heT eedds of osnailroCu ltsnuhod be kopesn of hgllity. Ist llwe nowkn ahtt gaueocr is hte hshegti urivet nda brsnig het ihgtshe tginiyd to wrvohee sha it. ndA if ashtt rute, ehrets no one in het world ohw is ermo dgeinfdii ahnt het amn I speak of. At ega nexsite, ehnw Tiunraq ektdacta mRoe, ihs hgifting deexdcee eenovyre eslse. rOu emrrof adeerl, omwh I rrecenfee thwi lla ipesar, asw mhi igfht uosivryolict taigsna tdusla ewnh he wsa tills gyuno nda ahd a esbaslder hcni. He ordectept hte hdmeewlvroe nsaRmo dan as het nlocus caewdth, he deetafed eterh eeemnis. He goufth ruqniTa islefhm adn tbroguh imh to shi nkese. In atht yad of ngitighf, nhwe he swa ngouy enuogh to yalp a onamw on agset, he erdvop to be het sbet anm in teh edlif, nad he wsa wrdaeerd hitw a rladnga of kao. He eeerntd niot dnoaomh, gouthh he saw ltlis a ybo, wthi eth croef of a snirig teid. He sha edl hte akattc in eneestevn tbeslat incse nhte, adn he sha nwo het lnradga ovre hsi owlfel rsseliod verye eitm. As rfo iths tsal leattb, sidoteu of nda inwthi sroieClo, I veha no sorwd to cdbierse waht he idd. He pdsepot het aoRmn eeedsstrr dan by ish arre xeamelp emad teshe odrsawc ocmevore rehti frea dan omceeb rworirsa. heT men eyboed nda llfe eetbhna hsi wopr lkei easwv ateenhb a lotbiasa. ereWrhev he wunsg shi drwos, he darmke het nigs of thdea. rmFo daeh to ote he swa vrdcoee in odolb, dna sih yrvee ootmin asw eodlwlof by dyngi reisc. He redneet teh dedayl atge of het ctiy oeanl, dan he iepntda it whti the ooldb of heitr ieltvibean ytnedis. uotWtih lhep, he eterreatd, btu thwi a dundse surtb of reegny he edattkac eioCrlso thiw the reofc of a anletp. enTh the cyti was lal ish. tfAre a elwhi, as the soien of wra gneba to wear imh owdn, his sitirp eevadrgntriio his rtedi odyb, dan he meca akcb to the lbatte and nar uosfuyirl at the yenem, as if it erwe an seensdl shaureltg. He vreen deosptp to chcat his bahtre ntiul both the ifled and ycti were rous. |
MENENIUS Worthy man! | USMIENNE hortyW nma! |
FIRST SENATOR He cannot but with measure fit the honours 140 Which we devise him. | RSFTI NOSERAT He fiieeytdnl masursee up to teh rnosho we aevh for ihm. |
COMINIUS Our spoils he kickd at, And lookd upon things precious as they were The common muck of the world: he covets less Than misery itself would give; rewards 145 His deeds with doing them, and is content To spend the time to end it. | MSCONIUI He eeedrtjc ruo sopisl nda keodlo at eopuscir nhitgs as if yhet were het coonmm kucm of eth drwlo. He tnsedo iseedr nyihgtan. To ihm, idgno shi esdde is tsi onw eardwr, dna she paphy to edpns eth iemt to do the bjo ewll. |
MENENIUS Hes right noble: Let him be calld for. | SIUMENNE eHs evry loenb. etLs allc mhi erhe. |
FIRST SENATOR Call Coriolanus. | TSFIR ANOSETR laCl rlaCoinsuo. |
OFFICER 150 He doth appear. | RCFOIEF reeH he is. |
Re-enter CORIOLANUS | AOCUNSRIOL re-sentre. |
MENENIUS The senate, Coriolanus, are well pleased To make thee consul. | NMIESUNE runCioolsa, eht nteeSa is ryev yhppa to itadm you to the onuscl. |
CORIOLANUS I do owe them still My life and services. | RAOSNOULCI Ill ywaasl weo mthe my file nda erescisv. |
MENENIUS 155 It then remains That you do speak to the people. | ISNUNEME lAl htat misrane is rfo oyu to speak to teh polepe. |
CORIOLANUS I do beseech you, Let me oerleap that custom, for I cannot Put on the gown, stand naked and entreat them, 160 For my wounds sake, to give their suffrage: please you That I may pass this doing. | LOOISUCARN I ebg you, tel me ksip taht cutsmo. I atnc put on the ogwn, sadnt wtouthi an nrhtdseuir, dan ohsw ffo my dnuwos sujt so llteyh vteo for me. eePals tle me sspa on ngoid tshi. |
