# Result number

Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

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1

Coriolanus
[I, 1]

First Senator

239

CORIOLANUS, 'tis true that you have lately told us;
The Volsces are in arms.

2

Coriolanus
[I, 6]

Cominius

661

Where is that slave
Which told me they had beat you to your trenches?
Where is he? call him hither.

3

Coriolanus
[II, 3]

Junius Brutus

1623

Could you not have told him
As you were lesson'd, when he had no power,
But was a petty servant to the state,
He was your enemy, ever spake against
Your liberties and the charters that you bear
I' the body of the weal; and now, arriving
A place of potency and sway o' the state,
If he should still malignantly remain
Fast foe to the plebeii, your voices might
Be curses to yourselves? You should have said
That as his worthy deeds did claim no less
Than what he stood for, so his gracious nature
Would think upon you for your voices and
Translate his malice towards you into love,
Standing your friendly lord.

4

Coriolanus
[IV, 2]

Menenius Agrippa

2655

You have told them home;
And, by my troth, you have cause. You'll sup with me?

5

Coriolanus
[V, 2]

First Senator

3397

Faith, sir, if you had told as many lies in his
behalf as you have uttered words in your own, you
should not pass here; no, though it were as virtuous
to lie as to live chastely. Therefore, go back.