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| <H3>SCENE I. Rome. Before the Capitol; the Senate sitting above.</h3> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>A crowd of people; among them ARTEMIDORUS and the Soothsayer. Flourish. Enter CAESAR, BRUTUS, CASSIUS, CASCA, DECIUS BRUTUS, METELLUS CIMBER, TREBONIUS, CINNA, ANTONY, LEPIDUS, POPILIUS, PUBLIUS, and others</i> | |
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| <A NAME=speech1><b>CAESAR</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=1>[To the Soothsayer] The ides of March are come.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech2><b>Soothsayer</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=2>Ay, Caesar; but not gone.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech3><b>ARTEMIDORUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=3>Hail, Caesar! read this schedule.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech4><b>DECIUS BRUTUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=4>Trebonius doth desire you to o'erread,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=5>At your best leisure, this his humble suit.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>ARTEMIDORUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=6>O Caesar, read mine first; for mine's a suit</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>That touches Caesar nearer: read it, great Caesar.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech6><b>CAESAR</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=8>What touches us ourself shall be last served.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>ARTEMIDORUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=9>Delay not, Caesar; read it instantly.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech8><b>CAESAR</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=10>What, is the fellow mad?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech9><b>PUBLIUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=11>Sirrah, give place.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech10><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=12>What, urge you your petitions in the street?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>Come to the Capitol.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>CAESAR goes up to the Senate-House, the rest following</i></p> | |
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| <A NAME=speech11><b>POPILIUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=14>I wish your enterprise to-day may thrive.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=15>What enterprise, Popilius?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>POPILIUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=16>Fare you well.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Advances to CAESAR</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=17>What said Popilius Lena?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech15><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=18>He wish'd to-day our enterprise might thrive.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>I fear our purpose is discovered.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=20>Look, how he makes to Caesar; mark him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=21>Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>Brutus, what shall be done? If this be known,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>Cassius or Caesar never shall turn back,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>For I will slay myself.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=25>Cassius, be constant:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=26>Popilius Lena speaks not of our purposes;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=27>For, look, he smiles, and Caesar doth not change.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech19><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=28>Trebonius knows his time; for, look you, Brutus.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=29>He draws Mark Antony out of the way.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt ANTONY and TREBONIUS</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>DECIUS BRUTUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=30>Where is Metellus Cimber? Let him go,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=31>And presently prefer his suit to Caesar.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=32>He is address'd: press near and second him.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech22><b>CINNA</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=33>Casca, you are the first that rears your hand.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>CAESAR</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=34>Are we all ready? What is now amiss</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=35>That Caesar and his senate must redress?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>METELLUS CIMBER</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=36>Most high, most mighty, and most puissant Caesar,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=37>Metellus Cimber throws before thy seat</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=38>An humble heart,--</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Kneeling</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>CAESAR</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=39> I must prevent thee, Cimber.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=40>These couchings and these lowly courtesies</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=41>Might fire the blood of ordinary men,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=42>And turn pre-ordinance and first decree</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=43>Into the law of children. Be not fond,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=44>To think that Caesar bears such rebel blood</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>That will be thaw'd from the true quality</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=46>With that which melteth fools; I mean, sweet words,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=47>Low-crooked court'sies and base spaniel-fawning.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=48>Thy brother by decree is banished:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>If thou dost bend and pray and fawn for him,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=50>I spurn thee like a cur out of my way.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>Know, Caesar doth not wrong, nor without cause</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=52>Will he be satisfied.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech26><b>METELLUS CIMBER</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=53>Is there no voice more worthy than my own</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=54>To sound more sweetly in great Caesar's ear</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=55>For the repealing of my banish'd brother?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech27><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=56>I kiss thy hand, but not in flattery, Caesar;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=57>Desiring thee that Publius Cimber may</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=58>Have an immediate freedom of repeal.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>CAESAR</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=59>What, Brutus!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=60> Pardon, Caesar; Caesar, pardon:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=61>As low as to thy foot doth Cassius fall,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=62>To beg enfranchisement for Publius Cimber.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>CAESAR</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=63>I could be well moved, if I were as you:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>If I could pray to move, prayers would move me:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=65>But I am constant as the northern star,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=66>Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=67>There is no fellow in the firmament.