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Table of Contents<\/a><\/p>\n

ACT I SCENE II<\/b> Setting: A public place.<\/p>\n

Flourish. Enter CAESAR; ANTONY, for the course; CALPURNIA, PORTIA, DECIUS BRUTUS, CICERO, BRUTUS, CASSIUS, and CASCA; a great crowd following, among them a Soothsayer.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nCalpurnia!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nPeace, ho! Caesar speaks.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nCalpurnia!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CALPURNIA<\/td>\nHere, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nStand you directly in Antonius' way,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen he doth run his course. Antonius!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nCaesar, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nForget not, in your speed, Antonius,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo touch Calpurnia; for our elders say,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe barren, touched in this holy chase,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShake off their sterile curse.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nI shall remember:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen Caesar says "do this, " it is perform'd.<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nSet on; and leave no ceremony out.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\n[Flourish]<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soothsayer<\/td>\nCaesar!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nHa! who calls?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nBid every noise be still: peace yet again!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nWho is it in the press that calls on me?<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI hear a tongue, shriller than all the music,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCry "Caesar!" Speak; Caesar is turn'd to hear.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soothsayer<\/td>\nBeware the ides of March.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nWhat man is that?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nA soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nSet him before me; let me see his face.<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nFellow, come from the throng; look upon Caesar.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nWhat say'st thou to me now? speak once again.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soothsayer<\/td>\nBeware the ides of March.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nHe is a dreamer; let us leave him: pass.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\n[Sennet. Exeunt all except BRUTUS and CASSIUS.]<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nWill you go see the order of the course?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nNot I.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI pray you, do.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI am not gamesome: I do lack some part<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf that quick spirit that is in Antony.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet me not hinder, Cassius, your desires;<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI'll leave you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nBrutus, I do observe you now of late:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI have not from your eyes that gentleness<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd show of love as I was wont to have:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou bear too stubborn and too strange a hand<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOver your friend that loves you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nCassius,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBe not deceived: if I have veil'd my look,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI turn the trouble of my countenance<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMerely upon myself. Vexed I am<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf late with passions of some difference,<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nConceptions only proper to myself,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich give some soil perhaps to my behaviors;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut let not therefore my good friends be grieved––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAmong which number, Cassius, be you one––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNor construe any further my neglect,<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThan that poor Brutus, with himself at war,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nForgets the shows of love to other men.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nThen, Brutus, I have much mistook your passion;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy means whereof this breast of mine hath buried<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThoughts of great value, worthy cogitations.<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTell me, good Brutus, can you see your face?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nNo, Cassius; for the eye sees not itself,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut by reflection, by some other things.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nTis just:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd it is very much lamented, Brutus,<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat you have no such mirrors as will turn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYour hidden worthiness into your eye,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat you might see your shadow. I have heard,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhere many of the best respect in Rome,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nExcept immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd groaning underneath this age's yoke,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHave wish'd that noble Brutus had his eyes.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nInto what dangers would you lead me, Cassius,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat you would have me seek into myself<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor that which is not in me?<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nTherefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd since you know you cannot see yourself<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo well as by reflection, I, your glass,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWill modestly discover to yourself<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat of yourself which you yet know not of.<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd be not jealous on me, gentle Brutus:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWere I a common laugher, or did use<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo stale with ordinary oaths my love<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo every new protester; if you know<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I do fawn on men and hug them hard<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd after scandal them; or if you know<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I profess myself in banqueting<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo all the rout, then hold me dangerous.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\n[Flourish, and shout.]<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhat means this shouting? I do fear, the people<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nChoose Caesar for their king.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nAy, do you fear it?<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThen must I think you would not have it so.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI would not, Cassius; yet I love him well.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut wherefore do you hold me here so long?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat is it that you would impart to me?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf it be aught toward the general good,<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSet honour in one eye and death i' the other,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd I will look on both indifferently,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor let the gods so speed me as I love<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe name of honour more than I fear death.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI know that virtue to be in you, Brutus,<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs well as I do know your outward favour.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWell, honour is the subject of my story.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI cannot tell what you and other men<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThink of this life; but, for my single self,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI had as lief not be as live to be<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn awe of such a thing as I myself.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI was born free as Caesar; so were you:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWe both have fed as well, and we can both<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEndure the winter's cold as well as he:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor once, upon a raw and gusty day,<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe troubled Tiber chafing with her shores,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCaesar said to me "Darest thou, Cassius, now<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLeap in with me into this angry flood,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd swim to yonder point?" Upon the word,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAccoutred as I was, I plunged in<\/td>\n105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd bade him follow; so indeed he did.