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The same. A hall in Aufidiuss house. | A llha in fssiuudiA hesuo. |
Music within. Enter a Servingman | uscMi saply gefsafot. A rtSaetvnrseen. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Wine, wine, wine! What service is here! I think our fellows are asleep. | FTISR ARESVNT Wine, nwie, inwe! Wath knid of ereisvc is isht? I intkh eht etorh ssrteanv rae saelpe. |
Exit | He tesxi. |
Enter a second Servingman | A Scdeon ratSven rsntee. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Wheres Cotus? my master calls for him. Cotus! | ONDECS TENVRAS esrhWe touCs? My saterm lsacl for mhi. Cstuo! |
Exit | He xites. |
Enter CORIOLANUS | NARLUCOSOI nrtees. |
CORIOLANUS 5 A goodly house: the feast smells well; but I Appear not like a guest. | OOLSAICUNR sTih is a dgoo euhos. Teh tsafe lslems dgoo, tbu I ndto olko ielk a usget. |
Re-enter the first Servingman | eTh rFsti Srnetva enterers. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN What would you have, friend? whence are you? Heres no place for you: pray, go to the door. | TIFSR NRSVAET Wtha aer uoy nogid reeh, ifdner? eeWrh rae you mrfo? hisT is no pcael rfo yuo. aPeels eleav. |
Exit | He isxet. |
CORIOLANUS I have deserved no better entertainment, 10 In being Coriolanus. | SNOCALRIUO I tuodnlw be elmowdce ayn rteebt if ethy wkne I ewre olsonaCiur. |
Re-enter second Servingman | The Sdenoc avStern ernteesr. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Whence are you, sir? Has the porter his eyes in his head; that he gives entrance to such companions? Pray, get you out. | ODECSN VTARENS eeWrh ear uoy form, sir? Is eht ertrpo lndbi to tel emsnooe ikle uoy in? Peelas, get out. |
CORIOLANUS Away! | ORSNULOAIC Go aywa! |
SECOND SERVINGMAN 15 Away! get you away. | CENSDO RVSTENA You go wyaa! |
CORIOLANUS Now thourt troublesome. | ANRISUOCOL Yoeru acsginu btelrou. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Are you so brave? Ill have you talked with anon. | OCDNES NAVREST reA oyu ryella this nrtgoaar? Seosnmeo ggnoi to omec rnidrpmea you hrtgi wyaa. |
Enter a third Servingman. The first meets him | A hTdir vtreSna rsenet. Teh trsiF emets mhi. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN What fellows this? | RIDHT TRNVASE Wsoh isth? |
FIRST SERVINGMAN A strange one as ever I looked on: I cannot get him 20 out of the house: prithee, call my master to him. | FTRSI ATVNERS ehT trgstsnea man veI vere eens. I ctna etg ihm uto of hte ehosu. Palese ska my atemsr to come rhee. |
Retires | He sietx. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN What have you to do here, fellow? Pray you, avoid the house. | TDHIR VTRNEAS Why ear ouy eerh, efwoll? slePae, eelva isth oehus. |
CORIOLANUS Let me but stand; I will not hurt your hearth. | RUNILASOOC Lte me ayst. I wont ecsua ayn harm. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN What are you? | HDTIR TEARNSV hWo era you? |
CORIOLANUS 25 A gentleman. | LCIOOURSAN A glnmeneat. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN A marvellous poor one. | HTIDR RSATVEN A alrkmybrae poro noe. |
CORIOLANUS True, so I am. | SONUAILCRO saTht teru. I am poor. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Pray you, poor gentleman, take up some other station; heres no place for you; pray you, avoid: come. | DTIHR VENASTR Psleea, oorp lmneegtna, go to esom eorht sueho. sTih is ton het ealpc fro oyu. eaPlse, get tuo own. |
CORIOLANUS 30 Follow your function, go, and batten on cold bits. | CUOIOSRANL Be lkie yever oerht anrvset: go ogrge rsofuyel on docl asrcps of dfoo. |
Pushes him away | He shsepu het hdriT vaStnre away. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN What, you will not? Prithee, tell my master what a strange guest he has here. | HTRID RSEVATN hatW otwn oyu do? leesPa, go ellt my asmetr twha a tngsare stgeu he sha ereh. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN And I shall. | NDOSEC ETARNVS I lliw. |
Exit | He steix. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Where dwellest thou? | RDITH ATSNERV erhWe do you elvi? |
CORIOLANUS 35 Under the canopy. | ANSOIOUCLR hBneaet het ratss. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Under the canopy! | RTIHD RTVAESN anhteeB the rtass! |
CORIOLANUS Ay. | LOICNRSAUO seY. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Wheres that? | IDTRH SAERVTN rWeehs taht? |
CORIOLANUS I the city of kites and crows. | ORLASINOUC In eht city of stkie dna crwos. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN 40 I the city of kites and crows! What an ass it is! Then thou dwellest with daws too? | IDTRH EARSNVT In eht tciy of steik dna ocwrs! hatW a ejok isht is! nhTe do uyo lvie whti hte mpelonists oot? |
CORIOLANUS No, I serve not thy master. | SRONIUOALC No, I otdn eervs your trmaes. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN How, sir! do you meddle with my master? | TRIDH RNEVAST Oh, irs! eAr oyu nrgyit to msse thwi my eamrts? |
CORIOLANUS Ay; tis an honester service than to meddle with thy 45 mistress. Thou pratest, and pratest; serve with thy trencher, hence! | IRSLNOCAOU esY. sIt eorm shnoet htan mesnigs aourdn twhi oyur tsimress. uYo bblbea on dna on. Pass eth engvrsi pearttl. Go! |
Beats him away. Exit third Servingman | He beats mhi ayaw. heT dTihr tarnveS istxe. |
Enter AUFIDIUS with the second Servingman | UDAIFUIS rseent with eht eocdnS navteSr. |
AUFIDIUS Where is this fellow? | UIUFISDA eehWr is ihst anm? |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Here, sir: Ild have beaten him like a dog, but for disturbing the lords within. | ENOSDC RNAVSTE reeH, irs. I wdovleu teenba ihm lkei a god, tub taht vdweluo ddtrisueb oyur gtssue. |
Retires | He ixste. |
AUFIDIUS 50 Whence comest thou? what wouldst thou? thy name? Why speakst not? speak, man: whats thy name? | DSIUFAIU eerhW are yuo mrfo? Wtha do uoy atnw? Yoru emna? yhW etnar uyo apkeings? eSpak, man. ahWst ruoy eamn? |
