Endue you with the people's voice: Remains, Cor. Is this done? Sic. The custom of request you have discharg'd: The people do admit you; and are summon'd To meet anon, upon your approbation. Cor. Where? at the senate-house? There, Coriolanus. Cor. May I then change these garments?† Sic. You may, sir. Cor. That I'll straight do; and, knowing myself again, Repair to the senate-house. Men. I'll keep you company. - Will you along? Sic. Fare you well. [Exeunt CORIOL. and MENEN. With a proud heart he wore He has it now; and by his looks, methinks, 'Tis warm at his heart. Bru. His humble weeds: Will you dismiss the people? Re-enter Citizens. Sic. How now, my masters? have you chose this man? 1 Cit. He has our voices, sir. Bru. We pray the gods, he may deserve your loves. 2 Cit. Amen, sir: To my poor unworthy notice, He mock'd us, when he begg'd our voices. 3 Cit. He flouted us down-right. Certainly, 1 Cit. No, 'tis his kind of speech, he did not mock us. 2 Cit. Not one amongst us, save yourself, but says, He us'd us scornfully: he should have show'd us His marks of merit, wounds receiv'd for his country. + Mr. Malone omits then. Sic. Why, so he did, I am sure. Cit. No; no man saw 'em. [Several speak. 3 Cit. He said, he had wounds, which he could show in private; And with his hat, thus waving it in scorn, I would be consul, says he: aged custom, Your voices therefore: When we granted that, - Here was, I thank you for your voices, thank you, — To yield your voices? Could you not have told him, But was a petty servant to the state, He was your enemy; ever spake against Thus to have said, Sic. 6 ignorant to see't?] Were you ignorant to see it, is, did you want knowledge to discern it? 7 Would think upon you-] Would retain a grateful remembrance of you, &c. Either his gracious promise, which you might, Tying him to aught; so, putting him to rage, Bru. Did you perceive, 8 He did solicit you in free contempt, s Sic. Have you, Ere now, deny'd the asker? and, now again, 3 Cit. He's not confirm'd, we may deny him yet. I'll have five hundred voices of that sound. 1 Cit. I twice five hundred, and their friends, to, piece 'em. Bru. Get you hence instantly; and tell those friends, Sic. Your ignorant election: Enforce his pride, 9. 6 free contempt;] That is, with contempt open and unrestrained. 9 Enforce his pride,] Object his pride, and enforce the objection. How in his suit he scorn'd you: but your loves, Bru. Sic. Than what you should, made you against the grain Bru. Ay, spare us not. Say, we read lectures to you, And nobly nam'd so, being censor twice, ‡ One thus descended, Sic. "twice censor, MALONE. 2 Scaling his present bearing with his past,] That is, weighing his past and present behaviour. That he's your fixed enemy, and revoke Bru. Say, you ne'er had done't, (Harp on that still,) but by our putting on: 3 And presently, when you have drawn your number, Repair to the Capitol. Cit. We will so: almost all [several speak. Repent in their election. Bru. [Exeunt Citizens. Let them go on ; This mutiny were better put in hazard, If, as his nature is, he fall in rage With their refusal, both observe and answer To the Capitol : Sic. Come; we'll be there before the stream o'the people; And this shall seem, as partly 'tis, their own, Which we have goaded onward. [Exeunt. Cornets. Enter CORIOLANUS, MENENIUS, COMINIUS, TITUS LARTIUS, Senators, and Patricians. Cor. Tullus Aufidius then had made new head? Lart. He had, my lord; and that it was, which caus'd Our swifter composition. Cor. So then the Volces stand but as at first; Ready, when time shall prompt them, to make road by our putting on:] i. e. incitation. observe and answer The vantage of his anger.] Mark, catch, and improve the opportunity, which his hasty anger will afford us. |