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith lusty sinews, throwing it aside<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd stemming it with hearts of controversy;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut ere we could arrive the point proposed,<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCaesar cried 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink!'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI, as Aeneas, our great ancestor,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDid from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDid I the tired Caesar. And this man<\/td>\n115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIs now become a god, and Cassius is<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA wretched creature and must bend his body,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf Caesar carelessly but nod on him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe had a fever when he was in Spain,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd when the fit was on him, I did mark<\/td>\n120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow he did shake: 'tis true, this god did shake;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHis coward lips did from their colour fly,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd that same eye whose bend doth awe the world<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDid lose his lustre: I did hear him groan:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAy, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMark him and write his speeches in their books,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAlas, it cried "Give me some drink, Titinius,"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs a sick girl. Ye gods! it doth amaze me<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA man of such a feeble temper should<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo get the start of the majestic world<\/td>\n130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd bear the palm alone.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\n[Shout. Flourish.]<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nAnother general shout!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI do believe that these applauses are<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor some new honours that are heap'd on Caesar.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nWhy, man, he doth bestride the narrow world<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLike a Colossus, and we petty men<\/td>\n136<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWalk under his huge legs and peep about<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo find ourselves dishonourable graves.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMen at some time are masters of their fates:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,<\/td>\n140<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut in ourselves, that we are underlings.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBrutus and Caesar: what should be in that "Caesar"?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhy should that name be sounded more than yours?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWrite them together, yours is as fair a name;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSound them, it doth become the mouth as well;<\/td>\n145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWeigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBrutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow, in the names of all the gods at once,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUpon what meat doth this our Caesar feed,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat he is grown so great? Age, thou art shamed!<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen went there by an age, since the great flood,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut it was famed with more than with one man?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen could they say till now, that talk'd of Rome,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat her wide walls encompassed but one man?<\/td>\n155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow is it Rome indeed and room enough,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen there is in it but one only man.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO, you and I have heard our fathers say,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThere was a Brutus once that would have brook'd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe eternal devil to keep his state in Rome<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs easily as a king.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nThat you do love me, I am nothing jealous;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat you would work me to, I have some aim:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow I have thought of this and of these times,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI shall recount hereafter; for this present,<\/td>\n165<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI would not, so with love I might entreat you,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBe any further moved. What you have said<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI will consider; what you have to say<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI will with patience hear, and find a time<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBoth meet to hear and answer such high things.<\/td>\n170<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTill then, my noble friend, chew upon this:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBrutus had rather be a villager<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThan to repute himself a son of Rome<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUnder these hard conditions as this time<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIs like to lay upon us.<\/td>\n175<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI am glad that my weak words<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHave struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nThe games are done and Caesar is returning.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nAs they pass by, pluck Casca by the sleeve;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd he will, after his sour fashion, tell you<\/td>\n180<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat hath proceeded worthy note to–day.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\n[Re–enter CAESAR and his Train.]<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI will do so. But, look you, Cassius,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe angry spot doth glow on Caesar's brow,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd all the rest look like a chidden train:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCalpurnia's cheek is pale; and Cicero<\/td>\n185<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLooks with such ferret and such fiery eyes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs we have seen him in the Capitol,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBeing cross'd in conference by some senators.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nCasca will tell us what the matter is.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nAntonius!<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nCaesar?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nLet me have men about me that are fat;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSleek–headed men and such as sleep o' nights:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe thinks too much: such men are dangerous.<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nFear him not, Caesar; he's not dangerous;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe is a noble Roman and well given.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nWould he were fatter! But I fear him not:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYet if my name were liable to fear,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI do not know the man I should avoid<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe is a great observer and he looks<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nQuite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs thou dost, Antony; he hears no music;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSeldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat could be moved to smile at any thing.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSuch men as he be never at heart's ease<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhiles they behold a greater than themselves,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd therefore are they very dangerous.<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI rather tell thee what is to be fear'd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThan what I fear; for always I am Caesar.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCome on my right hand, for this ear is deaf,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd tell me truly what thou think'st of him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\n[Sennet. Exeunt CAESAR and all his Train, but CASCA.]<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nYou pull'd me by the cloak; would you speak with me?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nAy, Casca; tell us what hath chanced to–day,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat Caesar looks so sad.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nWhy, you were with him, were you not?