CORIOLANUS If, Tullus, | OUSAICLORN If, uulslT... |
Unmuffling | (lmniugfnfu shi ivoec) |
Not yet thou knowest me, and, seeing me, dost not Think me for the man I am, necessity 55 Commands me name myself. | ...uyo notd grioenzce my ecvio nda ouy otdn crngeoiez me by tigsh, I sumt llet uyo my anem. |
AUFIDIUS What is thy name? | AUFDUIIS thaW is uryo naem? |
CORIOLANUS A name unmusical to the Volscians ears, And harsh in sound to thine. | ALOUICNROS A enma hte lVsecso nodt klei to aehr, ienkul yuosr. |
AUFIDIUS Say, whats thy name? 60 Thou hast a grim appearance, and thy face Bears a command int; though thy tackles torn. Thou showst a noble vessel: whats thy name? | UDIAUSIF leTl me, watsh yoru mnae? uYor napprecaae is arhsh and yruo aecf ksloo elki a mdesomarnc. envE thguoh uoyr eotshcl aer tnor, oyur doyb olsko sgnstuidiihed. What is yuor mena? |
CORIOLANUS Prepare thy brow to frown: knowst thou me yet? | OASLUCRION parPere to nwfro. Do uoy wkon me yte? |
AUFIDIUS 65 I know thee not: thy name? | USIIUDFA I odtn nokw ryou amne. tWha is it? |
CORIOLANUS My name is Caius Martius, who hath done To thee particularly and to all the Volsces Great hurt and mischief; thereto witness may My surname, Coriolanus: the painful service, 70 The extreme dangers and the drops of blood Shed for my thankless country are requited But with that surname; a good memory, And witness of the malice and displeasure Which thou shouldst bear me: only that name remains; 75 The cruelty and envy of the people, Permitted by our dastard nobles, who Have all forsook me, hath devourd the rest; And sufferd me by the voice of slaves to be Whoopd out of Rome. Now this extremity 80 Hath brought me to thy hearth; not out of hope- Mistake me notto save my life, for if I had feard death, of all the men i the world I would have voided thee, but in mere spite, To be full quit of those my banishers, 85 Stand I before thee here. Then if thou hast A heart of wreak in thee, that wilt revenge Thine own particular wrongs and stop those maims Of shame seen through thy country, speed thee straight, 90 And make my misery serve thy turn: so use it That my revengeful services may prove As benefits to thee, for I will fight Against my cankerd country with the spleen Of all the under fiends. But if so be 95 Thou darest not this and that to prove more fortunes Thourt tired, then, in a word, I also am Longer to live most weary, and present My throat to thee and to thy ancient malice; Which not to cut would show thee but a fool, 100 Since I have ever followd thee with hate, Drawn tuns of blood out of thy countrys breast, And cannot live but to thy shame, unless It be to do thee service. | NLAOIORUCS My nmae is saiCu rtsMiau. evI node aetrg hrtu adn mceiifhs to uoy uitpaarycrll nda to lal teh ecVlsos, roofp of hhwic is my esrumna: suCioraoln. I wdkroe evyr arhd, fdace emexetr egsnadr, nda ehds rospd of doolb orf my gluefurnat rcyunto. My noyl somatpoiecnn is ttah amen. stI a erdrneim dan nrsegfiii of eth redtah oyu sodulh flee rfo me. aTht name is lal tath is tfle. hWit oviesun yelrtcu, het omRan eoppel, aenbdel by het rywcdloa nsebol, ehav dtnreu on me adn eaknt ywaa all that I dha. seThe lavess evha evdto me otu of mRoe. eehsT etxemer astsccinrmuce aer athw evha brugoth me to uory omhe. kMea no mestkai: I ahev no iswh to aevs my ilfe. If I fereda hetad, I ludow have dvedaoi oyu emro naht nay threo man in hte wdolr. snateId I antsd eher ebrefo yuo wthi yoln my dterha nad dsreie rof grvenee sanitga my nasbhries. If yerou ninicdel to kese neavecgen of yoru nwo and edn teh eamsh atsht esen gtuuotorhh ouyr tocnyru, ese wno owh uyo acn seu my ffirusegn to veres yoru rouepps. epgnlHi me gte neveerg illw be aiecnfileb to uoy. llI gfthi my now eduscr ryntuco ihtw hte rfyu of all eht hlle gbsnie. But if ouy sheoco otn to do itsh, if uoeyr oot eitrd to keta hist cahnec, ehtn ncesi I am alos oto derit to peek ingilv, I nesrpet my ahrtto to oyu and ruoy nlngantodgis aedhtr. ouYd be a olfo not to ctu it. vIe saalyw pudreus uoy iwht hatdre, Ive eslpdil lbrsrea of ruoy rnutyosc dolob, so to tel me lvie wdulo oyln nrbig you ahmse lssenu I acn rkwo on your efbalh. |
AUFIDIUS O Martius, Martius! 105 Each word thou hast spoke hath weeded from my heart A root of ancient envy. If Jupiter Should from yond cloud speak divine things, And say Tis true, Ild not believe them more Than thee, all noble Martius. Let me twine 110 Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarrd the moon with splinters: here I clip The anvil of my sword, and do contest As hotly and as nobly with thy love 115 As ever in ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valour. Know thou first, I loved the maid I married; never man Sighd truer breath; but that I see thee here, Thou noble thing! more dances my rapt heart 120 Than when I first my wedded mistress saw Bestride my threshold. Why, thou Mars! I tell thee, We have a power on foot; and I had purpose Once more to hew thy target from thy brawn, Or lose mine arm fort: thou hast beat me out 125 Twelve several times, and I have nightly since Dreamt of encounters twixt thyself and me; We have been down together in my sleep, Unbuckling helms, fisting each others throat, And waked half dead with nothing. Worthy Martius, 130 Had we no quarrel else to Rome, but that Thou art thence banishd, we would muster all From twelve to seventy, and pouring war Into the bowels of ungrateful Rome, Like a bold flood oer-bear. O, come, go in, 135 And take our friendly senators by the hands; Who now are here, taking their leaves of me, Who am prepared against your territories, Though not for Rome itself. | UISADFUI Oh, riMtsau, uiMtsra! ahEc drow atht uevyo pkeons sah eeddew rmof my rthae a otro of asignntnodlg rhdaet. If mrfo hatt far lcdou rtepiJu sldouh speak iivdne gnthsi adn ysa, tsI tuer, I lowdu leveebi him no ssle naht I eiebevl uoy, lboen iurasMt. Lte me wrpa my msar anrudo sthi boyd of uysor, chhwi my dwenoo nleca has nbetae dan bene eptsrldein atsgian a