SICINIUS Sir, the people Must have their voices; neither will they bate One jot of ceremony. | SICUINIS iSr, teh eeolpp tsum haev iethr say, adn yhte wont aelve uto eon ibt of the cmroneey. |
MENENIUS 165 Put them not tot: Pray you, go fit you to the custom and Take to you, as your predecessors have, Your honour with your form. | IEMSUNNE nDto gfthi htem on tshi. Go hutorgh twhi shti cutosm dna tdsna hlorynboa as oyur oeecesrsrspd heav. |
CORIOLANUS It is apart 170 That I shall blush in acting, and might well Be taken from the people. | ANCUILOSOR Ill ushlb as I pyla thsi ptar. heT eeoppl wlli be ddeevcei. |
BRUTUS (to Sicinius) Mark you that? | TURSBU (to Siscuini) idD uoy arhe atth? |
CORIOLANUS To brag unto them, thus I did, and thus; Show them the unaching scars which I should hide, 175 As if I had received them for the hire Of their breath only! | IROONCSUAL To bgra of hte shgtin vIe eodn nda wosh tehm my dlo crssa, cihhw I oulsdh isdeha if Id eeidcrve htme olyn rfo the eolppe to sapg at! |
MENENIUS Do not stand upont. We recommend to you, tribunes of the people, Our purpose to them: and to our noble consul 180 Wish we all joy and honour. | NSMUNIEE Dnto siitsn on ihst. neTusbri of het loeppe, we sak hatt ouy emcdnomer oru lsopaorp to the eeoppl. ndA to our nlebo usnloc wish we lla yoj nda hroon. |
SENATORS To Coriolanus come all joy and honour! | EASSONTR yMa lla yoj dan hroon mcoe to uonliosraC! |
Flourish of cornets. Exeunt all but SICINIUS and BRUTUS | noSud of sttmrepu. vnryoeeE txise epxcte NIUIICSS nda USUBTR |
BRUTUS You see how he intends to use the people. | SUTBUR uoY see woh he ndtnsie to eus eth pleeop. |
SICINIUS May they perceives intent! He will require them, As if he did contemn what he requested 185 Should be in them to give. | UIICISSN yMa heyt knwo his nittoneisn! lHle aks ofr hriet psurpto vene ohhgut he thaes atht tsi in htrei opewr to vegi it. |
BRUTUS Come, well inform them Of our proceedings here: on the marketplace, I know, they do attend us. | STURUB sLte go nifrom mhet of awsht hpepadne rhee. I ownk yeetrh twaniig rfo us in hte ltekrcpaame. |
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The same. The Capitol. | eTh ctiolap. |
Enter two Officers, to lay cushions | owT esOffrci ntree to tes up steas. |
FIRST OFFICER Come, come, they are almost here. How many stand for consulships? | TRSFI FIRCOEF Hrryu up. yheerT otlams here. How mnya rae binge idcrednsoe orf het nluosc? |
SECOND OFFICER Three, they say: but tis thought of every one Coriolanus will carry it. | OSENCD FICFEOR heTre, ehty say. But vnreeyeo snthki aoniCrsoul illw tge it. |
FIRST OFFICER 5 Thats a brave fellow; but hes vengeance proud, and loves not the common people. | STFIR OCFEIFR seH a baevr man, utb hes oto orpud, adn he sdetno acer tuboa eth mcmnoo lpeeop. |
SECOND OFFICER Faith, there had been many great men that have flattered the people, who neer loved them; and there be many that they have loved, they know not 10 wherefore: so that, if they love they know not why, they hate upon no better a ground: therefore, for Coriolanus neither to care whether they love or hate him manifests the true knowledge he has in their disposition; and out of his noble carelessness lets 15 them plainly seet. | EDCOSN FICOREF ehreT ehav enbe anym reagt enm owh eavh rtletadef hte eeplpo tbu mowh eht lpeoep evern ielkd, nad rehet evah eebn mayn ttah eht eleopp iledk orf nunwnok nsraoes. icSen yeth can klei omenose thwtoui iknwong hyw, at tsale nhwe hety diklies oomsene, tis fro an lqauyle vgeua easnro. So for luConosria nto to rcae therhwe eyht lkie ihm or tno sswoh ahtt he aycltlau konws etmh qeuti well, and uto of ihs own einfecrdneif to lcbupi ooininp, he estl meth kwno tath he eodnts ecra. |
