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                        CORIOLANUS 



CORIOLANUS 



             William Shakespeare 

                                       1608 



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    Dramatis Personae 

      CAIUS MARCIUS; afterwards CAIUS MARCIUS CORIOLANUS 

      Generals against the Volscians TITUS LARTIUS COMINIUS 

      MENENIUS AGRIPPA; friend to Coriolanus 

      Tribunes of the People SICINIUS VELUTUS JUNIUS BRUTUS 

      YOUNG      MARCIUS;      son   to  Coriolanus   A  ROMAN      HERALD 

NICANOR;       a  Roman   TULLUS     AUFIDIUS;     General   of  the  Volscians 

LIEUTENANT; to Aufidius CONSPIRATORS; With Aufidius ADRIAN; a 

Volscian A CITIZEN of Antium TWO VOLSCIAN GUARDS 

      VOLUMNIA;   mother  to   Coriolanus VIRGILIA;   wife  to   Coriolanus 

VALERIA; friend to Virgilia GENTLEWOMAN attending on Virgilia 

      Roman and Volscian Senators; Patricians; Aediles; Lictors; Soldiers; 

Citizens; Messengers; Servants to Aufidius; and other Attendants 



      Scens: Rome and the neighbourhood; Corioli and the neighbourhood; 

Antium 



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       ACT I。 



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                          SCENE I。 Rome。 A street 



     Enter   a   company   of   mutinous   citizens;   with   staves;   clubs;   and   other 

weapons 

       FIRST   CITIZEN。   Before   we   proceed   any   further;   hear   me   speak。 

ALL。   Speak;   speak。   FIRST   CITIZEN。 You   are   all   resolv'd   rather   to   die 

than    to  famish?   ALL。    Resolv'd;   resolv'd。   FIRST   CITIZEN。       First;  you 

know Caius Marcius is chief enemy to the people。 ALL。 We know't; we 

know't。 FIRST CITIZEN。 Let us kill him; and we'll have corn at our own 

price。 Is't a verdict? ALL。 No more talking on't; let it be done。 Away; away! 

SECOND CITIZEN。 One word; good citizens。 FIRST CITIZEN。 We are 

accounted   poor   citizens;   the   patricians   good。   What   authority   surfeits   on 

would relieve us; if they would yield us but the superfluity while it were 

wholesome; we might guess they relieved us humanely; but they think we 

are too dear。 The leanness that afflicts us; the object of our misery; is as an 

       inventory to particularize their abundance; our sufferance is a gain to 

them。 Let us revenge this with our pikes ere we become rakes; for the gods 

know I speak this in hunger for bread; not in thirst for revenge。 SECOND 

CITIZEN。 Would   you   proceed   especially  against   Caius   Marcius?   FIRST 

CITIZEN。 Against him first; he's a very dog to the commonalty。 SECOND 

CITIZEN。 Consider you what services he has done for his country? FIRST 

CITIZEN。 Very  well; and could be content to give him good report for't 

but that he pays himself with being proud。 SECOND CITIZEN。 Nay; but 

speak not maliciously。 FIRST CITIZEN。 I say unto you; what he hath done 

famously he did it to that end; though soft…conscienc'd men can be content 

to say it was for his country; he did it to please his mother and to be partly 

proud; which he is; even to the altitude of his virtue。 SECOND CITIZEN。 

What he cannot help in his nature you account a vice in him。 You must in 

no way say he is covetous。 FIRST CITIZEN。 If I must not; I need not be 

barren   of   accusations;   he   hath   faults;   with   surplus;   to   tire   in   repetition。 

'Shouts 

       within' What shouts are these? The other side o' th' city is risen。 Why 

stay we prating here? To th' Capitol! ALL。 Come; come。 FIRST CITIZEN。 

Soft! who comes here? 



