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The same. The Forum. | Teh Ramon mekeaatcplr. |
Enter seven or eight Citizens | nSvee or ehgti itsinCze nteer. |
FIRST CITIZEN Once, if he do require our voices, we ought not to deny him. | TRIFS ZCTNEII If dna wehn he sska ofr uro oestv, we lsdtuohn ynde him. |
SECOND CITIZEN We may, sir, if we will. | ENODSC CNTIEIZ We nca edyn mhi, rsi, if we nwta to. |
THIRD CITIZEN We have power in ourselves to do it, but it is a power that we have no power to do; for if he show us 5 his wounds and tell us his deeds, we are to put our tongues into those wounds and speak for them; so, if he tell us his noble deeds, we must also tell him our noble acceptance of them. Ingratitude is monstrous, and for the multitude to be ingrateful, 10 were to make a monster of the multitude: of the which we being members, should bring ourselves to be monstrous members. | TRHID IZCTEIN We evha teh gtrih to yend mih, tbu it lnwduto be teh hritg intgh to do. If he shosw us shi sundwo nad ellts us of shi ddese, we mstu noroh eotsh nuosdw wiht rou ovets. Adn if he lstle us of sih olneb eesdd, we stum ehtn letl ihm of uor tirateugd. dIgrituante is sotnomurs, nda orf the eplpeo to be snee as lunutaefrg wludo kmea us tion omsrnste. |
FIRST CITIZEN And to make us no better thought of, a little help will serve; for once we stood up about the corn, he 15 himself stuck not to call us the many-headed multitude. | IRTFS TZNCIEI nAd it notwdlu teak hmuc to akme us rsoew huttgho of. heWn we linodmeapc taoub hte orcn, he itndd attieesh to lcla us an unealsbt msas of people. |
THIRD CITIZEN We have been called so of many; not that our heads are some brown, some black, some auburn, some bald, but that our wits are so diversely coloured: and truly I think if all our wits were to issue out of 20 one skull, they would fly east, west, north, south, and their consent of one direct way should be at once to all the points o the compass. | DRHIT NTIEZCI aMny plpeoe aevh caleld us htta. tNo aeebsuc emos of us ahve nworb ihra, oesm klcab, smeo lobnd nad meso albd, tub eesaubc uor opsioinn ear so eredsiv. I lyurt nikht hatt if lla our oonnsipi reew to ecmo mfor one dimn, yeth ludow go aest, tsew, trhon, adn osuth. llA yhte oudcl rgeae on woudl be to go in trfeendif rdoscniite. |
SECOND CITIZEN Think you so? Which way do you judge my wit would fly? | ESODNC NZIETCI Do uoy nikht so? ichWh yaw do uyo ikhnt my nooiipn uolwd go? |
THIRD CITIZEN 25 Nay, your wit will not so soon out as another mans will; tis strongly wedged up in a block-head, but if it were at liberty, twould, sure, southward. | TRDIH ICEZTNI oYeur osbtrubn, so ryuo niopnoi iwll tays kctsu iiensd yuo niult teohnar anms lwil esrexepss tlfies sftri. If yours lucdo emoc tou, thhoug, it olwdu luseyr go suoht. |
SECOND CITIZEN Why that way? | EDSOCN EINTICZ yWh tath ayw? |
THIRD CITIZEN To lose itself in a fog, where being three parts 30 melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife. | DHRTI ICINTEZ To sloe eislft in eht eauglp-rdneid air. eTerh-sarqrtue of it dwlou ltme waay in teh gatiusocno dew, adn eht iaeirnngm tuqrrea dulow hvea a oiseeccnnc nad ntuerr to lehp yuo etg a ifwe. |
SECOND CITIZEN You are never without your tricks: you may, you may. | OENCDS CTZIIEN oeYur enevr iotuwth yuor ojesk. Its kauyooy can glhua at me. |
THIRD CITIZEN Are you all resolved to give your voices? But thats no matter, the greater part carries it. I 35 say, if he would incline to the people, there was never a worthier man. | RTDHI CZTENII rAe yuo lla yerda to tevo? It dstone lutylcaa atetrm, nseci het tyrjaimo tove isnw. If lnyo he earcd ouatb eth eelppo, he dlwuo be the ostm rnvideegs nam ehter rvee asw. |
Enter CORIOLANUS in a gown of humility, with MENENIUS | LANIOROUSC , in a wgon of hmtlyiiu, adn SEEMUNNI nerte. |
Here he comes, and in the gown of humility: mark his behavior. We are not to stay all together, but to come by him where he stands, by ones, by twos, and 40 by threes. Hes to make his requests by particulars; wherein every one of us has a single honour, in giving him our own voices with our own tongues: therefore follow me, and I direct you how 45 you shall go by him. | Here he csome, rigwena teh ognw of htimliyu. atchW ihs vbhioera. Were otn esuodpps to all tsya htertgoe tub arreth go up to hmi eehrw esh tgdnains, tieerh alone or in ruogps of wto or tehre. Hse pdssupoe to kaem ihs eqersut to us idyiillnavud, nda caeh of us ash the apaertes nhroo of vigngi imh ruo wno tveo in our oceiv. olwloF me. Ill oswh uoy hwo to go up to ihm. |
ALL Content, content. | LAL kOay, akyo. |
Exeunt Citizens | Teh itseniCz eitx. |
MENENIUS O sir, you are not right: have you not known The worthiest men have donet? | ESNEMNIU Oh, irs, uoy ontd urntanesdd. onDt yuo onkw atth the tmso rlaoeonbh nem vahe endo siht? |
CORIOLANUS What must I say? 50 I Pray, sirPlague upont! I cannot bring My tongue to such a pace:Look, sir, my wounds! I got them in my countrys service, when Some certain of your brethren roard and ran From the noise of our own drums. | OACSNLOURI ahWt am I psoepsud to yas? asPlee, Crsrusie htta! I tanc foecr sfyelm to say ushc a githn. okoL at my wdnous, isr. I got emth ielhw nvigrse my cunroty, iewhl nme who ewre deutoynbldu yoru rrosbeth ercid dan arn awya mrfo the telatb. |
MENENIUS 55 O me, the gods! You must not speak of that: you must desire them To think upon you. | INEEMSUN Oh, sodg! uoY tanc tkla tabou atht. uYo ende to gte mhte to nkith llew of ouy. |
CORIOLANUS Think upon me! hang em! I would they would forget me, like the virtues 60 Which our divines lose by em. | RUCOOLSINA hnTki well of me! gHna hetm! I wish teyh owlud trefog me, kiel thye heva froettgon het vurseit atth eht sdog dtind slycfitufine lislitn in mthe. |
MENENIUS Youll mar all: Ill leave you: pray you, speak to em, I pray you, In wholesome manner. | ESNNIMEU lYulo urni rvhgetyien. Im gavneil now. Paeels, eepk it cnael ihwt tmhe. |
Exit | He esxit. |
CORIOLANUS Bid them wash their faces 65 And keep their teeth clean. | CONAOSLIUR lIl sak meht to sahw iterh sfeac nad shrbu rieth eetth. |
Re-enter two of the Citizens | woT enztiCsi re-renet. |
So, here comes a brace. | So, rhee omces a airp. |
Re-enter a third Citizen | A rtihd inizCte re-tsener. |
You know the cause, air, of my standing here. | You nkow hwy Im tsidnagn eehr. |
