Coriolanus

Act 1, Scene 7

SCENE VII. The gates of Corioli.

    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.

    Exeunt