No Fear Shakespeare: Coriolanus: Act 5 Scene 2

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Entrance of the Volscian camp before Rome. Two Sentinels on guard.	An nvdeacad otsp of eht oniVsalc mpca, ituosed omeR. Two saurdg at htire isnotat.
Enter to them, MENENIUS	EUMIESNN tserne.
FIRST SENTINEL Stay: whence are you?	SIFTR AGRUD pSto teehr. hWo are uoy?
SECOND SENTINEL Stand, and go back.	NSECOD RDUGA Stop dna go akcb.
MENENIUS You guard like men; tis well: but, by your leave, I am an officer of state, and come 5 To speak with Coriolanus.	IENNUEMS ueYro good adugsr, ubt I ureass you htta Im an fcrefio of teh tatse, dna vIe omec to speak thwi ilnaoosruC.
FIRST SENTINEL From whence?	RISTF GUDRA Whree are ouy ormf?
MENENIUS From Rome.	SMIENNUE moFr eomR.
FIRST SENTINEL You may not pass, you must return: our general Will no more hear from thence.	SFTIR RUAGD uYo yam ont pass. ouY mtus enrurt. urO lenrgea ontw eilnts to Ramons emryaon.
SECOND SENTINEL 10 Youll see your Rome embraced with fire before Youll speak with Coriolanus.	OEDCSN DURGA oYlul ees ryuo mReo usmcenod ihwt refi erboef yollu speak ihtw aooniCrslu.
MENENIUS Good my friends, If you have heard your general talk of Rome, And of his friends there, it is lots to blanks, 15 My name hath touchd your ears. It is Menenius.	EISEMUNN Gdoo men, if uveoy rhead uroy agrleen lkta of omeR nda of sih nfredis rhete, oeyvu unelduydtob aredh my emna: Mnneiesu.
FIRST SENTINEL Be it so; go back: the virtue of your name Is not here passable.	RFIST ARDUG Eenv if tthas utre, go bcka. uoY tacn etg in eerh by ertviu of uyro eanm.
MENENIUS I tell thee, fellow, The general is my lover: I have been 20 The book of his good acts, whence men have read His name unparalleld, haply amplified; For I have ever verified my friends, Of whom hes chief, with all the size that verity Would without lapsing suffer: nay, sometimes, 25 Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground, I have tumbled past the throw; and in his praise Have almost stampd the leasing: therefore, fellow, I must have leave to pass.	ENEMUNIS I ltel oyu, elflow, het rgnelea is my sloec idfren. veI cedrroed sih rvbea csat and dacimeolrp, ppesrha reteylegxgdaa, shi sgatrense as lepealrlaund. Iev lwasya dpputreos my fisdren, of ohmw hse hte lsosetc, hwit the isgtehh eplbsosi iasepr I odclu vige thwitou gsinpilp iotn isel. Ahgltuoh sti true hatt sesmemoit, ilek wlgbino on an nuveen carfesu, veI hnwtor the lbal oto afr and nlayre eiparsd hmi nbyode shi ltuaca nhcisamtmpeoslc. So uyo ees, lfelwo, uyo tsmu let me apss.
FIRST SENTINEL Faith, sir, if you had told as many lies in his 30 behalf as you have uttered words in your own, you should not pass here; no, though it were as virtuous to lie as to live chastely. Therefore, go back.	FTIRS AURGD irS, if uvoey lotd as nmya slei on sih hebfla as eoyuv posken rdswo atth ibeften syurelof, ouy osdluh otn assp eehr. You act as if it rwee as uvuritso to iel as it is to veil olnehyst. Go cakb.
MENENIUS Prithee, fellow, remember my name is Menenius, always factionary on the party of your general.	NEMSUIEN ePaels, oewfll, emrbemer my nmea is eiMensun, adn veI wsylaa eneb on ouyr nrleages desi.
SECOND SENTINEL 35 Howsoever you have been his liar, as you say you have, I am one that, telling true under him, must say, you cannot pass. Therefore, go back.	CDSEON GARDU vnEe if uevyo idel for imh, as yuo yas yuo ahev, I utsm wflool ihs esrodr flyrltthuu and sya atth ouy ntcnoa spas. So go kcba.
MENENIUS Has he dined, canst thou tell? for I would not speak with him till after dinner.	EIENMNSU asH he atnee eyt, dluoc uyo ltel me? eaBusec I uldtwon natw to speak with mhi nuilt rtafe enrnid.
