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The Tragedy of Coriolanus, II. iii

''3. Cit''. We have been called so of many; not

that our heads are some brown, some black, some

abram, some bald, but that our wits are so di-

versely coloured: and truly I think, if all our

wits were to issue out of one skull, they would

fly east, west, north, south; and their consent of

one direct way should be at once to all the points

o' the compass.

2. Cit. Think you so? Which way do you judge

my wit would fly?

3. Cit. Nay, your wit will not so soon out as

another man’s will; 'tis strongly wedged up in

a block-head; but if it were at liberty, 'twould,

sure, southward.

2. Cit. Why that way?

3. Cit. To lose itself in a fog; where being

three parts melted away with rotten dews, the

fourth would return for conscience' sake, to help

to get thee a wife.

2. Cit. You are never without your tricks: you

may, you may.

3. Cit. Are you all resolved to give your voices?

But that's no matter, the greater part carries it.

I say, if he would incline to the people, there

was never a worthier man.

Here he comes, and in the gown of humility:

mark his behaviour. We are not to stay all

together, but to come by him where he stands,

by ones, by twos, and by threes. He's to make

 21 abram: auburn

24 consent of: agreement about

35 rotten dews: infectious vapors

39 you may: you may have your joke

41 greater part: majority

