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1. Cit. Before we proceed any further, hear

me speak.

All. Speak, speak.

1. Cit. You are all resolved rather to die than

to famish?

All. Resolved, resolved.

1. Cit. First, you know Caius Martius is chief

enemy to the people.

All. We know 't, we know 't.

1. Cit. Let us kill him, and we'll have corn at

our own price. Is 't a verdict?

All. No more talking on 't; let it be done.

Away, away!

2. Cit. One word, good citizens.

1. Cit. We are accounted poor citizens, the

patricians good. What authority surfeits on

would relieve us. If they would yield us but

the superfluity, while it were wholesome, we

might guess they relieved us humanely; but

they think we are too dear: the leanness that

afflicts us, the object of our misery, is as an

inventory to particularise their abundance; our

 19 guess: think

20 are too dear: cost too much

21 object: spectacle

22 particularise: itemize 