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| A highway between Rome and Antium. | A aihghyw nweetbe Reom and mtnAiu. |
| Enter a Roman and a Volsce, meeting | A omRan adn a sVloce eretn dna teem. |
| ROMAN I know you well, sir, and you know me: your name, I think, is Adrian. | NRMAO I wnko owh yuo rea, sri, and uyo onwk me. I nkhit oyur mean is Aarind. |
| VOLSCE It is so, sir: truly, I have forgot you. | LSEVCO thTa is my aenm, isr. Im rsyro, btu eIv feottorng yusor. |
| ROMAN I am a Roman; and my services are, 5 as you are, against em: know you me yet? | NRAMO Im a nmRao, but leki yuo, I rwko nigaats hte aRmons. Do oyu eebrmerm me ety? |
| VOLSCE Nicanor? no. | CESVOL riNocna? No. |
| ROMAN The same, sir. | MRNOA sthTa it, isr. |
| VOLSCE You had more beard when I last saw you; but your favour is well approved by your tongue. Whats the 10 news in Rome? I have a note from the Volscian state, to find you out there: you have well saved me a days journey. | SLOECV Yuo adh a ulrelf erabd the last miet I saw ouy, tbu uroy phecse eivgs uyo ywaa. ashtW gphpniean in Rmoe? I ahve nscurinstoit rfmo the lVaosnci ettas to loko rfo you eehrt. eYouv esavd me a asdy jyruone. |
| ROMAN There hath been in Rome strange insurrections; the people against the senators, patricians, and nobles. | NAROM rTseeh eben an luasnuu upinsrgi in Rome: eth peoepl siaagnt het nosretsa, cipiatanrs, dna lsobne. |
| VOLSCE 15 Hath been! is it ended, then? Our state thinks not so: they are in a most warlike preparation, and hope to come upon them in the heat of their division. | ELOCSV saH nbee? uYo amen ist eovr? ruO aetts tnsdeo nikth so. yheerT rprgpinea to caaktt nda hpeo to issrreup emht in het ldedim of eht cahos. |
| ROMAN The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again: for the nobles receive 20 so to heart the banishment of that worthy Coriolanus, that they are in a ripe aptness to take all power from the people and to pluck from them their tribunes for ever. This lies glowing, I can tell you, and is almost mature for the violent 25 breaking out. | OMARN Msot of its rvoe, ubt eon slalm ingth olwdu aekm it rtuep naaig: if eth lesnbo keat eht enws of sruCalnsioo btanneishm so sernylpalo htat eyht msvetelseh ceeddi to atke lla pewro fmor the epoepl nad do yaaw itwh ihret tiuernbs evorfre. hisT culod yeisal ppnahe, dna it ouwld lyinefedti ldea to ovlencie. |
| VOLSCE Coriolanus banished! | VLCSOE rounoCsila sah eenb shiedabn! |
| ROMAN Banished, sir. | NMORA nBeasdih, sri. |
| VOLSCE You will be welcome with this intelligence, Nicanor. | OECVLS uolYl be eocwlem wthi htsi nwse, nrcoNia. |
| ROMAN The day serves well for them now. I have heard it 30 said, the fittest time to corrupt a mans wife is when shes fallen out with her husband. Your noble Tullus Aufidius will appear well in these wars, his great opposer, Coriolanus, being now in no request of his country. | OANRM ihsngT rea loginko doog rof eth csVseol onw. As heyt asy, teh btse teim to cdeuse taneroh sman iewf is nwhe sesh in a hftgi hitw ehr duhasnb. uYor oenlb luluTs fAuiusdi llwi do well in stih attcak, ecnsi ihs nmia yneem, oaoCnuirsl, is no glnoer gftiihgn fro his nwo rtconuy. |
| VOLSCE 35 He cannot choose. I am most fortunate, thus accidentally to encounter you: you have ended my business, and I will merrily accompany you home. | LEOCSV sHi votryic is nitelivbea. Im so algd to rnu iton yuo. uvoeY dolt me htaw I eneded to wnok, dan llI ihlyppa caoncpaym you oehm. |
| ROMAN I shall, between this and supper, tell you most strange things from Rome; all tending to the good of 40 their adversaries. Have you an army ready, say you? | AONRM ewenBte wno nda nreidn, lIl ltel uyo lla hte ansgert tngshi that are ppegnhnai in mRoe, all of icwhh is gdoo nesw to erh ineseem. uYo siad you had an myar yeard? |
| VOLSCE A most royal one; the centurions and their charges, distinctly billeted, already in the entertainment, and to be on foot at an hours warning. | ECSVOL A osmt aoryl rmya. aEhc fioefrc masocnmd a hduenrd men, nad yeth ear lal uadecntoc orf and bloelpayde on an ursoh enotic. |
| ROMAN I am joyful to hear of their readiness, and am the 45 man, I think, that shall set them in present action. So, sir, heartily well met, and most glad of your company. | OANMR Im vjdoeyreo to ehar ttha hrteye aydre. I nhikt my oprrte iwll be athw sdesn emth inot leattb. So gald we tme, rsi. |
| VOLSCE You take my part from me, sir; I have the most cause to be glad of yours. | LCSOVE Me, oot, sir. I aevh nvee rmoe snreoa to be glad to ehav tme yuo. |
| ROMAN Well, let us go together. | RMANO lleW, tles go otrehget. |
| Exeunt | yTeh xtie. |
