| ACT I 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. | 5 |
| Lieutenant | Fear not our care, sir. |
| LARTIUS | Hence, and shut your gates upon's. |
| Our guider, come; to the Roman camp conduct us. |
| [Exeunt] |
Shakespeare's Sources for Coriolanus