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38  How now, my as fair as noble ladies,—and the

moon, were she earthly, no nobler,—whither

do you follow your eyes so fast?

Vol. Honourable Menenius, my boy Martius

approaches; for the love of Juno, let's go.

Men. Ha! Martius coming home?

Vol. Ay, worthy Menenius; and with most

prosperous approbation.

Men. Take my cap, Jupiter, and I thank

thee. Hoo! Martius coming home!

2 Ladies. Nay, 'tis true.

Vol. Look, here's a letter from him: the

state hath another, his wife another; and, I

think, there's one at home for you.

Men. I will make my very house reel to-

night. A letter for me!

Vir. Yes, certain, there's a letter for you; I

saw 't.

Men. A letter for me! It gives me an estate

of seven years' health; in which time I will

make a lip at the physician: the most sovereign

prescription in Galen is but empiricutic, and, to

this preservative, of no better report than a

horse-drench. Is he not wounded? he was wont

to come home wounded.

Vir. O! no, no, no.

Vol. O! he is wounded, I thank the gods for 't.

Men. So do I too, if it be not too much.

Brings a' victory in his pocket? The wounds

become him.

 111 your eyes: the eager looks you cast ahead

116 prosperous approbation: positive success

117 Take Jupiter: i.e. I throw my cap high in the air

129 make a lip at: defy

sovereign: efficacious

130 empiricutic: experimental, quackish

to: in comparison with

