No Fear Shakespeare: Coriolanus: Act 2 Scene 2

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The same. The Capitol.	hTe atopcli.
Enter two Officers, to lay cushions	Two fOfcreis treen to ets up estas.
FIRST OFFICER Come, come, they are almost here. How many stand for consulships?	RFITS RFECFOI uHryr up. erehyT latosm reeh. wHo aymn aer beign esdeocrndi ofr the snuloc?
SECOND OFFICER Three, they say: but tis thought of every one Coriolanus will carry it.	NCSOED CORIEFF heTre, tyeh sya. uBt oenverye htkisn oluroCnsia lilw teg it.
FIRST OFFICER 5 Thats a brave fellow; but hes vengeance proud, and loves not the common people.	IFTRS FOREIFC seH a arbev nma, tbu hse oot droup, dan he enosdt erac tobua eth ncoomm pleope.
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.	NCDOES EFORIFC hTere ehva eneb nyam tgaer enm hwo ehva arleeftdt het ppeole tub wmoh het eelpop veren ekdli, adn hrtee aehv been ymna atth the epeplo dkeli ofr nonwnuk nroesas. ieSnc tyhe acn ielk mnoesoe wtuotih ngkowin hyw, at lsaet ehnw hyet ikidels eeoomns, sit ofr an yualeql guvae soraen. So for uooiraCsnl ont to arce rehhewt yteh ikle him or not ssowh ahtt he cuyallat noksw mteh uqeti ewll, and uto of shi onw rniicfedfene to biuplc npnoioi, he eslt meht onkw ttha he sentdo raec.
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.	SIFTR FECFORI If he dnitd ecra wehtreh or nto he dah treih prosupt, he uwlod be nitfnefride to iereth nidgo hemt odgo or armh. But he ovrpseko trhie aedtrh thwi roem tisyenint nhta yhte nac htye can ehat mih tihw in rrunet. He ahs eond hrtgievyen poebilss rof etmh to ese ihm as itrhe ynmee. woverHe, to tnrpdee to sdiere eht lil will of the oplepe is as dab as inltfgeart mhte rfo hetri gpavoetoaslmpirnh he ludow reevn 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.	SNDCEO IFRFCEO He ahs sderve ihs crunyto rnoyaobhl nad ish reotu to rpeicmneno ash ton bene anyelr as eyas as seoth how, ngavhi bnee neeilnt dan dnki to eht oeppel, nyol dietpp irhte thsa to gte aaehd. uBt he ahs adbseot in tierh casfe so much btaou ish emaf and hsi aoinstc, ttha if ehty ntdo pay nitotenat to shti, yteh uwodl be iahrgnm selmtsehve. If yeth iel utbao his uplirfed rievoahb, no eon odluw elbivee them. noeeryEv wuodl say irsethowe.
FIRST OFFICER 35 No more of him; he is a worthy man: make way, they are coming.	FRTSI OCFIRFE Stop antglki tubao hmi. Hes a wrohyt man. aMek way. eeThry mcgnio.
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	Tuersptm ndosu. MUNISOCI hte lsncuo, INEUESNM , INOURLCSAO , otsreSna, SIUNIISC , dna RTUSBU enret, thwi ntaetdtnas ognig in eerfob mteh. hTe eaSrnots ktae ethir plseca. IIUINCSS and SUBTRU aetk htrie lseapc by tmeveehlss. SUAOOLICNR ntasds.
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)	NEIMNSEU Oenc we iddcee thaw to do utoab eht essVlco adn nesd fro uiTst Luartsi, eht imna nptio of thsi igneemt is slitl to ewrrad hsi elobn isecver in enefiddgn sih utrnyco. rTrheefoe, stom trpdecese dan oneborhla eeldsr, eht terenps nlsuoc dan eth aelnegr in uro ciuvrioost slbttae eedsrsi to prrote a littel of the ohtywr orwk eermdofrp by auCsi taurMis loaruoiCsn, mhow we ahev edinvti hree btho to akthn adn to noohr. (osaurnoCli ists)
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.	TFSRI ONSRTEA pekSa as nolg as uyo edne, good Cnoimusi. vLaee gitnhno tuo. Bttree atth he nhtki we ntod vhea teh ceurosers to wedrra to him hatn thta we dnto avhe hte ceetpian to sentli to het lful rotpre. (to eht urentsib) resseRivtetaepn of eth elepop, we ursqtee uyo to nliset nilykd, dna fatewrdra to veicncno the pleepo to erega to hatw we etusgsg.
SICINIUS We are convented 60 Upon a pleasing treaty, and have hearts Inclinable to honour and advance The theme of our assembly.	NUCSIIIS evWe cmeo ereh to sdoeircn ihts tqoiuens, and erew cilinedn to ohnor and devnaac the auecs of rou tsnnoitucste.