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=68>The skies are painted with unnumber'd sparks,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=69>They are all fire and every one doth shine,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=70>But there's but one in all doth hold his place:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=71>So in the world; 'tis furnish'd well with men,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=72>And men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=73>Yet in the number I do know but one</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=74>That unassailable holds on his rank,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=75>Unshaked of motion: and that I am he,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>Let me a little show it, even in this;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=77>That I was constant Cimber should be banish'd,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=78>And constant do remain to keep him so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>CINNA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=79>O Caesar,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>CAESAR</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=80> Hence! wilt thou lift up Olympus?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>DECIUS BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=81>Great Caesar,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>CAESAR</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=82> Doth not Brutus bootless kneel?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>CASCA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=83>Speak, hands for me!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>CASCA first, then the other Conspirators and BRUTUS stab CAESAR</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>CAESAR</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=84>Et tu, Brute! Then fall, Caesar.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Dies</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>CINNA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=85>Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=86>Run hence, proclaim, cry it about the streets.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=87>Some to the common pulpits, and cry out</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=88>'Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement!'</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=89>People and senators, be not affrighted;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>Fly not; stand stiff: ambition's debt is paid.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>CASCA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=91>Go to the pulpit, Brutus.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>DECIUS BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=92>And Cassius too.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=93>Where's Publius?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>CINNA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=94>Here, quite confounded with this mutiny.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>METELLUS CIMBER</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=95>Stand fast together, lest some friend of Caesar's</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>Should chance--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=97>Talk not of standing. Publius, good cheer;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=98>There is no harm intended to your person,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=99>Nor to no Roman else: so tell them, Publius.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=100>And leave us, Publius; lest that the people,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=101>Rushing on us, should do your age some mischief.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=102>Do so: and let no man abide this deed,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=103>But we the doers.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter TREBONIUS</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=104> Where is Antony?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>TREBONIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=105>Fled to his house amazed:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=106>Men, wives and children stare, cry out and run</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=107>As it were doomsday.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=108>Fates, we will know your pleasures:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=109>That we shall die, we know; 'tis but the time</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>And drawing days out, that men stand upon.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=111>Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=112>Cuts off so many years of fearing death.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=113>Grant that, and then is death a benefit:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=114>So are we Caesar's friends, that have abridged</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=115>His time of fearing death. Stoop, Romans, stoop,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=116>And let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>Up to the elbows, and besmear our swords:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=118>Then walk we forth, even to the market-place,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=119>And, waving our red weapons o'er our heads,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=120>Let's all cry 'Peace, freedom and liberty!'</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=121>Stoop, then, and wash. How many ages hence</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=122>Shall this our lofty scene be acted over</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=123>In states unborn and accents yet unknown!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=124>How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=125>That now on Pompey's basis lies along</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=126>No worthier than the dust!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=127>So oft as that shall be,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=128>So often shall the knot of us be call'd</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=129>The men that gave their country liberty.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>DECIUS BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=130>What, shall we forth?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=131>Ay, every man away:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=132>Brutus shall lead; and we will grace his heels</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=133>With the most boldest and best hearts of Rome.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter a Servant</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=134>Soft! who comes here? A friend of Antony's.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>Servant</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=135>Thus, Brutus, did my master bid me kneel:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=136>Thus did Mark Antony bid me fall down;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=137>And, being prostrate, thus he bade me say:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=138>Brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>Caesar was mighty, bold, royal, and loving:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=140>Say I love Brutus, and I honour him;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=141>Say I fear'd Caesar, honour'd him and loved him.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=142>If Brutus will vouchsafe that Antony</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=143>May safely come to him, and be resolved</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=144>How Caesar hath deserved to lie in death,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=145>Mark Antony shall not love Caesar dead</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=146>So well as Brutus living; but will follow</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=147>The fortunes and affairs of noble Brutus</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=148>Thorough the hazards of this untrod state</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=149>With all true faith. So says my master Antony.