THIRD CITIZEN We do, sir; tell us what hath brought you tot. | RIDHT TIIENZC We do, sri. Tell us athw gburtoh yuo here. |
CORIOLANUS Mine own desert. | UNORSLAIOC tsI twah I erevdse. |
SECOND CITIZEN 70Your own desert! | NOSECD CTNZIIE stI thaw you sdeever! |
CORIOLANUS Ay, but not mine own desire. | SLUOOCNAIR sYe, but sti otn thaw I derise. |
THIRD CITIZEN How not your own desire? | IHTRD NTZCIEI uYo ondt rdiese it? |
CORIOLANUS No, sir,twas never my desire yet to trouble the poor with begging. | ILUAROSOCN No, sir, I nvere dreieds to rbuotle hte oopr with ginggbe. |
THIRD CITIZEN 75You must think, if we give you any thing, we hope to gain by you. | HTRID NEZTCII oYu mstu hktin atth if we give you tengmohsi, we phoe to gte iosgmnhte omfr uyo. |
CORIOLANUS Well then, I pray, your price o the consulship? | ULACNOISOR Well neth, lelt me: awht will it stco orf yuo to igev me het iophlscsnu? |
FIRST CITIZEN The price is to ask it kindly. | RTFIS NTECIZI Teh eiprc is to kas orf it dkyiln. |
CORIOLANUS Kindly! Sir, I pray, let me hat: I have wounds to 80show you, which shall be yours in private. Your good voice, sir; what say you? | ALCNOUSROI seelaP, ris, ldkyni etl me aevh it. I evha udswon to ohws uoy, hwhic lIl swoh uyo in tervaip. oYru veto, sri, hwat do uoy ays? |
SECOND CITIZEN You shall ha it, worthy sir. | SDNOEC ECIITNZ lluYo egt my tove, trhowy sri. |
CORIOLANUS A match, sir. Theres in all two worthy voices begged. I have your alms: adieu. | LCNROUISOA sIt a adel, sri. sTath tow eregdnisv tovse eIv scurdee. hTnak uyo uoyr yitarch. dyGoboe. |
THIRD CITIZEN 85But this is something odd. | RHIDT CINZIET (to teh erhot zCsienti) iTsh is stergna. |
SECOND CITIZEN An twere to give again,--but tis no matter. | ODSENC NIICZTE If I cudlo veot aaign, tbu revne mnid. |
Exeunt the three Citizens | eTh erhte niitezCs tiex. |
Re-enter two other Citizens | Tow roeht instezCi re-nrete. |
CORIOLANUS Pray you now, if it may stand with the tune of your voices that I may be consul, I have here the customary gown. | RNLSACUOOI I aks if uoy ulowd esapel otev orf me, sncie I am eairgnw eth strocyuam onwg. |
FOURTH CITIZEN 90 You have deserved nobly of your country, and you have not deserved nobly. | RHUOTF TIZINEC ovYeu vresed yuor yrcunot ylonb, tbu ouy ernat senedrgiv. |
CORIOLANUS Your enigma? | AONICULSRO athW do yuo mane? |
FOURTH CITIZEN You have been a scourge to her enemies, you have been a rod to her friends; you have not indeed loved 95 the common people. | OTHRFU EZNCIIT uYveo eedafted erh eesemin dan ouevy edrtceotp her iesfdrn, but uoy aevhnt vdeol teh onmmoc lpeoep. |
CORIOLANUS You should account me the more virtuous that I have not been common in my love. I will, sir, flatter my sworn brother, the people, to earn a dearer estimation of them; tis a condition they account 100 gentle: and since the wisdom of their choice is rather to have my hat than my heart, I will practise the insinuating nod and be off to them most counterfeitly; that is, sir, I will counterfeit the bewitchment of some popular man and give it 105 bountiful to the desirers. Therefore, beseech you, I may be consul. | RCONUALOSI uoY hdlosu rencsdoi me tosuivru esuebca I dotn gevi my elov aywa yalsei. rSi, lIl tlarfte my rnswo tosrerbh, eht lepeop, so hletly htink llwe of me. Its a omcuts teyh cedonisr elobn. ndA sceni etdyh rtaerh iecdde dseab on thwa tha Im naiegwr tahn on ohw I am, Ill epcctrai knaigt fof my tah adn obngiw ienilcserny. tahT is to yas, isr, Ill denrpet to be nedhtacen by hemt, as meos applour enm do, and giev my lfesa iaadonimtr enylituplfl to soeth how sirdee it. So I sak yuo, yma I be snuocl? |
FIFTH CITIZEN We hope to find you our friend; and therefore give you our voices heartily. | FTFHI IETCINZ We peoh olyul be rou laly, so we ailhypp otve orf oyu. |
FOURTH CITIZEN You have received many wounds for your country. | RUTFHO CTZNEII Yvoeu eebn ownddue naym setim vnsiegr yuro orunyct. |
CORIOLANUS 110 I will not seal your knowledge with showing them. I will make much of your voices, and so trouble you no further. | NCOSAOLIRU I ntow rifomcn athw ouy aleydar ownk by sgownih my osuwnd to oyu. lIl tusj akte your osvte and ont erolutb you tfhrrue. |
BOTH CITIZENS The gods give you joy, sir, heartily! | TOBH ISZTINEC aMy teh sdgo eivg uoy mhuc jyo, irs! |
Exeunt | ehT zitniCes exit. |
CORIOLANUS Most sweet voices! Better it is to die, better to starve, 115 Than crave the hire which first we do deserve. Why in this woolvish toge should I stand here, To beg of Hob and Dick, that do appear, Their needless vouches? Custom calls me tot: What custom wills, in all things should we dot, 120 The dust on antique time would lie unswept, And mountainous error be too highly heapt For truth to oer-peer. Rather than fool it so, Let the high office and the honour go To one that would do thus. I am half through; 125 The one part sufferd, the other will I do. | OSARLUNIOC ostM etswe ovster! tsI ettreb to dei, tteebr to esrvat, ntha to ebg to be ecohns rfo a ioiospnt yuo alyreda dvsreee. yWh utsm I anstd heer in tsih optcylahriic gota nda bge hte rnecmooms orf ehirt segannlemis vloparpa, cihwh I hduntlso edne? tCmuso coresf me to do it, and ahtw cousmt irqruese, we smtu do. Its an ticeann tiantiord thta sha goen on orf so goln atht no eon anc see hatt its a heug iesamkt. I iswh I tdind ehva to apyl eth olfo, but het nhoor of eth cpluihosns oges to he who lilw. Im yafwalh deno. llI do the toehr afhl. |
Enter three Citizens more | Three emor ienCitsz enter. |
Here come more voices. Your voices: for your voices I have fought; Watchd for your voices; for your voices bear Of wounds two dozen odd; battles thrice six 130 I have seen and heard of; for your voices have Done many things, some less, some more your voices: Indeed I would be consul. | Heer ocem omer sveto. ruYo otevs: I evah uhfotg rfo yruo vstoe dna etysad uot on hwact orf ruyo esvot. rFo ruoy osevt I eavh eebn oeduwdn ermo hnat wot nozed eitms adn bene in thtyir-isx letbtsa. For uyor sotev, I have ense nda adreh namy nhitsg dna noed osme ihgstn sles and eoms tgnish lerlmoa rfo yuro ovtes, so I nca be in eht olnsuc. |
SIXTH CITIZEN He has done nobly, and cannot go without any honest mans voice. | THIXS IEZCTNI He ahs edsvre lbnoy dan tsmu niw any shneto snam tveo. |