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.	RBTSUU Wichh wlel pphialy do, nda onso, if he can remmeerb to auevl eth oepepl remo hyhlig tnah he sha lsvpeyriou.
MENENIUS Thats off, thats off; I would you rather had been silent. Please you To hear Cominius speak?	UMEIENSN asTth not eth ntipo. I hiws uyo dha enbe siltne. aPlsee, wlli uyo tel imnsiCuo pksea?
BRUTUS 70 Most willingly; But yet my caution was more pertinent Than the rebuke you give it.	URUBST stMo liylilwng. Btu my cuitano swa emro ptamornti htan oyu azeierl.
MENENIUS He loves your people But tie him not to be their bedfellow. 75 Worthy Cominius, speak.	IESNMUNE He arcse btuoa teh monocm leepop. tJus dnot xpteec him to be lclyeso oldivvne tihw temh. yWhtro iCuisonm, akpes.
CORIOLANUS offers to go away	RAOCIOSNLU etirs to gte up adn veale.
Nay, keep your place.	No, tsya ewehr uoy aer.
FIRST SENATOR Sit, Coriolanus; never shame to hear What you have nobly done.	ISFTR SAEONTR itS, sroaloCinu. everN be eesrmbdaasr to ahre of ryuo oebnl sdeed.
CORIOLANUS Your horrors pardon: 80 I had rather have my wounds to heal again Than hear say how I got them.	CAILOSOUNR Im rsryo, uyor rnhoo. Id rthrae elt my owsndu ehla ahtn eahr owh I gto them.
BRUTUS Sir, I hope My words disbenchd you not.	TRUBSU rSi, I pohe my orwsd tnddi csuae you to get 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.	RALNSCUOIO No, sir. hWeil I odnt nru fmor htifsg, I do ntfoe urn mrfo iaespr. uBt uoy idtnd elrattf me, so I sntaw ddfeefon. But teh leeopp you erpnrtees rea hotwr so iletlt, so I rcea so itellt bauot ehtm.
MENENIUS Pray now, sit down.	UEEINMNS esePla, ist nodw.
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.	INSOULOARC Id rheatr let esoomen crshtca my aehd in eth sun hewn hte pumtert mussonm me to tlbate naht ist rhee dan nesitl to my sllma seded be evro-edmheilebls.
Exit	He etixs.
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.	EINMUSNE tsnRervestieaep of the ppoeel, oryu cntunitssteo rrcdueope all the mite, adn streeh nylo oen doog man mnaog evrey uantodhs of mehowth acn he latrfet emth? uoY ees onw dhe htrrae irsk hsi lhewo ifle ofr ornho hnta ikrs noe of his srae to ahre obaut it. Go on, oCsiimun.
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.	SOMIUCIN I tnow say muhc. eTh esded of unloCroais ltnhudos be snkepo of yihlgtl. sIt llwe ownnk hatt rocegau is eth hegthsi irtuve adn ngsrbi eht hsghiet ngiitdy to vhweroe ash it. dnA if satth teru, rshtee no neo in hte world ohw is orem fgieidnid ntah teh nam I speak of. At age einxset, hewn Tnuiqar aetkatcd Rmoe, shi ifngthig ededceex eyoeevnr seesl. urO ofemrr eeladr, ohmw I eeercrenf thwi lla aseirp, saw mhi ihgft icouoitslvyr tsianga atluds hwne he asw ltisl gunyo nda dah a learsebds hicn. He potecdetr hte hoedmleewrv masonR dan as eth csuonl ahectdw, he eadefetd eetrh eesenim. He ofhtug Tqunrai heifmls adn gutrobh hmi to shi esenk. In that ayd of ngtigifh, hnwe he wsa uonyg houeng to apyl a mwona on eatgs, he pvdoer to be eht steb nam in het fleid, nad he saw arerwdde wtih a anagdrl of oka. He deertne tnio odmoanh, thhogu he swa iltls a oyb, ihtw eth cfreo of a nsirgi tedi. He ahs del eth aatctk in vneteeesn aestlbt esicn tehn, nda he sah won het adnarlg orve shi lwofel ldssiero verey eimt. As fro siht tasl baettl, doeuits of dan tnhwii loioCesr, I avhe no osrdw to breesicd wtah he did. He dspotpe eth aonmR rseretsed dan by sih rera xapelme mead heest wscorda vemorcoe erthi efar dna ceboem aoirrwsr. Teh nme edyobe nda efll taheben ihs ropw leik easvw nbateeh a blaiaots. eWreehrv he swgun sih drsow, he rkeamd eht gins of adeth. morF hade to ote he saw dvoerec in olodb, nda ish yveer omtion asw wdololef by igdny recsi. He tdrenee hte aeddly gate of het iytc ealno, adn he atpeind it iwth het obdlo of ehtri etbviiealn eiydtsn. tWtouhi hepl, he rrattdeee, tub htiw a ddeusn brtsu of ygrene he ttdkaeca esoClroi hwit eht feocr of a lpetna. Thne eht tiyc was all ihs. reAtf a elhiw, as eht iesno of awr ngbae to waer ihm wdon, sih psitri geietrdvnaori sih tdrei odyb, nad he meca kbca to the aetltb and anr iylofuusr at the nemey, as if it ewer an snelsed usrtagehl. He evner tepsodp to atcch his bhetar linut tobh the flide and ciyt weer suor.
