SCENE VII. The gates of Corioli. The Tragedy of Coriolanus  Shakespeare homepage  |  Coriolanus  | Act 1, Scene 7 

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 TITUS LARTIUS, having set a guard upon  Corioli, going with drum and trumpet toward  COMINIUS and CAIUS MARCIUS, enters with Lieutenant, other Soldiers, and a Scout  LARTIUS  So, let the ports be guarded: keep your duties, 

 As I have set them down. If I do send, dispatch 

 Those centuries to our aid: the rest will serve 

 For 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 the Roman camp conduct us. 



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