Cit. Come, come, let us see him out at gates; come:The gods preserve our noble tribunes!-Come. [Exeunt. ACT IV. SCENE I.-The same. Before a gate of the city. Enter CORIOLANUS, VOLUMNIA, VIRGILIA, MENENIUS, COMINIUS, and several young Patricians. Cor. Come, leave your tears; a brief farewell:-the beast With many heads butts me away.-Nay, mother, With precepts, that would make invincible The heart that conn'd them. Vir. O heavens! O heavens! Cor. Nay, I pr'ythee, woman, Vol. Now the red pestilence strike all trades in Rome, And occupations perish! Cor. What, what, what! I shall be lov'd, when I am lack'd. Nay, mother, Six of his labours you'd have done, and sav'd Droop not; adieu :-Farewell, my wife! my mother! And venomous to thine eyes.-My sometime general As 'tis to laugh at them.-My mother, you wot well, Like to a lonely dragon, that his fen Makes fear'd, and talk'd of more than seen,) your son Will, or exceed the common, or be caught With cautelous baits and practice. My first son, Vol. Cor. O the gods! Com. I'll follow thee a month, devise with thee Where thou shalt rest, that thou may'st hear of us, And we of thee: so, if the time thrust forth A cause for thy repeal, we shall not send Cor. Fare ye well: Thou hast years upon thee; and thou art too full That's yet unbruis'd: bring me but out at gate. Come, my sweet wife, my dearest mother, and Men. Cor. Come. Give me thy hand :— [Exeunt. SCENE II.-The same. A street near the gate. Enter SICINIUS, BRUTUS, and an Ædile. Sic. Bid them all home; he's gone, and we'll no further. The nobility are vex'd, who, we see, have sided In his behalf. Bru. Now we have shown our power, Let us seem humbler after it is done, Than when it was a doing. Sic. Bid them home: Say, their great enemy is gone, and they Bru. Dismiss them home [Exit Edile Enter VOLUMNIA, VIRGILIA, and MENENIUS. Here comes his mother. Sic. Let's not meet her. Vol. O, you're well met: The hoarded plague o' th' gods Requite your love! Men. Peace, peace; be not so loud. Vol. If that I could for weeping, you should hear,Nay, and you shall hear some.-Will you be gone? [TO BRUTUS. Vir. You shall stay too: [To SICIN.] I would, I had the power To say so to my husband. Sic. Are you mankind? Vol. Ay, fool; Is that a shame?-Note but this fool.Was not a man my father? Hadst thou foxship' To banish him that struck more blows for Rome, Than thou hast spoken words? Sic. O blessed heavens! Vol. More noble blows, than ever thou wise words; And for Rome's good.-I'll tell thee what;-Yet go:Nay, but thou shalt stay too:-I would my son Were in Arabia, and thy tribe before him, His good sword in his hand. Sic. Vir. What then? What then! He'd make an end of thy posterity. Vol. Bastards, and all. Good man, the wounds that he does bear for Rome! Men. Come, come, peace. Sic. I would he had continu'd to his country, As he began; and not unknit himself The noble knot he made. Bru. I would he had. Vol. I would he had? 'Twas you incens'd the rabble: Cats, that can judge as fitly of his worth, As I can of those mysteries which heaven Will not have earth to know. Bru. Pray, let us go. Vol. Now, pray, sir, get you gone: You have done a brave deed. Ere you go, hear this: The meanest house in Rome: so far, my son, Sic. Why stay we to be baited With one that wants her wits? Vol. Take my prayers with you. [Exeunt Tribunes. I would the gods had nothing else to do, But to confirm my curses! Could I meet thein Men. You have told them home, And, by my troth, you have cause. me? You'll sup with Vol. Anger's my meat; I sup upon myself, [Exeunt, |