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

ACT III SCENE I<\/b> Setting: Rome. Before the Capitol; the Senate sitting above.<\/p>\n

A crowd of people; among them ARTEMIDORUS and the Soothsayer. Flourish.<\/i>Enter CAESAR, BRUTUS, CASSIUS, CASCA, DECIUS BRUTUS, METELLUS CIMBER, TREBONIUS, CINNA, ANTONY, LEPIDUS, POPILIUS, PUBLIUS, and others.<\/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
CAESAR<\/td>\n(To the Soothsayer)<\/i>The ides of March are come<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soothsayer<\/td>\nAy, Caesar; but not gone.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ARTEMIDORUS<\/td>\nHail, Caesar! read this schedule.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DECIUS BRUTUS<\/i><\/td>\nTrebonius doth desire you to o'erread,<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAt your best leisure, this his humble suit.<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ARTEMIDORUS<\/td>\nO Caesar, read mine first; for mine's a suit<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat touches Caesar nearer: read it, great Caesar.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nWhat touches us ourself shall be last served.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ARTEMIDORUS<\/td>\nDelay not, Caesar; read it instantly.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nWhat, is the fellow mad?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PUBLIUS<\/td>\nSirrah, give place.<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nWhat, urge you your petitions in the street?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCome to the Capitol.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCAESAR goes up to the Senate–House, the rest following<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
POPILIUS<\/td>\nI wish your enterprise to–day may thrive.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nWhat enterprise, Popilius?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
POPILIUS<\/td>\nFare you well.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\n[Advances to CAESAR.]<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhat said Popilius Lena?<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nHe wish'd to–day our enterprise might thrive.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI fear our purpose is discovered.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nLook, how he makes to Caesar; mark him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nCasca, be sudden, for we fear prevention.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBrutus, what shall be done? If this be known,<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCassius or Caesar never shall turn back,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor I will slay myself.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nCassius, be constant:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPopilius Lena speaks not of our purposes;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor, look, he smiles, and Caesar doth not change.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nTrebonius knows his time; for, look you, Brutus.<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nHe draws Mark Antony out of the way.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\n[Exeunt ANTONY and TREBONIUS.]<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DECIUS BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhere is Metellus Cimber? Let him go,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd presently prefer his suit to Caesar.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nHe is address'd: press near and second him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CINNA<\/td>\nCasca, you are the first that rears your hand.<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nAre we all ready? What is now amiss<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat Caesar and his senate must redress?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
METELLUS CIMBER<\/td>\nMost high, most mighty, and most puissant Caesar,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMetellus Cimber throws before thy seat<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAn humble heart,––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\n[Kneeling]<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nI must prevent thee, Cimber.<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThese couchings and these lowly courtesies<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMight fire the blood of ordinary men,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd turn pre–ordinance and first decree<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nInto the law of children. Be not fond,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo think that Caesar bears such rebel blood<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat will be thaw'd from the true quality<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith that which melteth fools; I mean, sweet words,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLow–crooked court'sies and base spaniel–fawning.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThy brother by decree is banished:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf thou dost bend and pray and fawn for him,<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI spurn thee like a cur out of my way.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKnow, Caesar doth not wrong, nor without cause<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWill he be satisfied.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
METELLUS CIMBER<\/td>\nIs there no voice more worthy than my own<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo sound more sweetly in great Caesar's ear<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor the repealing of my banish'd brother?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI kiss thy hand, but not in flattery, Caesar;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDesiring thee that Publius Cimber may<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHave an immediate freedom of repeal.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nWhat, Brutus!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nPardon, Caesar; Caesar, pardon:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs low as to thy foot doth Cassius fall,<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo beg enfranchisement for Publius Cimber.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI could be well moved, if I were as you:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf I could pray to move, prayers would move me:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut I am constant as the northern star,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf whose true–fix'd and resting quality<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThere is no fellow in the firmament.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe skies are painted with unnumber'd sparks,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThey are all fire and every one doth shine,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut there's but one in all doth hold his place:<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo in the world; 'tis furnish'd well with men,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYet in the number I do know but one<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat unassailable holds on his rank,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUnshaked of motion: and that I am he,<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet me a little show it, even in this;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I was constant Cimber should be banish'd,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd constant do remain to keep him so.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CINNA<\/td>\nO Caesar,––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nHence! wilt thou lift up Olympus?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DECIUS BRUTUS<\/td>\nGreat Caesar,––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAESAR<\/td>\nDoth not Brutus bootless kneel?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nSpeak, hands for me!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

[CASCA first, then the other Conspirators and BRUTUS stab CAESAR]<\/i><\/p>\n

CAESAR<\/td>\nEt tu, Brute! Then fall, Caesar!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[Dies]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CINNA<\/td>\nLiberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRun hence, proclaim, cry it about the streets.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nSome to the common pulpits, and cry out<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLiberty, freedom, and enfranchisement!'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nPeople and senators, be not affrighted;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFly not; stand stiff: ambition's debt is paid.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASCA<\/td>\nGo to the pulpit, Brutus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DECIUS BRUTUS<\/td>\nAnd Cassius too.<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhere's Publius?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CINNA<\/td>\nHere, quite confounded with this mutiny.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