hduerdn mtise. uoY era het vnlai taht my dorws sued to srietk, dna won I bemrace uyo. owN I isvert to aing uoyr opdriahsecm twhi as uhcm yocetfir adn nhoor as I sude to ihtfg uyo. uoY uhdlso kwon: I voled teh anmwo I mdrraie, satht teh utrht, ubt nsegei uyo eehr, you nlboe ighnt, kesam my arhet oerm deaenrptru anth henw I sritf swa my nwe dibre alkw sacors my tlrehohds. oYu rae hte god of war! I etll ouy, oru yrma is adery to yodple, nad wno I evah anosre ingaa to eofcr yuor shdiel ffo of yuro otsngr rma, or oels my won rma isdeant. eoYvu edeaetdf me vwelte deetifnrf tmsie, adn ervey inhgt necis I eahv draemed of nrneostcue bweeetn us. deW hifgt dnwo on teh rgodun, aitngk fof oru tsehlem, ciofgnr uor tifss iton echa otresh arotths. henT I weak up, alfh edda, nad it aws all a mdaer. ytrWho rsituaM, even if we had no noasre to atkcat oRem erhto nhta eht tacf hatt ueovy enbe dehainbs, we lwoud emebsasl vreye amn morf geas wvltee to synevte adn flood ulftugaern eoRm itwh our rfyu. emoC sindei nwo nda kseha hnsad wiht our renastos. yehT ear jstu now syinga ooybegd to me, as I aws atobu to aktcta anomR eietrirtsro, hogtuh not meoR ftsile. |
CORIOLANUS You bless me, gods! | AOINOCLSRU uoY bsles me, sdgo! |
AUFIDIUS 140 Therefore, most absolute sir, if thou wilt have The leading of thine own revenges, take The one half of my commission; and set down As best thou art experienced, since thou knowst Thy countrys strength and weakness,thine own ways; 145 Whether to knock against the gates of Rome, Or rudely visit them in parts remote, To fright them, ere destroy. But come in: Let me commend thee first to those that shall Say yea to thy desires. A thousand welcomes! 150 And more a friend than eer an enemy; Yet, Martius, that was much. Your hand: most welcome! | DFUIASUI leonbcamIrap sri, if odyu lkei to aetk het aled iwth oryu onw eenrveg, tkae eovr aflh of my mmcoadn. ecsaBeu uyo ahev hte mtso xreeenipce nad uyo onwk sRome gnstrthse dan essekenwsa, ecddie rfo sfeulyor etwherh to ctatka teh yitc rletcydi at eth tgsea or to enaks up on tehm in the arafawy isotrrereti and igrfnthe mthe eebfor yegontrsid them. rEhtie ayw, cmoe in. teL me ucdrnoiet uyo to hseto owh ilwl rvapoep of uyor resised. A hdatnsuo eslemowc! oeruY orem of a derfin nwo hnta uyo rwee reev an yeenmdna you erwe a reagt neyem. vGie me ruoy hayundo ear otsm wmleoec! |
Exeunt CORIOLANUS and AUFIDIUS. The two Servingmen come forward | NIOLRCAUSO dan SAFIDUIU itex. The tow stvnaSre ocem radrwfo. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Heres a strange alteration! | TISRF NVERTSA tTha aws an etedecupnx rntu of vsteen! |
SECOND SERVINGMAN By my hand, I had thought to have strucken him with a cudgel; and yet my mind gave me his clothes made a 155 false report of him. | SDEONC SEAVRTN I ewsar, I ahd gohtuth baotu sngkrtii hmi tiwh a lcub, but I kwen shi soheltc were a ugsiside. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN What an arm he has! he turned me about with his finger and his thumb, as one would set up a top. | FTRSI AVNSTRE Wtha an arm he sah! He edutnr me nadour htwi ujst hsi iegfrn and ihs bumth, teh yaw ydou nspi a opt. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Nay, I knew by his face that there was something in him: he had, sir, a kind of face, methought,I 160 cannot tell how to term it. | CDNSEO SENARVT No, I kwne by shi cfea htat tereh aws gnsthiemo abuto him. He ahd, sri, a kdin of cfae, I Iguththo dnto nkow hwo to ebcesird it. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN He had so; looking as it werewould I were hanged, but I thought there was more in him than I could think. | TSRFI SRENTAV He dah a ndik of aefc ahtt oleokd ekli it awIs tanc fdin eth sodwr rfo eth ielf of me, but I kewn trhee swa rmoe to mhi htan I dcoul ese. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN So did I, Ill be sworn: he is simply the rarest man i the world. | DNSECO AENVSRT So ddi I. I serwa, he is iymlsp eth omst eiqnuu mna in the rdolw. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN 165I think he is: but a greater soldier than he you wot on. | FRSIT SERVNAT I greae, tbu uyo leaadry okwn a brtete riedlos. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Who, my master? | SCDENO VEARNST Woh, my marset? |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Nay, its no matter for that. | ISFRT TAEVNSR Its no stoecnt. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Worth six on him. | SNEDOC ANEVSTR Hes wotrh six of him. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Nay, not so neither: but I take him to be the 170greater soldier. | FIRST TERNVSA shTat tno uter. I nthik hse eht eerbtt eldsori. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Faith, look you, one cannot tell how to say that: for the defence of a town, our general is excellent. | NSCEDO ETVASNR wHo doluc neoyan reev ysa hswo acyltaul rettbe? orF iddgenfne twons, our lgneera is tenelcelx. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Ay, and for an assault too. | ITRFS VRTSAEN Yse, nda fro ktgiacant meht, too. |
Re-enter third Servingman | hTe hrdTi Stanerv rtseerne. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN O slaves, I can tell you news,news, you rascals! | RTDIH SENRTVA Oh, aslvse, I eahv ewsn ofr wunsyeo, yuo alscrsa! |
FIRST SERVINGMAN AND SECOND SERVINGMAN 175What, what, what? lets partake. | IFTRS NTSAREV DAN CNOEDS ESNTARV ahtW, htaw, hawt? ellT us. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN I would not be a Roman, of all nations; I had as lieve be a condemned man. | HDITR SENTARV Id trarhe be mrof raehwnye anth meRo. Id lydagl rpeerf to be dncdeomne to edi. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN AND SECOND SERVINGMAN Wherefore? wherefore? | RFSIT ENSATVR AND OSEDNC SVARTNE yhW? Why? |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Why, heres he that was wont to thwack our general, 180Caius Martius. | IDRHT SAVTNRE eBcuase iCsau Mtuiars, het nma owh asw dlcinine to achtkw our naergle, is reeh. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Why do you say thwack our general? | FITSR EVTSNRA hWat do yuo eanm, tahcwk our agreenl? |
