Citizens. True,[3199]
The people are the city.[3199] 200
Bru. By the consent of all, we were establish'd[3200]
The people's magistrates.[3200]
Citizens. You so remain.
Men. And so are like to do.
Com. That is the way to lay the city flat,[3201]
To bring the roof to the foundation, 205
And bury all which yet distinctly ranges,
In heaps and piles of ruin.
Sic. This deserves death.
Bru. Or let us stand to our authority,
Or let us lose it. We do here pronounce,
Upon the part o' the people, in whose power 210
We were elected theirs, Marcius is worthy
Of present death.
Sic. Therefore lay hold of him;[3202]
Bear him to the rock Tarpeian, and from thence
Into destruction cast him.
Bru. Ædiles, seize him!
Citizens. Yield, Marcius, yield![3203]