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| <H3>SCENE V. The same. A hall in Aufidius's house.</h3> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>Music within. Enter a Servingman</i> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech1><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=1>Wine, wine, wine! What service</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=2>is here! I think our fellows are asleep.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| <p><i>Enter a second Servingman</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech2><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=3>Where's Cotus? my master calls</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=4>for him. Cotus!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| <p><i>Enter CORIOLANUS</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech3><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=5>A goodly house: the feast smells well; but I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=6>Appear not like a guest.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter the first Servingman</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech4><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=7>What would you have, friend? whence are you?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=8>Here's no place for you: pray, go to the door.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=9>I have deserved no better entertainment,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>In being Coriolanus.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter second Servingman</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=11>Whence are you, sir? Has the porter his eyes in his</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>head; that he gives entrance to such companions?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>Pray, get you out.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=14>Away!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech8><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=15>Away! get you away.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=16>Now thou'rt troublesome.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=17>Are you so brave? I'll have you talked with anon.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter a third Servingman. The first meets him</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=18>What fellow's this?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=19>A strange one as ever I looked on: I cannot get him</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=20>out of the house: prithee, call my master to him.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Retires</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=21>What have you to do here, fellow? Pray you, avoid</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>the house.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=23>Let me but stand; I will not hurt your hearth.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=24>What are you?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=25>A gentleman.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=26>A marvellous poor one.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=27>True, so I am.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=28>Pray you, poor gentleman, take up some other</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=29>station; here's no place for you; pray you, avoid: come.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=30>Follow your function, go, and batten on cold bits.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Pushes him away</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=31>What, you will not? Prithee, tell my master what a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=32>strange guest he has here.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=33>And I shall.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=34>Where dwellest thou?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=35>Under the canopy.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=36>Under the canopy!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=37>Ay.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=38>Where's that?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=39>I' the city of kites and crows.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=40>I' the city of kites and crows! What an ass it is!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=41>Then thou dwellest with daws too?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=42>No, I serve not thy master.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=43>How, sir! do you meddle with my master?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=44>Ay; 'tis an honester service than to meddle with thy</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>mistress. Thou pratest, and pratest; serve with thy</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=46>trencher, hence!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Beats him away. Exit third Servingman</i></p> | |
| <p><i>Enter AUFIDIUS with the second Servingman</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>AUFIDIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=47>Where is this fellow?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=48>Here, sir: I'ld have beaten him like a dog, but for</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>disturbing the lords within.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Retires</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>AUFIDIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=50>Whence comest thou? what wouldst thou? thy name?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>Why speak'st not? speak, man: what's thy name?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=52>If, Tullus,</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Unmuffling</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=53>Not yet thou knowest me, and, seeing me, dost not</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=54>Think me for the man I am, necessity</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=55>Commands me name myself.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>AUFIDIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=56>What is thy name?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=57>A name unmusical to the Volscians' ears,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=58>And harsh in sound to thine.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>AUFIDIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=59>Say, what's thy name?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=60>Thou hast a grim appearance, and thy face</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=61>Bears a command in't; though thy tackle's torn.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=62>Thou show'st a noble vessel: what's thy name?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=63>Prepare thy brow to frown: know'st</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>thou me yet?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>AUFIDIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=65>I know thee not: thy name?