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James Boswell [1821], The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending A Life of the Poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by the late Edmond Malone. With a new glossarial index (J. Deighton and Sons, Cambridge) [word count] [S10201].
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SCENE VIII. A Field of Battle between the Roman and the Volcian Camps. Alarum. Enter Marcius and Aufidius.

Mar.
I'll fight with none but thee; for I do hate thee
Worse than a promise-breaker.

Auf.
We hate alike;
Not Africk owns a serpent, I abhor

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More than thy fame and envy4 note

: Fix thy foot.

Mar.
Let the first budger die the other's slave,
And the gods doom him after5 note

!

Auf.
If I fly, Marcius,
Halloo me like a hare.

Mar.
Within these three hours, Tullus,
Alone I fought in your Corioli walls6 note
,
And made what work I pleas'd; 'Tis not my blood,
Wherein thou seest me mask'd; for thy revenge,
Wrench up thy power to the highest.

Auf.
Wert thou the Hector,
That was the whip of your bragg'd progeny7 note

,

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Thou should'st not scape me here.— [They fight, and certain Volces come to the aid of Aufidius.
Officious, and not valiant—you have sham'd me
In your condemned seconds8 note


. [Exeunt fighting, driven in by Marcius.
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James Boswell [1821], The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending A Life of the Poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by the late Edmond Malone. With a new glossarial index (J. Deighton and Sons, Cambridge) [word count] [S10201].
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