METELLUS CIMBER<\/td>\nStand fast together, lest some friend of Caesar's<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShould chance––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nTalk not of standing. Publius, good cheer;<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThere is no harm intended to your person,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNor to no Roman else: so tell them, Publius.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nAnd leave us, Publius; lest that the people,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRushing on us, should do your age some mischief.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nDo so: and let no man abide this deed,<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut we the doers.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nRe–enter TREBONIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nWhere is Antony?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TREBONIUS<\/td>\nFled to his house amazed:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMen, wives and children stare, cry out and run<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs it were doomsday.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nFates, we will know your pleasures:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat we shall die, we know; 'tis but the time<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd drawing days out, that men stand upon.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nWhy, he that cuts off twenty years of life<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCuts off so many years of fearing death.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nGrant that, and then is death a benefit:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo are we Caesar's friends, that have abridged<\/td>\n105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHis time of fearing death. Stoop, Romans, stoop,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUp to the elbows, and besmear our swords:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThen walk we forth, even to the market–place,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd, waving our red weapons o'er our heads,<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet's all cry 'Peace, freedom and liberty!'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nStoop, then, and wash. How many ages hence<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall this our lofty scene be acted over<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn states unborn and accents yet unknown!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nHow many times shall Caesar bleed in sport,<\/td>\n115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat now on Pompey's basis lies along<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNo worthier than the dust!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nSo oft as that shall be,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo often shall the knot of us be call'd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe men that gave their country liberty.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DECIUS BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhat, shall we forth?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nAy, every man away:<\/td>\n120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBrutus shall lead; and we will grace his heels<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith the most boldest and best hearts of Rome.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nEnter a Servant.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nSoft! who comes here? A friend of Antony's.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Servant<\/td>\nThus, Brutus, did my master bid me kneel:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThus did Mark Antony bid me fall down;<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd, being prostrate, thus he bade me say:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBrutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCaesar was mighty, bold, royal, and loving:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSay I love Brutus, and I honour him;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSay I fear'd Caesar, honour'd him and loved him.<\/td>\n130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf Brutus will vouchsafe that Antony<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMay safely come to him, and be resolved<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow Caesar hath deserved to lie in death,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMark Antony shall not love Caesar dead<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo well as Brutus living; but will follow<\/td>\n135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe fortunes and affairs of noble Brutus<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThorough the hazards of this untrod state<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith all true faith. So says my master Antony.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nThy master is a wise and valiant Roman;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI never thought him worse.<\/td>\n140<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTell him, so please him come unto this place,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe shall be satisfied; and, by my honour,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDepart untouch'd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Servant<\/td>\nI'll fetch him presently.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI know that we shall have him well to friend.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI wish we may: but yet have I a mind<\/td>\n145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat fears him much; and my misgiving still<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFalls shrewdly to the purpose.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nBut here comes Antony.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nRe–enter ANTONY.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWelcome, Mark Antony.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nO mighty Caesar! dost thou lie so low?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAre all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShrunk to this little measure? Fare thee well.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI know not, gentlemen, what you intend,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWho else must be let blood, who else is rank:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf I myself, there is no hour so fit<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs Caesar's death hour, nor no instrument<\/td>\n155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf half that worth as those your swords, made rich<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith the most noble blood of all this world.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI do beseech ye, if you bear me hard,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow, whilst your purpled hands do reek and smoke,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFulfil your pleasure. Live a thousand years,<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI shall not find myself so apt to die:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNo place will please me so, no mean of death,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs here by Caesar, and by you cut off,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe choice and master spirits of this age.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nO Antony, beg not your death of us.<\/td>\n165<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThough now we must appear bloody and cruel,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs, by our hands and this our present act,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou see we do, yet see you but our hands<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd this the bleeding business they have done:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur hearts you see not; they are pitiful;<\/td>\n170<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd pity to the general wrong of Rome––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs fire drives out fire, so pity pity––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHath done this deed on Caesar. For your part,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo you our swords have leaden points, Mark Antony:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur arms, in strength of malice, and our hearts<\/td>\n175<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf brothers' temper, do receive you in<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith all kind love, good thoughts, and reverence.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nYour voice shall be as strong as any man's<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn the disposing of new dignities.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nOnly be patient till we have appeased<\/td>\n180<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe multitude, beside themselves with fear,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd then we will deliver you the cause,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhy I, that did love Caesar when I struck him,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHave thus proceeded.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nI doubt not of your wisdom.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet each man render me his bloody hand:<\/td>\n185<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFirst, Marcus Brutus, will I shake with you;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNext, Caius Cassius, do I take your hand;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow, Decius Brutus, yours: now yours, Metellus;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYours, Cinna; and, my valiant Casca, yours;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThough last, not last in love, yours, good Trebonius.<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGentlemen all,––alas, what shall I say?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy credit now stands on such slippery ground,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat one of two bad ways you must conceit me,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEither a coward or a flatterer.