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ACT V SCENE V. The same. A street near the gate.
[ Enter two Senators with VOLUMNIA, VIRGILIA, VALERIA, &c. passing over the stage, followed by Patricians and others ]
First SenatorBehold our patroness, the life of Rome!
Call all your tribes together, praise the gods,
And make triumphant fires; strew flowers before them:
Unshout the noise that banish'd Marcius,
Repeal him with the welcome of his mother;5
Cry 'Welcome, ladies, welcome!'
AllWelcome, ladies, Welcome!
[A flourish with drums and trumpets. Exeunt]

Next: Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene 6

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