[last lines]
Caius Martius Coriolanus:
I am returned your soldier, no more infected with my country's love than when I parted hence, but still subsisting under your great command. We have made peace with no less honor to the Volscians than shame to the Romans.
Tullus Aufidius:
Tell the traitor, in the highest degree, he hath abused your powers.
Caius Martius Coriolanus:
Traitor? How now?
Tullus Aufidius:
Aye, traitor, Martius.
Caius Martius Coriolanus:
Martius?
Tullus Aufidius:
Aye, Martius. Caius Martius. Dost thou think I'll grace thee with that robbery, thy stolen name Corioloanus?
[to his soldiers]
Tullus Aufidius:
Perfidiously he hath betrayed your business and given up, for certain drops of salt, your city, Rome. I say "your city", for his wife and mother, breaking his oath and resolution like a twist of rotten silk. Never admitting counsel of the war, but at his nurse's tears, he whined and roared away your victory.
Caius Martius Coriolanus:
Hear'st thou, Mars?
Tullus Aufidius:
Name not the god, thou boy of tears.
Caius Martius Coriolanus:
Measureless liar, thou has made my heart too great for what contains it. "Boy"? O slave. Cut me to pieces, Volsces! Men and lads, stain all your edges on me! "Boy"? If you have writ your annals true, 'tis there that, like an eagle in a dovecote, I fluttered your Volscians in Corioles. Alone I did it. "Boy".
Tullus Aufidius:
[to his soldiers]
Let him die for it.
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05/03/2025 alle ore 07:51