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

ACT II SCENE I<\/b> Setting: Rome. BRUTUS's orchard.<\/p>\n

Enter BRUTUS.<\/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
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhat, Lucius, ho!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI cannot, by the progress of the stars,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGive guess how near to day. Lucius, I say!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI would it were my fault to sleep so soundly.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen, Lucius, when? awake, I say! what, Lucius!<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nEnter LUCIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nCall'd you, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nGet me a taper in my study, Lucius:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen it is lighted, come and call me here.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nI will, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nIt must be by his death: and for my part,<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI know no personal cause to spurn at him,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut for the general. He would be crown'd:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow that might change his nature, there's the question.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt is the bright day that brings forth the adder;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd that craves wary walking. Crown him?––that;––<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd then, I grant, we put a sting in him,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat at his will he may do danger with.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRemorse from power: and, to speak truth of Caesar,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI have not known when his affections sway'd<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMore than his reason. But 'tis a common proof,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat lowliness is young ambition's ladder,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhereto the climber–upward turns his face;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut when he once attains the upmost round.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe then unto the ladder turns his back,<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLooks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy which he did ascend. So Caesar may.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThen, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWill bear no colour for the thing he is,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFashion it thus; that what he is, augmented,<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWould run to these and these extremities:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd therefore think him as a serpent's egg<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich, hatch'd, would, as his kind, grow mischievous,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd kill him in the shell.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nRe–enter LUCIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nThe taper burneth in your closet, sir.<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSearching the window for a flint, I found<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis paper, thus seal'd up; and, I am sure,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt did not lie there when I went to bed.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nGives him the letter.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nGet you to bed again; it is not day.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIs not to–morrow, boy, the ides of March?<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nI know not, sir.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nLook in the calendar, and bring me word.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nI will, sir.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nThe exhalations whizzing in the air<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGive so much light that I may read by them.<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOpens the letter and reads<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBrutus, thou sleep'st: awake, and see thyself.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall Rome, &c. Speak, strike, redress!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBrutus, thou sleep'st: awake!'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSuch instigations have been often dropp'd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhere I have took them up.<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall Rome, &c.' Thus must I piece it out:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall Rome stand under one man's awe? What, Rome?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy ancestors did from the streets of Rome<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Tarquin drive, when he was call'd a king.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSpeak, strike, redress!' Am I entreated<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo speak and strike? O Rome, I make thee promise:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf the redress will follow, thou receivest<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThy full petition at the hand of Brutus!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nRe–enter LUCIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nSir, March is wasted fourteen days.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKnocking within<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nTis good. Go to the gate; somebody knocks.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit LUCIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSince Cassius first did whet me against Caesar,<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI have not slept.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBetween the acting of a dreadful thing<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd the first motion, all the interim is<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLike a phantasma, or a hideous dream:<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Genius and the mortal instruments<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nAre then in council; and the state of man,<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLike to a little kingdom, suffers then<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe nature of an insurrection.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nRe–enter LUCIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nSir, 'tis your brother Cassius at the door,<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWho doth desire to see you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nIs he alone?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nNo, sir, there are moe with him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nDo you know them?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nNo, sir; their hats are pluck'd about their ears,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd half their faces buried in their cloaks,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat by no means I may discover them<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy any mark of favour.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nLet 'em enter.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit LUCIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThey are the faction. O conspiracy,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShamest thou to show thy dangerous brow by night,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen evils are most free? O, then by day<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhere wilt thou find a cavern dark enough<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo mask thy monstrous visage? Seek none, conspiracy;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHide it in smiles and affability:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor if thou path, thy native semblance on,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNot Erebus itself were dim enough<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo hide thee from prevention.<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Enter the conspirators, CASSIUS, CASCA, DECIUS BRUTUS, CINNA, METELLUS CIMBER, and TREBONIUS<\/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
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI think we are too bold upon your rest:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGood morrow, Brutus; do we trouble you?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI have been up this hour, awake all night.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKnow I these men that come along with you?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nYes, every man of them, and no man here<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut honours you; and every one doth wish<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou had but that opinion of yourself<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich every noble Roman bears of you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis is Trebonius.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nHe is welcome hither.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nThis, Decius Brutus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nHe is welcome too.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nThis, Casca; this, Cinna; and this, Metellus Cimber.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nThey are all welcome.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat watchful cares do interpose themselves<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBetwixt your eyes and night?<\/td>\n99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nShall I entreat a word?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nBRUTUS and CASSIUS whisper.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DECIUS BRUTUS<\/td>\nHere lies the east: doth not the day break here?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nNo.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CINNA<\/td>\nO, pardon, sir, it doth; and yon gray lines<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat fret the clouds are messengers of day.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nYou shall confess that you are both deceived.<\/td>\n105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHere, as I point my sword, the sun arises,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich is a great way growing on the south,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWeighing the youthful season of the year.