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=150>Thy master is a wise and valiant Roman;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=151>I never thought him worse.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=152>Tell him, so please him come unto this place,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=153>He shall be satisfied; and, by my honour,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=154>Depart untouch'd.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>Servant</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=155> I'll fetch him presently.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=156>I know that we shall have him well to friend.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=157>I wish we may: but yet have I a mind</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=158>That fears him much; and my misgiving still</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=159>Falls shrewdly to the purpose.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=160>But here comes Antony.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter ANTONY</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=161>Welcome, Mark Antony.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=162>O mighty Caesar! dost thou lie so low?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=163>Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=164>Shrunk to this little measure? Fare thee well.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=165>I know not, gentlemen, what you intend,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=166>Who else must be let blood, who else is rank:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=167>If I myself, there is no hour so fit</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=168>As Caesar's death hour, nor no instrument</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=169>Of half that worth as those your swords, made rich</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=170>With the most noble blood of all this world.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=171>I do beseech ye, if you bear me hard,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=172>Now, whilst your purpled hands do reek and smoke,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=173>Fulfil your pleasure. Live a thousand years,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=174>I shall not find myself so apt to die:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=175>No place will please me so, no mean of death,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=176>As here by Caesar, and by you cut off,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=177>The choice and master spirits of this age.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=178>O Antony, beg not your death of us.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=179>Though now we must appear bloody and cruel,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=180>As, by our hands and this our present act,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=181>You see we do, yet see you but our hands</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=182>And this the bleeding business they have done:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=183>Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=184>And pity to the general wrong of Rome--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=185>As fire drives out fire, so pity pity--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=186>Hath done this deed on Caesar. For your part,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=187>To you our swords have leaden points, Mark Antony:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=188>Our arms, in strength of malice, and our hearts</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=189>Of brothers' temper, do receive you in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=190>With all kind love, good thoughts, and reverence.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=191>Your voice shall be as strong as any man's</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=192>In the disposing of new dignities.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=193>Only be patient till we have appeased</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=194>The multitude, beside themselves with fear,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=195>And then we will deliver you the cause,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=196>Why I, that did love Caesar when I struck him,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=197>Have thus proceeded.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=198>I doubt not of your wisdom.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=199>Let each man render me his bloody hand:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=200>First, Marcus Brutus, will I shake with you;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=201>Next, Caius Cassius, do I take your hand;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=202>Now, Decius Brutus, yours: now yours, Metellus;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=203>Yours, Cinna; and, my valiant Casca, yours;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=204>Though last, not last in love, yours, good Trebonius.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=205>Gentlemen all,--alas, what shall I say?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=206>My credit now stands on such slippery ground,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=207>That one of two bad ways you must conceit me,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=208>Either a coward or a flatterer.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=209>That I did love thee, Caesar, O, 'tis true:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=210>If then thy spirit look upon us now,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=211>Shall it not grieve thee dearer than thy death,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=212>To see thy thy Anthony making his peace,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=213>Shaking the bloody fingers of thy foes,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=214>Most noble! in the presence of thy corse?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=215>Had I as many eyes as thou hast wounds,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=216>Weeping as fast as they stream forth thy blood,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=217>It would become me better than to close</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=218>In terms of friendship with thine enemies.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=219>Pardon me, Julius! Here wast thou bay'd, brave hart;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=220>Here didst thou fall; and here thy hunters stand,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=221>Sign'd in thy spoil, and crimson'd in thy lethe.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=222>O world, thou wast the forest to this hart;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=223>And this, indeed, O world, the heart of thee.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=224>How like a deer, strucken by many princes,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=225>Dost thou here lie!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=226>Mark Antony,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=227> Pardon me, Caius Cassius:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=228>The enemies of Caesar shall say this;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=229>Then, in a friend, it is cold modesty.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=230>I blame you not for praising Caesar so;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=231>But what compact mean you to have with us?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=232>Will you be prick'd in number of our friends;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=233>Or shall we on, and not depend on you?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=234>Therefore I took your hands, but was, indeed,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=235>Sway'd from the point, by looking down on Caesar.