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       Enter MENENIUS AGRIPPA 

       SECOND CITIZEN。 Worthy Menenius Agrippa; one that hath always 

lov'd the people。 FIRST CITIZEN。 He's one honest enough; would all the 

rest were so! MENENIUS。 What work's; my countrymen; in hand? Where 

go    you   With    bats  and    clubs?   The    matter?    Speak;    I  pray   you。  FIRST 

CITIZEN。   Our   business   is   not   unknown           to  th'   Senate;   they   have   had 

inkling this fortnight what we intend to do; which now we'll show 'em in 

deeds。 They say poor suitors have strong breaths; they shall know we have 

strong     arms   too。   MENENIUS。          Why;    masters;    my    good    friends;   mine 

honest     neighbours;     Will    you   undo    yourselves?      FIRST     CITIZEN。       We 

cannot; sir; we are undone already。 MENENIUS。 I tell you; friends; most 

charitable care Have the patricians of you。 For your wants; Your suffering 

in this dearth; you may as well Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift 

them Against   the   Roman   state;   whose   course   will   on   The   way   it   takes; 

cracking   ten   thousand   curbs   Of   more   strong   link   asunder   than   can   ever 

Appear in your impediment。 For the dearth; The gods; not the patricians; 

make   it;   and   Your   knees   to   them;   not   arms;   must   help。  Alack;   You   are 

transported by calamity Thither where more attends you; and you slander 

The helms o' th' state; who care for you like fathers; When you curse them 

as enemies。 FIRST CITIZEN。 Care for us! True; indeed! They ne'er car'd 

for us yet。 Suffer us to famish; and their storehouses cramm'd with grain; 

make edicts for usury; to support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act 

established   against   the   rich;   and   provide   more   piercing   statutes   daily   to 

chain up   and   restrain   the   poor。   If  the  wars   eat   us   not   up;   they  will;   and 

there's   all   the   love   they   bear   us。   MENENIUS。   Either   you   must   Confess 

yourselves wondrous malicious; Or be accus'd of folly。 I shall tell you A 

pretty tale。 It may be you have heard it; But; since it serves my purpose; I 

will venture To stale't a little more。 FIRST CITIZEN。 Well; I'll hear it; sir; 

yet you must not think to fob off our disgrace with a tale。 But; an't please 

you; deliver。 MENENIUS。 There was a time when all the body's members 

Rebell'd   against   the   belly;   thus   accus'd   it:   That   only   like   a   gulf   it   did 

remain   I'   th'   midst   o'   th'   body;   idle   and   unactive;   Still   cupboarding   the 

viand; never bearing Like labour with the rest; where th' other instruments 

Did   see   and   hear;   devise;   instruct;   walk;   feel; And;   mutually   participate; 



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did minister Unto the appetite and affection common Of the whole body。 

The   belly   answer'd…   FIRST   CITIZEN。   Well;   sir;   what   answer   made   the 

belly? MENENIUS。 Sir; I shall tell you。 With a kind of smile; Which ne'er 

came from the lungs; but even thus… For look you; I may make the belly 

smile As well as speak… it tauntingly replied To th' discontented members; 

the   mutinous   parts   That   envied   his   receipt;   even   so   most   fitly   As   you 

malign our senators for that They are not such as you。 FIRST CITIZEN。 

Your   belly's   answer…   What?   The   kingly   crowned   head;   the   vigilant   eye; 

The counsellor heart; the arm our soldier; Our steed the leg; the tongue our 

trumpeter; With other muniments and petty helps Is this our fabric; if that 

they… MENENIUS。 What then? Fore me; this fellow speaks! What then? 

What then? FIRST CITIZEN。 Should by the cormorant belly be restrain'd; 

Who      is  the  sink   o'  th'  body…   MENENIUS。         Well;   what    then?   FIRST 

CITIZEN。 The former agents; if they did complain; What could the belly 

answer? MENENIUS。 I will tell you; If you'll bestow a small… of what you 

have     little…  Patience    awhile;    you'st   hear   the   belly's   answer。    FIRST 

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