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSome two months hence up higher toward the north<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe first presents his fire; and the high east<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStands, as the Capitol, directly here.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nGive me your hands all over, one by one.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nAnd let us swear our resolution.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nNo, not an oath: if not the face of men,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe sufferance of our souls, the time's abuse,––<\/td>\n115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf these be motives weak, break off betimes,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd every man hence to his idle bed;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo let high–sighted tyranny range on,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTill each man drop by lottery. But if these,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs I am sure they do, bear fire enough<\/td>\n120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo kindle cowards and to steel with valour<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe melting spirits of women, then, countrymen,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat need we any spur but our own cause,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo prick us to redress? what other bond<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThan secret Romans, that have spoke the word,<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd will not palter? and what other oath<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThan honesty to honesty engaged,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat this shall be, or we will fall for it?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSwear priests and cowards and men cautelous,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOld feeble carrions and such suffering souls<\/td>\n130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat welcome wrongs; unto bad causes swear<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSuch creatures as men doubt; but do not stain<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe even virtue of our enterprise,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNor the insuppressive mettle of our spirits,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo think that or our cause or our performance<\/td>\n135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDid need an oath; when every drop of blood<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat every Roman bears, and nobly bears,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIs guilty of a several bastardy,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf he do break the smallest particle<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf any promise that hath pass'd from him.<\/td>\n140<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nBut what of Cicero? shall we sound him?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI think he will stand very strong with us.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nLet us not leave him out.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CINNA<\/td>\nNo, by no means.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
METELLUS CIMBER<\/td>\nO, let us have him, for his silver hairs<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWill purchase us a good opinion<\/td>\n145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd buy men's voices to commend our deeds:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt shall be said, his judgment ruled our hands;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur youths and wildness shall no whit appear,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut all be buried in his gravity.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nO, name him not: let us not break with him;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor he will never follow any thing<\/td>\n151<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat other men begin.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nThen leave him out.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nIndeed he is not fit.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DECIUS BRUTUS<\/td>\nShall no man else be touch'd but only Caesar?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nDecius, well urged: I think it is not meet,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMark Antony, so well beloved of Caesar,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShould outlive Caesar: we shall find of him<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA shrewd contriver; and, you know, his means,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf he improve them, may well stretch so far<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs to annoy us all: which to prevent,<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet Antony and Caesar fall together.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nOur course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo cut the head off and then hack the limbs,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLike wrath in death and envy afterwards;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor Antony is but a limb of Caesar:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWe all stand up against the spirit of Caesar;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd in the spirit of men there is no blood:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO, that we then could come by Caesar's spirit,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd not dismember Caesar! But, alas,<\/td>\n170<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCaesar must bleed for it! And, gentle friends,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet's carve him as a dish fit for the gods,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNot hew him as a carcass fit for hounds:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd let our hearts, as subtle masters do,<\/td>\n175<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStir up their servants to an act of rage,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd after seem to chide 'em. This shall make<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur purpose necessary and not envious:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich so appearing to the common eyes,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWe shall be call'd purgers, not murderers.<\/td>\n180<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd for Mark Antony, think not of him;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor he can do no more than Caesar's arm<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen Caesar's head is off.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nYet I fear him;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor in the ingrafted love he bears to Caesar––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nAlas, good Cassius, do not think of him:<\/td>\n185<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf he love Caesar, all that he can do<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIs to himself, take thought and die for Caesar:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd that were much he should; for he is given<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo sports, to wildness and much company.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TREBONIUS<\/td>\nThere is no fear in him; let him not die;<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor he will live, and laugh at this hereafter.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nClock strikes.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nPeace! count the clock.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nThe clock hath stricken three.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TREBONIUS<\/td>\nTis time to part.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nBut it is doubtful yet,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhether Caesar will come forth to–day, or no;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor he is superstitious grown of late,<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nQuite from the main opinion he held once<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf fantasy, of dreams and ceremonies:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt may be, these apparent prodigies,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe unaccustom'd terror of this night,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd the persuasion of his augurers,<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMay hold him from the Capitol to–day.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DECIUS BRUTUS<\/td>\nNever fear that: if he be so resolved,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat unicorns may be betray'd with trees,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd bears with glasses, elephants with holes,<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLions with toils and men with flatterers;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut when I tell him he hates flatterers,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe says he does, being then most flattered.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet me work;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor I can give his humour the true bent,<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd I will bring him to the Capitol.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nNay, we will all of us be there to fetch him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nBy the eighth hour: is that the uttermost?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CINNA<\/td>\nBe that the uttermost, and fail not then.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
