3. Cit. We have been called so of many; not
that our heads are some brown, some black, some 20
abram, some bald, but that our wits are so di-
versely coloured: and truly I think, if all our
wits were to issue out of one skull, they would
fly east, west, north, south; and their consent of 24
one direct way should be at once to all the points
o' the compass.
2. Cit. Think you so? Which way do you judge
my wit would fly? 28
3. Cit. Nay, your wit will not so soon out as
another man’s will; 'tis strongly wedged up in
a block-head; but if it were at liberty, 'twould,
sure, southward. 32
2. Cit. Why that way?
3. Cit. To lose itself in a fog; where being
three parts melted away with rotten dews, the
fourth would return for conscience' sake, to help 36
to get thee a wife.
2. Cit. You are never without your tricks: you
may, you may.
3. Cit. Are you all resolved to give your voices? 40
But that's no matter, the greater part carries it.
I say, if he would incline to the people, there
was never a worthier man.
Enter Coriolanus, in a gown of humility, with Menenius.
Here he comes, and in the gown of humility: 44
mark his behaviour. We are not to stay all
together, but to come by him where he stands,
by ones, by twos, and by threes. He's to make
21 abram: auburn
24 consent of: agreement about
35 rotten dews: infectious vapors
39 you may: you may have your joke
41 greater part: majority
