With my base tongue, give to my noble heart 3 This mould of Marcius, they to duft fhould grind it, Com. Come, come, we'll prompt you. * Vol. I pr'ythee now, fweet fon; as thou haft faid, To have my praife for this, perform a part Cor. Well, I must do't: Away, my difpofition, and poffefs me Some harlot's fpirit! My throat of war be turn'd, That babies lulls afleep! The fmiles of knaves 8 fingle plot- i. e. piece, portion, applied to a piece of earth; and here elegantly transferred to the body, carcafe. WARBURTON. such a part, which never, &c.] So, in K. Henry VI. P. III, Vol. VI. p. 297: 66 he would avoid fuch bitter taunts "Which in the time of death he gave our father." Again, in the present scene: But with fuch words that are but roted," &c. This phrafeology was introduced by Shakspeare in the first of these paflages, for the old play on which the third part of K. Henry VI. was founded, reads-As in the time of death. The word as has been fubAituted for bich by the modern editors in the paffage before us. 9-perform a part MALONE. Thou haft not done before.] Our author is ftill thinking of his theatre.Cominius has juft faid, Come, come, we'll prompt you. MALONE. Which quired with my drum,] Which played in concert with my drum. JOHNSON. 2 Tent in my cheeks ;-] To tent is to take up refidence. JOHNSON.. That That hath receiv'd an alms !-I will not do't: Vol. At thy choice then : To beg of thee, it is my more difhonour, Thy valiantnefs was mine, thou fuck'dft it from me; Cor. Pray, be content; Mother, I am going to the market-place; Chide me no more. I'll mountebank their loves, Cog their hearts from them, and come home belov'd Of all the trades in Rome. Look, I am going: Commend me to my wife. I'll return conful; I' the way of flattery, further. Vol. Do your will. [Exit. Com. Away, the tribunes do attend you: arm yourself To answer mildly; for they are prepar'd With accufations, as I hear, more strong Than are upon you yet. Cor. The word is, mildly:-Pray you, let us go: Let them accufe me by invention, I Will answer in mine honour. Men. Ay, but mildly. Cor. Well, mildly be it then; mildly. 3- to bonour mine own truth,] [Exeunt Πάλλων δὲ μάλις αἰσχύνεο σαυτον. Pythagoras. JOHNSON. let Thy mother rather feel thy pride, than fear Thy dangerous floutnefs;] This is obfcure. Perhaps, the means, Go, do thy worft; let me rather feel the utmost extremity that thy pride can bring upon us, than live thus in fear of thy dangerous obftinacy. JOHNSON. 5 But owe thy pride-] That is, own thy pride. See Vol. IV. P. 473, n. 7. MALONE. 1 SCENE III. The fame. The Forum. Enter SICINIUS, and BRUTUS. Bru. In this point charge him home, that he affects What, will he come? Ed. He's coming. Enter an Edile. Bru. How accompanied? Ed. With old Menenius, and thofe fenators That always favour'd him. Sic. Have you a catalogue Of all the voices that we have procur'd, Set down by the poll? Ed. I have: 'tis ready. Sic. Have you collected them by tribes? Sic. Affemble prefently the people hither: I' the right and ftrength o' the commons, be it either 19 And power i' the truth o' the cause 6. Ed. I fhall inform them. Bru. And when fuch time they have begun to cry, Let them not ceafe, but with a din confus'd Inforce the prefent execution Of what we chance to fentence. 6 Ed. Very well. Sic. Make them be ftrong, and ready for this hint, the truth o' the cause.] This is not very easily understood. We might read: o'er the truth of the cause. JOHNSON. When When we shall hap to give't them. Bru. Go about it. [Exit Edile. Put him to choler ftraight: He hath been us'd Of contradiction: Being once chaf'd, he cannot Enter CORIOLANUS, MENENIUS, COMINI Us, Senators, and Patricians. Sic. Well, here he comes. Men. Calmly, I do befeech you. Cor. Ay, as an oftler, that for the poorest piece Will bear the knave by the volume'.-The honour'd gods Keep Rome in fafety, and the chairs of justice Supply'd with worthy men! plant love among us! Throng our large temples 2 with the fhews of peace, And not our ftreets with war! 1. Sen. Amen, amen! Men. A noble wish. 7- and to have his worth Of contradiction] The modern editors fubftituted word; but the old copy reads worth, which is certainly right. He has been used to have his worth, or (as we fhould now fay) his pennyworth of contradiction; his full quota or proportion. So, in Romeo and Juliet: You take your pennyworth [of fleep] now." MALONE. 8 Be rein'd again to temperance;] Our poet feems to have taken feveral of his images from the old pageants. In the new edition of Leland's Collectanea, Vol. IV. p. 190, the virtue temperance is reprefented "holding in hyr haund a bitt of an horse.” TOLLET. 9— which looks With us to break his neck.] To look is to wait or expect. The fenfe I believe is, What be bas in bis beart is waiting there to help us to break his neck. JOHNSON. Will bear the knave by the volume.] i. e. would bear being called knave as often as would fill out a volume. STEEVENS. 2 Throng our large temples-] The old copy reads-Through our, &c. The emendation was made by Mr. Theobald. The fhews of peace are multitudes of people peaceably assembled, either to hear the determination of caufes, or for other purposes of civil government. MALONE. R 3 Re-enter Re-enter Edile, with Citizens. Sic. Draw near, ye people. Ed. Lift to your tribunes; audience: Peace, I say. Both Tri. Well, fay.-Peace, ho. Cor. Shall I be charg'd no further than this prefent? Muft all determine here? Sic. I do demand, If you fubmit you to the people's voices, Cor. I am content. Men. Lo, citizens, he says, he is content: The warlike fervice he has done, confider; Think upon the wounds his body bears, Which thew like graves i' the holy church-yard. Cor. Scratches with briars, fcars to move laughter only. Men. Confider further, That when he speaks not like a citizen, Com. Well, well, no more. That being paft for conful with full voice, Sic. Anfwer to us. Cor. Say then: 'tis true, I ought fo. Sic. We charge you, that you have contriv'd to take 3 His rougher accents-] The old copy reads-actions. Theobald made the change. STEEVENS. His rougher accents are the harsh terms that he ufes. MALONE. ♦ Rather than envy you.] Rather than import ill will to you. See p. 42, n. I. MALONE. From |