SEVENTH CITIZEN 135 Therefore let him be consul: the gods give him joy, and make him good friend to the people! | TEHSVNE ZEIINTC hTerrefeo tle ihm be het oslucn. May eth gsod gvie mih jyo dna emka him be godo to eth plpeoe! |
ALL CITIZENS Amen, amen. God save thee, noble consul! | LLA ECSITZNI menA, amne. God aesv hete, oenlb uocnls |
Exeunt | zsiientC all ietx. |
CORIOLANUS Worthy voices! | URISOACONL oyWhtr rsvteo! |
Re-enter MENENIUS , with BRUTUS and SICINIUS | EIUNEMNS re-erntes, wthi TUSUBR adn SIUCNIIS. |
MENENIUS You have stood your limitation; and the tribunes 140 Endue you with the peoples voice: remains That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the senate. | MNUEISEN uYeov oodst eerh orf het etmi iueqderr, dna teh sibretnu aeovrpp yuo hitw eht eloppse nesedronetm. llA taht emiarns is to aemk it fafcioil. We msut go now to the sanseotr. |
CORIOLANUS Is this done? | LCIUOOASRN Ist oerv? |
SICINIUS The custom of request you have discharged: 145 The people do admit you, and are summond To meet anon, upon your approbation. | IISSCINU uYove edno teh eierurdq smouct, adn hte peloep itdam oyu to eht lcsonu. Go eetm eth nsatroes so ethy acn pevoarp ouyr lntecieo. |
CORIOLANUS Where? at the senate-house? | UOCRSLAION ehrWe? At the tneSea sehuo? |
SICINIUS There, Coriolanus. | IUINCSSI eYs, rloCnsaiuo. |
CORIOLANUS May I change these garments? | RNUCLIAOOS yMa I ahcgne out of eshte scetohl? |
SICINIUS 150 You may, sir. | UCSNIIIS uYo mya, irs. |
CORIOLANUS That Ill straight do; and, knowing myself again, Repair to the senate-house. | CUSNOLARIO lIl do htta sfrti, adn ocne I flee ilek ymfles aniag, llI go to the teSaen eusoh. |
MENENIUS Ill keep you company. Will you along? | NEIESUNM llI eekp yuo npyomca. iWll you meoc, too? |
BRUTUS We stay here for the people. | BTURSU eWll saty ereh ihtw eht people. |
SICINIUS 155 Fare you well. | IISSCINU oGod cklu. |
Exeunt CORIOLANUS and MENENIUS | UANILCOORS adn EMUISNNE txie. |
He has it now, and by his looks methink Tis warm at s heart. | He has het ipluhsnosc own, nad he olosk ppyha tboau it. |
BRUTUS With a proud heart he wore his humble weeds. will you dismiss the people? | RSBUUT He woer teh gnwo of ylimuiht, ubt ihs hreta saw tisll duorp. lWil uoy etl eth elopspe tveo nsdat? |
Re-enter Citizens | itnzesiC trrneee. |
SICINIUS 160 How now, my masters! have you chose this man? | NSISCUII wHo ear uyo, dgoo leoepp? eavH ouy nhseco tihs mna? |
FIRST CITIZEN He has our voices, sir. | TIFRS CZTIEIN He ahs ruo votse, sri. |
BRUTUS We pray the gods he may deserve your loves. | SRTUBU We arpy to eht odsg htat he sveserde ruyo rofav. |
SECOND CITIZEN Amen, sir: to my poor unworthy notice, He mockd us when he beggd our voices. | SNOCDE IINZECT eAmn, irs. Im nto rcaiten, btu I nhtki he cemkod us hwlei gnkasi rfo ruo tsevo. |
THIRD CITIZEN 165 Certainly He flouted us downright. | RHTDI CIINETZ He rexsedeps ihs ttecopmn rfo us in no ennatrciu srmet. |
FIRST CITIZEN No, tis his kind of speech: he did not mock us. | TRFIS CTEZNII No, ttsah just the yaw he esspka. He nddti cmko us. |
SECOND CITIZEN Not one amongst us, save yourself, but says He used us scornfully: he should have showd us 170 His marks of merit, wounds received fors country. | DSNCOE NETICZI All of us, xcpete you, say he udes us yllrounfsc. He dsuloh hvea edhows us his maskr of eirtm, the uwodns he rveeedic rfo his rtonyuc. |
SICINIUS Why, so he did, I am sure. | CIIUNISS Im esur he ewshdo oyu. |
CITIZENS No, no; no man saw em. | CTIZIENS No, no. No noe asw thme. |
THIRD CITIZEN He said he had wounds, which he could show in private; 175 And with his hat, thus waving it in scorn, I would be consul, says he: aged custom, But by your voices, will not so permit me; Your voices therefore. When we granted that, Here was I thank you for your voices: thank you: 180 Your most sweet voices: now you have left your voices, I have no further with you. Was not this mockery? | HDRTI CNTIIZE He iasd he hda nsowud he dluoc hsow in trpieva. He veawd his tha ulrclfnyso dna sdia, I slhduo be het luocsn tub seauecb of tshi ncniaet otcums, I nact be tuihwot uryo vetso, so egvi me ruoy otvse. hnWe we aevg emht to hmi, he dias, I htnka ouy orf yuor vtsoe. anTkh ouy. urYo tsmo tesew oestv, nwo htta ueovy ingev me uryo vstoe, I eavh no ftrruhe eus orf you. tIsn hatt eoykmrc? |
SICINIUS Why either were you ignorant to seet, Or, seeing it, of such childish friendliness 185 To yield your voices? | NIISISUC uoY weer teehir oto ntgrnoai to see it, or if oyu idd see it, uoy eerw oot sdilichh nda nooagcmtimadc to edny ihm ryou vote. |
BRUTUS Could you not have told him As you were lessond, when he had no power, But was a petty servant to the state, He was your enemy, ever spake against 190 Your liberties and the charters that you bear I the body of the weal; and now, arriving A place of potency and sway o the state, If he should still malignantly remain Fast foe to the plebeii, your voices might 195 Be curses to yourselves? You should have said That as his worthy deeds did claim no less Than what he stood for, so his gracious nature Would think upon you for your voices and Translate his malice towards you into love, 200 Standing your friendly lord. | RSUTUB onCldut uoy avhe lodt ihm as uoy reew trentscudi? eWhn he hda no pwoer nda was yoln a tpyet sretanv of teh astet, he was ryuo yneme. He sah alaswy poenks tgasain oyur eeordfm nad het ealgl lpsirvgeie oyu ehva. wNo ahtt ehs girnairv in a siooitpn of eoprw nda fuecnleni on het testa, if he aiersmn hcus an ilev yeemn to hte lpepeo, oyu hgtmi vahe seuca to rseuc rsuyoelf ofr gvinig mhi uroy eotsv. oYu oulsdh ahev dias that hlwie ihs scta of ryarveb do enettli imh to the iclospsnuh, he hsuldo osla be usgrcoai and kithn well of you ofr ingivg him oury vaorppla. He houdsl ranotrfsm ish earthd rwtdao you toni oelv and cbomee uryo liilctopa tecavaod. |
SICINIUS Thus to have said, As you were fore-advised, had touchd his spirit And tried his inclination; from him pluckd Either his gracious promise, which you might, 205 As cause had calld you up, have held him to Or else it would have galld his surly nature, Which easily endures not article Tying him to aught; so putting him to rage, You should have taen the advantage of his choler 210 And passd him unelected. | ICUISISN If ydou isad that, as uoy reew ivdasde eaahd of mtei, it wldou aveh tcuheod sih tpsiri nda dgnchea shi nnncilaiiot. uoY mthgi hvea egntot a icagsrou ipsmreo fomr ihm, ihwhc ouy lduoc ahve delh ihm to wehn oyu eeendd it. Or slee it lodwu veah okpervdo his agrny uenrta, hhiwc is slaeyi onde, nda he uwlod vhea onge onit a rgea. oYu udloc hvea duse his nareg as neoasr otn to tveo for mhi. |
