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Whereof we have ta'en good, and good store, of all

The treasure, in this field achiev'd and city,

We render you the tenth; to be ta'en forth,

Before the common distribution,

At your only choice.

Mar. I thank you, general;

But cannot make my heart consent to take

A bribe to pay my sword: I do refuse it;

And stand upon my common part with those

That have beheld the doing.

''A long flourish. They all cry 'Martius! Martius!' cast up their caps and lances: Cominius and Lartius stand bare''.

Mar. May these same instruments, which you profane,

Never sound more! When drums and trumpets shall

I' the field prove flatterers, let courts and cities be

Made all of false-fac'd soothing!

When steel grows soft as is the parasite's silk,

Let him be made an overture for the wars!

No more, I say! For that I have not wash'd

My nose that bled, or foil'd some debile wretch,

Which, without note, here's many else have done,

You shout me forth

In acclamations hyperbolical;

As if I lov'd my little should be dieted

In praises sauc'd with lies.

Com. Too modest are you;

More cruel to your good report than grateful

To us that give you truly. By your patience,

 32 good store: a goodly number

33 in city: acquired both in this battle and in the city

40 beheld doing: been present at the fighting

44 soothing: flattery

46 an overture; cf. n.

48 foil'd: have overcome

debile: weak

49 note: special attention

52, 53 dieted In: fed on

55 give: report