THIRD SERVINGMAN I do not say thwack our general; but he was always good enough for him. | HRITD NRVSEAT I tnod name htwakc oru raleegn, tbu he lucod eahv. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Come, we are fellows and friends: he was ever too 185 hard for him; I have heard him say so himself. | OESCDN TSNEVAR Cemo, erew ewfllso nad efsrdin. uaCis rMsatiu was ysalwa too hmuc for Iemvih earhd imh asy so hlmfise. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN He was too hard for him directly, to say the troth ont: before Corioli he scotched him and notched him like a carbon ado. | RTSIF SAERTVN He wsa oot hcum rof imh rltidyce, to tlel the hturt. At oeClrsio he dreacv ihm up klie a ceeip of meat. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN An he had been cannibally given, he might have 190 broiled and eaten him too. | CDEONS RSVTNAE If edh eenb a ncbailan, he gtimh vahe robelid nad aeetn mih, oto. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN But, more of thy news? | FRITS ATVSNER uBt ahtw htoer ewsn do uyo aveh? |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Why, he is so made on here within, as if he were son and heir to Mars; set at upper end o the table; no question asked him by any of the senators, but they 195 stand bald before him: our general himself makes a mistress of him: sanctifies himself withs hand and turns up the white o the eye to his discourse. But the bottom of the news is that our general is cut i the middle and but one half of what he was 200 yesterday; for the other has half, by the entreaty and grant of the whole table. Hell go, he says, and sowl the porter of Rome gates by the ears: he will mow all down before him, and leave his passage polled. | HTDRI AESVRNT heT seustg ehre ntac spto aigltkn tubao ihm. Ist as if he eewr teh nos dna erih to Mras. seH siigntt at hte adhe of eth laetb adn oenn of eth rensatos are iagkns hmi ayn etnssiytovqheeu all kenat iehtr hats ffo to hmi. urO neaglre hmlsefi asttre him leki a rsesimts, hiutnocg ish anhd ekli a deracs elcir, eilntsngi htiw dwie-edye reodwn to shi yrvee rowd. tuB eth mtotbo line is htat uro laeerng is own lfah het mna he aws ertadysey. esH gnvei fhla ish woper yaaw to suaiC aMrtsiu nad eth oewlh bleta tpousrsp hmi. He ayss hatt lelh go nad cahtc the erekpe of esRom esatg by the aers, ttah lleh wmo dwno orvwhee sdstan in ish way, veginal a rtlai ihnbed imh. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN And hes as like to dot as any man I can imagine. | EONSDC NSATVRE ndA seh as lkiyle to do it as any nma I can ngeimai. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN 205 Dot! he will dot; for, look you, sir, he has as many friends as enemies; which friends, sir, as it were, durst not, look you, sir, show themselves, as we term it, his friends whilst hes in directitude. | RDHTI AVTESNR Do it! Hlle do it. Look, sir, he ash as aynm ndersfi as emdeasenin ish rsndefi cnat taalyluc be nirfsed to him hwlie ehs in eeejddcitut. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Directitude! whats that? | STRIF ANETVSR ecdDjuteeit! atWsh ttha? |
THIRD SERVINGMAN 210 But when they shall see, sir, his crest up again, and the man in blood, they will out of their burrows, like conies after rain, and revel all with him. | TRIDH ENSARVT But hewn etyh see htta sih rstspii vaeh tefidl dna ahtt ehs a anm in full tvyltaii ingaa, helytl come uot of gihdin, ikel btrasib ratef a anri, and aeeretlcb thiw ihm. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN But when goes this forward? | TFSIR SVARNET nWhe wlil sith panphe? |
THIRD SERVINGMAN 215 To-morrow; to-day; presently; you shall have the drum struck up this afternoon: tis, as it were, a parcel of their feast, and to be executed ere they wipe their lips. | TIDHR TSAEVRN omTrwoor, otdya, noso. llYuo rahe het tlatbe umrd by hits onraotfen. tIs klie atrp of rhtie aefts nad wlli be neuaywdr efbeor thveey diwpe hriet slip. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Why, then we shall have a stirring world again. 220 This peace is nothing, but to rust iron, increase tailors, and breed ballad-makers. | SEDNOC SVTAERN nTeh ntsigh ilwl come bcak to ielf niaga eher. sihT peaec odes itgnohn but turs oirn nda kmae elppeo ecmeob stlorai and eirssng. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Let me have war, say I; it exceeds peace as far as day does night; its spritely, waking, audible, and full of vent. Peace is a very apoplexy, lethargy; 225 mulled, deaf, sleepy, insensible; a getter of more bastard children than wars a destroyer of men. | RIFTS RVNATSE I ays: egvi me arw. Ist erbett hnat ceepa eth way hnigt is ertetb htan yda. tsI pirsltey, kniwga, loud, dan peitrsid. ePeca is het ftieniodin of tganostnai, of rlhytega. sIt uldl, defa, lseype, nad fnlnigeue. It asercet roem tsadrab hriceldn nhat asrw sdoetry mne. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Tis so: and as war, in some sort, may be said to be a ravisher, so it cannot be denied but peace is a great maker of cuckolds. | DCOESN SVRETNA tsI ertu. dAn lewhi war nac be siad to be dueseivct in a esesn, it atnnoc be ideedn tath in tsiem of capee, ewivs htcea on iterh sshubnda. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN 230 Ay, and it makes men hate one another. | SFRIT NSRTVEA seY, nda it keams emn teah noe otrnhae. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Reason; because they then less need one another. The wars for my money. I hope to see Romans as cheap as Volscians. They are rising, they are rising. | IHTRD RASETNV scaeeuB htey deen eno rntohea essl. Id eivg my eynom to veah awr! I poeh hte aRmsno era as ahecp as eht elVcsos. (A niseo mseco romf goftsfea) eyrTeh egtgitn up ofmr het tbeal. |
ALL 235 In, in, in, in! | ALL In, in, in, in! |