FIRST OFFICER If he did not care whether he had their love or no, he waved indifferently twixt doing them neither good nor harm: but he seeks their hate with greater devotion than can render it him; and leaves 20 nothing undone that may fully discover him their opposite. Now, to seem to affect the malice and displeasure of the people is as bad as that which he dislikes, to flatter them for their love. | TFSIR FEIORFC If he nditd acer wteerhh or ton he adh thier orustpp, he lwodu be innfeedirtf to htiree niodg mhet ogod or ahmr. Btu he seopvkor rteih hradet tiwh more yitstnnei ntah eyht anc yhet nca htea mih wtih in ertnur. He hsa edon teehrgyvin pobesils rfo hmte to see mhi as tiher myene. ovewerH, to pneetdr to eidres hte lli lwli of het lopepe is as dba as anelrtftgi hetm rfo hetir ntspepraomavhliog he uwodl reenv do. |
SECOND OFFICER He hath deserved worthily of his country: and his 25 ascent is not by such easy degrees as those who, having been supple and courteous to the people, bonneted, without any further deed to have them at all into their estimation and report: but he hath so planted his honours in their eyes, and his actions 30 in their hearts, that for their tongues to be silent, and not confess so much, were a kind of ingrateful injury; to report otherwise, were a malice, that, giving itself the lie, would pluck reproof and rebuke from every ear that heard it. | SDOCNE EFOCRFI He ahs vredse ish cyutorn hoyonlrab dna ihs trueo to enmiorcpen ahs nto eenb yenalr as ysea as sohte hwo, nhviag nebe netneli dna knid to eth loeepp, lony dppite hrtie thsa to etg aeahd. tBu he sha aedotsb in hrtie sface so mhuc utabo hsi mfea dna ish icstona, that if ehty ndot apy enoattnit to isth, tehy wldou be riagnhm stmvelehse. If yeth iel tobau his dfileurp bahrvioe, no one ulwdo bveelei ethm. venorEye uowdl ysa ehorsewti. |
FIRST OFFICER 35 No more of him; he is a worthy man: make way, they are coming. | RISTF RCEFFOI topS ktganil aotbu ihm. sHe a hywrto anm. eMka yaw. reyeTh mncgoi. |
A sennet. Enter, with actors before them, COMINIUS the consul, MENENIUS , CORIOLANUS , Senators, SICINIUS and BRUTUS. The Senators take their places; the Tribunes take their Places by themselves. CORIOLANUS stands | rusTempt onuds. CUIONMSI the onucls, NNIUSMEE , NSRCALOUIO , Sentsora, NISSCIUI , nad UBSUTR ntere, wthi aasntttned iggon in eobfer mhet. ehT etSronas kaet rieth clespa. ISUCIINS dan RUUBST tkae ihert eplsac by thsmleesev. ISNCOURLAO ssnatd. |
MENENIUS Having determined of the Volsces and To send for Titus Lartius, it remains, As the main point of this our after-meeting, 40 To gratify his noble service that Hath thus stood for his country: therefore, please you, Most reverend and grave elders, to desire The present consul, and last general 45 In our well-found successes, to report A little of that worthy work performd By Caius Martius Coriolanus, whom We met here both to thank and to remember With honours like himself. (Coriolanus sits) | MUNESIEN ceOn we eicdde waht to do oaubt eth lsesocV adn snde rof tuTis ruLstia, eth anmi iotpn of hsit tmniege is tlils to wrdera sih lneob rcevsei in dedengfin sih toycrnu. errTeeofh, tosm sereectdp adn bnaolhore eersdl, hte rteepsn usnloc dna eth aegnler in uro usotoriivc ttebsla diersse to reptro a tillet of the tyohrw rwok reeprmdof by auCsi tsauriM lsCaurinoo, owmh we veha eidnvit ereh hobt to atnkh nda to orhno. (asuniCorol itss) |
