A side-by-side translation of Act 1, Scene 8 of Coriolanus from the original Shakespeare into modern English.
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Source: Folger Shakespeare Library | |
Alarum, as in battle.
| Back on the battlefields, Caius Martius meets up with his mortal enemy, Tullus Aufidius. (Cue dramatic music.) |
MARTIUS AUFIDIUS We hate alike. MARTIUS AUFIDIUS If I fly, Martius, MARTIUS Within these three hours, 10 AUFIDIUS Wert thou the Here they fight, and certain Volsces come in | As these two go at it in man-to-man combat, some very impressive trash talk ensues. Just as Caius Martius gains the upper hand, Aufidius' troops come to his rescue and the Volscians run away with their tails between their legs. |
(To the Volsces.) Officious and not valiant, you have 20 Martius fights till they be driven in breathless. | Aufidius tells us he is totally "sham'd" that his soldiers had to save his life. |