No Fear Shakespeare: Coriolanus: Act 4 Scene 1

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Rome. Before a gate of the city.	A tyic tega in mRoe.
Enter CORIOLANUS , VOLUMNIA , VIRGILIA , MENENIUS , COMINIUS , with the young Nobility of Rome	OLASIRCNOU , MLUOIANV , GIIRLAVI , SMUENENI , dna IMNSUCOI tneer, wthi het nuygo seonbl.
CORIOLANUS Come, leave your tears: a brief farewell: the beast Where is your ancient courage? you were used To say extremity was the trier of spirits; That common chances common men could bear; 5 That when the sea was calm all boats alike Showd mastership in floating; fortunes blows, When most struck home, being gentle wounded, craves A noble cunning: you were used to load me With precepts that would make invincible 10 The heart that connd them.	NSLIOUARCO Sotp icgryn nwo. A ebrfi ellrweaf! heT peeplo, ilek a ynma-deeadh bteas, puhs me tuo. poSt it, ohetmr. Wtha eeahnpdp to royu ucroaeg? uYo dseu to ays taht tvdsraeiy saw a ttse of crahaertc. Ttah vene moconm leeopp can hndela eht nccahe csumeinrsctac of trihe lveis. htaT henw teh ase is clma lla abtso alfot yequlal ewll. Thta ewnh atef tesrksi you erahdts, you utms ehav the ilkls of a naneombl to uerned yruo onwsud tihw dnigyit. You edus to pareet shete angsyis to me, aginyss that ulwdo aemk naenyo hwo hared emth egnuho ilncnivieb.
VIRGILIA O heavens! O heavens!	IRAIIVGL Oh, anseehv! Oh, eahesvn!
CORIOLANUS Nay! prithee, woman,	UCILASRNOO topS it! seePal, onamw
VOLUMNIA Now the red pestilence strike all trades in Rome, And occupations perish!	OVAMLUNI owN het odphtiy rveef ssritke lal eth tdeensram in Rmeo nda eth cmyeono is glcbmunir!
CORIOLANUS 15 What, what, what! I shall be loved when I am lackd. Nay, mother. Resume that spirit, when you were wont to say, If you had been the wife of Hercules, Six of his labours yould have done, and saved 20 Your husband so much sweat. Cominius, Droop not; adieu. Farewell, my wife, my mother: Ill do well yet. Thou old and true Menenius, Thy tears are salter than a younger mans, And venomous to thine eyes. My sometime general, 25 I have seen thee stem, and thou hast oft beheld Heart-hardening spectacles; tell these sad women Tis fond to wail inevitable strokes, As tis to laugh at em. My mother, you wot well My hazards still have been your solace: and 30 Believet not lightlythough I go alone, Like to a lonely dragon, that his fen Makes feard and talkd of more than seenyour son Will or exceed the common or be caught With cautelous baits and practise.	LRINSUOOCA nghEuo, gheuno, ounhge! lYolu love me nhew Im ogen. otpS it, mthoer. gnrBi bkac uroy lod spirit, enwh oyu sdeu to ysa thta if yuo ahd bnee eth efiw of uHlreces, yuo loudw heva done isx of his lteewv qeudrrie ktsas dna sevda mhi taht much rfteof. iisuoCmn, dotn irpaesd. Goobeyd. ealeFwlr, my efiw, my tmhelIorl be eifn. My ldo nda rute dneirf ieunsMen, uoy cyr erom ahtn a oyngu mna, dna eht stla is dab fro your esye. My rermfo leenrag, I aveh eesn you be raevb, dna you hvae nees myan rhaet-grindahen lscetscaep. lleT eshte sad enowm thta sit as fooihls to rcy rove teiibnveisitlia as it is to alugh at hetm. erhtMo, oeuvy waayls kaent omrctof in eht rissk atht I taek. nwoK tihs ofr a tfca: vene uhoght I go oanle, ikle a eonyll ragnod eowsh pwmas is mreo freaed dan dlatke btauo htan it is eens, I iwll erithe deeecx cmnoom tecitxsonpea or be cghtua by tfcrya patsr and krryetci.
VOLUMNIA 35 My first son. Whither wilt thou go? Take good Cominius With thee awhile: determine on some course, More than a wild exposture to each chance That starts i the way before thee.	LMUAVION My ifrntsbor sno, reewh llwi uoy go? Taek oogd inoCismu ithw ouy rfo a ewilh. rFueig uto a panl treoh ntah jstu lndeiga htiw nihgst as hyte moce up.
CORIOLANUS 40 O the gods!	USRLCOONIA Oh, the gosd!
COMINIUS Ill follow thee a month, devise with thee Where thou shalt rest, that thou mayst hear of us And we of thee: so if the time thrust forth A cause for thy repeal, we shall not send 45 Oer the vast world to seek a single man, And lose advantage, which doth ever cool I the absence of the needer.	OCIUNSMI Ill go whti yuo orf a notmh adn ephl you fndi a palce to syta nad a ayw to mneotccaimu hwti us. htaT way, if tehy ruvroetn yoru eetecnns, we tonw vhae to lkoo lla ervo hte whleo ldrow to nifd you adn eols mmentmuo on uroy etnurr.
CORIOLANUS Fare ye well: Thou hast years upon thee; and thou art too full 50 Of the wars surfeits, to go rove with one Thats yet unbruised: bring me but out at gate. Come, my sweet wife, my dearest mother, and My friends of noble touch, when I am forth, Bid me farewell, and smile. I pray you, come. 55 While I remain above the ground, you shall Hear from me still, and never of me aught But what is like me formerly.	COSRUAONLI No, I tusm go aolne. Youer oot ldo, nad oyeuv eneb in oot nyam wasr to go amrniog dranuo ithw esnomeo ekli me, hwso sitll esrfh. tusJ teka me to hte agte. meCo, my twese ifwe, my asetdre oehmtr, nda my eboln rnseidf. hWne I go, swih me efsa tleavsr nda semil. I iemsrpo ttah so lngo as Im tllsi vaeli olylu ehar fmor me, adn eth swen llwi be the smea as its awlyas eenb uaobt me.
MENENIUS Thats worthily As any ear can hear. Come, lets not weep. 60 If I could shake off but one seven years From these old arms and legs, by the good gods, Ild with thee every foot.	NNEUEMSI Thsta teh btse sewn an ear acn areh. tsLe ont ryc own. If my rmsa and elsg erew ujts esvne syrae onugyre, by hte oodg dosg, Id go iwht uyo lal the way.
CORIOLANUS Give me thy hand: Come.	UOINLSRCAO vieG me ryou hand. Ceom.
Exeunt	lAl tiex.