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2480
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
2481
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
2482
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
2483
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
60
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
65
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
70
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From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
AgainstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
Alack
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From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For the dearth, The gods, not the patricians, make it, and Your knees to them, not arms, must help.
Appear
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
arms
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From this reading For the dearth, The gods, not the patricians, make it, and Your knees to them, not arms, must help.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
asunder
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
attends
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From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
calamity
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From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
care
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From this reading _Men._ I tell you, friends, most charitable care Have the patricians of you.
charitable
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From this reading _Men._ I tell you, friends, most charitable care Have the patricians of you.
Cit
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From this reading _First Cit._ Care for us!
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
cracking
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
curbs
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
curse
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From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
dearth
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
enemies
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From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
fathers
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From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First Cit._ Care for us!
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
friends
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From this reading _Men._ I tell you, friends, most charitable care Have the patricians of you.
gods
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From this reading For the dearth, The gods, not the patricians, make it, and Your knees to them, not arms, must help.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Men._ I tell you, friends, most charitable care Have the patricians of you.
heaven
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
helms
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From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the dearth, The gods, not the patricians, make it, and Your knees to them, not arms, must help.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Men._ I tell you, friends, most charitable care Have the patricians of you.
impediment
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
knees
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From this reading For the dearth, The gods, not the patricians, make it, and Your knees to them, not arms, must help.
lift
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
like
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From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
link
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the dearth, The gods, not the patricians, make it, and Your knees to them, not arms, must help.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
Men
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From this reading _Men._ I tell you, friends, most charitable care Have the patricians of you.
more
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
most
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From this reading _Men._ I tell you, friends, most charitable care Have the patricians of you.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading For the dearth, The gods, not the patricians, make it, and Your knees to them, not arms, must help.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For the dearth, The gods, not the patricians, make it, and Your knees to them, not arms, must help.
o
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From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Men._ I tell you, friends, most charitable care Have the patricians of you.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
patricians
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From this reading _Men._ I tell you, friends, most charitable care Have the patricians of you.
Roman
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
slander
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From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
state
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
staves
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
Strike
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
strong
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
suffering
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
takes
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Men._ I tell you, friends, most charitable care Have the patricians of you.
ten
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Men._ I tell you, friends, most charitable care Have the patricians of you.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
ThitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
thousand
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For the dearth, The gods, not the patricians, make it, and Your knees to them, not arms, must help.
transported
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From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _First Cit._ Care for us!
wants
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
way
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
well
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From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Alack, You are transported by calamity Thither where more attends you, and you slander 70 The helms o' the state, who care for you like fathers, When you curse them as enemies.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Men._ I tell you, friends, most charitable care Have the patricians of you.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading For your wants,[2480] 60 Your suffering in this dearth, you may as well[2481] Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them[2482] Against the Roman state; whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever[2483] 65 Appear in your impediment.
