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

ACT IV SCENE III<\/b> Setting: Brutus's tent.<\/p>\n

Enter BRUTUS and CASSIUS.<\/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\n\n\n\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>\nThat you have wrong'd me doth appear in this:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou have condemn'd and noted Lucius Pella<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor taking bribes here of the Sardians;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWherein my letters, praying on his side,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBecause I knew the man, were slighted off.<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nYou wronged yourself to write in such a case.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nIn such a time as this it is not meet<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat every nice offence should bear his comment.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nLet me tell you, Cassius, you yourself<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAre much condemn'd to have an itching palm;<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo sell and mart your offices for gold<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo undeservers.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI an itching palm!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou know that you are Brutus that speak this,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOr, by the gods, this speech were else your last.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nThe name of Cassius honours this corruption,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd chastisement doth therefore hide his head.<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nChastisement!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nRemember March, the ides of March remember:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDid not great Julius bleed for justice' sake?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat villain touch'd his body, that did stab,<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd not for justice? What, shall one of us<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat struck the foremost man of all this world<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut for supporting robbers, shall we now<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nContaminate our fingers with base bribes,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd sell the mighty space of our large honours<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor so much trash as may be grasped thus?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI had rather be a dog, and bay the moon,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThan such a Roman.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nBrutus, bay not me;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI'll not endure it: you forget yourself,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo hedge me in; I am a soldier, I,<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOlder in practise, abler than yourself<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo make conditions.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nGo to; you are not, Cassius.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI am.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI say you are not.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nUrge me no more, I shall forget myself;<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHave mind upon your health, tempt me no further.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nAway, slight man!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nIs't possible?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nHear me, for I will speak.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMust I give way and room to your rash choler?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall I be frighted when a madman stares?<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nO ye gods, ye gods! must I endure all this?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nAll this! ay, more: fret till your proud heart break;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGo show your slaves how choleric you are,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd make your bondmen tremble. Must I budge?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMust I observe you? must I stand and crouch<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUnder your testy humour? By the gods<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou shall digest the venom of your spleen,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThough it do split you; for, from this day forth,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI'll use you for my mirth, yea, for my laughter,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen you are waspish.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nIs it come to this?<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nYou say you are a better soldier:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet it appear so; make your vaunting true,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd it shall please me well: for mine own part,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI shall be glad to learn of noble men.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nYou wrong me every way; you wrong me, Brutus;<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI said, an elder soldier, not a better:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDid I say 'better'?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nIf you did, I care not.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nWhen Caesar lived, he durst not thus have moved me.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nPeace, peace! you durst not so have tempted him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI durst not!<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nNo.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nWhat, durst not tempt him!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nFor your life you durst not!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nDo not presume too much upon my love;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI may do that I shall be sorry for.<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nYou have done that you should be sorry for.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThere is no terror, Cassius, in your threats,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor I am arm'd so strong in honesty<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat they pass by me as the idle wind,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich I respect not. I did send to you<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor certain sums of gold, which you denied me:<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor I can raise no money by vile means:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy heaven, I had rather coin my heart,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFrom the hard hands of peasants their vile trash<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy any indirection: I did send<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo you for gold to pay my legions,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich you denied me: was that done like Cassius?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShould I have answer'd Caius Cassius so?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen Marcus Brutus grows so covetous,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo lock such rascal counters from his friends,<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBe ready, gods, with all your thunderbolts;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDash him to pieces!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI denied you not.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nYou did.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI did not: he was but a fool that brought<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy answer back. Brutus hath rived my heart:<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA friend should bear his friend's infirmities,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut Brutus makes mine greater than they are.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI do not, till you practise them on me.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nYou love me not.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI do not like your faults.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nA friendly eye could never see such faults.<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nA flatterer's would not, though they do appear<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs huge as high Olympus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nCome, Antony, and young Octavius, come,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRevenge yourselves alone on Cassius,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor Cassius is aweary of the world;<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHated by one he loves; braved by his brother;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCheque'd like a bondman; all his faults observed,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSet in a note–book, learn'd, and conn'd by rote,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo cast into my teeth. O, I could weep<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy spirit from mine eyes! There is my dagger,<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd here my naked breast; within, a heart<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDearer than Plutus' mine, richer than gold:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf that thou be'st a Roman, take it forth;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI, that denied thee gold, will give my heart:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStrike, as thou didst at Caesar; for, I know,<\/td>\n105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen thou didst hate him worst, thou lovedst him better<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThan ever thou lovedst Cassius.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nSheathe your dagger:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBe angry when you will, it shall have scope;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDo what you will, dishonour shall be humour.