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=66>My name is Caius Marcius, who hath done</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=67>To thee particularly and to all the Volsces</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=68>Great hurt and mischief; thereto witness may</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=69>My surname, Coriolanus: the painful service,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=70>The extreme dangers and the drops of blood</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=71>Shed for my thankless country are requited</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=72>But with that surname; a good memory,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=73>And witness of the malice and displeasure</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=74>Which thou shouldst bear me: only that name remains;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=75>The cruelty and envy of the people,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>Permitted by our dastard nobles, who</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=77>Have all forsook me, hath devour'd the rest;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=78>And suffer'd me by the voice of slaves to be</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=79>Whoop'd out of Rome. Now this extremity</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=80>Hath brought me to thy hearth; not out of hope--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=81>Mistake me not--to save my life, for if</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=82>I had fear'd death, of all the men i' the world</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=83>I would have 'voided thee, but in mere spite,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=84>To be full quit of those my banishers,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=85>Stand I before thee here. Then if thou hast</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=86>A heart of wreak in thee, that wilt revenge</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=87>Thine own particular wrongs and stop those maims</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=88>Of shame seen through thy country, speed</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>thee straight,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>And make my misery serve thy turn: so use it</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=91>That my revengeful services may prove</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>As benefits to thee, for I will fight</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=93>Against my canker'd country with the spleen</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=94>Of all the under fiends. But if so be</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=95>Thou darest not this and that to prove more fortunes</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>Thou'rt tired, then, in a word, I also am</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=97>Longer to live most weary, and present</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=98>My throat to thee and to thy ancient malice;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=99>Which not to cut would show thee but a fool,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=100>Since I have ever follow'd thee with hate,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=101>Drawn tuns of blood out of thy country's breast,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=102>And cannot live but to thy shame, unless</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=103>It be to do thee service.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>AUFIDIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=104>O Marcius, Marcius!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=105>Each word thou hast spoke hath weeded from my heart</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=106>A root of ancient envy. If Jupiter</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=107>Should from yond cloud speak divine things,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=108>And say 'Tis true,' I'ld not believe them more</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=109>Than thee, all noble Marcius. Let me twine</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>Mine arms about that body, where against</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=111>My grained ash an hundred times hath broke</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=112>And scarr'd the moon with splinters: here I clip</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=113>The anvil of my sword, and do contest</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=114>As hotly and as nobly with thy love</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=115>As ever in ambitious strength I did</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=116>Contend against thy valour. Know thou first,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>I loved the maid I married; never man</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=118>Sigh'd truer breath; but that I see thee here,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=119>Thou noble thing! more dances my rapt heart</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=120>Than when I first my wedded mistress saw</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=121>Bestride my threshold. Why, thou Mars! I tell thee,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=122>We have a power on foot; and I had purpose</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=123>Once more to hew thy target from thy brawn,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=124>Or lose mine arm fort: thou hast beat me out</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=125>Twelve several times, and I have nightly since</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=126>Dreamt of encounters 'twixt thyself and me;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=127>We have been down together in my sleep,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=128>Unbuckling helms, fisting each other's throat,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=129>And waked half dead with nothing. Worthy Marcius,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=130>Had we no quarrel else to Rome, but that</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=131>Thou art thence banish'd, we would muster all</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=132>From twelve to seventy, and pouring war</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=133>Into the bowels of ungrateful Rome,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=134>Like a bold flood o'er-bear. O, come, go in,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=135>And take our friendly senators by the hands;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=136>Who now are here, taking their leaves of me,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=137>Who am prepared against your territories,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=138>Though not for Rome itself.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>CORIOLANUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=139>You bless me, gods!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>AUFIDIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=140>Therefore, most absolute sir, if thou wilt have</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=141>The leading of thine own revenges, take</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=142>The one half of my commission; and set down--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=143>As best thou art experienced, since thou know'st</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=144>Thy country's strength and weakness,--thine own ways;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=145>Whether to knock against the gates of Rome,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=146>Or rudely visit them in parts remote,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=147>To fright them, ere destroy. But come in:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=148>Let me commend thee first to those that shall</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=149>Say yea to thy desires. A thousand welcomes!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=150>And more a friend than e'er an enemy;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=151>Yet, Marcius, that was much. Your hand: most welcome!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt CORIOLANUS and AUFIDIUS. The two Servingmen come forward</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=152>Here's a strange alteration!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=153>By my hand, I had thought to have strucken him with</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=154>a cudgel; and yet my mind gave me his clothes made a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=155>false report of him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=156>What an arm he has! he turned me about with his</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=157>finger and his thumb, as one would set up a top.