Coriolanus

Coriolanus

ACT IV SCENE IV	Antium. Before Aufidius's house.
	Enter CORIOLANUS in mean apparel, disguisedand muffled
CORIOLANUS	A goodly city is this Antium. City,
	'Tis I that made thy widows: many an heir
	Of these fair edifices 'fore my wars
	Have I heard groan and drop: then know me not,	5
	Lest that thy wives with spits and boys with stones
	In puny battle slay me.
	Enter a Citizen
	Save you, sir.
Citizen	And you.
CORIOLANUS	Direct me, if it be your will,	10
	Where great Aufidius lies: is he in Antium?
Citizen	He is, and feasts the nobles of the state
	At his house this night.
CORIOLANUS	Which is his house, beseech you?
Citizen	This, here before you.	15
CORIOLANUS	Thank you, sir: farewell.
	Exit Citizen
	O world, thy slippery turns! Friends now fast sworn,
	Whose double bosoms seem to wear one heart,
	Whose house, whose bed, whose meal, and exercise,
	Are still together, who twin, as 'twere, in love	20
	Unseparable, shall within this hour,
	On a dissension of a doit, break out
	To bitterest enmity: so, fellest foes,
	Whose passions and whose plots have broke their sleep,
	To take the one the other, by some chance,	25
	Some trick not worth an egg, shall grow dear friends
	And interjoin their issues. So with me:
	My birth-place hate I, and my love's upon
	This enemy town. I'll enter: if he slay me,
	He does fair justice; if he give me way,	30
	I'll do his country service.
	Exit