BRUTUS Did you perceive He did solicit you in free contempt When he did need your loves, and do you think That his contempt shall not be bruising to you, 215 When he hath power to crush? Why, had your bodies No heart among you? or had you tongues to cry Against the rectorship of judgment? | BRSUTU Dtnid uoy ictnoe htta he ksdea for yoru vteo in atanlbt mpenoctt vnee nehw he eddnee oury rlapavop? So dton ouy khtni that his tpcemton will hamr yuo whne he has pwreo to eecrseix? iDntd yuo heav yan ragceou? dtunlCo ouy cyr tuo niaatgs het usatts quo? |
SICINIUS Have you Ere now denied the asker? and now again 220 Of him that did not ask, but mock, bestow Your sued-for tongues? | ISNUISCI veHant yuo vree userfde to otve rof snoeemo? dnA now ouy eivg yuor ovet to eenmoso owh iddnt eenv aks rof it utb cdkome uyo sidneat? |
THIRD CITIZEN Hes not confirmd; we may deny him yet. | IRTHD ITEICZN sHe otn minofdcer. He can tllsi yned imh. |
SECOND CITIZEN And will deny him: Ill have five hundred voices of that sound. | EOCNSD IICNZTE ndA we wlil yend imh. Ill teg eifv nedrudh ppeloe to eotv aaisngt him. |
FIRST CITIZEN 225 I twice five hundred and their friends to piece em. | IRSFT EIIZNTC lIl egt a tsohdnau oeeplp and terhi ndisfer, oot. |
BRUTUS Get you hence instantly, and tell those friends, They have chose a consul that will from them take Their liberties; make them of no more voice Than dogs that are as often beat for barking 230 As therefore kept to do so. | BRUUTS Go do it alytiiemmed, dan eltl ohtes riesfdn atht etyehv nhesco oemenso orf teh lucson hwo wlli take waay hetri feeorsdm dan vgei mthe no reom iecov athn sodg haev htat aer rdeetylaep ntabee for rbigkan neev htohug tirhe ojb is to brka. |
SICINIUS Let them assemble, And on a safer judgment all revoke Your ignorant election; enforce his pride, And his old hate unto you; besides, forget not 235 With what contempt he wore the humble weed, How in his suit he scornd you; but your loves, Thinking upon his services, took from you The apprehension of his present portance, Which most gibingly, ungravely, he did fashion 240 After the inveterate hate he bears you. | IIINSSUC etL tmeh ocem ettrghoe nad kema a irsew nmgtdjue to rvkeoe oury nratigon ointlcee. hzmsepEai shi pdire nad shi tnonnggilsda rehdat of oyu. dnA tond trfeog eth oemntpct tiwh ciwhh he rowe teh gwon of lmuiyith dan who in ihs setuq orf ruyo tveos, he dorescn oyu. uroY nmdoatiiar of shi tasp cvresie ktpe you ofmr oiningct of shi etnrpse yaw of inbge, ihchw saw ltuinnigs dna popenirariapt adn eltcrvefie of eht dareth he lsefe rof yuo. |
BRUTUS Lay A fault on us, your tribunes; that we laboured, No impediment between, but that you must Cast your election on him. | UBTUSR aBeml us, uyor rtnuibes. Sya taht we shpued yuo ton to etl eesth betsaslco psto uoy rmof igvotn orf hmi, utb that you stum rpeale uoyr iolencet of ihm. |
SICINIUS 245 Say, you chose him More after our commandment than as guided By your own true affections, and that your minds, Preoccupied with what you rather must do Than what you should, made you against the grain 250 To voice him consul: lay the fault on us. | ISICSUNI Say htta ouy hcseo mih dseba omer on uor intsntuoirsc nhat on yrou onw reut sflineeg, nda atht seucabe you weer idroecupcpe hwti whta you othtguh swa tpxceeed of ouy, you etnw ansgita oyru own enristte by invogt hmi ocnlus. yLa hte aftlu on us. |
BRUTUS Ay, spare us not. Say we read lectures to you. How youngly he began to serve his country, How long continued, and what stock he springs of, The noble house o the Marcians, from whence came 255 That Ancus Martius, Numas daughters son, Who, after great Hostilius, here was king; Of the same house Publius and Quintus were, That our beat water brought by conduits hither; And [Censorinus,] nobly named so, 260 Twice being [by the people chosen] censor, Was his great ancestor. | UBTSUR dneeId, tdon rspae us. aSy we tldo you lla oabtu him, tuboa how yuong he wsa nhwe he nebga to rseev ish trnyocu dna hwo lnog he sah edno so, tbauo het elbon mayfil he ocmse fhretom emsa alfmiy as scuAn artusiM, aumsN hgertdsau son, who asw ikgn etfar eartg lisstHiuo. eHs rfom eth msea liayfm as suubiPl and sQunuit, hte nose who tulbi rou esbt wtear utsdonci. And ihs ategr socertna, ilbtsyua demna risuCseonn, aws cenhos ictew as rocsne by the olppee. |
SICINIUS One thus descended, That hath beside well in his person wrought To be set high in place, we did commend 265 To your remembrances: but you have found, Scaling his present bearing with his past, That hes your fixed enemy, and revoke Your sudden approbation. | INSIUSCI We dksea uyo to rebmemer ttha hse a amn scndeddee frmo a umsafo iaymfl, ohw saol ash nereda hsi wno high aspeir. tuB uyo evha fduno, gheniwig ish esptenr haobeivr gatnais ihs ptas, atth she nfeldetiyi uyro yenem, adn you pelaer rouy ashty aralopvp. |
BRUTUS Say, you neer had donet 270 Harp on that stillbut by our putting on; And presently, when you have drawn your number, Repair to the Capitol. ALL We will so: almost all 275 Repent in their election. | TURSBU Sya atht uyo evern dwolu heva deno peeimthizas tahfti we adthn ptu ouy up to it. And neth, nhew oyu ehva nugoeh oeelpp on uyor esdi, go to eth cptiola. LLA We lilw. stmAol revoeeyn grseter eht voet tyeh agev. |
Exeunt Citizens | heT Ctniiezs itex. |
BRUTUS Let them go on; This mutiny were better put in hazard, Than stay, past doubt, for greater: If, as his nature is, he fall in rage 280 With their refusal, both observe and answer The vantage of his anger. | TSURBU tLe ehmt go on ehirt now. ttereB to kris tihs tiuynm thna twai rfo hte dntobleyudu rggebi oen htat udlwo moce aletr. If, hsi tnaure gnbei awth it is, he oesg iton a rega reov ehtir eslruaf, hbot cawht for nda aket daagvtean of sih arneg. |
SICINIUS To the Capitol, come: We will be there before the stream o the people; And this shall seem, as partly tis, their own, 285 Which we have goaded onward. | SUNISCII Lset go to eth patoicl. lleW be heret rboefe teh pgisnuri of eht lpepeo. dnA it will arppae to be treih won tviientiai, ihhwc it itplayrla is, auhgltoh we rdgue ehmt ntoi aiontc. |