Exeunt | All xite. |
Original Text | Modern Text |
The same. A hall in Aufidiuss house. | A llha in fssiuudiA hesuo. |
Music within. Enter a Servingman | uscMi saply gefsafot. A rtSaetvnrseen. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Wine, wine, wine! What service is here! I think our fellows are asleep. | FTISR ARESVNT Wine, nwie, inwe! Wath knid of ereisvc is isht? I intkh eht etorh ssrteanv rae saelpe. |
Exit | He tesxi. |
Enter a second Servingman | A Scdeon ratSven rsntee. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Wheres Cotus? my master calls for him. Cotus! | ONDECS TENVRAS esrhWe touCs? My saterm lsacl for mhi. Cstuo! |
Exit | He xites. |
Enter CORIOLANUS | NARLUCOSOI nrtees. |
CORIOLANUS 5 A goodly house: the feast smells well; but I Appear not like a guest. | OOLSAICUNR sTih is a dgoo euhos. Teh tsafe lslems dgoo, tbu I ndto olko ielk a usget. |
Re-enter the first Servingman | eTh rFsti Srnetva enterers. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN What would you have, friend? whence are you? Heres no place for you: pray, go to the door. | TIFSR NRSVAET Wtha aer uoy nogid reeh, ifdner? eeWrh rae you mrfo? hisT is no pcael rfo yuo. aPeels eleav. |
Exit | He isxet. |
CORIOLANUS I have deserved no better entertainment, 10 In being Coriolanus. | SNOCALRIUO I tuodnlw be elmowdce ayn rteebt if ethy wkne I ewre olsonaCiur. |
Re-enter second Servingman | The Sdenoc avStern ernteesr. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Whence are you, sir? Has the porter his eyes in his head; that he gives entrance to such companions? Pray, get you out. | ODECSN VTARENS eeWrh ear uoy form, sir? Is eht ertrpo lndbi to tel emsnooe ikle uoy in? Peelas, get out. |
CORIOLANUS Away! | ORSNULOAIC Go aywa! |
SECOND SERVINGMAN 15 Away! get you away. | CENSDO RVSTENA You go wyaa! |
CORIOLANUS Now thourt troublesome. | ANRISUOCOL Yoeru acsginu btelrou. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Are you so brave? Ill have you talked with anon. | OCDNES NAVREST reA oyu ryella this nrtgoaar? Seosnmeo ggnoi to omec rnidrpmea you hrtgi wyaa. |
Enter a third Servingman. The first meets him | A hTdir vtreSna rsenet. Teh trsiF emets mhi. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN What fellows this? | RIDHT TRNVASE Wsoh isth? |
FIRST SERVINGMAN A strange one as ever I looked on: I cannot get him 20 out of the house: prithee, call my master to him. | FTRSI ATVNERS ehT trgstsnea man veI vere eens. I ctna etg ihm uto of hte ehosu. Palese ska my atemsr to come rhee. |
Retires | He sietx. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN What have you to do here, fellow? Pray you, avoid the house. | TDHIR VTRNEAS Why ear ouy eerh, efwoll? slePae, eelva isth oehus. |
CORIOLANUS Let me but stand; I will not hurt your hearth. | RUNILASOOC Lte me ayst. I wont ecsua ayn harm. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN What are you? | HDTIR TEARNSV hWo era you? |
CORIOLANUS 25 A gentleman. | LCIOOURSAN A glnmeneat. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN A marvellous poor one. | HTIDR RSATVEN A alrkmybrae poro noe. |
CORIOLANUS True, so I am. | SONUAILCRO saTht teru. I am poor. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Pray you, poor gentleman, take up some other station; heres no place for you; pray you, avoid: come. | DTIHR VENASTR Psleea, oorp lmneegtna, go to esom eorht sueho. sTih is ton het ealpc fro oyu. eaPlse, get tuo own. |
CORIOLANUS 30 Follow your function, go, and batten on cold bits. | CUOIOSRANL Be lkie yever oerht anrvset: go ogrge rsofuyel on docl asrcps of dfoo. |
Pushes him away | He shsepu het hdriT vaStnre away. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN What, you will not? Prithee, tell my master what a strange guest he has here. | HTRID RSEVATN hatW otwn oyu do? leesPa, go ellt my asmetr twha a tngsare stgeu he sha ereh. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN And I shall. | NDOSEC ETARNVS I lliw. |
Exit | He steix. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Where dwellest thou? | RDITH ATSNERV erhWe do you elvi? |
CORIOLANUS 35 Under the canopy. | ANSOIOUCLR hBneaet het ratss. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Under the canopy! | RTIHD RTVAESN anhteeB the rtass! |
CORIOLANUS Ay. | LOICNRSAUO seY. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Wheres that? | IDTRH SAERVTN rWeehs taht? |
CORIOLANUS I the city of kites and crows. | ORLASINOUC In eht city of stkie dna crwos. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN 40 I the city of kites and crows! What an ass it is! Then thou dwellest with daws too? | IDTRH EARSNVT In eht tciy of steik dna ocwrs! hatW a ejok isht is! nhTe do uyo lvie whti hte mpelonists oot? |
CORIOLANUS No, I serve not thy master. | SRONIUOALC No, I otdn eervs your trmaes. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN How, sir! do you meddle with my master? | TRIDH RNEVAST Oh, irs! eAr oyu nrgyit to msse thwi my eamrts? |
CORIOLANUS Ay; tis an honester service than to meddle with thy 45 mistress. Thou pratest, and pratest; serve with thy trencher, hence! | IRSLNOCAOU esY. sIt eorm shnoet htan mesnigs aourdn twhi oyur tsimress. uYo bblbea on dna on. Pass eth engvrsi pearttl. Go! |
Beats him away. Exit third Servingman | He beats mhi ayaw. heT dTihr tarnveS istxe. |
Enter AUFIDIUS with the second Servingman | UDAIFUIS rseent with eht eocdnS navteSr. |
AUFIDIUS Where is this fellow? | UIUFISDA eehWr is ihst anm? |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Here, sir: Ild have beaten him like a dog, but for disturbing the lords within. | ENOSDC RNAVSTE reeH, irs. I wdovleu teenba ihm lkei a god, tub taht vdweluo ddtrisueb oyur gtssue. |
Retires | He ixste. |
AUFIDIUS 50 Whence comest thou? what wouldst thou? thy name? Why speakst not? speak, man: whats thy name? | DSIUFAIU eerhW are yuo mrfo? Wtha do uoy atnw? Yoru emna? yhW etnar uyo apkeings? eSpak, man. ahWst ruoy eamn? |
