Literature/William Shakespeare/Coriolanus

Coriolanus

William Shakespeare, c. 1608

Act VScene V

Rome. A street near the gate

Enter two Senators, with Ladies (Volumnia, Virgilia, Valeria) passing over the stage, with other Lords.

Senator

Behold our patroness, the life of Rome!Call all your tribes together, praise the gods,And make triumphant fires. Strew flowers before them,Unshout the noise that banished Martius,Repeal him with the welcome of his mother.Cry “Welcome, ladies, welcome!”

All

Welcome, ladies, welcome!

A flourish with drums and trumpets.

Exeunt.