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- CORIOLANUS
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- Act 1 Scene 9
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- (Alarum, as in battle. Enter Martius, bloody, and Aufidius, at several doors)
- l1l Martius IÆll fight with none but thee, for I do hate thee
- l2l Worse than a promise-breaker.
- Aufidius We hate alike.
- l3l Not Afric owns a serpent I abhor
- l4l More than thy fame and envy. Fix thy foot.
- l5l Martius Let the first budger die the otherÆs slave,
- l6l And the gods doom him after.
- Aufidius If I fly, Martius,
- l7l Holla me like a hare.
- Martius Within these three hours, Tullus,
- l8l Alone I fought in your CoriolesÆ walls,
- l9l And made what work I pleased. ÆTis not my blood
- l10l Wherein thou seest me masked. For thy revenge,
- l11l Wrench up thy power to thÆ highest.
- Aufidius Wert thou the Hector
- l12l That was the whip of your bragged progeny,
- l13l Thou shouldst not scape me here.
- (Here they fight, and certain Volsces come in the aid of
- Aufidius. Martius fights till the Volsces be driven in
- breathless, Martius following)
- l14l Officious and not valiant, you have shamed me
- l15l In your condemnΦd seconds.
- (Exit)
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