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat carries anger as the flint bears fire;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWho, much enforced, shows a hasty spark,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd straight is cold again.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nHath Cassius lived<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo be but mirth and laughter to his Brutus,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen grief, and blood ill–temper'd, vexeth him?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhen I spoke that, I was ill–temper'd too.<\/td>\n115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nDo you confess so much? Give me your hand.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nAnd my heart too.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nO Brutus!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhat's the matter?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nHave not you love enough to bear with me,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen that rash humour which my mother gave me<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMakes me forgetful?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nYes, Cassius; and, from henceforth,<\/td>\n120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen you are over–earnest with your Brutus,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe'll think your mother chides, and leave you so.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Poet<\/td>\nWithinLet me go in to see the generals;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThere is some grudge between 'em: 'tis not meet<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThey be alone.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCILIUS<\/td>\nWithin<\/i>You shall not come to them.<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Poet<\/td>\nWithin<\/i>Nothing but death shall stay me.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nEnter Poet, followed by LUCILIUS, TITINIUS, and LUCIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nHow now! what's the matter?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Poet<\/td>\nFor shame, you generals! what do you mean?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLove, and be friends, as two such men should be;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor I have seen more years, I'm sure, than ye.<\/td>\n130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nHa, ha! how vilely doth this cynic rhyme!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nGet you hence, sirrah; saucy fellow, hence!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nBear with him, Brutus; 'tis his fashion.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI'll know his humour, when he knows his time:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat should the wars do with these jigging fools?<\/td>\n135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCompanion, hence!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nAway, away, be gone.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit Poet<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nLucilius and Titinius, bid the commanders<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPrepare to lodge their companies to–night.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nAnd come yourselves, and bring Messala with you<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nImmediately to us.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExeunt LUCILIUS and TITINIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nLucius, a bowl of wine!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit LUCIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI did not think you could have been so angry.<\/td>\n141<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nO Cassius, I am sick of many griefs.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nOf your philosophy you make no use,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf you give place to accidental evils.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nNo man bears sorrow better. Portia is dead.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nHa! Portia!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nShe is dead.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nHow 'scaped I killing when I cross'd you so?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO insupportable and touching loss!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUpon what sickness?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nImpatient of my absence,<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd grief that young Octavius with Mark Antony<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHave made themselves so strong: for with her death<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat tidings came;––with this she fell distract,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd, her attendants absent, swallow'd fire.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nAnd died so?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nEven so.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nO ye immortal gods!<\/td>\n155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nRe–enter LUCIUS, with wine and taper.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nSpeak no more of her. Give me a bowl of wine.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. [Drinks.<\/i>]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nMy heart is thirsty for that noble pledge.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFill, Lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI cannot drink too much of Brutus' love. [Drinks.<\/i>]<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nCome in, Titinius!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit LUCIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nRe–enter TITINIUS, with MESSALA<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWelcome, good Messala.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow sit we close about this taper here,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd call in question our necessities.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nPortia, art thou gone?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nNo more, I pray you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMessala, I have here received letters,<\/td>\n165<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat young Octavius and Mark Antony<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCome down upon us with a mighty power,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBending their expedition toward Philippi.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MESSALA<\/td>\nMyself have letters of the selfsame tenor.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWith what addition?<\/td>\n170<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MESSALA<\/td>\nThat by proscription and bills of outlawry,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOctavius, Antony, and Lepidus,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHave put to death an hundred senators.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nTherein our letters do not well agree;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMine speak of seventy senators that died<\/td>\n175<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy their proscriptions, Cicero being one.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nCicero one!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MESSALA<\/td>\nCicero is dead,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd by that order of proscription.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHad you your letters from your wife, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nNo, Messala.<\/td>\n180<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MESSALA<\/td>\nNor nothing in your letters writ of her?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nNothing, Messala.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MESSALA<\/td>\nThat, methinks, is strange.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhy ask you? hear you aught of her in yours?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MESSALA<\/td>\nNo, my lord.<\/td>\n184<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nNow, as you are a Roman, tell me true.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MESSALA<\/td>\nThen like a Roman bear the truth I tell:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor certain she is dead, and by strange manner.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhy, farewell, Portia. We must die, Messala:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith meditating that she must die once,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI have the patience to endure it now.<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MESSALA<\/td>\nEven so great men great losses should endure.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI have as much of this in art as you,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut yet my nature could not bear it so.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWell, to our work alive. What do you think<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf marching to Philippi presently?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nI do not think it good.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nYour reason?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nThis it is:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTis better that the enemy seek us:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDoing himself offence; whilst we, lying still,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAre full of rest, defense, and nimbleness.<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nGood reasons must, of force, give place to better.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe people 'twixt Philippi and this ground<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDo stand but in a forced affection;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor they have grudged us contribution:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe enemy, marching along by them,<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy them shall make a fuller number up,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCome on refresh'd, new–added, and encouraged;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFrom which advantage shall we cut him off,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf at Philippi we do face him there,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThese people at our back.