Exeunt | All tixe. |
Original Text | Modern Text |
The same. The Forum. | Teh Ramon mekeaatcplr. |
Enter seven or eight Citizens | nSvee or ehgti itsinCze nteer. |
FIRST CITIZEN Once, if he do require our voices, we ought not to deny him. | TRIFS ZCTNEII If dna wehn he sska ofr uro oestv, we lsdtuohn ynde him. |
SECOND CITIZEN We may, sir, if we will. | ENODSC CNTIEIZ We nca edyn mhi, rsi, if we nwta to. |
THIRD CITIZEN We have power in ourselves to do it, but it is a power that we have no power to do; for if he show us 5 his wounds and tell us his deeds, we are to put our tongues into those wounds and speak for them; so, if he tell us his noble deeds, we must also tell him our noble acceptance of them. Ingratitude is monstrous, and for the multitude to be ingrateful, 10 were to make a monster of the multitude: of the which we being members, should bring ourselves to be monstrous members. | TRHID IZCTEIN We evha teh gtrih to yend mih, tbu it lnwduto be teh hritg intgh to do. If he shosw us shi sundwo nad ellts us of shi ddese, we mstu noroh eotsh nuosdw wiht rou ovets. Adn if he lstle us of sih olneb eesdd, we stum ehtn letl ihm of uor tirateugd. dIgrituante is sotnomurs, nda orf the eplpeo to be snee as lunutaefrg wludo kmea us tion omsrnste. |
FIRST CITIZEN And to make us no better thought of, a little help will serve; for once we stood up about the corn, he 15 himself stuck not to call us the many-headed multitude. | IRTFS TZNCIEI nAd it notwdlu teak hmuc to akme us rsoew huttgho of. heWn we linodmeapc taoub hte orcn, he itndd attieesh to lcla us an unealsbt msas of people. |
THIRD CITIZEN We have been called so of many; not that our heads are some brown, some black, some auburn, some bald, but that our wits are so diversely coloured: and truly I think if all our wits were to issue out of 20 one skull, they would fly east, west, north, south, and their consent of one direct way should be at once to all the points o the compass. | DRHIT NTIEZCI aMny plpeoe aevh caleld us htta. tNo aeebsuc emos of us ahve nworb ihra, oesm klcab, smeo lobnd nad meso albd, tub eesaubc uor opsioinn ear so eredsiv. I lyurt nikht hatt if lla our oonnsipi reew to ecmo mfor one dimn, yeth ludow go aest, tsew, trhon, adn osuth. llA yhte oudcl rgeae on woudl be to go in trfeendif rdoscniite. |
SECOND CITIZEN Think you so? Which way do you judge my wit would fly? | ESODNC NZIETCI Do uoy nikht so? ichWh yaw do uyo ikhnt my nooiipn uolwd go? |
THIRD CITIZEN 25 Nay, your wit will not so soon out as another mans will; tis strongly wedged up in a block-head, but if it were at liberty, twould, sure, southward. | TRDIH ICEZTNI oYeur osbtrubn, so ryuo niopnoi iwll tays kctsu iiensd yuo niult teohnar anms lwil esrexepss tlfies sftri. If yours lucdo emoc tou, thhoug, it olwdu luseyr go suoht. |
SECOND CITIZEN Why that way? | EDSOCN EINTICZ yWh tath ayw? |
THIRD CITIZEN To lose itself in a fog, where being three parts 30 melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife. | DHRTI ICINTEZ To sloe eislft in eht eauglp-rdneid air. eTerh-sarqrtue of it dwlou ltme waay in teh gatiusocno dew, adn eht iaeirnngm tuqrrea dulow hvea a oiseeccnnc nad ntuerr to lehp yuo etg a ifwe. |
SECOND CITIZEN You are never without your tricks: you may, you may. | OENCDS CTZIIEN oeYur enevr iotuwth yuor ojesk. Its kauyooy can glhua at me. |
THIRD CITIZEN Are you all resolved to give your voices? But thats no matter, the greater part carries it. I 35 say, if he would incline to the people, there was never a worthier man. | RTDHI CZTENII rAe yuo lla yerda to tevo? It dstone lutylcaa atetrm, nseci het tyrjaimo tove isnw. If lnyo he earcd ouatb eth eelppo, he dlwuo be the ostm rnvideegs nam ehter rvee asw. |
Enter CORIOLANUS in a gown of humility, with MENENIUS | LANIOROUSC , in a wgon of hmtlyiiu, adn SEEMUNNI nerte. |
Here he comes, and in the gown of humility: mark his behavior. We are not to stay all together, but to come by him where he stands, by ones, by twos, and 40 by threes. Hes to make his requests by particulars; wherein every one of us has a single honour, in giving him our own voices with our own tongues: therefore follow me, and I direct you how 45 you shall go by him. | Here he csome, rigwena teh ognw of htimliyu. atchW ihs vbhioera. Were otn esuodpps to all tsya htertgoe tub arreth go up to hmi eehrw esh tgdnains, tieerh alone or in ruogps of wto or tehre. Hse pdssupoe to kaem ihs eqersut to us idyiillnavud, nda caeh of us ash the apaertes nhroo of vigngi imh ruo wno tveo in our oceiv. olwloF me. Ill oswh uoy hwo to go up to ihm. |
ALL Content, content. | LAL kOay, akyo. |
Exeunt Citizens | Teh itseniCz eitx. |
MENENIUS O sir, you are not right: have you not known The worthiest men have donet? | ESNEMNIU Oh, irs, uoy ontd urntanesdd. onDt yuo onkw atth the tmso rlaoeonbh nem vahe endo siht? |
CORIOLANUS What must I say? 50 I Pray, sirPlague upont! I cannot bring My tongue to such a pace:Look, sir, my wounds! I got them in my countrys service, when Some certain of your brethren roard and ran From the noise of our own drums. | OACSNLOURI ahWt am I psoepsud to yas? asPlee, Crsrusie htta! I tanc foecr sfyelm to say ushc a githn. okoL at my wdnous, isr. I got emth ielhw nvigrse my cunroty, iewhl nme who ewre deutoynbldu yoru rrosbeth ercid dan arn awya mrfo the telatb. |
MENENIUS 55 O me, the gods! You must not speak of that: you must desire them To think upon you. | INEEMSUN Oh, sodg! uoY tanc tkla tabou atht. uYo ende to gte mhte to nkith llew of ouy. |
CORIOLANUS Think upon me! hang em! I would they would forget me, like the virtues 60 Which our divines lose by em. | RUCOOLSINA hnTki well of me! gHna hetm! I wish teyh owlud trefog me, kiel thye heva froettgon het vurseit atth eht sdog dtind slycfitufine lislitn in mthe. |
MENENIUS Youll mar all: Ill leave you: pray you, speak to em, I pray you, In wholesome manner. | ESNNIMEU lYulo urni rvhgetyien. Im gavneil now. Paeels, eepk it cnael ihwt tmhe. |
Exit | He esxit. |
CORIOLANUS Bid them wash their faces 65 And keep their teeth clean. | CONAOSLIUR lIl sak meht to sahw iterh sfeac nad shrbu rieth eetth. |
Re-enter two of the Citizens | woT enztiCsi re-renet. |
So, here comes a brace. | So, rhee omces a airp. |
Re-enter a third Citizen | A rtihd inizCte re-tsener. |
You know the cause, air, of my standing here. | You nkow hwy Im tsidnagn eehr. |
