spectatorship

Now , you companion , I’ll
say an errand for you . You shall know now that I
am in estimation ; you shall perceive that a Jack
guardant cannot office me from my son Coriolanus .
Guess but by my entertainment with him
if thou stand’st not i’ th’ state of hanging or of some
death more long in spectatorship and crueler in
suffering ; behold now presently , and swoon for
what’s to come upon thee . The
glorious gods sit in hourly synod about thy particular
prosperity and love thee no worse than thy old
father Menenius does ! O my son , my son ! Thou art preparing fire for us ; look thee ,
here’s water to quench it . I was hardly moved to
come to thee ; but being assured none but myself
could move thee , I have been blown out of your
gates with sighs , and conjure thee to pardon Rome
and thy petitionary countrymen . The good gods
assuage thy wrath and turn the dregs of it upon
this varlet here , this , who , like a block , hath denied
my access to thee .