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nHear me, good brother.<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nUnder your pardon. You must note beside,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat we have tried the utmost of our friends,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur legions are brim–full, our cause is ripe:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe enemy increaseth every day;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWe, at the height, are ready to decline.<\/td>\n215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThere is a tide in the affairs of men,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOmitted, all the voyage of their life<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIs bound in shallows and in miseries.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOn such a full sea are we now afloat;<\/td>\n220<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd we must take the current when it serves,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOr lose our ventures.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nThen, with your will, go on;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWe'll along ourselves, and meet them at Philippi.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nThe deep of night is crept upon our talk,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd nature must obey necessity;<\/td>\n225<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich we will niggard with a little rest.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThere is no more to say?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nNo more. Good night:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEarly to–morrow will we rise, and hence.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nLucius!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nEnter LUCIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy gown.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit LUCIUS<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFarewell, good Messala:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGood night, Titinius. Noble, noble Cassius,<\/td>\n230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGood night, and good repose.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nO my dear brother!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis was an ill beginning of the night:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNever come such division 'tween our souls!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet it not, Brutus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nEvery thing is well.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASSIUS<\/td>\nGood night, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nGood night, good brother.<\/td>\n235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TITINIUSMESSALA<\/td>\n| Good night, Lord Brutus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nFarewell, every one.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExeunt all but BRUTUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nRe–enter LUCIUS, with the gown.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGive me the gown. Where is thy instrument?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nHere in the tent.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhat, thou speak'st drowsily?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPoor knave, I blame thee not; thou art o'er–watch'd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCall Claudius and some other of my men:<\/td>\n240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI'll have them sleep on cushions in my tent.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nVarro and Claudius!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nEnter VARRO and CLAUDIUS.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VARRO<\/td>\nCalls my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI pray you, sirs, lie in my tent and sleep;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt may be I shall raise you by and by<\/td>\n245<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOn business to my brother Cassius.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VARRO<\/td>\nSo please you, we will stand and watch your pleasure.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI will not have it so: lie down, good sirs;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt may be I shall otherwise bethink me.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLook, Lucius, here's the book I sought for so;<\/td>\n250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI put it in the pocket of my gown.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nVARRO and CLAUDIUS lie down.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nI was sure your lordship did not give it me.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nBear with me, good boy, I am much forgetful.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCanst thou hold up thy heavy eyes awhile,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd touch thy instrument a strain or two?<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nAy, my lord, an't please you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nIt does, my boy:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI trouble thee too much, but thou art willing.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nIt is my duty, sir.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nI should not urge thy duty past thy might;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI know young bloods look for a time of rest.<\/td>\n260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nI have slept, my lord, already.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nIt was well done; and thou shalt sleep again;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI will not hold thee long: if I do live,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI will be good to thee.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nMusic, and a song.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis is a sleepy tune. O murderous slumber,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat plays thee music? Gentle knave, good night;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI will not do thee so much wrong to wake thee:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf thou dost nod, thou break'st thy instrument;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI'll take it from thee; and, good boy, good night.<\/td>\n270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet me see, let me see; is not the leaf turn'd down<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhere I left reading? Here it is, I think.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nEnter the Ghost of CAESAR.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow ill this taper burns! Ha! who comes here?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI think it is the weakness of mine eyes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat shapes this monstrous apparition.<\/td>\n275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt comes upon me. Art thou any thing?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nArt thou some god, some angel, or some devil,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat makest my blood cold and my hair to stare?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSpeak to me what thou art.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GHOST<\/td>\nThy evil spirit, Brutus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhy comest thou?<\/td>\n280<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GHOST<\/td>\nTo tell thee thou shalt see me at Philippi.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWell; then I shall see thee again?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GHOST<\/td>\nAy, at Philippi.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhy, I will see thee at Philippi, then.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExit Ghost.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow I have taken heart thou vanishest:<\/td>\n285<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIll spirit, I would hold more talk with thee.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBoy, Lucius! Varro! Claudius! Sirs, awake! Claudius!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nThe strings, my lord, are false.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nHe thinks he still is at his instrument.<\/td>\n290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLucius, awake!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nMy lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nDidst thou dream, Lucius, that thou so criedst out?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nMy lord, I do not know that I did cry.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nYes, that thou didst: didst thou see any thing?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCIUS<\/td>\nNothing, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nSleep again, Lucius. Sirrah Claudius!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nTo VARRO.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFellow thou, awake!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VARRO<\/td>\nMy lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nMy lord?<\/td>\n300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nWhy did you so cry out, sirs, in your sleep?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VARROCLAUDIUS<\/td>\nDid we, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nAy: saw you any thing?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VARRO<\/td>\nNo, my lord, I saw nothing.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nNor I, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BRUTUS<\/td>\nGo and commend me to my brother Cassius;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBid him set on his powers betimes before,<\/td>\n305<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd we will follow.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VARROCLAUDIUS<\/td>\nIt shall be done, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExeunt<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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