THIRD CITIZEN We do, sir; tell us what hath brought you tot. | RIDHT TIIENZC We do, sri. Tell us athw gburtoh yuo here. |
CORIOLANUS Mine own desert. | UNORSLAIOC tsI twah I erevdse. |
SECOND CITIZEN 70Your own desert! | NOSECD CTNZIIE stI thaw you sdeever! |
CORIOLANUS Ay, but not mine own desire. | SLUOOCNAIR sYe, but sti otn thaw I derise. |
THIRD CITIZEN How not your own desire? | IHTRD NTZCIEI uYo ondt rdiese it? |
CORIOLANUS No, sir,twas never my desire yet to trouble the poor with begging. | ILUAROSOCN No, sir, I nvere dreieds to rbuotle hte oopr with ginggbe. |
THIRD CITIZEN 75You must think, if we give you any thing, we hope to gain by you. | HTRID NEZTCII oYu mstu hktin atth if we give you tengmohsi, we phoe to gte iosgmnhte omfr uyo. |
CORIOLANUS Well then, I pray, your price o the consulship? | ULACNOISOR Well neth, lelt me: awht will it stco orf yuo to igev me het iophlscsnu? |
FIRST CITIZEN The price is to ask it kindly. | RTFIS NTECIZI Teh eiprc is to kas orf it dkyiln. |
CORIOLANUS Kindly! Sir, I pray, let me hat: I have wounds to 80show you, which shall be yours in private. Your good voice, sir; what say you? | ALCNOUSROI seelaP, ris, ldkyni etl me aevh it. I evha udswon to ohws uoy, hwhic lIl swoh uyo in tervaip. oYru veto, sri, hwat do uoy ays? |
SECOND CITIZEN You shall ha it, worthy sir. | SDNOEC ECIITNZ lluYo egt my tove, trhowy sri. |
CORIOLANUS A match, sir. Theres in all two worthy voices begged. I have your alms: adieu. | LCNROUISOA sIt a adel, sri. sTath tow eregdnisv tovse eIv scurdee. hTnak uyo uoyr yitarch. dyGoboe. |
THIRD CITIZEN 85But this is something odd. | RHIDT CINZIET (to teh erhot zCsienti) iTsh is stergna. |
SECOND CITIZEN An twere to give again,--but tis no matter. | ODSENC NIICZTE If I cudlo veot aaign, tbu revne mnid. |
Exeunt the three Citizens | eTh erhte niitezCs tiex. |
Re-enter two other Citizens | Tow roeht instezCi re-nrete. |
CORIOLANUS Pray you now, if it may stand with the tune of your voices that I may be consul, I have here the customary gown. | RNLSACUOOI I aks if uoy ulowd esapel otev orf me, sncie I am eairgnw eth strocyuam onwg. |
FOURTH CITIZEN 90 You have deserved nobly of your country, and you have not deserved nobly. | RHUOTF TIZINEC ovYeu vresed yuor yrcunot ylonb, tbu ouy ernat senedrgiv. |
CORIOLANUS Your enigma? | AONICULSRO athW do yuo mane? |
FOURTH CITIZEN You have been a scourge to her enemies, you have been a rod to her friends; you have not indeed loved 95 the common people. | OTHRFU EZNCIIT uYveo eedafted erh eesemin dan ouevy edrtceotp her iesfdrn, but uoy aevhnt vdeol teh onmmoc lpeoep. |
CORIOLANUS You should account me the more virtuous that I have not been common in my love. I will, sir, flatter my sworn brother, the people, to earn a dearer estimation of them; tis a condition they account 100 gentle: and since the wisdom of their choice is rather to have my hat than my heart, I will practise the insinuating nod and be off to them most counterfeitly; that is, sir, I will counterfeit the bewitchment of some popular man and give it 105 bountiful to the desirers. Therefore, beseech you, I may be consul. | RCONUALOSI uoY hdlosu rencsdoi me tosuivru esuebca I dotn gevi my elov aywa yalsei. rSi, lIl tlarfte my rnswo tosrerbh, eht lepeop, so hletly htink llwe of me. Its a omcuts teyh cedonisr elobn. ndA sceni etdyh rtaerh iecdde dseab on thwa tha Im naiegwr tahn on ohw I am, Ill epcctrai knaigt fof my tah adn obngiw ienilcserny. tahT is to yas, isr, Ill denrpet to be nedhtacen by hemt, as meos applour enm do, and giev my lfesa iaadonimtr enylituplfl to soeth how sirdee it. So I sak yuo, yma I be snuocl? |
FIFTH CITIZEN We hope to find you our friend; and therefore give you our voices heartily. | FTFHI IETCINZ We peoh olyul be rou laly, so we ailhypp otve orf oyu. |
FOURTH CITIZEN You have received many wounds for your country. | RUTFHO CTZNEII Yvoeu eebn ownddue naym setim vnsiegr yuro orunyct. |
CORIOLANUS 110 I will not seal your knowledge with showing them. I will make much of your voices, and so trouble you no further. | NCOSAOLIRU I ntow rifomcn athw ouy aleydar ownk by sgownih my osuwnd to oyu. lIl tusj akte your osvte and ont erolutb you tfhrrue. |
BOTH CITIZENS The gods give you joy, sir, heartily! | TOBH ISZTINEC aMy teh sdgo eivg uoy mhuc jyo, irs! |
Exeunt | ehT zitniCes exit. |
CORIOLANUS Most sweet voices! Better it is to die, better to starve, 115 Than crave the hire which first we do deserve. Why in this woolvish toge should I stand here, To beg of Hob and Dick, that do appear, Their needless vouches? Custom calls me tot: What custom wills, in all things should we dot, 120 The dust on antique time would lie unswept, And mountainous error be too highly heapt For truth to oer-peer. Rather than fool it so, Let the high office and the honour go To one that would do thus. I am half through; 125 The one part sufferd, the other will I do. | OSARLUNIOC ostM etswe ovster! tsI ettreb to dei, tteebr to esrvat, ntha to ebg to be ecohns rfo a ioiospnt yuo alyreda dvsreee. yWh utsm I anstd heer in tsih optcylahriic gota nda bge hte rnecmooms orf ehirt segannlemis vloparpa, cihwh I hduntlso edne? tCmuso coresf me to do it, and ahtw cousmt irqruese, we smtu do. Its an ticeann tiantiord thta sha goen on orf so goln atht no eon anc see hatt its a heug iesamkt. I iswh I tdind ehva to apyl eth olfo, but het nhoor of eth cpluihosns oges to he who lilw. Im yafwalh deno. llI do the toehr afhl. |
Enter three Citizens more | Three emor ienCitsz enter. |
Here come more voices. Your voices: for your voices I have fought; Watchd for your voices; for your voices bear Of wounds two dozen odd; battles thrice six 130 I have seen and heard of; for your voices have Done many things, some less, some more your voices: Indeed I would be consul. | Heer ocem omer sveto. ruYo otevs: I evah uhfotg rfo yruo vstoe dna etysad uot on hwact orf ruyo esvot. rFo ruoy osevt I eavh eebn oeduwdn ermo hnat wot nozed eitms adn bene in thtyir-isx letbtsa. For uyor sotev, I have ense nda adreh namy nhitsg dna noed osme ihgstn sles and eoms tgnish lerlmoa rfo yuro ovtes, so I nca be in eht olnsuc. |
SIXTH CITIZEN He has done nobly, and cannot go without any honest mans voice. | THIXS IEZCTNI He ahs edsvre lbnoy dan tsmu niw any shneto snam tveo. |