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I did love thee, Caesar, O, 'tis true:<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf then thy spirit look upon us now,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall it not grieve thee dearer than thy death,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo see thy thy Anthony making his peace,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShaking the bloody fingers of thy foes,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMost noble! in the presence of thy corse?<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHad I as many eyes as thou hast wounds,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWeeping as fast as they stream forth thy blood,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt would become me better than to close<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn terms of friendship with thine enemies.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPardon me, Julius! Here wast thou bay'd, brave hart;<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHere didst thou fall; and here thy hunters stand,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSign'd in thy spoil, and crimson'd in thy lethe.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO world, thou wast the forest to this hart;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd this, indeed, O world, the heart of thee.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow like a deer, strucken by many princes,<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDost thou here lie!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nMark Antony,––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nPardon me, Caius Cassius:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe enemies of Caesar shall say this;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThen, in a friend, it is cold modesty.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI blame you not for praising Caesar so;<\/td>\n215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut what compact mean you to have with us?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWill you be prick'd in number of our friends;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOr shall we on, and not depend on you?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nTherefore I took your hands, but was, indeed,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSway'd from the point, by looking down on Caesar.<\/td>\n220<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFriends am I with you all and love you all,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUpon this hope, that you shall give me reasons<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhy and wherein Caesar was dangerous.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nOr else were this a savage spectacle:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur reasons are so full of good regard<\/td>\n225<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat were you, Antony, the son of Caesar,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou should be satisfied.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nThat's all I seek:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd am moreover suitor that I may<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nProduce his body to the market–place;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd in the pulpit, as becomes a friend,<\/td>\n230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSpeak in the order of his funeral.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nYou shall, Mark Antony.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nBrutus, a word with you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nAside to BRUTUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou know not what you do: do not consent<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat Antony speak in his funeral:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKnow you how much the people may be moved<\/td>\n235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy that which he will utter?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nBy your pardon;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI will myself into the pulpit first,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd show the reason of our Caesar's death:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat Antony shall speak, I will protest<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe speaks by leave and by permission,<\/td>\n240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd that we are contented Caesar shall<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHave all true rites and lawful ceremonies.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt shall advantage more than do us wrong.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI know not what may fall; I like it not.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nMark Antony, here, take you Caesar's body.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou shall not in your funeral speech blame us,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut speak all good you can devise of Caesar,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd say you do't by our permission;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nElse shall you not have any hand at all<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAbout his funeral: and you shall speak<\/td>\n250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn the same pulpit whereto I am going,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAfter my speech is ended.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nBe it so.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI do desire no more.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nPrepare the body then, and follow us.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\n[Exeunt all but ANTONY.]<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nO, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I am meek and gentle with these butchers!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThou art the ruins of the noblest man<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat ever lived in the tide of times.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWoe to the hand that shed this costly blood!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOver thy wounds now do I prophesy,––<\/td>\n260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo beg the voice and utterance of my tongue––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA curse shall light upon the limbs of men;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDomestic fury and fierce civil strife<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall cumber all the parts of Italy;<\/td>\n265<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBlood and destruction shall be so in use<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd dreadful objects so familiar<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat mothers shall but smile when they behold<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTheir infants quarter'd with the hands of war;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAll pity choked with custom of fell deeds:<\/td>\n270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith Ate by his side come hot from hell,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall in these confines with a monarch's voice<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat this foul deed shall smell above the earth<\/td>\n275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith carrion men, groaning for burial.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEnter a Servant.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou serve Octavius Caesar, do you not?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Servant<\/td>\nI do, Mark Antony.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nCaesar did write for him to come to Rome.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Servant<\/td>\nHe did receive his letters, and is coming;<\/td>\n280<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd bid me say to you by word of mouth––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO Caesar!––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\n[Seeing the body.]<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nThy heart is big, get thee apart and weep.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPassion, I see, is catching; for mine eyes,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSeeing those beads of sorrow stand in thine,<\/td>\n285<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBegan to water. Is thy master coming?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Servant<\/td>\nHe lies to–night within seven leagues of Rome.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANTONY<\/td>\nPost back with speed, and tell him what hath chanced:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHere is a mourning Rome, a dangerous Rome,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNo Rome of safety for Octavius yet;<\/td>\n290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHie hence, and tell him so. Yet, stay awhile;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThou shalt not back till I have borne this corse<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nInto the market–place: there shall I try<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn my oration, how the people take<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe cruel issue of these bloody men;<\/td>\n295<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAccording to the which, thou shalt discourse<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo young Octavius of the state of things.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLend me your hand.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExeunt with CAESAR's body.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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