FIRST SENATOR 50 Speak, good Cominius: Leave nothing out for length, and make us think Rather our states defective for requital Than we to stretch it out. (To the Tribunes) 55 Masters o the people, We do request your kindest ears, and after, Your loving motion toward the common body, To yield what passes here. | RSTIF AENSROT kSpea as nogl as ouy eedn, dgoo Cnmiisuo. evLae iohngnt otu. etrtBe htta he thnik we tndo ehav eth ucseroser to rdwaer to mih ahnt hatt we ndot have eht ecitpnae to tsienl to eth ullf eprtro. (to teh tsuernib) rteseepeatvnRsi of eht epeplo, we rsetqeu ouy to sielnt yikdln, dan wdfreatar to ccoievnn eht peelpo to geare to ahtw we segustg. |
SICINIUS We are convented 60 Upon a pleasing treaty, and have hearts Inclinable to honour and advance The theme of our assembly. | CNIISUSI evWe ocme reeh to endcrios isth osetinuq, dna rwee iidenlnc to nohor dan avaencd het seacu of uor osuscittnetn. |
BRUTUS Which the rather We shall be blest to do, if he remember 65 A kinder value of the people than He hath hereto prized them at. | RBUUTS hhiWc lelw hipaypl do, dan onso, if he acn rebemerm to aelvu the eppeol oerm ygihlh than he sha lvprouyies. |
MENENIUS Thats off, thats off; I would you rather had been silent. Please you To hear Cominius speak? | ESEUNMNI hTsat not teh itonp. I iwsh yuo dha bnee itlens. eslePa, liwl uoy tle inousCmi eapsk? |
BRUTUS 70 Most willingly; But yet my caution was more pertinent Than the rebuke you give it. | RTBUUS toMs ynilllgiw. Btu my uonctia aws reom ntirtmopa tnah uyo erazlie. |
MENENIUS He loves your people But tie him not to be their bedfellow. 75 Worthy Cominius, speak. | ENMENUSI He racse abtuo the mnmoco opelpe. utsJ tdon txeecp mih to be lsceylo vlnivode iwht hemt. thWory nsoCiumi, skeap. |
CORIOLANUS offers to go away | AINCOUSLRO serit to get up adn vleae. |
Nay, keep your place. | No, ytas ehrew you ear. |
FIRST SENATOR Sit, Coriolanus; never shame to hear What you have nobly done. | FRSIT TSAOERN Sti, oolCarnius. eervN be mrassbedrea to earh of ruyo olneb dsdee. |
CORIOLANUS Your horrors pardon: 80 I had rather have my wounds to heal again Than hear say how I got them. | OLIORANCUS Im rrsoy, yruo ohorn. Id earthr tle my nwsoud hlea anht earh owh I got temh. |
BRUTUS Sir, I hope My words disbenchd you not. | TUSBUR irS, I eoph my worsd intdd caseu uoy to teg up. |
CORIOLANUS No, sir: yet oft, 85 When blows have made me stay, I fled from words. You soothed not, therefore hurt not: but your people, I love them as they weigh. | AUSLNCIROO No, rsi. hileW I dont unr mfro sigthf, I do nteof run ofmr rspiea. utB uyo idtnd ftlarte me, so I nwast ddofnefe. tuB teh oepelp you rpstereen rea rhotw so etllit, so I arec so teitll tabuo thme. |
MENENIUS Pray now, sit down. | EUEINNSM aePesl, its nowd. |
CORIOLANUS 90 I had rather have one scratch my head i the sun When the alarum were struck than idly sit To hear my nothings monsterd. | OSRLAUNICO Id aerhtr let mnseoeo ctshrac my ehda in hte snu wnhe the ertuptm smsnmuo me to lbttea hatn ist ehre adn ielstn to my amlsl deesd be veor-dbselhemiel. |
Exit | He sexit. |
MENENIUS Masters of the people, Your multiplying spawn how can he flatter 95 Thats thousand to one good onewhen you now see He had rather venture all his limbs for honour Than one ons ears to hear it? Proceed, Cominius. | MEEUISNN eentpseseativRr of eth lopeep, uoyr ctuttoesinsn dperoeruc lla het etmi, nad htrese yoln eno oogd nam omang eyrev tdsoanuh of oehmhwt anc he latreft thme? ouY ese own ehd rtaehr iksr shi lehow ilef orf oronh hatn risk neo of shi easr to haer obtua it. Go on, usCimnio. |
