Bru. Merely awry: when he did love his country,[3254] 305
It honour'd him.[3254]
Men. The service of the foot[3255][3256]
Being once gangrened, is not then respected[3256][3257]
For what before it was.[3258]
Bru. We'll hear no more.
Pursue him to his house, and pluck him thence;
Lest his infection, being of catching nature,[3259] 310
Spread further.
Men. One word more, one word.[3260]
This tiger-footed rage, when it shall find
The harm of unscann'd swiftness, will, too late,
Tie leaden pounds to 's heels. Proceed by process;[3261]
Lest parties, as he is beloved, break out, 315
And sack great Rome with Romans.
Bru. If it were so—[3262]
Sic. What do ye talk?
Have we not had a taste of his obedience?
Our ædiles smote? ourselves resisted? Come.[3263]
Men. Consider this: he has been bred i' the wars[3264] 320
Since he could draw a sword, and is ill school'd[3265]
In bolted language; meal and bran together
He throws without distinction. Give me leave,
I'll go to him, and undertake to bring him[3266][3267]
Where he shall answer, by a lawful form,[3267] 325
In peace, to his utmost peril.[3267]
First Sen. Noble tribunes,
It is the humane way: the other course[3268]
Will prove too bloody; and the end of it
Unknown to the beginning.
Sic. Noble Menenius,[3269]
Be you then as the people's officer.[3269] 330
Masters, lay down your weapons.
Bru. Go not home.