COLLECTION

OF

BRITISH AUTHOR S.

VOL. XLIV.

THE PLAYS AND POEMS OF SHAKESPEARE

IN SEVEN VOLUMES.

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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
CAIUS MARCIUS CORIOLANUS, TULLUS AUFIDIUS, General of
a noble Roman.

the Volscians.
TITUS LARTIUS, Generals against Lieutenant to Aufidius.
COMINIUS, the Volscians. Conspirators with Aufidius.
MENENIUS AGRIPPA, Friend to A Citizen of Antium.
Coriolanus.

Two Volscian Guards.
SICINIUS VELUTUS, Tribunes of
JUNIUS BRUTUS, the People. VOLUMNIA, Mother to Coriolanus.
YOUNG MARCIUS, Son to Corio- VIRGILIA, Wife to Coriolanus.
lanus.

VALERIA, Friend to Virgilia.
A Roman Herald.

Gentlewoman, attending on Virgilia.
Roman and Volscian Senators, Patricians, Ædiles, Lictors, Soldiers,
Citizens, Messengers, Servants to Aufidius, and other Attendants.
SCENE, partly in Rome; and partly in the Territories of the

Volscians and Antiates.

Enter a Company of mutinous Citizens, with Staves, Clubs,

and other Weapons.
1 Cit. Before we proceed any farther, hear me speak.
All. Speak, speak.
1 Cit. You are all resolved rather to die, than to famish?
All. Resolved, resolved.

1 Cit. First you know, Caius Marcius is chief enemy to the peopie.