That pages blush'd at him, and men of heart COR. Hear'st thou, Mars? AUF. Name not the god, thou boy of tears,.COR. AUF. No more." Ha! COR. Measureless liar, thou hast made my heart Too great for what contains it. Boy! O slave!Pardon me, lords, 'tis the first time that ever I was forc'd to scold. Your judgments, my grave lords, Must give this cur the lie: and his own notion My beating to his grave ;) shall join to thrust 1 LORD. Peace, both, and hear me speak. COR. Cut me to pieces, Volces; men and lads, Stain all your edges on me.-Boy! False hound! If you have writ your annals true, 'tis there, That like an eagle in a dove-cote, I Flutter'd your voices in Corioli: Alone I did it.-Boy! AUF. Why, noble lords, Will you be put in mind of his blind fortune, Which was your shame, by this unholy braggart, 'Fore your own eyes and ears? CON. Let him die for't. [Several speak at once. 9 Auf. No more.] This should rather be given to the first Lord. was not the business of Aufidius to put a stop to the altercation. TYRWHITT. It w It appears to me that by these words Aufidius does not mean to put a stop to the altercation; but to tell Coriolanus that he was no more than a "boy of tears." M. MASON, CIT. [Speaking promiscuously.] Tear him to pieces, do it presently. He killed my son;-my daughter;-He killed my cousin Marcus;-He killed my father. 2 LORD. Peace, ho;-no outrage ;-peace, The man is noble, and his fame folds in This orb o'the earth.1 His last offence to us Shall have judicious hearing.2-Stand, Aufidius, And trouble not the peace. COR. O, that I had him, With six Aufidiuses, or more, his tribe, To use my lawful sword! AUF. Insolent villain! CON. Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill him. [AUFIDIUS and the Conspirators draw, and kill CORIOLANUS, who falls, and AUFIDIUS stands on him. LORDS. Hold, hold, hold, hold. O Tullus, AUF. My noble masters, hear me speak. 1 LORD. 2 LORD. Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep. 3 LORD, Tread not upon him.-Masters all, be quiet; Put up your swords. 2 his fame folds in This orb o'the earth.] His fame overspreads the world. So, before: JOHNSON. "The fires i' the lowest hell fold in the people." STEEVENS. -judicious hearing.] Perhaps judicious, in the present instance, signifies judicial; such a hearing as is allowed to criminals in courts of judicature. Thus imperious is used by our author for imperial. STEEVENS. AUF. My lords, when you shall know (as in this rage, Provok'd by him, you cannot,) the great danger Which this man's life did owe you, you'll rejoice That he is thus cut off. Please it your honours To call me to your senate, I'll deliver Myself your loyal servant, or endure Your heaviest censure. 1 LORD. Bear from hence his body, And mourn you for him: let him be regarded As the most noble corse, that ever herald Did follow to his urn.3 2 LORD. His own impatience Takes from Aufidius a great part of blame. AUF. Assist. [Exeunt, bearing the Body of CORIOLANUS. A dead March sounded.5 Did follow to his urn.] This allusion is to a custom unknown, I believe, to the ancients, but observed in the publick funerals of English princes, at the conclusion of which a herald proclaims STEEVENS. the style of the deceased. 4 → a noble memory.] Memory for memorial. See p, 184, n. 4. STEEVens. The tragedy of Coriolanus is one of the most amusing of our author's performances. The old man's merriment in Menenius; the lofty lady's dignity in Volumnia; the bridal modesty in Virgilia; the patrician and military haughtiness in Coriolanus; the |