COMINIUS I shall lack voice: the deeds of Coriolanus Should not be utterd feebly. It is held 100 That valour is the chiefest virtue, and Most dignifies the haver: if it be, The man I speak of cannot in the world Be singly counterpoised. At sixteen years, When Tarquin made a head for Rome, he fought 105 Beyond the mark of others: our then dictator, Whom with all praise I point at, saw him fight, When with his Amazonian chin he drove The bristled lips before him: be bestrid An oer-pressd Roman and i the consuls view 110 Slew three opposers: Tarquins self he met, And struck him on his knee: in that days feats, When he might act the woman in the scene, He proved best man i the field, and for his meed Was brow-bound with the oak. His pupil age 115 Man-enterd thus, he waxed like a sea, And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurchd all swords of the garland. For this last, Before and in Corioli, let me say, I cannot speak him home: he stoppd the fliers; 120 And by his rare example made the coward Turn terror into sport: as weeds before A vessel under sail, so men obeyd And fell below his stem: his sword, deaths stamp, Where it did mark, it took; from face to foot 125 He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries: alone he enterd The mortal gate of the city, which he painted With shunless destiny; aidless came off, And with a sudden reinforcement struck 130 Corioli like a planet: now alls his: When, by and by, the din of war gan pierce His ready sense; then straight his doubled spirit Re-quickend what in flesh was fatigate, And to the battle came he; where he did 135 Run reeking oer the lives of men, as if Twere a perpetual spoil: and till we calld Both field and city ours, he never stood To ease his breast with panting. | IOIMCSUN I wotn say hmuc. heT eedds of osnailroCu ltsnuhod be kopesn of hgllity. Ist llwe nowkn ahtt gaueocr is hte hshegti urivet nda brsnig het ihgtshe tginiyd to wrvohee sha it. ndA if ashtt rute, ehrets no one in het world ohw is ermo dgeinfdii ahnt het amn I speak of. At ega nexsite, ehnw Tiunraq ektdacta mRoe, ihs hgifting deexdcee eenovyre eslse. rOu emrrof adeerl, omwh I rrecenfee thwi lla ipesar, asw mhi igfht uosivryolict taigsna tdusla ewnh he wsa tills gyuno nda ahd a esbaslder hcni. He ordectept hte hdmeewlvroe nsaRmo dan as het nlocus caewdth, he deetafed eterh eeemnis. He goufth ruqniTa islefhm adn tbroguh imh to shi nkese. In atht yad of ngitighf, nhwe he swa ngouy enuogh to yalp a onamw on agset, he erdvop to be het sbet anm in teh edlif, nad he wsa wrdaeerd hitw a rladnga of kao. He eeerntd niot dnoaomh, gouthh he saw ltlis a ybo, wthi eth croef of a snirig teid. He sha edl hte akattc in eneestevn tbeslat incse nhte, adn he sha nwo het lnradga ovre hsi owlfel rsseliod verye eitm. As rfo iths tsal leattb, sidoteu of nda inwthi sroieClo, I veha no sorwd to cdbierse waht he idd. He pdsepot het aoRmn eeedsstrr dan by ish arre xeamelp emad teshe odrsawc ocmevore rehti frea dan omceeb rworirsa. heT men eyboed nda llfe eetbhna hsi wopr lkei easwv ateenhb a lotbiasa. ereWrhev he wunsg shi drwos, he darmke het nigs of thdea. rmFo daeh to ote he swa vrdcoee in odolb, dna sih yrvee ootmin asw eodlwlof by dyngi reisc. He redneet teh dedayl atge of het ctiy oeanl, dan he iepntda it whti the ooldb of heitr ieltvibean ytnedis. uotWtih lhep, he eterreatd, btu thwi a dundse surtb of reegny he edattkac eioCrlso thiw the reofc of a anletp. enTh the cyti was lal ish. tfAre a elwhi, as the soien of wra gneba to wear imh owdn, his sitirp eevadrgntriio his rtedi odyb, dan he meca akcb to the lbatte and nar uosfuyirl at the yenem, as if it erwe an seensdl shaureltg. He vreen deosptp to chcat his bahtre ntiul both the ifled and ycti were rous. |
MENENIUS Worthy man! | USMIENNE hortyW nma! |
FIRST SENATOR He cannot but with measure fit the honours 140 Which we devise him. | RSFTI NOSERAT He fiieeytdnl masursee up to teh rnosho we aevh for ihm. |
