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PERSONS REPRESENTED.

CAIUS MARCIUS CORIOLANUS, a noble Roman.
Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 4;
Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 3.
Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 4; sc. 5.

sc. 5; sc. 6; sc. 8; sc. 9.
Act III. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 3.
Act V. sc. 2; sc. 3; sc. 5.

TITUS LARTIUS, a general, against the Volces.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 4; sc. 5; sc. 7; sc. 9. Act II. sc. 1.

Act III. sc. 1.

COMINIUS, a general, against the Volces.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 6; sc. 9.

Act II. sc.

Act III. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 3. Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 6.

MENENIUS AGRIPPA, friend to Coriolanus.

1; sc. 2.
Act V. sc. 1.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 3. Act III. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 3.
Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 6. Act V. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 4.
SICINIUS VELUTUS, a tribune of the people.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act II. sc. 1;

Act IV. sc. 2; sc. 6.

sc. 4.

sc. 2; sc. 3. Act III. sc. 1; sc. 3 Act V. sc. 1;

JUNIUS BRUTUS, a tribune of the people.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 3. Act III. sc. 1; sc. 3. Act IV. sc. 2; sc. 6. Act V. sc. 1.

Young MARCIUS, son to Coriolanus.

Appears, Act V. sc. 3.

A Roman Herald.

Appears, Act II. sc. 1.

TULLUS AUFIDIUS, general of the Volces.

Appears, Act I. sc. 2; sc. 8; sc. 10. Act IV. sc. 5; sc. 7.

Act V. sc. 2; sc. 3; sc. 5.

Lieutenant to Aufidius.

Appears, Act IV. sc. 7.

Conspirators with Aufidius.
Appear, Act V. sc. 5.
A Citizen of Antium.
Appears, Act IV. sc. 4.
Two Volcian Guards.
Appear, Act V. sc. 2.

VOLUMNIA, mother to Coriolanus.

Appears, Act I. sc. 3. Act II. sc. 1. Act III. sc. 2.
Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act V. sc. 3.

VIRGILIA, wife to Coriolanus.

Appears, Act I. sc. 3.

Act II. sc. 1.

Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 2.

Act V. sc. 3.

VALERIA, friend to Virgilia.

Appears, Act I. sc. 3. Act II. sc. 1. Act V. sc. 3.
Gentlewoman attending Virgilia.
Appears, Act I. sc. 3.

Roman and Volcian Senators, Patricians, Ediles, Lictors, Soldiers, Citizens,
Messengers, Servants to Aufidius, and other Attendants.

SCENE, PARTLY IN ROME; AND PARTLY IN THE TERRITORIES OF THE VOLCIANS AND ANTIATES.

The Tragedy of Coriolanus' was first printed in the folio collection of 1623. With the exception of a few obvious typographical errors, such as invariably occur even under the eye of an author when a book is printed from manuscript, the text is wonderfully accurate.

CORIOLANUS.

ACT I.

SCENE I.-Rome. A Street.

Enter a company of mutinous Citizens, with staves, clubs, and other weapons.

1 CIT. Before we proceed any further, hear me speak. CIT. Speak, speak.

[Several speaking at once.

1 CIT. You are all resolved rather to die than to famish? CIT. Resolved, resolved.

1 CIT. First, you know, Caius Marcius is chief enemy to the people.

CIT. We know 't, we know 't.

1 CIT. Let us kill him, and we'll have corn at our own price. Is 't a verdict?

CIT. No more talking on 't: let it be done: away, away! 2 CIT. One word, good citizens.

1 CIT. We are accounted poor citizens; the patricians, good: What authority surfeits on would relieve us. If they would yield us but the superfluity, while it were wholesome, we might guess they relieved us humanely; but they think we are too dear: the leanness that afflicts us, the object of our misery, is as an inventory to particularise their abundance; our sufferance is a gain to them.-Let us revenge thi with our pikes, ere we become rakes: for the gods know, I speak this in hunger for bread, not in thirst for revenge.

2 CIT. Would you proceed especially against Caius Marciu»? CIT. Against him first: he's a very dog to the commonalty.

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