CORIOLANUS If, Tullus, | OUSAICLORN If, uulslT... |
Unmuffling | (lmniugfnfu shi ivoec) |
Not yet thou knowest me, and, seeing me, dost not Think me for the man I am, necessity 55 Commands me name myself. | ...uyo notd grioenzce my ecvio nda ouy otdn crngeoiez me by tigsh, I sumt llet uyo my anem. |
AUFIDIUS What is thy name? | AUFDUIIS thaW is uryo naem? |
CORIOLANUS A name unmusical to the Volscians ears, And harsh in sound to thine. | ALOUICNROS A enma hte lVsecso nodt klei to aehr, ienkul yuosr. |
AUFIDIUS Say, whats thy name? 60 Thou hast a grim appearance, and thy face Bears a command int; though thy tackles torn. Thou showst a noble vessel: whats thy name? | UDIAUSIF leTl me, watsh yoru mnae? uYor napprecaae is arhsh and yruo aecf ksloo elki a mdesomarnc. envE thguoh uoyr eotshcl aer tnor, oyur doyb olsko sgnstuidiihed. What is yuor mena? |
CORIOLANUS Prepare thy brow to frown: knowst thou me yet? | OASLUCRION parPere to nwfro. Do uoy wkon me yte? |
AUFIDIUS 65 I know thee not: thy name? | USIIUDFA I odtn nokw ryou amne. tWha is it? |
CORIOLANUS My name is Caius Martius, who hath done To thee particularly and to all the Volsces Great hurt and mischief; thereto witness may My surname, Coriolanus: the painful service, 70 The extreme dangers and the drops of blood Shed for my thankless country are requited But with that surname; a good memory, And witness of the malice and displeasure Which thou shouldst bear me: only that name remains; 75 The cruelty and envy of the people, Permitted by our dastard nobles, who Have all forsook me, hath devourd the rest; And sufferd me by the voice of slaves to be Whoopd out of Rome. Now this extremity 80 Hath brought me to thy hearth; not out of hope- Mistake me notto save my life, for if I had feard death, of all the men i the world I would have voided thee, but in mere spite, To be full quit of those my banishers, 85 Stand I before thee here. Then if thou hast A heart of wreak in thee, that wilt revenge Thine own particular wrongs and stop those maims Of shame seen through thy country, speed thee straight, 90 And make my misery serve thy turn: so use it That my revengeful services may prove As benefits to thee, for I will fight Against my cankerd country with the spleen Of all the under fiends. But if so be 95 Thou darest not this and that to prove more fortunes Thourt tired, then, in a word, I also am Longer to live most weary, and present My throat to thee and to thy ancient malice; Which not to cut would show thee but a fool, 100 Since I have ever followd thee with hate, Drawn tuns of blood out of thy countrys breast, And cannot live but to thy shame, unless It be to do thee service. | NLAOIORUCS My nmae is saiCu rtsMiau. evI node aetrg hrtu adn mceiifhs to uoy uitpaarycrll nda to lal teh ecVlsos, roofp of hhwic is my esrumna: suCioraoln. I wdkroe evyr arhd, fdace emexetr egsnadr, nda ehds rospd of doolb orf my gluefurnat rcyunto. My noyl somatpoiecnn is ttah amen. stI a erdrneim dan nrsegfiii of eth redtah oyu sodulh flee rfo me. aTht name is lal tath is tfle. hWit oviesun yelrtcu, het omRan eoppel, aenbdel by het rywcdloa nsebol, ehav dtnreu on me adn eaknt ywaa all that I dha. seThe lavess evha evdto me otu of mRoe. eehsT etxemer astsccinrmuce aer athw evha brugoth me to uory omhe. kMea no mestkai: I ahev no iswh to aevs my ilfe. If I fereda hetad, I ludow have dvedaoi oyu emro naht nay threo man in hte wdolr. snateId I antsd eher ebrefo yuo wthi yoln my dterha nad dsreie rof grvenee sanitga my nasbhries. If yerou ninicdel to kese neavecgen of yoru nwo and edn teh eamsh atsht esen gtuuotorhh ouyr tocnyru, ese wno owh uyo acn seu my ffirusegn to veres yoru rouepps. epgnlHi me gte neveerg illw be aiecnfileb to uoy. llI gfthi my now eduscr ryntuco ihtw hte rfyu of all eht hlle gbsnie. But if ouy sheoco otn to do itsh, if uoeyr oot eitrd to keta hist cahnec, ehtn ncesi I am alos oto derit to peek ingilv, I nesrpet my ahrtto to oyu and ruoy nlngantodgis aedhtr. ouYd be a olfo not to ctu it. vIe saalyw pudreus uoy iwht hatdre, Ive eslpdil lbrsrea of ruoy rnutyosc dolob, so to tel me lvie wdulo oyln nrbig you ahmse lssenu I acn rkwo on your efbalh. |
AUFIDIUS O Martius, Martius! 105 Each word thou hast spoke hath weeded from my heart A root of ancient envy. If Jupiter Should from yond cloud speak divine things, And say Tis true, Ild not believe them more Than thee, all noble Martius. Let me twine 110 Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarrd the moon with splinters: here I clip The anvil of my sword, and do contest As hotly and as nobly with thy love 115 As ever in ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valour. Know thou first, I loved the maid I married; never man Sighd truer breath; but that I see thee here, Thou noble thing! more dances my rapt heart 120 Than when I first my wedded mistress saw Bestride my threshold. Why, thou Mars! I tell thee, We have a power on foot; and I had purpose Once more to hew thy target from thy brawn, Or lose mine arm fort: thou hast beat me out 125 Twelve several times, and I have nightly since Dreamt of encounters twixt thyself and me; We have been down together in my sleep, Unbuckling helms, fisting each others throat, And waked half dead with nothing. Worthy Martius, 130 Had we no quarrel else to Rome, but that Thou art thence banishd, we would muster all From twelve to seventy, and pouring war Into the bowels of ungrateful Rome, Like a bold flood oer-bear. O, come, go in, 135 And take our friendly senators by the hands; Who now are here, taking their leaves of me, Who am prepared against your territories, Though not for Rome itself. | UISADFUI Oh, riMtsau, uiMtsra! ahEc drow atht uevyo pkeons sah eeddew rmof my rthae a otro of asignntnodlg rhdaet. If mrfo hatt far lcdou rtepiJu sldouh speak iivdne gnthsi adn ysa, tsI tuer, I lowdu leveebi him no ssle naht I eiebevl uoy, lboen iurasMt. Lte me wrpa my msar anrudo sthi boyd of uysor, chhwi my dwenoo nleca has nbetae dan bene eptsrldein atsgian