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To meet anon, upon your approbation.
CORIOLANUS:
Where? at the senate-house?
SICINIUS:
There, Coriolanus.
CORIOLANUS:
May I change these garments?
SICINIUS:
You may, sir.
CORIOLANUS:
That I'll straight do; and, knowing myself again,
Repair to the senate-house.
MENENIUS:
I'll keep you company. Will you along?
BRUTUS:
We stay here for the people.
SICINIUS:
Fare you well.
He has it now, and by his looks methink
'Tis warm at 's heart.
BRUTUS:
With a proud heart he wore his humble weeds.
will you dismiss the people?
SICINIUS:
How now, my masters! have you chose this man?
First Citizen:
He has our voices, sir.
BRUTUS:
We pray the gods he may deserve your loves.
Second Citizen:
Amen, sir: to my poor unworthy notice,
He mock'd us when he begg'd our voices.
Third Citizen:
Certainly
He flouted us downright.
First Citizen:
No,'tis his kind of speech: he did not mock us.
Second Citizen:
Not one amongst us, save yourself, but says
He used us scornfully: he should have show'd us
His marks of merit, wounds received for's country.
SICINIUS:
Why, so he did, I am sure.
Citizens:
No, no; no man saw 'em.
Third Citizen:
He said he had wounds, which he could show
in private;
And with his hat, thus waving it in scorn,
'I would be consul,' says he: 'aged custom,
But by your voices, will not so permit me;
Your voices therefore.' When we granted that,
Here was 'I thank you for your voices: thank you:
Your most sweet voices: now you have left
your voices,
I have no further with you.' Was not this mockery?
SICINIUS:
Why either were you ignorant to see't,
Or, seeing it, of such childish friendliness
To yield your voices?
BRUTUS:
Could you not have told him
As you were lesson'd, when he had no power,
But was a petty servant to the state,
He was your enemy, ever spake against
Your liberties and the charters that you bear
I' the body of the weal; and now, arriving
A place of potency and sway o' the state,
If he should still malignantly remain
Fast foe to the plebeii, your voices might
Be curses to yourselves? You should have said
That as his worthy deeds did claim no less
Than what he stood for, so his gracious nature
Would think upon you for your voices and
Translate his malice towards you into love,
Standing your friendly lord.
SICINIUS:
Thus to have said,