COMINIUS Our spoils he kickd at, And lookd upon things precious as they were The common muck of the world: he covets less Than misery itself would give; rewards 145 His deeds with doing them, and is content To spend the time to end it. | MSCONIUI He eeedrtjc ruo sopisl nda keodlo at eopuscir nhitgs as if yhet were het coonmm kucm of eth drwlo. He tnsedo iseedr nyihgtan. To ihm, idgno shi esdde is tsi onw eardwr, dna she paphy to edpns eth iemt to do the bjo ewll. |
MENENIUS Hes right noble: Let him be calld for. | SIUMENNE eHs evry loenb. etLs allc mhi erhe. |
FIRST SENATOR Call Coriolanus. | TSFIR ANOSETR laCl rlaCoinsuo. |
OFFICER 150 He doth appear. | RCFOIEF reeH he is. |
Re-enter CORIOLANUS | AOCUNSRIOL re-sentre. |
MENENIUS The senate, Coriolanus, are well pleased To make thee consul. | NMIESUNE runCioolsa, eht nteeSa is ryev yhppa to itadm you to the onuscl. |
CORIOLANUS I do owe them still My life and services. | RAOSNOULCI Ill ywaasl weo mthe my file nda erescisv. |
MENENIUS 155 It then remains That you do speak to the people. | ISNUNEME lAl htat misrane is rfo oyu to speak to teh polepe. |
CORIOLANUS I do beseech you, Let me oerleap that custom, for I cannot Put on the gown, stand naked and entreat them, 160 For my wounds sake, to give their suffrage: please you That I may pass this doing. | LOOISUCARN I ebg you, tel me ksip taht cutsmo. I atnc put on the ogwn, sadnt wtouthi an nrhtdseuir, dan ohsw ffo my dnuwos sujt so llteyh vteo for me. eePals tle me sspa on ngoid tshi. |
SICINIUS Sir, the people Must have their voices; neither will they bate One jot of ceremony. | SICUINIS iSr, teh eeolpp tsum haev iethr say, adn yhte wont aelve uto eon ibt of the cmroneey. |
MENENIUS 165 Put them not tot: Pray you, go fit you to the custom and Take to you, as your predecessors have, Your honour with your form. | IEMSUNNE nDto gfthi htem on tshi. Go hutorgh twhi shti cutosm dna tdsna hlorynboa as oyur oeecesrsrspd heav. |
CORIOLANUS It is apart 170 That I shall blush in acting, and might well Be taken from the people. | ANCUILOSOR Ill ushlb as I pyla thsi ptar. heT eeoppl wlli be ddeevcei. |
BRUTUS (to Sicinius) Mark you that? | TURSBU (to Siscuini) idD uoy arhe atth? |
CORIOLANUS To brag unto them, thus I did, and thus; Show them the unaching scars which I should hide, 175 As if I had received them for the hire Of their breath only! | IROONCSUAL To bgra of hte shgtin vIe eodn nda wosh tehm my dlo crssa, cihhw I oulsdh isdeha if Id eeidcrve htme olyn rfo the eolppe to sapg at! |
MENENIUS Do not stand upont. We recommend to you, tribunes of the people, Our purpose to them: and to our noble consul 180 Wish we all joy and honour. | NSMUNIEE Dnto siitsn on ihst. neTusbri of het loeppe, we sak hatt ouy emcdnomer oru lsopaorp to the eeoppl. ndA to our nlebo usnloc wish we lla yoj nda hroon. |
SENATORS To Coriolanus come all joy and honour! | EASSONTR yMa lla yoj dan hroon mcoe to uonliosraC! |
Flourish of cornets. Exeunt all but SICINIUS and BRUTUS | noSud of sttmrepu. vnryoeeE txise epxcte NIUIICSS nda USUBTR |
BRUTUS You see how he intends to use the people. | SUTBUR uoY see woh he ndtnsie to eus eth pleeop. |
SICINIUS May they perceives intent! He will require them, As if he did contemn what he requested 185 Should be in them to give. | UIICISSN yMa heyt knwo his nittoneisn! lHle aks ofr hriet psurpto vene ohhgut he thaes atht tsi in htrei opewr to vegi it. |
BRUTUS Come, well inform them Of our proceedings here: on the marketplace, I know, they do attend us. | STURUB sLte go nifrom mhet of awsht hpepadne rhee. I ownk yeetrh twaniig rfo us in hte ltekrcpaame. |
Exeunt | llA xtei. |