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI should not then ask Casca what had chanced.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nWhy, there was a crown offered him: and being<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\noffered him, he put it by with the back of his hand,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthus; and then the people fell a–shouting.<\/td>\n222<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhat was the second noise for?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nWhy, for that too.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nThey shouted thrice: what was the last cry for?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nWhy, for that too.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWas the crown offered him thrice?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nAy, marry, was't, and he put it by thrice, every<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntime gentler than other, and at every putting–by<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmine honest neighbours shouted.<\/td>\n230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nWho offered him the crown?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nWhy, Antony.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nTell us the manner of it, gentle Casca.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nI can as well be hanged as tell the manner of it:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nit was mere foolery; I did not mark it. I saw Mark<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAntony offer him a crown;––yet 'twas not a crown<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nneither, 'twas one of these coronets;––and, as I told<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nyou, he put it by once: but, for all that, to my<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthinking, he would fain have had it. Then he<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\noffered it to him again; then he put it by again:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nbut, to my thinking, he was very loath to lay his<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nfingers off it. And then he offered it the third<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntime; he put it the third time by: and still as he<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nrefused it, the rabblement hooted and clapped their<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nchapped hands and threw up their sweaty night–caps<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nand uttered such a deal of stinking breath because<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCaesar refused the crown that it had almost choked<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCaesar; for he swounded and fell down at it: and<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nfor mine own part, I durst not laugh, for fear of<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nopening my lips and receiving the bad air.<\/td>\n248<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nBut, soft, I pray you: what, did Caesar swound?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nHe fell down in the market–place, and foamed at<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmouth, and was speechless.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nTis very like: he hath the failing sickness.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nNo, Caesar hath it not; but you and I,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd honest Casca, we have the falling sickness.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nI know not what you mean by that; but, I am sure,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCaesar fell down. If the tag–rag people did not<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nclap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndispleased them, as they use to do the players in<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthe theatre, I am no true man.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhat said he when he came unto himself?<\/td>\n260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nMarry, before he fell down, when he perceived the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncommon herd was glad he refused the crown, he<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nplucked me ope his doublet and offered them his<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthroat to cut. An I had been a man of any<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\noccupation, if I would not have taken him at a word,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI would I might go to hell among the rogues. And so<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nhe fell. When he came to himself again, he said,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf he had done or said any thing amiss, he desired<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntheir worships to think it was his infirmity. Three<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nor four wenches, where I stood, cried 'Alas, good<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsoul!' and forgave him with all their hearts: but<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthere's no heed to be taken of them; if Caesar had<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nstabbed their mothers, they would have done no less.<\/td>\n272<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nAnd after that, he came, thus sad, away?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nAy.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nDid Cicero say any thing?<\/td>\n275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nAy, he spoke Greek.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nTo what effect?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nNay, an I tell you that, I'll ne'er look you i' the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nface again: but those that understood him smiled at<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\none another and shook their heads; but, for mine own<\/td>\n280<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\npart, it was Greek to me. I could tell you more<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nnews too: Marullus and Flavius, for pulling scarfs<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\noff Caesar's images, are put to silence. Fare you<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwell. There was more foolery yet, if I could<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nremember it.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nWill you sup with me to–night, Casca?<\/td>\n285<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nNo, I am promised forth.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nWill you dine with me to–morrow?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nAy, if I be alive and your mind hold and your dinner<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nworth the eating.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nGood: I will expect you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nDo so. Farewell, both.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhat a blunt fellow is this grown to be!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe was quick mettle when he went to school.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nSo is he now in execution<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf any bold or noble enterprise,<\/td>\n295<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHowever he puts on this tardy form.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis rudeness is a sauce to his good wit,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich gives men stomach to digest his words<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith better appetite.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nAnd so it is. For this time I will leave you:<\/td>\n300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo–morrow, if you please to speak with me,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI will come home to you; or, if you will,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCome home to me, and I will wait for you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI will do so: till then, think of the world.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit BRUTUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWell, Brutus, thou art noble; yet, I see,<\/td>\n305<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThy honourable metal may be wrought<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFrom that it is disposed: therefore it is meet<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat noble minds keep ever with their likes;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor who so firm that cannot be seduced?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCaesar doth bear me hard; but he loves Brutus:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf I were Brutus now and he were Cassius,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe should not humour me. I will this night,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn several hands, in at his windows throw,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs if they came from several citizens,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWritings all tending to the great opinion<\/td>\n315<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat Rome holds of his name; wherein obscurely<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCaesar's ambition shall be glanced at:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd after this let Caesar seat him sure;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor we will shake him, or worse days endure.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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