Act IScene VII
The gates of Corioles
Titus Lartius, having set a guard upon Corioles, going with drum and trumpet toward Cominius and Caius Martius, enters with a Lieutenant, other Soldiers, and a Scout.
Lartius
So, let the ports be guarded. Keep your dutiesAs I have set them down. If I do send, dispatchThose centuries to our aid; the rest will serveFor a short holding. If we lose the field,We cannot keep the town.
Lieutenant
Fear not our care, sir.
Lartius
Hence, and shut your gates upon’s.Our guider, come. To th’ Roman camp conduct us.
Exeunt.