Question

meaning of Hold up your hands, like me, and we’ll be brothers; In this affair, and each defend others, And we will kill this traitor Death, I say!

Answer 1

Answer:

To swear an oath of brotherhood

Explanation:

The three rioters swore an oath to kill death but greed took a tow on them and they ended up killing each other because of eight bushels of gold they each wanted for their vices.