METELLUS CIMBER<\/td>\nCaius Ligarius doth bear Caesar hard,<\/td>\n215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWho rated him for speaking well of Pompey:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI wonder none of you have thought of him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nNow, good Metellus, go along by him:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe loves me well, and I have given him reasons;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSend him but hither, and I'll fashion him.<\/td>\n220<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nThe morning comes upon's: we'll leave you, Brutus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd, friends, disperse yourselves; but all remember<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat you have said, and show yourselves true Romans.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nGood gentlemen, look fresh and merrily;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet not our looks put on our purposes,<\/td>\n225<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut bear it as our Roman actors do,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith untired spirits and formal constancy:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd so good morrow to you every one.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExeunt all but BRUTUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBoy! Lucius! Fast asleep? It is no matter;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEnjoy the honey–heavy dew of slumber:<\/td>\n230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThou hast no figures nor no fantasies,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich busy care draws in the brains of men;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTherefore thou sleep'st so sound.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nEnter PORTIA.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PORTIA<\/td>\nBrutus, my lord!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nPortia, what mean you? wherefore rise you now?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt is not for your health thus to commit<\/td>\n235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYour weak condition to the raw cold morning.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PORTIA<\/td>\nNor for yours neither. You've ungently, Brutus,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStole from my bed: and yesternight, at supper,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou suddenly arose, and walk'd about,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMusing and sighing, with your arms across,<\/td>\n240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd when I ask'd you what the matter was,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou stared upon me with ungentle looks;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI urged you further; then you scratch'd your head,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd too impatiently stamp'd with your foot;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYet I insisted, yet you answer'd not,<\/td>\n245<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut, with an angry wafture of your hand,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGave sign for me to leave you: so I did;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFearing to strengthen that impatience<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich seem'd too much enkindled, and withal<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHoping it was but an effect of humour,<\/td>\n250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich sometime hath his hour with every man.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt will not let you eat, nor talk, nor sleep,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd could it work so much upon your shape<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs it hath much prevail'd on your condition,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI should not know you, Brutus. Dear my lord,<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMake me acquainted with your cause of grief.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI am not well in health, and that is all.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PORTIA<\/td>\nBrutus is wise, and, were he not in health,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe would embrace the means to come by it.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhy, so I do. Good Portia, go to bed.<\/td>\n260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PORTIA<\/td>\nIs Brutus sick? and is it physical<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo walk unbraced and suck up the humours<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf the dank morning? What, is Brutus sick,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd will he steal out of his wholesome bed,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo dare the vile contagion of the night<\/td>\n265<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd tempt the rheumy and unpurged air<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo add unto his sickness? No, my Brutus;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou have some sick offence within your mind,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich, by the right and virtue of my place,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI ought to know of: and, upon my knees,<\/td>\n270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI charm you, by my once–commended beauty,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy all your vows of love and that great vow<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich did incorporate and make us one,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat you unfold to me, yourself, your half,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhy you are heavy, and what men to–night<\/td>\n275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHave had to resort to you: for here have been<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSome six or seven, who did hide their faces<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEven from darkness.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nKneel not, gentle Portia.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PORTIA<\/td>\nI should not need, if you were gentle Brutus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWithin the bond of marriage, tell me, Brutus,<\/td>\n280<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIs it excepted I should know no secrets<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat appertain to you? Am I yourself<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut, as it were, in sort or limitation,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo keep with you at meals, comfort your bed,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd talk to you sometimes? Dwell I but in the suburbs<\/td>\n285<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf your good pleasure? If it be no more,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPortia is Brutus' harlot, not his wife.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nYou are my true and honourable wife,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs dear to me as are the ruddy drops<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat visit my sad heart<\/td>\n290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PORTIA<\/td>\nIf this were true, then should I know this secret.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI grant I am a woman; but withal<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA woman that Lord Brutus took to wife:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI grant I am a woman; but withal<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA woman well–reputed, Cato's daughter.<\/td>\n295<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThink you I am no stronger than my sex,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBeing so father'd and so husbanded?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTell me your counsels, I will not disclose 'em:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI have made strong proof of my constancy,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGiving myself a voluntary wound<\/td>\n300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHere, in the thigh: can I bear that with patience.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd not my husband's secrets?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nO ye gods,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRender me worthy of this noble wife!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nKnocking within.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHark, hark! one knocks: Portia, go in awhile;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd by and by thy bosom shall partake<\/td>\n305<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe secrets of my heart.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAll my engagements I will construe to thee,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAll the charactery of my sad brows:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLeave me with haste.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit PORTIA.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLucius, who's that knocks?<\/td>\n309<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nRe–enter LUCIUS with LIGARIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nHe is a sick man that would speak with you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nCaius Ligarius, that Metellus spake of.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBoy, stand aside. Caius Ligarius! how?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LIGARIUS<\/td>\nVouchsafe good morrow from a feeble tongue.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nO, what a time have you chose out, brave Caius,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo wear a kerchief! Would you were not sick!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LIGARIUS<\/td>\nI am not sick, if Brutus have in hand<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAny exploit worthy the name of honour.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nSuch an exploit have I in hand, Ligarius,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHad you a healthful ear to hear of it.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LIGARIUS<\/td>\nBy all the gods that Romans bow before,<\/td>\n320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI here discard my sickness! Soul of Rome!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBrave son, derived from honourable loins!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThou, like an exorcist, hast conjured up<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy mortified spirit. Now bid me run,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd I will strive with things impossible;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYea, get the better of them. What's to do?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nA piece of work that will make sick men whole.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LIGARIUS<\/td>\nBut are not some whole that we must make sick?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nThat must we also. What it is, my Caius,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI shall unfold to thee, as we are going<\/td>\n330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo whom it must be done.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LIGARIUS<\/td>\nSet on your foot,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd with a heart new–fired I follow you,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo do I know not what: but it sufficeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat Brutus leads me on.<\/td>\n335<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nFollow me, then.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExeunt<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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