QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Coriolanus ACT/SCENE: 3.1 SPEAKER: Cominus CONTEXT: CORIOLANUS
Tullus Aufidius then had made new head?
LARTIUS
He had, my lord; and that it was which caused
Our swifter composition.
CORIOLANUS
So then the Volsces stand but as at first,
Ready, when time shall prompt them, to make road
Upon’s again.
COMINIUS
They are worn, lord consul, so,
That we shall hardly in our ages see
Their banners wave again. DUTCH: Consul, zij zijn zoo verzwakt,
Dat ons geslacht niet licht in ‘t veld hun vanen
Weer wapp’ren ziet. MORE: Made new head=Put together a new army
Composition=Resolution
Make road=Attack (also in some versions ‘make raid’)
Worn=Worn out, tired
Compleat:
To get a-head=Zich vereenigen, of overeenstemmen
Composition=Bylegging; t’Zamenstelling, toestelling, afmaaking, t’zamenmengsel, vermenging
Worn=Uitgeput Topics: loyalty, failure, conflict