TPTT The Tragedy of Coriolanus: ACT I
Introduction
ACT I
SCENE I. Rome. A street.
SCENE II. Corioli. The Senate-house.
SCENE III. Rome. A room in Marcius' house.
SCENE IV. Before Corioli.
SCENE V. Corioli. A street.
SCENE VI. Near the camp of Cominius.
SCENE VII. The gates of Corioli.
SCENE VIII. A field of battle.
SCENE IX. The Roman camp.
SCENE X. The camp of the Volsces.
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
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SCENE VIII. A field of battle.
Alarum as in battle. Enter, from opposite sides, MARCIUS and AUFIDIUS
MARCIUS
      I'll fight with none but thee; for I do hate thee
      Worse than a promise-breaker.
AUFIDIUS
      We hate alike:
      Not Afric owns a serpent I abhor
5     More than thy fame and envy. Fix thy foot.
MARCIUS
      Let the first budger die the other's slave,
      And the gods doom him after!
AUFIDIUS
      If I fly, Marcius,
      Holloa me like a hare.
MARCIUS
10    Within these three hours, Tullus,
      Alone I fought in your Corioli walls,
      And made what work I pleased: 'tis not my blood
      Wherein thou seest me mask'd; for thy revenge
      Wrench up thy power to the highest.
AUFIDIUS
15    Wert thou the Hector
      That was the whip of your bragg'd progeny,
      Thou shouldst not scape me here.

They fight, and certain Volsces come to the aid of AUFIDIUS. MARCIUS fights till they be driven in breathless

      Officious, and not valiant, you have shamed me
      In your condemned seconds.
Exeunt
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