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=236>Friends am I with you all and love you all,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=237>Upon this hope, that you shall give me reasons</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=238>Why and wherein Caesar was dangerous.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=239>Or else were this a savage spectacle:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=240>Our reasons are so full of good regard</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=241>That were you, Antony, the son of Caesar,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=242>You should be satisfied.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech75><b>ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=243>That's all I seek:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=244>And am moreover suitor that I may</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=245>Produce his body to the market-place;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=246>And in the pulpit, as becomes a friend,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=247>Speak in the order of his funeral.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech76><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=248>You shall, Mark Antony.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech77><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=249>Brutus, a word with you.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Aside to BRUTUS</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=250>You know not what you do: do not consent</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=251>That Antony speak in his funeral:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=252>Know you how much the people may be moved</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=253>By that which he will utter?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech78><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=254>By your pardon;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=255>I will myself into the pulpit first,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=256>And show the reason of our Caesar's death:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=257>What Antony shall speak, I will protest</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=258>He speaks by leave and by permission,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=259>And that we are contented Caesar shall</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=260>Have all true rites and lawful ceremonies.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=261>It shall advantage more than do us wrong.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech79><b>CASSIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=262>I know not what may fall; I like it not.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech80><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=263>Mark Antony, here, take you Caesar's body.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=264>You shall not in your funeral speech blame us,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=265>But speak all good you can devise of Caesar,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=266>And say you do't by our permission;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=267>Else shall you not have any hand at all</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=268>About his funeral: and you shall speak</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=269>In the same pulpit whereto I am going,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=270>After my speech is ended.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech81><b>ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=271>Be it so.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=272>I do desire no more.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech82><b>BRUTUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=273>Prepare the body then, and follow us.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt all but ANTONY</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech83><b>ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=274>O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=275>That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=276>Thou art the ruins of the noblest man</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=277>That ever lived in the tide of times.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=278>Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=279>Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=280>Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=281>To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=282>A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=283>Domestic fury and fierce civil strife</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=284>Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=285>Blood and destruction shall be so in use</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=286>And dreadful objects so familiar</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=287>That mothers shall but smile when they behold</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=288>Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=289>All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=290>And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=291>With Ate by his side come hot from hell,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=292>Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=293>Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=294>That this foul deed shall smell above the earth</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=295>With carrion men, groaning for burial.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter a Servant</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=296>You serve Octavius Caesar, do you not?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech84><b>Servant</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=297>I do, Mark Antony.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech85><b>ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=298>Caesar did write for him to come to Rome.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech86><b>Servant</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=299>He did receive his letters, and is coming;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=300>And bid me say to you by word of mouth--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=301>O Caesar!--</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Seeing the body</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech87><b>ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=302>Thy heart is big, get thee apart and weep.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=303>Passion, I see, is catching; for mine eyes,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=304>Seeing those beads of sorrow stand in thine,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=305>Began to water. Is thy master coming?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech88><b>Servant</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=306>He lies to-night within seven leagues of Rome.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech89><b>ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=307>Post back with speed, and tell him what hath chanced:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=308>Here is a mourning Rome, a dangerous Rome,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=309>No Rome of safety for Octavius yet;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=310>Hie hence, and tell him so. Yet, stay awhile;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=311>Thou shalt not back till I have borne this corse</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=312>Into the market-place: there shall I try</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=313>In my oration, how the people take</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=314>The cruel issue of these bloody men;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=315>According to the which, thou shalt discourse</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=316>To young Octavius of the state of things.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=317>Lend me your hand.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt with CAESAR's body</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
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