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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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