Act 4
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The same. A street near the gate.
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The same street, near the gate.
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Enter SICINIUS, BRUTUS, and an Aedile
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SICINIUS, BRUTUS, and an aedile enter.
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SICINIUS
Bid them all home; he’s gone, and we’ll no further.
The nobility are vex’d, whom we see have sided
In his behalf.
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SICINIUS
Tell them all to go home. He’s gone, and we won’t go any further. The nobles who sided with him are angry.
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BRUTUS
Now we have shown our power,
5Let us seem humbler after it is done
Than when it was a-doing.
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BRUTUS
Now that we’ve exerted our power, let’s at least pretend to be humble, like before.
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SICINIUS
Bid them home:
Say their great enemy is gone, and they
Stand in their ancient strength.
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SICINIUS
Tell them to go home. Explain that their great enemy is gone and that their freedoms have been restored.
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BRUTUS
10Dismiss them home.
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BRUTUS
Send them home.
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Exit Aedile
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The aedile exits.
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Here comes his mother.
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Here comes his mother.
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SICINIUS
Let’s not meet her.
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SICINIUS
Let’s not talk to her.
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BRUTUS
Why?
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BRUTUS
Why?
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SICINIUS
They say she’s mad.
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SICINIUS
They say she’s crazy.
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BRUTUS
15They have ta’en note of us: keep on your way.
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BRUTUS
They’ve seen us. Keep walking.
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Enter VOLUMNIA, VIRGILIA, and MENENIUS
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VOLUMNIA, VIRGILIA, and MENENIUS enter.
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VOLUMNIA
O, ye’re well met: the hoarded plague o’ the gods
Requite your love!
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VOLUMNIA
Some coincidence, running into you. May the gods repay you for this with the plague!
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MENENIUS
Peace, peace; be not so loud.
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MENENIUS
Calm down. Don’t be so loud.
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VOLUMNIA
If that I could for weeping, you should hear,—
20Nay, and you shall hear some.
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VOLUMNIA
If I could cry quietly I would. You should hear me cry—
No, you will hear me.
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