ACT I - Scene VII Coriolanus

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The gates of Corioli.

	Titus Lartius, having set a guard upon Corioli, going with drum and trumpet toward Cominius and Caius Marcius, enters with a 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.

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