All caufe unborn, 'could never be the native Men. Come, enough. Bru. Enough, with over measure. 2 Cor. No, take more; What may be fworn by. ope Both Divine and Human Seal what I end withal!-This double worship, Where one part does difdain with caufe, the other Of gen❜ral ignorance, it muft omit 1 could never be the native]. Native, for natural birth. WARBURTON. Native is here not natural birth, but natural parent, or cause of birth. But I would read motive, which, without any dif tortion of its meaning, fuits the fpeaker's purpose. No, take more. divine and human Seal what I end withal!-] The falfe pointing hath made this unintelligible. It should be. read and pointed thus, No, take more; Divine and Human Seal what I end withal!-] i. e. No, I will ftill proceed, and the truth of what I shall fay may be fworn to. And may both Divine and Human powers [i. e. the Gods of Rome and Senate] confirm and fupport my conclufion. WARBURTON. 3-purpose fo barr'd, it fol lows. Nothing is done to purpose,] This is fo like Polonius's eloquence, and fo much unlike the reft of Coriolanus's language, that I am apt to think it fpariWARBURTON. ous, No Nothing is done to purpose. Therefore beseech you, To vamp a body with a dangerous phyfick, Bru. H'as faid enough. Sic. H'as fpoken like a traitor, and shall answer As traitors do. Cor. Thou wretch! Defpight o'erwhelm thee !What fhould the people do with these bald Tribunes? On whom depending, their obedience fails To th' greater bench. In a Rebellion, 4 That love the fundamental of't- i. e. Who are fo wedded to accuftomed forms in the adminiftration, that in your care for the prefervation of thofe, you overlook the danger the conftitution incurs by ftrictly adher ing to them. This the fpeaker, in vindication of his conduct, artfully reprefents to be his cafe; yet this pertinentobfervation the Oxford Editor, with one happy dafh of his pen, in amending doubt to do, entirely abolishes. WARBURTON. To doubt is to fear. The meaning is, You whofe zeal predominates over your terrours; you who do not fo much fear the When what's not meet, but what muft be, was law, Let what is meet, be faid, it must be meet, Bru. Manifeft treason Sic. This a Conful? no. Bru. The Ædiles, ho! Let him be apprehended. [Ediles enter, Sic. Go, call the people, in whose name myself Attach thee as a traiterous innovator, A foe to th' publick weal. Obey, I charge thee, And follow to thine answer. Cor. Hence, old goat! All. We'll furety him. Com. Ag'd Sir, hands off. [Laying hold on Coriolanus. Cor. Hence, rotten thing, or I fhall shake thy bones Out of thy garments. Sic. Help me, citizens. S CEN E II. Enter a Rabble of Plebeians, with the Ediles, Men. On both fides, more respect. Sic. Here's he, that would Take from you all your power. Bru. Seize him, Ediles. All. Down with him, down with him! 2 Sen. Weapons, weapons, weapons! [They all buffle about Coriolanus. -what ho! Tribunes, Patricians, Citizens Sicinius, Brutus, Coriolanus, citizens ! Stay, hold, peace! 7-it must be meet,] Han- And Dr. Warburton follows him mer reads, -it must be law. furely without neceffity. Men. Men. What is about to be ?—I am out of breath; Confufion's near, I cannot speak.You Tribunes, Coriolanus, patience; fpeak, Sicinius. Sic. Hear me, people-Peace, All. Let's hear our Tribune. Peace, Speak, speak, speak. Sic. You are at point to lofe your liberties; Marcius would have all from you, Marcius, Whom late you nam'd for Conful. Men. Fie, fie, fie. This is the way to kindle, not to quench. Bru. By the confent of all, we were establish'd All. You fo remain. Men. And fo are like to do. Cor. That is the way to lay the city flat; Sic. This deferves death. Bru. Or let us ftand to our Authority, Upon the part o'th' people, in whofe power Sic. Therefore lay hold on him; Bear him to th' rock Tarpeian, and from thence Into destruction caft him. Bru. Ediles, feize him. All. Ple. Yield, Marcius, yield. Men. Hear me one word. Befeech you, Tribunes, hear me but a word Ediles. Peace, peace. Men. Be that you feem, truly your Country's friends, And And temp❜rately proceed to what Thus violently redress. you would That feem like prudent helps, are very poisonous, Where the disease is violent Lay hands on him, And bear him to the rock. [Coriolanus draws his fword, Cor. No; I'll dye here. There's fome among you have beheld me fighting, Come, try upon yourfelves, what you have feen me. Men. Down with that fword. Tribunes, withdraw a while. Bru. Lay hands upon him. Men. Help Marcius; help you that be noble, help him young and old. All. Down with him, down with him. [Exeunt. [In this mutiny, the Tribunes, the Ædiles, and the people are beat in. Men. Go, get you to your house. Be gone, away, All will be naught elfe, 2 Sen. Get you gone. Cor. Stand fast, we have as many friends as enemies. Men. Shall it be put to that? Sen. The Gods forbid! I pr'ythee, noble friend, home to thy houfe, Men. For 'tis à fore, You cannot tent yourself. Begone, 'befeech you. Men. I would, they were Barbarians, as they are, Though in Rome litter'd; not Romans, as they are not, -very poisonous,] I read, are very poifons. 8 Com. Stand faft, &c.] This fpeech certainly should be given to Coriolanus; for all his friends. perfuade him to retire. So Co minius prefently after; Come, Sir, along with us. WARBURTON, Though |