The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1608)

Intro

Online Critical Edition in Progress - Version 1.a.
Shakespeare Network - https://shakespearenetwork.net/

Read & Listen - Click play and scroll down the page.

<< Previous scene
First

Play menu
Complete Text

Next scene >>
Last

Act I, Scene 8

A field of battle.

Coriolanus
I'll fight with none but thee; for I do hate thee
Worse than a promise-breaker.

Tullus Aufidius
We hate alike:
Not Afric owns a serpent I abhor
More than thy fame and envy. Fix thy foot.

Coriolanus
Let the first budger die the other's slave,
And the gods doom him after!

Tullus Aufidius
If I fly, CORIOLANUS,
Holloa me like a hare.

Coriolanus
Within these three hours, Tullus,
Alone I fought in your Corioli walls,
And made what work I pleased: 'tis not my blood
Wherein thou seest me mask'd; for thy revenge
Wrench up thy power to the highest.

Tullus Aufidius
Wert thou the Hector
That was the whip of your bragg'd progeny,
Thou shouldst not scape me here.
[They fight, and certain Volsces come to the aid of]
AUFIDIUS. CORIOLANUS fights till they be driven in
breathless]
Officious, and not valiant, you have shamed me
In your condemned seconds.

<< Previous scene
First

Play menu
Complete Text

Next scene >>
Last

Support us - Donate Now !

The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1608)

Act I, Scene 8

WORKS

PRODUCTIONS

Contact