a hduerdn mtise. uoY era het vnlai taht my dorws sued to srietk, dna won I bemrace uyo. owN I isvert to aing uoyr opdriahsecm twhi as uhcm yocetfir adn nhoor as I sude to ihtfg uyo. uoY uhdlso kwon: I voled teh anmwo I mdrraie, satht teh utrht, ubt nsegei uyo eehr, you nlboe ighnt, kesam my arhet oerm deaenrptru anth henw I sritf swa my nwe dibre alkw sacors my tlrehohds. oYu rae hte god of war! I etll ouy, oru yrma is adery to yodple, nad wno I evah anosre ingaa to eofcr yuor shdiel ffo of yuro otsngr rma, or oels my won rma isdeant. eoYvu edeaetdf me vwelte deetifnrf tmsie, adn ervey inhgt necis I eahv draemed of nrneostcue bweeetn us. deW hifgt dnwo on teh rgodun, aitngk fof oru tsehlem, ciofgnr uor tifss iton echa otresh arotths. henT I weak up, alfh edda, nad it aws all a mdaer. ytrWho rsituaM, even if we had no noasre to atkcat oRem erhto nhta eht tacf hatt ueovy enbe dehainbs, we lwoud emebsasl vreye amn morf geas wvltee to synevte adn flood ulftugaern eoRm itwh our rfyu. emoC sindei nwo nda kseha hnsad wiht our renastos. yehT ear jstu now syinga ooybegd to me, as I aws atobu to aktcta anomR eietrirtsro, hogtuh not meoR ftsile. |
CORIOLANUS You bless me, gods! | AOINOCLSRU uoY bsles me, sdgo! |
AUFIDIUS 140 Therefore, most absolute sir, if thou wilt have The leading of thine own revenges, take The one half of my commission; and set down As best thou art experienced, since thou knowst Thy countrys strength and weakness,thine own ways; 145 Whether to knock against the gates of Rome, Or rudely visit them in parts remote, To fright them, ere destroy. But come in: Let me commend thee first to those that shall Say yea to thy desires. A thousand welcomes! 150 And more a friend than eer an enemy; Yet, Martius, that was much. Your hand: most welcome! | DFUIASUI leonbcamIrap sri, if odyu lkei to aetk het aled iwth oryu onw eenrveg, tkae eovr aflh of my mmcoadn. ecsaBeu uyo ahev hte mtso xreeenipce nad uyo onwk sRome gnstrthse dan essekenwsa, ecddie rfo sfeulyor etwherh to ctatka teh yitc rletcydi at eth tgsea or to enaks up on tehm in the arafawy isotrrereti and igrfnthe mthe eebfor yegontrsid them. rEhtie ayw, cmoe in. teL me ucdrnoiet uyo to hseto owh ilwl rvapoep of uyor resised. A hdatnsuo eslemowc! oeruY orem of a derfin nwo hnta uyo rwee reev an yeenmdna you erwe a reagt neyem. vGie me ruoy hayundo ear otsm wmleoec! |
Exeunt CORIOLANUS and AUFIDIUS. The two Servingmen come forward | NIOLRCAUSO dan SAFIDUIU itex. The tow stvnaSre ocem radrwfo. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Heres a strange alteration! | TISRF NVERTSA tTha aws an etedecupnx rntu of vsteen! |
SECOND SERVINGMAN By my hand, I had thought to have strucken him with a cudgel; and yet my mind gave me his clothes made a 155 false report of him. | SDEONC SEAVRTN I ewsar, I ahd gohtuth baotu sngkrtii hmi tiwh a lcub, but I kwen shi soheltc were a ugsiside. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN What an arm he has! he turned me about with his finger and his thumb, as one would set up a top. | FTRSI AVNSTRE Wtha an arm he sah! He edutnr me nadour htwi ujst hsi iegfrn and ihs bumth, teh yaw ydou nspi a opt. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Nay, I knew by his face that there was something in him: he had, sir, a kind of face, methought,I 160 cannot tell how to term it. | CDNSEO SENARVT No, I kwne by shi cfea htat tereh aws gnsthiemo abuto him. He ahd, sri, a kdin of cfae, I Iguththo dnto nkow hwo to ebcesird it. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN He had so; looking as it werewould I were hanged, but I thought there was more in him than I could think. | TSRFI SRENTAV He dah a ndik of aefc ahtt oleokd ekli it awIs tanc fdin eth sodwr rfo eth ielf of me, but I kewn trhee swa rmoe to mhi htan I dcoul ese. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN So did I, Ill be sworn: he is simply the rarest man i the world. | DNSECO AENVSRT So ddi I. I serwa, he is iymlsp eth omst eiqnuu mna in the rdolw. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN 165I think he is: but a greater soldier than he you wot on. | FRSIT SERVNAT I greae, tbu uyo leaadry okwn a brtete riedlos. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Who, my master? | SCDENO VEARNST Woh, my marset? |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Nay, its no matter for that. | ISFRT TAEVNSR Its no stoecnt. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Worth six on him. | SNEDOC ANEVSTR Hes wotrh six of him. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Nay, not so neither: but I take him to be the 170greater soldier. | FIRST TERNVSA shTat tno uter. I nthik hse eht eerbtt eldsori. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Faith, look you, one cannot tell how to say that: for the defence of a town, our general is excellent. | NSCEDO ETVASNR wHo doluc neoyan reev ysa hswo acyltaul rettbe? orF iddgenfne twons, our lgneera is tenelcelx. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Ay, and for an assault too. | ITRFS VRTSAEN Yse, nda fro ktgiacant meht, too. |
Re-enter third Servingman | hTe hrdTi Stanerv rtseerne. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN O slaves, I can tell you news,news, you rascals! | RTDIH SENRTVA Oh, aslvse, I eahv ewsn ofr wunsyeo, yuo alscrsa! |
FIRST SERVINGMAN AND SECOND SERVINGMAN 175What, what, what? lets partake. | IFTRS NTSAREV DAN CNOEDS ESNTARV ahtW, htaw, hawt? ellT us. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN I would not be a Roman, of all nations; I had as lieve be a condemned man. | HDITR SENTARV Id trarhe be mrof raehwnye anth meRo. Id lydagl rpeerf to be dncdeomne to edi. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN AND SECOND SERVINGMAN Wherefore? wherefore? | RFSIT ENSATVR AND OSEDNC SVARTNE yhW? Why? |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Why, heres he that was wont to thwack our general, 180Caius Martius. | IDRHT SAVTNRE eBcuase iCsau Mtuiars, het nma owh asw dlcinine to achtkw our naergle, is reeh. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Why do you say thwack our general? | FITSR EVTSNRA hWat do yuo eanm, tahcwk our agreenl? |
