Act I, Scene 7

The gates of Corioli.

[TITUS LARTIUS, having set a guard upon] [p]Corioli, going with drum and trumpet toward [p]COMINIUS and CAIUS CORIOLANUS, enters with [p]Lieutenant, other Soldiers, and a Scout]

• Titus 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. 730

• Lieutenant. Fear not our care, sir.

• Titus Lartius. Hence, and shut your gates upon's.
  Our guider, come; to the Roman camp conduct us.

[Exeunt]