waking, audible, and full of vent. Peace is a
very apoplexy, lethargy; mulled, deaf, sleepy, 240
insensible; a getter of more bastard children than
war's a destroyer of men.
2. Serv. 'Tis so: and as war, in some sort, may
be said to be a ravisher, so it cannot be denied 244
but peace is a great maker of cuckolds.
1. Serv. Ay, and it makes men hate one
another.
3. Serv. Reason: because they then less need 248
one another. The wars for my money. I hope
to see Romans as cheap as Volscians. They are
rising, they are rising.
All. In, in, in, in! 252 Exeunt.
Scene Six
[Rome. A Public Place]
Enter the two Tribunes, Sicinius and Brutus.
Sic. We hear not of him, neither need we fear him;
His remedies are tame i' the present peace
And quietness o' the people, which before
Were in wild hurry. Here do we make his friends 4
Blush that the world goes well, who rather had,
Though they themselves did suffer by 't, behold
Dissentious numbers pestering streets, than see
Our tradesmen singing in their shops and going 8
About their functions friendly.
239 audible: noisy (?), quick of hearing (?)
vent: opportunity for action
240 mulled: insipid, like warmed and sweetened wine
241 insensible: sluggish, insensitive
248 Reason: that is natural
251 rising: getting up from table
2 remedies: means of reinstatement
tame: languid, ineffectual; cf. n.
4 hurry: turbulence
7 pestering: blocking up
9 friendly: like good friends
