Who thrives, and who declines; fide factions, and give out Conjectural marriages, making parties strong, And feeble fuch, as ftand not in their Liking, Below their cobled fhoes. They fay, there's Grain enough? Would the Nobility lay afide their ruth, And let me use my fword, ' I'd make a quarry Men. Nay, thefe are almoft thoroughly perfuaded; Cor. They are diffolv'd. Hang 'em, you, They said they were an hungry, figh'd forth Proverbs; And make bold Power look pale, they threw their caps Men. What is granted them? Cor. Five Tribunes to defend their vulgar wifdoms, Of their own choice. One's Junius Brutus, Sicinius Velutus, and I know not s'death, The rabble fhould have first unroof'd the City, 3-I'd make a quarry With thousands] Why a quarry? I fuppofe, not because he would pile them fquare, but because he would give them for greater themes carrion to the birds of prey. 4the heart of Generofity.] To give the final blow to the nobles, Generofity is high birth. Men Men. This is ftrange. Cor. Go, get you home, you fragments! Mef. The news is, Sir, the Volfcians are in arms. Cor. I'm glad on't, then we fhall have means, to vent Our mufty fuperfluity. See, our beft Elders SCENE IV 1.. Enter Sicinius Velutus, Junius Brutus, Cominius, Titus Lartius, with other Senators. 1 Sen. Marcius, 'tis true, that you have lately told us." The Volfcians are in arms. Cor. They have a Leader, Tullus Aufidius, that will put you to't, And were I any thing but what I am, I'd with me only he. Com. You have fought together? Cor. Were half to half the world by th' ears,' and he Upon my Party, I'd revolt, to make Only my wars with him. He is a lion, 1 Sen. Then, worthy Marcius, Attend upon Cominius to these wars, 5-'tis true, that you have lately told us. The Volfcians are in arms.] Co riolanus had been but just told himfelf that the Volfcians were in arms. The meaning is, be intelligence "which" you“ gave us fome little time ago of the designs of the Volfcians is now verified"; they are in arms. Com And I am conftant. Titus Lartius, thou Shalt fee me once more ftrike at Tullus' face. Tit. No, Caius Marcius, I'll lean upon one crutch, and fight with t'other, Men. O true bred! 1 Sen. Your company to th' Capitol; where, I know, Our greatest Friends attend us. Tit. Lead you on. Follow, Cominius; we must follow you; Right worthy you Priority. Com. Noble Lartius i Sen. Hence! To your homes. Be gone. Cor. Nay, let them follow. [To the Citizens. The Volfcians have much corn, take these rats thither, [Exeunt. Citizens fteal away. Manent Sicinius and Brutus. Sic. Was ever man fo proud, as is this Marcius? Bru. He has no equal. Sic. When we were chofen Tribunes for the People Bru. Mark'd you his lip and eyes? Sic. Nay, but his taunts. Bru. Being mov'd, he will not fpare to* gird the Gods- Sic. Be-mock the modest Moon, 6 Your valour puts well forth; Thatis, You have in this mutiny thewn fair bloffoms of valour. • to gird~] To juzer; VOL. VI. to gibe. So Falfaff ufes the noun, when he fays, every man has a gird at me. Kk Bry. Bru. 7 The prefent wars devour him! He is Too proud, to be so valiant. Sic. Such a nature, Tickled with good fuccefs, difdains the shadow Bru. Fame, at the which he aims, grown In whom already he is well grac'd, cannot Sic. Befides, if things go well, Opinion that fo fticks on Marcius, shall Bru. Come. Half all Cominius' Honours are to Marcius, Though Marcius earn'd them not; and all his faults To Marcius fhall, be honours, though, indeed, 3. L In aught he merit not. The prefent Wars devour bim; Be is grown another rate, and the blunder is his critick's. The prefent wars Too proud, to be fo valiant.] devour him, is an imprecation, Mr. Theobald fays, This is ob- and should be fo pointed. As fcurely expressed, but that the much as to fay, May be fall in Joet's meaning MUST certainly be these wars! The reafon of the this, that Marcius is fo confcicus curfe is fubjoined, for (fays the of, and jo elate upon the notion of fpeaker) having fo much pride kis own valour, that he is eaten with fo much valour, his life, up with PRIDE, &c. Accord with increase of honours, is daning to this critick then, we muft gerous to the Republick. But conclude, that when Shakespear the Oxford Editor alters it to, had a mind to fay, A man was Too proud of being fo valiant. eatch up with pride, he was fo And by that means takes away great a blunderer in expreffion, the reafon the fpeaker gives for WARBURTON. as to fay, He avar eaten up with his curfing But our poet wrote at Sic. Let's hence, and hear How the dispatch is made; and in what fashion, * More than his fingularity, he goes Upon this prefent action. Bru. Let's along. SCENE V. Changes to Corioli. [Exeunt. Enter Tullus Aufidius, with Senators of Corioli. I Sen. O, your opinion is, Aufidius, That they of Rome are entred in our And know how we proceed. Auf. Is it not yours? What ever hath been thought on in this State, [Reading. 1 Sen. Our Army's in the Field. More than his fingularity, &c.] his powers, and what is his ap We will learn what he is to do, pointment. befides going himself, what are |