[3097] _present bearing_] _present, bearing_ F₂. [3098] _Say, you ne'er had_] _You'd ne'er_ Seymour conj. [3099] _We will ... election_] Arranged as by Hanmer. One line in Ff. [3100] _so_] om. Hanmer. [3101] [Exeunt Citizens.] Hanmer. Exeunt Plebeians. Ff. _them_] _'em_ Hanmer. [3102] _To ... come:_] _come; to th’ Capitol._ Pope. ACT III. SCENE I. _Rome. A street._ _Cornets. Enter_ CORIOLANUS, MENENIUS, _all the_ Gentry, COMINIUS, TITUS LARTIUS, _and other_ Senators.[3103] _Cor._ Tullus Aufidius then had made new head? _Lart._ He had, my lord; and that it was which caused Our swifter composition. _Cor._ So then the Volsces stand but as at first; Ready, when time shall prompt them, to make road[3104] 5 Upon's again. _Com._ They are worn, lord consul, so,[3105] That we shall hardly in our ages see Their banners wave again. _Cor._ Saw you Aufidius? _Lart._ On safe-guard he came to me; and did curse Against the Volsces, for they had so vilely 10 Yielded the town: he is retired to Antium. _Cor._ Spoke he of me? _Lart._ He did, my lord. _Cor._ How? what? _Lart._ How often he had met you, sword to sword; That of all things upon the earth he hated Your person most; that he would pawn his fortunes 15 To hopeless restitution, so he might Be call'd your vanquisher. _Cor._ At Antium lives he? _Lart._ At Antium. _Cor._ I wish I had a cause to seek him there, To oppose his hatred fully. Welcome home.[3106] 20 _Enter_ SICINIUS _and_ BRUTUS. Behold, these are the tribunes of the people, The tongues o' the common mouth: I do despise them; For they do prank them in authority, Against all noble sufferance. _Sic._ Pass no further. _Cor._ Ha! what is that? 25 _Bru._ It will be dangerous to go on: no further. _Cor._ What makes this change? _Men._ The matter? _Com._ Hath he not pass'd the noble and the common?[3107] _Bru._ Cominius, no. _Cor._ Have I had children's voices? 30 _First Sen._ Tribunes, give way; he shall to the market-place.[3108] _Bru._ The people are incensed against him. _Sic._ Stop,[3109] Or all will fall in broil.[3109] _Cor._ Are these your herd?[3110] Must these have voices, that can yield them now, And straight disclaim their tongues? What are your offices?[3111] 35 You being their mouths, why rule you not their teeth? Have you not set them on? _Men._ Be calm, be calm.