Cor. Not of a woman’s tenderness to be,
Requires nor child nor woman’s face to see.
I have sat too long. [Rising.
Vol.Nay, go not from us thus,
If it were so that our request did tend
To save the Romans, thereby to destroy
The Volsces whom you serve, you might condemn us,
As poisonous of your honour: no; our suit
Is, that you reconcile them: while the Volsces
May say “This mercy we have show’d”; the Romans,