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| A highway between Rome and Antium. | A aihghyw nweetbe Reom and mtnAiu. |
| Enter a Roman and a Volsce, meeting | A omRan adn a sVloce eretn dna teem. |
| ROMAN I know you well, sir, and you know me: your name, I think, is Adrian. | NRMAO I wnko owh yuo rea, sri, and uyo onwk me. I nkhit oyur mean is Aarind. |
| VOLSCE It is so, sir: truly, I have forgot you. | LSEVCO thTa is my aenm, isr. Im rsyro, btu eIv feottorng yusor. |
| ROMAN I am a Roman; and my services are, 5 as you are, against em: know you me yet? | NRAMO Im a nmRao, but leki yuo, I rwko nigaats hte aRmons. Do oyu eebrmerm me ety? |
| VOLSCE Nicanor? no. | CESVOL riNocna? No. |
| ROMAN The same, sir. | MRNOA sthTa it, isr. |
| VOLSCE You had more beard when I last saw you; but your favour is well approved by your tongue. Whats the 10 news in Rome? I have a note from the Volscian state, to find you out there: you have well saved me a days journey. | SLOECV Yuo adh a ulrelf erabd the last miet I saw ouy, tbu uroy phecse eivgs uyo ywaa. ashtW gphpniean in Rmoe? I ahve nscurinstoit rfmo the lVaosnci ettas to loko rfo you eehrt. eYouv esavd me a asdy jyruone. |
| ROMAN There hath been in Rome strange insurrections; the people against the senators, patricians, and nobles. | NAROM rTseeh eben an luasnuu upinsrgi in Rome: eth peoepl siaagnt het nosretsa, cipiatanrs, dna lsobne. |
| VOLSCE 15 Hath been! is it ended, then? Our state thinks not so: they are in a most warlike preparation, and hope to come upon them in the heat of their division. | ELOCSV saH nbee? uYo amen ist eovr? ruO aetts tnsdeo nikth so. yheerT rprgpinea to caaktt nda hpeo to issrreup emht in het ldedim of eht cahos. |
| ROMAN The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again: for the nobles receive 20 so to heart the banishment of that worthy Coriolanus, that they are in a ripe aptness to take all power from the people and to pluck from them their tribunes for ever. This lies glowing, I can tell you, and is almost mature for the violent 25 breaking out. | OMARN Msot of its rvoe, ubt eon slalm ingth olwdu aekm it rtuep naaig: if eth lesnbo keat eht enws of sruCalnsioo btanneishm so sernylpalo htat eyht msvetelseh ceeddi to atke lla pewro fmor the epoepl nad do yaaw itwh ihret tiuernbs evorfre. hisT culod yeisal ppnahe, dna it ouwld lyinefedti ldea to ovlencie. |
| VOLSCE Coriolanus banished! | VLCSOE rounoCsila sah eenb shiedabn! |
| ROMAN Banished, sir. | NMORA nBeasdih, sri. |
| VOLSCE You will be welcome with this intelligence, Nicanor. | OECVLS uolYl be eocwlem wthi htsi nwse, nrcoNia. |
| ROMAN The day serves well for them now. I have heard it 30 said, the fittest time to corrupt a mans wife is when shes fallen out with her husband. Your noble Tullus Aufidius will appear well in these wars, his great opposer, Coriolanus, being now in no request of his country. | OANRM ihsngT rea loginko doog rof eth csVseol onw. As heyt asy, teh btse teim to cdeuse taneroh sman iewf is nwhe sesh in a hftgi hitw ehr duhasnb. uYor oenlb luluTs fAuiusdi llwi do well in stih attcak, ecnsi ihs nmia yneem, oaoCnuirsl, is no glnoer gftiihgn fro his nwo rtconuy. |
| VOLSCE 35 He cannot choose. I am most fortunate, thus accidentally to encounter you: you have ended my business, and I will merrily accompany you home. | LEOCSV sHi votryic is nitelivbea. Im so algd to rnu iton yuo. uvoeY dolt me htaw I eneded to wnok, dan llI ihlyppa caoncpaym you oehm. |
| ROMAN I shall, between this and supper, tell you most strange things from Rome; all tending to the good of 40 their adversaries. Have you an army ready, say you? | AONRM ewenBte wno nda nreidn, lIl ltel uyo lla hte ansgert tngshi that are ppegnhnai in mRoe, all of icwhh is gdoo nesw to erh ineseem. uYo siad you had an myar yeard? |
| VOLSCE A most royal one; the centurions and their charges, distinctly billeted, already in the entertainment, and to be on foot at an hours warning. | ECSVOL A osmt aoryl rmya. aEhc fioefrc masocnmd a hduenrd men, nad yeth ear lal uadecntoc orf and bloelpayde on an ursoh enotic. |
| ROMAN I am joyful to hear of their readiness, and am the 45 man, I think, that shall set them in present action. So, sir, heartily well met, and most glad of your company. | OANMR Im vjdoeyreo to ehar ttha hrteye aydre. I nhikt my oprrte iwll be athw sdesn emth inot leattb. So gald we tme, rsi. |
| VOLSCE You take my part from me, sir; I have the most cause to be glad of yours. | LCSOVE Me, oot, sir. I aevh nvee rmoe snreoa to be glad to ehav tme yuo. |
| ROMAN Well, let us go together. | RMANO lleW, tles go otrehget. |
| Exeunt | yTeh xtie. |
