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Second Officer complete text   Second Officer. Three, they say: but 'tis thought of every one 2.2.3         Coriolanus will carry it. 2.2.4       Main play link   Second Officer. Faith, there had been many great men that have 2.2.7         flattered the people, who ne'er loved them; and there 2.2.8         be many that they have loved, they know not 2.2.9         wherefore: so that, if they love they know not why, 2.2.10         they hate upon no better a ground: therefore, for 2.2.11         Coriolanus neither to care whether they love or hate 2.2.12         him manifests the true knowledge he has in their 2.2.13         disposition; and out of his noble carelessness lets 2.2.14         them plainly see't. 2.2.15       Main play link   Second Officer. He hath deserved worthily of his country: and his 2.2.24         ascent is not by such easy degrees as those who, 2.2.25         having been supple and courteous to the people, 2.2.26         bonneted, without any further deed to have them at 2.2.27         an into their estimation and report: but he hath so 2.2.28         planted his honours in their eyes, and his actions 2.2.29         in their hearts, that for their tongues to be 2.2.30         silent, and not confess so much, were a kind of 2.2.31         ingrateful injury; to report otherwise, were a 2.2.32         malice, that, giving itself the lie, would pluck 2.2.33         reproof and rebuke from every ear that heard it. 2.2.34       Main play link   REMOVE line numbers    Return to top