FIRST SENTINEL 40 You are a Roman, are you?	RTSIF ADUGR eYrou a amRon, ear uyo?
MENENIUS I am, as thy general is.	EINMSUNE I am, jtsu as oyur grlneea is.
FIRST SENTINEL Then you should hate Rome, as he does. Can you, when you have pushed out your gates the very defender of them, and, in a violent popular 45 ignorance, given your enemy your shield, think to front his revenges with the easy groans of old women, the virginal palms of your daughters, or with the palsied intercession of such a decayed dotant as you seem to be? Can you think to blow out the 50 intended fire your city is ready to flame in, with such weak breath as this? No, you are deceived; therefore, back to Rome, and prepare for your execution: you are condemned, our general has sworn you out of reprieve and pardon.	ITFSR UGRDA nehT uoy uhsodl htae moeR eth way he dose. uYveo easbihnd oruy tseagetr eohr mrof royu stgae nda, in a eitvnol palropu oarngicen, vngei ryuo bets nddeeerf to oryu emyen. So ohw nac yuo inthk to tutocearnc ihs apnl orf vrgneee wiht het lasinsegemn aorsgn of old omenw, hte yerrasp of uory iivgrn rgsdeahtu, or teh ceppirld paesl of a cdedaye, lneies old amn uhsc as fyreuosl? ouY tkinh oyu acn bolw out the rfie atht is btauo to felnug oyru yict in lesfma twih usch keaw abtehr as this? If so, royue iastemnk. Go ackb to omRe dna reppear orf oruy exnicouet. ouYre mendncode, nad our langree ash snrwo to rgant uoy no eerrivep or npardo.
MENENIUS 55 Sirrah, if thy captain knew I were here, he would use me with estimation.	IENSEUNM rsiS, if oryu ptniaac wken atht I weer hree, he odulw etrat me iwth pctsere.
SECOND SENTINEL Come, my captain knows you not.	NSCOED RGDAU eCom, my pcainat onsetd oknw ouy.
MENENIUS I mean, thy general.	MSINEUNE I mane, oury eegnrla.
FIRST SENTINEL My general cares not for you. Back, I say, go; lest 60 I let forth your half-pint of blood; back,thats the utmost of your having: back.	SFTRI DAGUR My elnrega teonds erca outab uoy. Go kbca, I ysa, boefre I isllp a hfla tinp of uyro dbool. Back, tsih is as afr you get. kBac!
MENENIUS Nay, but, fellow, fellow,	MNSIUENE No, tub, ofelwl, leowfl
Enter CORIOLANUS and AUFIDIUS	ROISNUALCO nda UADIFUSI etren.
CORIOLANUS Whats the matter?	NOUIARLCOS aWtsh inogg on?
MENENIUS Now, you companion, Ill say an errand for you: 65 You shall know now that I am in estimation; you shall perceive that a Jack guardant cannot office me from my son Coriolanus: guess, but by my entertainment with him, if thou standest not i the state of hanging, or of some death more long in 70 spectatorship, and crueller in suffering; behold now presently, and swoon for whats to come upon thee.	SEUENMIN woN, uyo floewl, Ill gvei my oiersnv of waht stju ephedpna reeh. lulYo kwno onw hatt Im wlel rgrdeaed by oyur elrgnae dan ahtt a lylwo rgdua usch as oeslyruf nact kpee me fomr inusooClar, he ohw is ilek a son to me. I rnewod if fraet I altk twih mhi, hehrtwe uyllo be ndageh or elildk orme leuyrlc in oems gendorplo adn iupblc wya. cWtha own dan rrywo ofr swtah iongg to enpahp to oyu.
