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Coriolanus - Act 1, scene 8
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Coriolanus - Act 1, scene 8Act 1, scene 8
⌜Scene 8⌝
Synopsis:
Martius defeats Aufidius and his Volscian supporters.
Alarum, as in battle.Enter Martius and Aufidius at several doors.
MARTIUS
0716 I’ll fight with none but thee, for I do hate thee
0717 Worse than a promise-breaker.
AUFIDIUS 0718 We hate alike.
0719 Not Afric owns a serpent I abhor
0720 5 More than thy fame and envy. Fix thy foot.
MARTIUS
0721 Let the first budger die the other’s slave,
0722 And the gods doom him after!
AUFIDIUS 0723 If I fly, Martius,
0724 Hollo me like a hare.
MARTIUS 0725 10 Within these three hours,
0726 Tullus,
0727 Alone I fought in your Corioles’ walls
0728 And made what work I pleased. ’Tis not my blood
0729 Wherein thou seest me masked. For thy revenge,
0730 15 Wrench up thy power to th’ highest.
AUFIDIUS 0731 Wert thou the
0732 Hector
0733 That was the whip of your bragged progeny,
0734 Thou shouldst not scape me here.
Here they fight, and certain Volsces come in
the aid of Aufidius.
p.
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0735
20 ⌜(To the Volsces.)⌝ Officious and not valiant, you have0736 shamed me
0737 In your condemnèd seconds.
Martius fights till they be driven in breathless.
⌜Aufidius and Martius exit, separately.⌝