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=158>Nay, I knew by his face that there was something in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=159>him: he had, sir, a kind of face, methought,--I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=160>cannot tell how to term it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=161>He had so; looking as it were--would I were hanged,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=162>but I thought there was more in him than I could think.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=163>So did I, I'll be sworn: he is simply the rarest</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=164>man i' the world.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=165>I think he is: but a greater soldier than he you wot on.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=166>Who, my master?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=167>Nay, it's no matter for that.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=168>Worth six on him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=169>Nay, not so neither: but I take him to be the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=170>greater soldier.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=171>Faith, look you, one cannot tell how to say that:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=172>for the defence of a town, our general is excellent.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=173>Ay, and for an assault too.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter third Servingman</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=174>O slaves, I can tell you news,-- news, you rascals!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=175>What, what, what? let's partake.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=176>I would not be a Roman, of all nations; I had as</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=177>lieve be a condemned man.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=178>Wherefore? wherefore?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=179>Why, here's he that was wont to thwack our general,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=180>Caius Marcius.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=181>Why do you say 'thwack our general '?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=182>I do not say 'thwack our general;' but he was always</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=183>good enough for him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=184>Come, we are fellows and friends: he was ever too</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=185>hard for him; I have heard him say so himself.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=186>He was too hard for him directly, to say the troth</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=187>on't: before Corioli he scotched him and notched</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=188>him like a carbon ado.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=189>An he had been cannibally given, he might have</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=190>broiled and eaten him too.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=191>But, more of thy news?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=192>Why, he is so made on here within, as if he were son</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=193>and heir to Mars; set at upper end o' the table; no</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=194>question asked him by any of the senators, but they</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=195>stand bald before him: our general himself makes a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=196>mistress of him: sanctifies himself with's hand and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=197>turns up the white o' the eye to his discourse. But</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=198>the bottom of the news is that our general is cut i'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=199>the middle and but one half of what he was</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=200>yesterday; for the other has half, by the entreaty</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=201>and grant of the whole table. He'll go, he says,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=202>and sowl the porter of Rome gates by the ears: he</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=203>will mow all down before him, and leave his passage polled.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=204>And he's as like to do't as any man I can imagine.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=205>Do't! he will do't; for, look you, sir, he has as</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=206>many friends as enemies; which friends, sir, as it</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=207>were, durst not, look you, sir, show themselves, as</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=208>we term it, his friends whilst he's in directitude.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech75><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=209>Directitude! what's that?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech76><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=210>But when they shall see, sir, his crest up again,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=211>and the man in blood, they will out of their</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=212>burrows, like conies after rain, and revel all with</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=213>him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech77><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=214>But when goes this forward?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech78><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=215>To-morrow; to-day; presently; you shall have the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=216>drum struck up this afternoon: 'tis, as it were, a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=217>parcel of their feast, and to be executed ere they</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=218>wipe their lips.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech79><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=219>Why, then we shall have a stirring world again.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=220>This peace is nothing, but to rust iron, increase</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=221>tailors, and breed ballad-makers.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech80><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=222>Let me have war, say I; it exceeds peace as far as</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=223>day does night; it's spritely, waking, audible, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=224>full of vent. Peace is a very apoplexy, lethargy;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=225>mulled, deaf, sleepy, insensible; a getter of more</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=226>bastard children than war's a destroyer of men.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech81><b>Second Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=227>'Tis so: and as war, in some sort, may be said to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=228>be a ravisher, so it cannot be denied but peace is a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=229>great maker of cuckolds.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech82><b>First Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=230>Ay, and it makes men hate one another.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech83><b>Third Servingman</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=231>Reason; because they then less need one another.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=232>The wars for my money. I hope to see Romans as cheap</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=233>as Volscians. They are rising, they are rising.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech84><b>All</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=234>In, in, in, in!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
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