_Men._ I could myself[3225] Take up a brace o' the best of them; yea, the two tribunes.[3225][3226] _Com._ But now 'tis odds beyond arithmetic; 245 And manhood is call'd foolery, when it stands Against a falling fabric. Will you hence Before the tag return? whose rage doth rend Like interrupted waters, and o'erbear What they are used to bear. _Men._ Pray you, be gone: 250 I'll try whether my old wit be in request[3227] With those that have but little: this must be patch'd With cloth of any colour. _Com._ Nay, come away. [_Exeunt Coriolanus, Cominius, and others._[3228] _First Patrician._ This man has marr'd his fortune.[3229] _Men._ His nature is too noble for the world: 255 He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove for 's power to thunder. His heart's his mouth:[3230] What his breast forges, that his tongue must vent; And, being angry, does forget that ever He heard the name of death. [_A noise within._ 260 Here's goodly work! _Sec. Pat._ I would they were a-bed![3231] _Men._ I would they were in Tiber! What, the vengeance,[3232] Could he not speak 'em fair?[3232] _Re-enter_ BRUTUS _and_ SICINIUS, _with the rabble_.[3233] _Sic._ Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city, and[3234][3235] Be every man himself?[3234] _Men._ You worthy tribunes--[3236] 265 _Sic._ He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian rock With rigorous hands: he hath resisted law, And therefore law shall scorn him further trial Than the severity of the public power,[3237] Which he so sets at nought. _First Cit._ He shall well know[3238] 270 The noble tribunes are the people's mouths,[3238] And we their hands.[3238] _Citizens._ He shall, sure on't.[3239] _Men._ Sir, sir,--[3240] _Sic._ Peace! _Men._ Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt[3241] 275 With modest warrant. _Sic._ Sir, how comes 't that you[3242][3243] Have holp to make this rescue?[3242] _Men._ Hear me speak:[3244] As I do know the consul's worthiness,[3244] So can I name his faults,--[3244] _Sic._ Consul! what consul? _Men._ The consul Coriolanus. _Bru._ He consul![3245] 280 _Citizens._ No, no, no, no, no.[3239] _Men._ If, by the tribunes' leave, and yours, good people,[3246] I may be heard, I would crave a word or two;[3247] The which shall turn you to no further harm Than so much loss of time.