Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
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page 89 of 166 (53%)
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Menen. Now the good Gods forbid,
That our renowned Rome, whose gratitude Towards her deserued Children, is enroll'd In Ioues owne Booke, like an vnnaturall Dam Should now eate vp her owne Sicin. He's a Disease that must be cut away Mene. Oh he's a Limbe, that ha's but a Disease Mortall, to cut it off: to cure it, easie. What ha's he done to Rome, that's worthy death? Killing our Enemies, the blood he hath lost (Which I dare vouch, is more then that he hath By many an Ounce) he dropp'd it for his Country: And what is left, to loose it by his Countrey, Were to vs all that doo't, and suffer it A brand to th' end a'th World Sicin. This is cleane kamme Brut. Meerely awry: When he did loue his Country, it honour'd him Menen. The seruice of the foote Being once gangren'd, is not then respected For what before it was Bru. Wee'l heare no more: Pursue him to his house, and plucke him thence, Least his infection being of catching nature, |
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