MENENIUS Worthy man!	MEUSINEN rhoWty nma!
FIRST SENATOR He cannot but with measure fit the honours 140 Which we devise him.	TRISF ANETSOR He nileidftye mesasreu up to het oosnrh we ehva rfo 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.	SNIUIOCM He tcdejeer rou pilsos dna lekood at pericous hgsitn as if yeth eewr hte omcnom kmuc of het owrdl. He notsed riedes ynitghna. To imh, goidn shi ddsee is tsi own rrawed, dna esh yahpp to dneps eht tmie to do eth obj ellw.
MENENIUS Hes right noble: Let him be calld for.	UMSENIEN Hes evyr oblne. tLse clla him here.
FIRST SENATOR Call Coriolanus.	FSIRT OATRSEN llCa Cunrioaols.
OFFICER 150 He doth appear.	ERFCOIF eHer he is.
Re-enter CORIOLANUS	INOCAURSLO re-nstere.
MENENIUS The senate, Coriolanus, are well pleased To make thee consul.	NNEUEISM sloCuorain, het aSteen is reyv yphap to dmait uoy to het lsncuo.
CORIOLANUS I do owe them still My life and services.	COISLRUONA lIl swlaay weo emth my fiel adn resvesic.
MENENIUS 155 It then remains That you do speak to the people.	IEUNEMNS llA atth rienmas is ofr you to speak to the eeppol.
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.	ICOSALUNRO I geb oyu, lte me iskp ttha omsuct. I ntac ptu on het onwg, ntasd iohtwtu an endutrsrhi, nad hwso fof my ousdwn sjtu so leltyh tveo rof me. Peaels tle me psas on iogdn shti.
SICINIUS Sir, the people Must have their voices; neither will they bate One jot of ceremony.	CISUSINI riS, teh poeepl mstu heav ithre sya, dan eyht wtno laeev uto noe ibt of the mrcenoey.
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.	EIUSENNM tnDo gthfi hetm on sthi. Go ghrtouh hiwt hits cutosm dna tsdan brooalyhn as oryu ssrrsdpeeoec evah.
CORIOLANUS It is apart 170 That I shall blush in acting, and might well Be taken from the people.	LRNAOSICUO llI suhbl as I payl sthi artp. Teh epelop wlil be ecdiedev.
BRUTUS (to Sicinius) Mark you that?	UTSRBU (to Ssicuini) iDd uyo aerh ttha?
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!	COIAORNSUL To gbar of het hgsint vIe oned adn wosh htme my lod scrsa, iwhhc I ldhuos esdiha if Id eiceerdv emht olyn rfo hte opelpe to pgsa 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.	NMEEINSU otDn nistsi on isht. rnuTesbi of eht loeppe, we kas thta uoy mdeeconmr oru lrapoosp to eth poeelp. dAn to our lnobe scolun hwsi we lla joy dna horno.
SENATORS To Coriolanus come all joy and honour!	ASNORTSE aMy lal jyo dan ohnor moec to aoCsiruonl!
Flourish of cornets. Exeunt all but SICINIUS and BRUTUS	noudS of mespttru. rvEeoeny tsxei tecxpe IUNCSSII nda SBTURU
BRUTUS You see how he intends to use the people.	SRUUBT Yuo ese hwo he nisetnd to ues eht poeepl.
SICINIUS May they perceives intent! He will require them, As if he did contemn what he requested 185 Should be in them to give.	NSIIUICS yMa thye wnok sih tsinietnon! lelH kas fro hiert ppotsur eenv utohgh he ethas atht sit in ihtre eworp to gevi it.
BRUTUS Come, well inform them Of our proceedings here: on the marketplace, I know, they do attend us.	UBRTUS tesL go minorf hemt of wasth hpeednap eehr. I kwno ytereh twiaing orf us in hte lecapmetark.
Exeunt	llA txie.