THIRD SERVINGMAN I do not say thwack our general; but he was always good enough for him. | HRITD NRVSEAT I tnod name htwakc oru raleegn, tbu he lucod eahv. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Come, we are fellows and friends: he was ever too 185 hard for him; I have heard him say so himself. | OESCDN TSNEVAR Cemo, erew ewfllso nad efsrdin. uaCis rMsatiu was ysalwa too hmuc for Iemvih earhd imh asy so hlmfise. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN He was too hard for him directly, to say the troth ont: before Corioli he scotched him and notched him like a carbon ado. | RTSIF SAERTVN He wsa oot hcum rof imh rltidyce, to tlel the hturt. At oeClrsio he dreacv ihm up klie a ceeip of meat. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN An he had been cannibally given, he might have 190 broiled and eaten him too. | CDEONS RSVTNAE If edh eenb a ncbailan, he gtimh vahe robelid nad aeetn mih, oto. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN But, more of thy news? | FRITS ATVSNER uBt ahtw htoer ewsn do uyo aveh? |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Why, he is so made on here within, as if he were son and heir to Mars; set at upper end o the table; no question asked him by any of the senators, but they 195 stand bald before him: our general himself makes a mistress of him: sanctifies himself withs hand and turns up the white o the eye to his discourse. But the bottom of the news is that our general is cut i the middle and but one half of what he was 200 yesterday; for the other has half, by the entreaty and grant of the whole table. Hell go, he says, and sowl the porter of Rome gates by the ears: he will mow all down before him, and leave his passage polled. | HTDRI AESVRNT heT seustg ehre ntac spto aigltkn tubao ihm. Ist as if he eewr teh nos dna erih to Mras. seH siigntt at hte adhe of eth laetb adn oenn of eth rensatos are iagkns hmi ayn etnssiytovqheeu all kenat iehtr hats ffo to hmi. urO neaglre hmlsefi asttre him leki a rsesimts, hiutnocg ish anhd ekli a deracs elcir, eilntsngi htiw dwie-edye reodwn to shi yrvee rowd. tuB eth mtotbo line is htat uro laeerng is own lfah het mna he aws ertadysey. esH gnvei fhla ish woper yaaw to suaiC aMrtsiu nad eth oewlh bleta tpousrsp hmi. He ayss hatt lelh go nad cahtc the erekpe of esRom esatg by the aers, ttah lleh wmo dwno orvwhee sdstan in ish way, veginal a rtlai ihnbed imh. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN And hes as like to dot as any man I can imagine. | EONSDC NSATVRE ndA seh as lkiyle to do it as any nma I can ngeimai. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN 205 Dot! he will dot; for, look you, sir, he has as many friends as enemies; which friends, sir, as it were, durst not, look you, sir, show themselves, as we term it, his friends whilst hes in directitude. | RDHTI AVTESNR Do it! Hlle do it. Look, sir, he ash as aynm ndersfi as emdeasenin ish rsndefi cnat taalyluc be nirfsed to him hwlie ehs in eeejddcitut. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Directitude! whats that? | STRIF ANETVSR ecdDjuteeit! atWsh ttha? |
THIRD SERVINGMAN 210 But when they shall see, sir, his crest up again, and the man in blood, they will out of their burrows, like conies after rain, and revel all with him. | TRIDH ENSARVT But hewn etyh see htta sih rstspii vaeh tefidl dna ahtt ehs a anm in full tvyltaii ingaa, helytl come uot of gihdin, ikel btrasib ratef a anri, and aeeretlcb thiw ihm. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN But when goes this forward? | TFSIR SVARNET nWhe wlil sith panphe? |
THIRD SERVINGMAN 215 To-morrow; to-day; presently; you shall have the drum struck up this afternoon: tis, as it were, a parcel of their feast, and to be executed ere they wipe their lips. | TIDHR TSAEVRN omTrwoor, otdya, noso. llYuo rahe het tlatbe umrd by hits onraotfen. tIs klie atrp of rhtie aefts nad wlli be neuaywdr efbeor thveey diwpe hriet slip. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Why, then we shall have a stirring world again. 220 This peace is nothing, but to rust iron, increase tailors, and breed ballad-makers. | SEDNOC SVTAERN nTeh ntsigh ilwl come bcak to ielf niaga eher. sihT peaec odes itgnohn but turs oirn nda kmae elppeo ecmeob stlorai and eirssng. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN Let me have war, say I; it exceeds peace as far as day does night; its spritely, waking, audible, and full of vent. Peace is a very apoplexy, lethargy; 225 mulled, deaf, sleepy, insensible; a getter of more bastard children than wars a destroyer of men. | RIFTS RVNATSE I ays: egvi me arw. Ist erbett hnat ceepa eth way hnigt is ertetb htan yda. tsI pirsltey, kniwga, loud, dan peitrsid. ePeca is het ftieniodin of tganostnai, of rlhytega. sIt uldl, defa, lseype, nad fnlnigeue. It asercet roem tsadrab hriceldn nhat asrw sdoetry mne. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN Tis so: and as war, in some sort, may be said to be a ravisher, so it cannot be denied but peace is a great maker of cuckolds. | DCOESN SVRETNA tsI ertu. dAn lewhi war nac be siad to be dueseivct in a esesn, it atnnoc be ideedn tath in tsiem of capee, ewivs htcea on iterh sshubnda. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN 230 Ay, and it makes men hate one another. | SFRIT NSRTVEA seY, nda it keams emn teah noe otrnhae. |
THIRD SERVINGMAN Reason; because they then less need one another. The wars for my money. I hope to see Romans as cheap as Volscians. They are rising, they are rising. | IHTRD RASETNV scaeeuB htey deen eno rntohea essl. Id eivg my eynom to veah awr! I poeh hte aRmsno era as ahecp as eht elVcsos. (A niseo mseco romf goftsfea) eyrTeh egtgitn up ofmr het tbeal. |
ALL 235 In, in, in, in! | ALL In, in, in, in! |
Exeunt | All xite. |