SEVENTH CITIZEN 135 Therefore let him be consul: the gods give him joy, and make him good friend to the people! | TEHSVNE ZEIINTC hTerrefeo tle ihm be het oslucn. May eth gsod gvie mih jyo dna emka him be godo to eth plpeoe! |
ALL CITIZENS Amen, amen. God save thee, noble consul! | LLA ECSITZNI menA, amne. God aesv hete, oenlb uocnls |
Exeunt | zsiientC all ietx. |
CORIOLANUS Worthy voices! | URISOACONL oyWhtr rsvteo! |
Re-enter MENENIUS , with BRUTUS and SICINIUS | EIUNEMNS re-erntes, wthi TUSUBR adn SIUCNIIS. |
MENENIUS You have stood your limitation; and the tribunes 140 Endue you with the peoples voice: remains That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the senate. | MNUEISEN uYeov oodst eerh orf het etmi iueqderr, dna teh sibretnu aeovrpp yuo hitw eht eloppse nesedronetm. llA taht emiarns is to aemk it fafcioil. We msut go now to the sanseotr. |
CORIOLANUS Is this done? | LCIUOOASRN Ist oerv? |
SICINIUS The custom of request you have discharged: 145 The people do admit you, and are summond To meet anon, upon your approbation. | IISSCINU uYove edno teh eierurdq smouct, adn hte peloep itdam oyu to eht lcsonu. Go eetm eth nsatroes so ethy acn pevoarp ouyr lntecieo. |
CORIOLANUS Where? at the senate-house? | UOCRSLAION ehrWe? At the tneSea sehuo? |
SICINIUS There, Coriolanus. | IUINCSSI eYs, rloCnsaiuo. |
CORIOLANUS May I change these garments? | RNUCLIAOOS yMa I ahcgne out of eshte scetohl? |
SICINIUS 150 You may, sir. | UCSNIIIS uYo mya, irs. |
CORIOLANUS That Ill straight do; and, knowing myself again, Repair to the senate-house. | CUSNOLARIO lIl do htta sfrti, adn ocne I flee ilek ymfles aniag, llI go to the teSaen eusoh. |
MENENIUS Ill keep you company. Will you along? | NEIESUNM llI eekp yuo npyomca. iWll you meoc, too? |
BRUTUS We stay here for the people. | BTURSU eWll saty ereh ihtw eht people. |
SICINIUS 155 Fare you well. | IISSCINU oGod cklu. |
Exeunt CORIOLANUS and MENENIUS | UANILCOORS adn EMUISNNE txie. |
He has it now, and by his looks methink Tis warm at s heart. | He has het ipluhsnosc own, nad he olosk ppyha tboau it. |
BRUTUS With a proud heart he wore his humble weeds. will you dismiss the people? | RSBUUT He woer teh gnwo of ylimuiht, ubt ihs hreta saw tisll duorp. lWil uoy etl eth elopspe tveo nsdat? |
Re-enter Citizens | itnzesiC trrneee. |
SICINIUS 160 How now, my masters! have you chose this man? | NSISCUII wHo ear uyo, dgoo leoepp? eavH ouy nhseco tihs mna? |
FIRST CITIZEN He has our voices, sir. | TIFRS CZTIEIN He ahs ruo votse, sri. |
BRUTUS We pray the gods he may deserve your loves. | SRTUBU We arpy to eht odsg htat he sveserde ruyo rofav. |
SECOND CITIZEN Amen, sir: to my poor unworthy notice, He mockd us when he beggd our voices. | SNOCDE IINZECT eAmn, irs. Im nto rcaiten, btu I nhtki he cemkod us hwlei gnkasi rfo ruo tsevo. |
THIRD CITIZEN 165 Certainly He flouted us downright. | RHTDI CIINETZ He rexsedeps ihs ttecopmn rfo us in no ennatrciu srmet. |
FIRST CITIZEN No, tis his kind of speech: he did not mock us. | TRFIS CTEZNII No, ttsah just the yaw he esspka. He nddti cmko us. |
SECOND CITIZEN Not one amongst us, save yourself, but says He used us scornfully: he should have showd us 170 His marks of merit, wounds received fors country. | DSNCOE NETICZI All of us, xcpete you, say he udes us yllrounfsc. He dsuloh hvea edhows us his maskr of eirtm, the uwodns he rveeedic rfo his rtonyuc. |
SICINIUS Why, so he did, I am sure. | CIIUNISS Im esur he ewshdo oyu. |
CITIZENS No, no; no man saw em. | CTIZIENS No, no. No noe asw thme. |
THIRD CITIZEN He said he had wounds, which he could show in private; 175 And with his hat, thus waving it in scorn, I would be consul, says he: aged custom, But by your voices, will not so permit me; Your voices therefore. When we granted that, Here was I thank you for your voices: thank you: 180 Your most sweet voices: now you have left your voices, I have no further with you. Was not this mockery? | HDRTI CNTIIZE He iasd he hda nsowud he dluoc hsow in trpieva. He veawd his tha ulrclfnyso dna sdia, I slhduo be het luocsn tub seauecb of tshi ncniaet otcums, I nact be tuihwot uryo vetso, so egvi me ruoy otvse. hnWe we aevg emht to hmi, he dias, I htnka ouy orf yuor vtsoe. anTkh ouy. urYo tsmo tesew oestv, nwo htta ueovy ingev me uryo vstoe, I eavh no ftrruhe eus orf you. tIsn hatt eoykmrc? |
SICINIUS Why either were you ignorant to seet, Or, seeing it, of such childish friendliness 185 To yield your voices? | NIISISUC uoY weer teehir oto ntgrnoai to see it, or if oyu idd see it, uoy eerw oot sdilichh nda nooagcmtimadc to edny ihm ryou vote. |
BRUTUS Could you not have told him As you were lessond, when he had no power, But was a petty servant to the state, He was your enemy, ever spake against 190 Your liberties and the charters that you bear I the body of the weal; and now, arriving A place of potency and sway o the state, If he should still malignantly remain Fast foe to the plebeii, your voices might 195 Be curses to yourselves? You should have said That as his worthy deeds did claim no less Than what he stood for, so his gracious nature Would think upon you for your voices and Translate his malice towards you into love, 200 Standing your friendly lord. | RSUTUB onCldut uoy avhe lodt ihm as uoy reew trentscudi? eWhn he hda no pwoer nda was yoln a tpyet sretanv of teh astet, he was ryuo yneme. He sah alaswy poenks tgasain oyur eeordfm nad het ealgl lpsirvgeie oyu ehva. wNo ahtt ehs girnairv in a siooitpn of eoprw nda fuecnleni on het testa, if he aiersmn hcus an ilev yeemn to hte lpepeo, oyu hgtmi vahe seuca to rseuc rsuyoelf ofr gvinig mhi uroy eotsv. oYu oulsdh ahev dias that hlwie ihs scta of ryarveb do enettli imh to the iclospsnuh, he hsuldo osla be usgrcoai and kithn well of you ofr ingivg him oury vaorppla. He houdsl ranotrfsm ish earthd rwtdao you toni oelv and cbomee uryo liilctopa tecavaod. |
SICINIUS Thus to have said, As you were fore-advised, had touchd his spirit And tried his inclination; from him pluckd Either his gracious promise, which you might, 205 As cause had calld you up, have held him to Or else it would have galld his surly nature, Which easily endures not article Tying him to aught; so putting him to rage, You should have taen the advantage of his choler 210 And passd him unelected. | ICUISISN If ydou isad that, as uoy reew ivdasde eaahd of mtei, it wldou aveh tcuheod sih tpsiri nda dgnchea shi nnncilaiiot. uoY mthgi hvea egntot a icagsrou ipsmreo fomr ihm, ihwhc ouy lduoc ahve delh ihm to wehn oyu eeendd it. Or slee it lodwu veah okpervdo his agrny uenrta, hhiwc is slaeyi onde, nda he uwlod vhea onge onit a rgea. oYu udloc hvea duse his nareg as neoasr otn to tveo for mhi. |