To CORIOLANUS	To LROINACUOS
The glorious gods sit in hourly synod about thy particular prosperity, and love thee no worse than thy old father Menenius does! O my son, my son! 75 thou art preparing fire for us; look thee, heres water to quench it. I was hardly moved to come to thee; but being assured none but myself could move thee, I have been blown out of your gates with sighs; and conjure thee to pardon Rome, and thy 80 petitionary countrymen. The good gods assuage thy wrath, and turn the dregs of it upon this varlet here,this, who, like a block, hath denied my access to thee.	ehT ogrlousi dogs its in lhoyur scsoisnusdi abotu uyro easorpnl roepptsyri, nad yhte olev uyo no less nhta uyro lod tfhare enesuinM eosd! Oh, my nso, my son! Yeuro rprpganie refi rfo us. oLok, hrees wraet to qnhecu it. I saw girulnygdg sauperedd to come to uoy, ubt ubsecae ehty reusdsa me thta no noe rteho tahn lsfyme duolc ccneinov yuo, evI nebe enst hree mrof hte egast hwit isgsh dan bge oyu to raopnd Roem nda uory dlgnaepi encnuoymrt. yaM eth dogo dogs alcm uoyr egnra dna nurt the enmsair of it pnuo siht nlaivil rhee, who, ekil a cbklo, has eptk me fmor geenis ouy.
CORIOLANUS Away!	OLAONSUICR aAyw!
MENENIUS 85 How! away!	UENSINEM atWh do uoy amen, wyaa?
CORIOLANUS Wife, mother, child, I know not. My affairs Are servanted to others: though I owe My revenge properly, my remission lies In Volscian breasts. That we have been familiar, 90 Ingrate forgetfulness shall poison, rather Than pity note how much. Therefore, be gone. Mine ears against your suits are stronger than Your gates against my force. Yet, for I loved thee, Take this along; I writ it for thy sake	OSIACLNOUR I hvae reinteh ifew, onr hetrmo, ron lcidh. My elornspa ilfe is nwo clepiesd by eorht emrstta. hugoTh I seke my won regeevn, eht porwe to rnodap snbelgo to het oVlcsse. We adh a phrednisif, tbu uroy getuufnral uferail to fneded me has sodpeino it. itPy iwll nto nmride me of wtah rateg enrfids we sued to be. So go aywa. My sare rfefub yoru leaps ihwt aegrrte ofecr hatn ryou eatsg iwll heav sintaag my rmya. utB eceuabs I ddi cera rfo oyu, ktae hits. I owert it orf ouyr aesk.
Gives a letter	He ivsge iMneesun a lretet.
95 And would have rent it. Another word, Menenius, I will not hear thee speak. This man, Aufidius, Was my beloved in Rome: yet thou beholdst!	And dowlu ahev tsne it. I ntwo areh ouy speka oehtnra owdr, neMinesu. hiTs amn was my reaestd idfrne in oRem, fdAiiuus. tBu lkoo at ihm!
AUFIDIUS You keep a constant temper.	SDAIIUFU You evenr genhac.
Exeunt CORIOLANUS and AUFIDIUS	ILRNUOASCO and FSUUDIIA itxe.
FIRST SENTINEL Now, sir, is your name Menenius?	FTRSI UGADR oNw, sri, is uryo nmea esnMieun?
SECOND SENTINEL 100 Tis a spell, you see, of much power: you know the way home again.	SDNECO DGUAR uYo see, tis leik a llpes with graet oprwe. Yuo know eht ayw emoh igana.
FIRST SENTINEL Do you hear how we are shent for keeping your greatness back?	STIRF GUARD diD ouy raeh ohw yeth ddlceos us rfo kepnieg uyor rtagnsese ckab?
SECOND SENTINEL What cause, do you think, I have to swoon?	OSECND GRUDA Wyh, do you nithk, I nwsoo?
MENENIUS 105 I neither care for the world nor your general: for such things as you, I can scarce think theres any, yere so slight. He that hath a will to die by himself fears it not from another: let your general do his worst. For you, be that you are, long; and 110 your misery increase with your age! I say to you, as I was said to, Away!	INUSMENE I todn arce toabu hte oldwr or baotu uyor lneaerg. I cna yrabel hnkti of gstnhi schu as slouvserey, uyore so inasnnicfiigt. A icaidslu anm nsoedt earf ebign lelkdi by eomnoes lees. teL yrou gnearel do ish ortws. May uoy ivle nlog adn aym yrou eirmsy sceeiarn thiw aeg! I sya to uyo thaw was said to me: Away!
Exit	Exit
FIRST SENTINEL A noble fellow, I warrant him.	RISTF UGDAR sHe a eobnl loeflw, I ysa.
SECOND SENTINEL The worthy fellow is our general: hes the rock, the oak not to be wind-shaken.	SDCOEN ADRGU hTe wytorh lfwloe is uro neelrga. esH ekli a cokr or an koa ttah the nidw ntac aeksh.
Exeunt	heyT ixte.