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Tread not vpon him Masters, all be quiet, As will be seen by reference to the Text. Notes, Rowe's punctuation, slightly modified by Capell, has been generally accepted. Schmidt and W. A. Wright, with a change of semicolons for commas, follow the Ff; the latter while noting Rowe's change adds that such is however needless, wherein I must beg to differ. The stage-direction, l. 157, mentions specifically that Aufidius ‘stands on’ Coriolanus; the 2 Lord addresses Aufidius directly, the 3d Lord continues this with an admonition to Aufidius, and a general order to the people to be silent.

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