1123Bru. All tongues speake of him, and the bleared sights

1124Are spectacled to see him. Your pratling Nurse

1125Into a rapture lets her Baby crie,

1126While she chats him: the Kitchin Malkin pinnes

1127Her richest Lockram 'bout her reechie necke,

1128Clambring the Walls to eye him:

1129Stalls, Bulkes, Windowes, are smother'd vp,

1130Leades fill'd, and Ridges hors'd

1131With variable Complexions; all agreeing

1132In earnestnesse to see him: seld-showne Flamins

1133Doe presse among the popular Throngs, and puffe

1134To winne a vulgar station: our veyl'd Dames

1135Commit the Warre of White and Damaske

1136In their nicely gawded Cheekes, to th'wanton spoyle

1137Of Phoebus burning Kisses: such a poother,

1138As if that whatsoeuer God, who leades him,

1139Were slyly crept into his humane powers,

1140And gaue him gracefull posture.

1141Scicin. On the suddaine, I warrant him Consull.

1142Brutus. Then our Office may, during his power, goe

1143sleepe.

1144Scicin. He cannot temp'rately transport his Honors,

1145From where he should begin, and end, but will

1146Lose those he hath wonne.

1147Brutus. In that there's comfort.

1148Scici. Doubt not,

1149The Commoners, for whom we stand, but they

1150Vpon their ancient mallice, will forget

1151With the least cause, these his new Honors,

1152Which that he will giue them, make I as little question,

1153As he is prowd to doo't.

1154Brutus. I heard him sweare,

1155Were he to stand for Consull, neuer would he

1156Appeare i'th' Market place, nor on him put

1157The Naples Vesture of Humilitie,

1158Nor shewing (as the manner is) his Wounds

1159To th' People, begge their stinking Breaths.

1160Scicin. 'Tis right.

1161Brutus. It was his word:

1162Oh he would misse it, rather then carry it,

1163But by the suite of the Gentry to him,

1164And the desire of the Nobles.

1165Scicin. I wish no better, then haue him hold that pur-

1166pose, and to put it in execution.

1167Brutus. 'Tis most like he will.

1168Scicin. It shall be to him then, as our good wills; a

1169sure destruction.

1170Brutus. So it must fall out

1171To him, or our Authorities, for an end.

1172We must suggest the People, in what hatred

1173He still hath held them: that to's power he would

1174Haue made them Mules, silenc'd their Pleaders,

1175And dispropertied their Freedomes; holding them,

1176In humane Action, and Capacitie,

1177Of no more Soule, nor fitnesse for the World,

1178Then Cammels in their Warre, who haue their Prouand

1179Onely for bearing Burthens, and sore blowes

1180For sinking vnder them.

1181Scicin. This (as you say) suggested,

1182At some time, when his soaring Insolence

1183Shall teach the People, which time shall not want,

1184If he be put vpon't, and that's as easie,

1185As to set Dogges on Sheepe, will be his fire

1186To kindle their dry Stubble: and their Blaze

1187Shall darken him for euer.

1189Brutus. What's the matter?

1190Mess. You are sent for to the Capitoll:

1191'Tis thought, that Martius shall be Consull:

1192I haue seene the dumbe men throng to see him,

1193And the blind to heare him speak: Matrons flong Gloues,

1194Ladies and Maids their Scarffes, and Handkerchers,

1195Vpon him as he pass'd: the Nobles bended

1196As to Ioues Statue, and the Commons made

1197A Shower, and Thunder, with their Caps, and Showts:

1198I neuer saw the like.

1199Brutus. Let's to the Capitoll,

1200And carry with vs Eares and Eyes for th' time,

1201But Hearts for the euent.

1202Scicin. Haue with you. Exeunt.

12051. Off. Come, come, they are almost here: how many

1206stand for Consulships?

12072. Off. Three, they say: but 'tis thought of euery one,

1208Coriolanus will carry it.

12091. Off. That's a braue fellow: but hee's vengeance

1210prowd, and loues not the common people.

12112. Off. 'Faith, there hath beene many great men that

1212haue flatter'd the people, who ne're loued them; and there

1213be many that they haue loued, they know not wherefore:

1214so that if they loue they know not why, they hate vpon

1215no better a ground. Therefore, for Coriolanus neyther to

1216care whether they loue, or hate him, manifests the true

1217knowledge he ha's in their disposition, and out of his No-

1218ble carelesnesse lets them plainely see't.

12191. Off. If he did not care whether he had their loue, or

1220no, hee waued indifferently, 'twixt doing them neyther

1221good, nor harme: but hee seekes their hate with greater

1222deuotion, then they can render it him; and leaues nothing

1223vndone, that may fully discouer him their opposite. Now

1224to seeme to affect the mallice and displeasure of the Peo-

1225ple, is as bad, as that which he dislikes, to flatter them for

1226their loue.

12272. Off. Hee hath deserued worthily of his Countrey,

1228and his assent is not by such easie degrees as those, who

1229hauing beene supple and courteous to the People, Bon-

1230netted, without any further deed, to haue them at all into

1231their estimation, and report: but hee hath so planted his

1232Honors in their Eyes, and his actions in their Hearts, that

1233for their Tongues to be silent, and not confesse so much,

1234were a kinde of ingratefull Iniurie: to report otherwise,

1235were a Mallice, that giuing it selfe the Lye, would plucke

1236reproofe and rebuke from euery Eare that heard it.

12371. Off. No more of him, hee's a worthy man: make

1238way, they are comming.

1244Menen. Hauing determin'd of the Volces,

1245And to send for Titus Lartius: it remaines,

1246As the maine Point of this our after-meeting,