And presently, when you have drawn your number,
Repair to the Capitol.
All. We will so; almost all
Repent in their election. Exeunt Plebeians.
Bru. Let them go on;
This mutiny were better put in hazard 264
Than stay, past doubt, for greater.
If, as his nature is, he fall in rage
With their refusal, both observe and answer
The vantage of his anger.
Sic. To the Capitol, come: 268
We will be there before the stream o' the people;
And this shall seem, as partly 'tis, their own,
Which we have goaded onward. Exeunt.
ACT THIRD
Scene One
[Rome. A Street]
Cornets. Enter Coriolanus, Menenius, all the Gentry,
Cominius, Titus Lartius, and other Senators.
Cor. Tullus Aufidius then had made new head?
Lart. He had, my lord; and that it was which caus'd
Our swifter composition.
Cor. So then the Volsces stand but as at first, 4
Ready, when time shall prompt them, to make road
Upon 's again.
Com. They are worn, lord consul, so,
261 drawn . . . number: collected a sufficient number
263 Repent in: repent of
264 put in hazard: risked
265 stay: . . . greater: that we should wait for a greater, inevitable hazard
267, 268 answer . . . vantage: make use
1 made new head: raised a new army
3 composition: coming to terms
5 road: an inroad, raid
