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    When she does praise me , grieves me . I have done As you have done ; that ' s what I can : induced As you have been ; that ' s for my country : He that hath but effected his good will , Hath overta ' en mine act . '

    Cominius still continues to praise him , and Marcius replies with sharp impatience , ' I have some wounds upon me , and they smart To hear themselves remembered . '

    Cominius answers , * Should they not , Well might they fester ' gainst ingratitude , And tent themselves with death . Of all tlie horses

    ( Whereof we have ta'en good , and good store , ) of all The treasure , in the field achieved , and city , We render you the tenth ; to be ta ' en forth , Before the common distribution , at Your only choice . '

    Now reader , mark the reply of the disinterested patriot , rejecting , with contempt , the offer of a reward for that which is ever above all price , the honourable deed of a high-minded man .

    c I thank you , general ; But cannot make my heart consent to take A bribe to pay my sword : I do refuse it ; And stand upon my common part with those That have beheld the doing . '

    Cominius now bestoVvs on him the surname Coriolanus , and gives him his own battle steed as an offering of approbation , whereat the martial instruments peal , and arms clash , and armour clangs , while the acclamations of the warriors , patricians and plebeians alike , make the welkin ring . It is with good reason , for Rome is saved l > y his deeds , and the Roman citizens may now sit around their hearths in peace . Plainl y and honestl y spoken is the repl y of Coriolanus .

    * I will go wash ; And when my face is fair , you shall perceive Whether I blush or no . Uovvbeit I thank you : — I mean to stride your steed ; and , at all times , To undercrest your good addition , Yo the fairness of my power . ' Afterwards follows a sentence from the lips of the general ( Wiimus , which speaks well for the spirit in which the war was undertaken b y the Romans . Though the victors , they are willing to make peace on terms advantageous to the vanquished as well a to themselves .

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    Coriola nus no A ristocrat 185

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1834, page 135, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2630/page/51/