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The Tragedy of Coriolanus, IV. vi

A worthy officer i' the war; but insolent,

O'ercome with pride, ambitious past all thinking,

Self-loving,—

Sic. And affecting one sole throne,

Without assistance.

Men. I think not so.

Sic. We should by this, to all our lamentation,

If he had gone forth consul, found it so.

Bru. The gods have well prevented it, and Rome

Sits safe and still without him.

Æd. Worthy tribunes,

There is a slave, whom we have put in prison,

Reports, the Volsces with two several powers

Are enter'd in the Roman territories,

And with the deepest malice of the war

Destroy what lies before 'em.

Men. 'Tis Aufidius,

Who, hearing of our Martius' banishment,

Thrusts forth his horns again into the world;

Which were inshell'd when Martius stood for Rome,

And durst not once peep out.

Sic. Come, what talk you of Martius?

Bru. Go see this rumourer whipp'd. It cannot be

The Volsces dare break with us.

Men. Cannot be!

We have record that very well it can,

And three examples of the like hath been

Within my age. But reason with the fellow,

 32 affecting throne: aiming at individual sovereignty

34 by this: by this time

to lamentation: to the sorrow of us all

35 gone forth: come out, finally become

found: have found

44 Thrusts horns; cf. n.

45 inshell'd: drawn within the shell

stood for: was champion of

47 what: why