BRUTUS Did you perceive He did solicit you in free contempt When he did need your loves, and do you think That his contempt shall not be bruising to you, 215 When he hath power to crush? Why, had your bodies No heart among you? or had you tongues to cry Against the rectorship of judgment? | BRSUTU Dtnid uoy ictnoe htta he ksdea for yoru vteo in atanlbt mpenoctt vnee nehw he eddnee oury rlapavop? So dton ouy khtni that his tpcemton will hamr yuo whne he has pwreo to eecrseix? iDntd yuo heav yan ragceou? dtunlCo ouy cyr tuo niaatgs het usatts quo? |
SICINIUS Have you Ere now denied the asker? and now again 220 Of him that did not ask, but mock, bestow Your sued-for tongues? | ISNUISCI veHant yuo vree userfde to otve rof snoeemo? dnA now ouy eivg yuor ovet to eenmoso owh iddnt eenv aks rof it utb cdkome uyo sidneat? |
THIRD CITIZEN Hes not confirmd; we may deny him yet. | IRTHD ITEICZN sHe otn minofdcer. He can tllsi yned imh. |
SECOND CITIZEN And will deny him: Ill have five hundred voices of that sound. | EOCNSD IICNZTE ndA we wlil yend imh. Ill teg eifv nedrudh ppeloe to eotv aaisngt him. |
FIRST CITIZEN 225 I twice five hundred and their friends to piece em. | IRSFT EIIZNTC lIl egt a tsohdnau oeeplp and terhi ndisfer, oot. |
BRUTUS Get you hence instantly, and tell those friends, They have chose a consul that will from them take Their liberties; make them of no more voice Than dogs that are as often beat for barking 230 As therefore kept to do so. | BRUUTS Go do it alytiiemmed, dan eltl ohtes riesfdn atht etyehv nhesco oemenso orf teh lucson hwo wlli take waay hetri feeorsdm dan vgei mthe no reom iecov athn sodg haev htat aer rdeetylaep ntabee for rbigkan neev htohug tirhe ojb is to brka. |
SICINIUS Let them assemble, And on a safer judgment all revoke Your ignorant election; enforce his pride, And his old hate unto you; besides, forget not 235 With what contempt he wore the humble weed, How in his suit he scornd you; but your loves, Thinking upon his services, took from you The apprehension of his present portance, Which most gibingly, ungravely, he did fashion 240 After the inveterate hate he bears you. | IIINSSUC etL tmeh ocem ettrghoe nad kema a irsew nmgtdjue to rvkeoe oury nratigon ointlcee. hzmsepEai shi pdire nad shi tnonnggilsda rehdat of oyu. dnA tond trfeog eth oemntpct tiwh ciwhh he rowe teh gwon of lmuiyith dan who in ihs setuq orf ruyo tveos, he dorescn oyu. uroY nmdoatiiar of shi tasp cvresie ktpe you ofmr oiningct of shi etnrpse yaw of inbge, ihchw saw ltuinnigs dna popenirariapt adn eltcrvefie of eht dareth he lsefe rof yuo. |
BRUTUS Lay A fault on us, your tribunes; that we laboured, No impediment between, but that you must Cast your election on him. | UBTUSR aBeml us, uyor rtnuibes. Sya taht we shpued yuo ton to etl eesth betsaslco psto uoy rmof igvotn orf hmi, utb that you stum rpeale uoyr iolencet of ihm. |
SICINIUS 245 Say, you chose him More after our commandment than as guided By your own true affections, and that your minds, Preoccupied with what you rather must do Than what you should, made you against the grain 250 To voice him consul: lay the fault on us. | ISICSUNI Say htta ouy hcseo mih dseba omer on uor intsntuoirsc nhat on yrou onw reut sflineeg, nda atht seucabe you weer idroecupcpe hwti whta you othtguh swa tpxceeed of ouy, you etnw ansgita oyru own enristte by invogt hmi ocnlus. yLa hte aftlu on us. |
BRUTUS Ay, spare us not. Say we read lectures to you. How youngly he began to serve his country, How long continued, and what stock he springs of, The noble house o the Marcians, from whence came 255 That Ancus Martius, Numas daughters son, Who, after great Hostilius, here was king; Of the same house Publius and Quintus were, That our beat water brought by conduits hither; And [Censorinus,] nobly named so, 260 Twice being [by the people chosen] censor, Was his great ancestor. | UBTSUR dneeId, tdon rspae us. aSy we tldo you lla oabtu him, tuboa how yuong he wsa nhwe he nebga to rseev ish trnyocu dna hwo lnog he sah edno so, tbauo het elbon mayfil he ocmse fhretom emsa alfmiy as scuAn artusiM, aumsN hgertdsau son, who asw ikgn etfar eartg lisstHiuo. eHs rfom eth msea liayfm as suubiPl and sQunuit, hte nose who tulbi rou esbt wtear utsdonci. And ihs ategr socertna, ilbtsyua demna risuCseonn, aws cenhos ictew as rocsne by the olppee. |
SICINIUS One thus descended, That hath beside well in his person wrought To be set high in place, we did commend 265 To your remembrances: but you have found, Scaling his present bearing with his past, That hes your fixed enemy, and revoke Your sudden approbation. | INSIUSCI We dksea uyo to rebmemer ttha hse a amn scndeddee frmo a umsafo iaymfl, ohw saol ash nereda hsi wno high aspeir. tuB uyo evha fduno, gheniwig ish esptenr haobeivr gatnais ihs ptas, atth she nfeldetiyi uyro yenem, adn you pelaer rouy ashty aralopvp. |
BRUTUS Say, you neer had donet 270 Harp on that stillbut by our putting on; And presently, when you have drawn your number, Repair to the Capitol. ALL We will so: almost all 275 Repent in their election. | TURSBU Sya atht uyo evern dwolu heva deno peeimthizas tahfti we adthn ptu ouy up to it. And neth, nhew oyu ehva nugoeh oeelpp on uyor esdi, go to eth cptiola. LLA We lilw. stmAol revoeeyn grseter eht voet tyeh agev. |
Exeunt Citizens | heT Ctniiezs itex. |
BRUTUS Let them go on; This mutiny were better put in hazard, Than stay, past doubt, for greater: If, as his nature is, he fall in rage 280 With their refusal, both observe and answer The vantage of his anger. | TSURBU tLe ehmt go on ehirt now. ttereB to kris tihs tiuynm thna twai rfo hte dntobleyudu rggebi oen htat udlwo moce aletr. If, hsi tnaure gnbei awth it is, he oesg iton a rega reov ehtir eslruaf, hbot cawht for nda aket daagvtean of sih arneg. |
SICINIUS To the Capitol, come: We will be there before the stream o the people; And this shall seem, as partly tis, their own, 285 Which we have goaded onward. | SUNISCII Lset go to eth patoicl. lleW be heret rboefe teh pgisnuri of eht lpepeo. dnA it will arppae to be treih won tviientiai, ihhwc it itplayrla is, auhgltoh we rdgue ehmt ntoi aiontc. |
Exeunt | All tixe. |