Men. Consider this; he has been bred i' the wars, Since he could draw a sword,—
That has been the breeding of states, and nobility, and their rule, hitherto, as this play will show you. Consider what schooling these statesmen have had, before you begin the enterprise of reforming them, and take your measures accordingly. They are not learned men, you see. How should they be? There has been no demand for learning. The law of the sword has prevailed hitherto. When what's not meet but what must be was law, then were they chosen. Proceed by process.
Consider this; he has been bred i' the WARS Since he could draw a sword, and is ill school'd In boulted language—
[That's the trouble; but there's been a little bolting going on in this play.]
—Meal and bran, together
He throws without distinction. Give me leave
I'll go to him, and undertake to bring him
Where he shall answer by a lawful form,
(In peace) to his utmost peril.
First Sen. Noble tribunes.
It is the humane way: the other course
Will prove too bloody; and—
[What is very much to be deprecated in such movements].
—the END of it, Unknown to the beginning.
Sic. Noble Menenius; Be you then as the People's Officer: Masters,—[and they seem to be that, truly,]—lay down your weapons.
Bru. Go not home,