SECOND WATCH.
What cause do you think I have to swoon?
MENENIUS.
I neither care for th’ world nor your general. For such things as you, I can scarce think there’s any, you’re so slight. He that hath a will to die by himself fears it not from another. Let your general do his worst. For you, be that you are, long; and your misery increase with your age! I say to you, as I was said to, away!
[Exit.]
FIRST WATCH.
A noble fellow, I warrant him.
SECOND WATCH.
The worthy fellow is our general. He is the rock, the oak not to be wind-shaken.
[Exeunt.]
SCENE III. The tent of Coriolanus
Enter Coriolanus and Aufidius.
CORIOLANUS.
We will before the walls of Rome tomorrow
Set down our host. My partner in this action,
You must report to th’ Volscian lords how plainly
I have borne this business.
AUFIDIUS.
Only their ends
You have respected, stopped your ears against
The general suit of Rome; never admitted
A private whisper, no, not with such friends
That thought them sure of you.