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Act I, Scene viii:
A field of battle between the Roman and the Volscian
A field of battle between the Roman and the Volscian
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| [Alarum. Enter, from opposite sides, MARCIUS and AUFIDIUS.] |
| MARCIUS: |
| I'll fight with none but thee, for I do hate thee |
| Worse than a promise-breaker. |
| AUFIDIUS: |
| We hate alike: |
| Not Afric owns a serpent I abhor |
| More than thy fame and envy. Fix thy foot. |
| MARCIUS: |
| Let the first budger die the other's slave, |
| And the gods doom him after! |
| AUFIDIUS: |
| If I fly, Marcius, |
| Halloo me like a hare. |
| MARCIUS: |
| Within these three hours, Tullus, |
| Alone I fought in your Corioli walls, |
| And made what work I pleas'd: 'tis not my blood |
| Wherein thou seest me mask'd: for thy revenge |
| Wrench up thy power to the highest. |
| 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.] |
| Officious, and not valiant,—you have sham'd me |
| In your condemned seconds. |
| [Exeunt fighting, driven in by MAR.] |
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