No Fear Shakespeare: Coriolanus: Act 4 Scene 3

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A highway between Rome and Antium.	A igyhhaw etewneb emoR dna mAitun.
Enter a Roman and a Volsce, meeting	A mRano nda a elVosc neert dna etme.
ROMAN I know you well, sir, and you know me: your name, I think, is Adrian.	AOMRN I kown how uyo ear, sir, nda uyo onwk me. I ihktn oyur emna is aindrA.
VOLSCE It is so, sir: truly, I have forgot you.	VECSLO aTth is my aenm, rsi. Im rryos, ubt veI getntorfo ruoys.
ROMAN I am a Roman; and my services are, 5 as you are, against em: know you me yet?	RNOMA Im a oaRmn, btu kile oyu, I krow asgtani teh Rsmnoa. Do oyu emrebmer me yte?
VOLSCE Nicanor? no.	SVCOLE Nnarioc? No.
ROMAN The same, sir.	NMAOR atshT it, ris.
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.	SVCLEO uoY hda a ulferl ebdar hte tals imet I aws yuo, but royu cheeps gsiev oyu aawy. atshW enpinpgah in eRom? I hvea rontiscsntui rfom eht aiVnocsl atets to look orf you etreh. Yeuov dseva me a asyd erouyjn.
ROMAN There hath been in Rome strange insurrections; the people against the senators, patricians, and nobles.	NOARM heerTs eben an sanuulu irgiusnp in Rome: eth loepep sinagta het enstraos, pnctarisai, nad slonbe.
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.	SOCVLE saH ebne? You naem tis reov? rOu seatt sntdoe nthik so. hryeTe paprniegr to ktaatc and ehop to rprssuei meth in het ddmiel of hte cohsa.
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.	ANOMR sMto of sti orve, but noe mllas higtn odwul mkea it utrep nigaa: if eht osblne etka het sewn of iCssounoral nthmnbasie so ylnrpasloe ttah yteh stemlehvse decdie to atek all worpe fmor the eplpoe nda do awya htiw thrie urtsneib eoefrrv. ihTs uclod selaiy ahnepp, dan it oluwd dyeltiifne lade to eloneivc.
VOLSCE Coriolanus banished!	CSELVO lirosCuano sha nbee dsnihaeb!
ROMAN Banished, sir.	ROMAN nsheidBa, irs.
VOLSCE You will be welcome with this intelligence, Nicanor.	VSOLEC uoYll be weoclme htiw isth wens, iarNocn.
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.	NMAOR hsgTin era nlgoiko dgoo rfo teh slcoesV won. As yeht ysa, the ebst item to ceuesd heanort ansm ewif is ewnh hses in a ihtgf hiwt hre hbuadsn. ruoY nolbe ulTsul iAisfduu lilw do lewl in ihst aakctt, nsice hsi ianm emyne, osialCruon, is no leorgn tgiignfh rof his own ytronuc.
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.	OCESVL siH vriytoc is tbveainiel. Im so dagl to urn onti uyo. veYou lotd me wath I deened to wnko, dna Ill lphiyap nmoaccypa yuo ohem.
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?	RNAMO Bnteewe won nad endnri, llI llte yuo lla eht erngtas hintgs tath are pighannep in Remo, lla of chiwh is ogdo snew to ehr mseenei. oYu isda you adh an yamr yadre?
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.	SLCEOV A msto ylroa yarm. ahEc orifecf amnocsdm a ndudhre nem, adn tyhe era lla codtcenua rof and dlobyelape on an oshru etnioc.
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.	RMOAN Im jooeyerdv to rhea htta trheey eyard. I knhti my roprte llwi be what ssden meth onit teblta. So adgl we emt, isr.
VOLSCE You take my part from me, sir; I have the most cause to be glad of yours.	SVLOCE Me, oot, rsi. I heva eenv omer osenar to be aldg to evha tme uoy.
ROMAN Well, let us go together.	RONMA lWle, stle go otthrege.
Exeunt	hyeT xeti.