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[Flourish. Enter CAESAR; ANTONY, for the course; CALPURNIA, PORTIA, DECIUS
BRUTUS, CICERO, BRUTUS, CASSIUS, and CASCA; a great crowd following, among
them a Soothsayer]
CAESAR
,
Calpur|nia./
CASCA
,
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Peace ho,|
Caesar | speaks.
CAESAR
, 2
Calpur|nia.
CALPURNIA
, ,
Here |
my lord. \\
CAESAR
,
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,
Stand you | direct|ly in | Anton|ius' way,
, , ,
, ,
When he | doth run | his course.| Anton|ius.
ANTONY
, ,
Caesar,| my lord. \\
CAESAR
, , ,
, ,
Forget | not in | your speed | Anton|ius,
, ,
2 , ,
,
To touch | Calpur|nia: for | our eld|ers say,
, ,
, , ,
The bar|ren touch|ed in | this ho|ly chase,
, ,
,
Shake^off | their ster|ile curse.
ANTONY
, 2 ,
I shall re|member,
, ,
, ,
,
When Cae|sar says,| do this;| it is | performed.
CAESAR
,
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,
Set^on,| and leave | no cer|emo|ny out.
[Flourish]
SOOTHSAYER
Caesar.
CAESAR
Ha? Who calls?
CASCA
, ,
, T T
. T
Bid eve|ry noise | be still:| peace yet again.
CAESAR
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,
Who is | it in | the press,| that calls | on me?
,
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, ,
I hear | a tongue | shriller than | all the |
music
, ,
, ,
, ,
Cry, Caesar: speak, Caesar is turned to
hear. ????
SOOTHSAYER
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,
Beware | the ides | of March.
CAESAR
, ,
What man | is that?
BRUTUS
. T Tx T 2 ,
, ,
A soothsayer bids | you beware | the ides | of
March.
CAESAR
,
, ,
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Set him | before | me, let | me see | his face.
CASSIUS
, ,
2 , T . T T
2->
Fellow,| come from the | throng,| look upon
Cae||sar.
CAESAR
,
, 2 T T
T ,
What sayst | thou to me | now? Speak once |
again.
SOOTHSAYER
,
, ,
Beware | the ides | of March. \\
CAESAR
,
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,
He is | a dream|er, let | us leave | him: pass.
[Sennet. Exeunt all except BRUTUS and CASSIUS]
CASSIUS
, ,
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,
Will you | go see | the ord|er of | the course?
BRUTUS
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Not I.
CASSIUS
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I pray | you do.
\\
BRUTUS
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I am / not game|some: I | do lack | some part
,
x ,
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Of that / quick spirit | that is / in Ant|ony:
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Let me | not^hind|er Cas|sius your | desires;
,
I'll leave | you. \\
CASSIUS
, ,
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Brutus,| I do | observe | you now | of late:
, , ,
, ,
I have | not^from | your eyes,| that gent|leness
, ,
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And show | of love,| as I | was wont | to have:
, ,
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,
You bear | too* stub|born, and / too strange | a
hand
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Over | your friend,| that loves | you.
BRUTUS
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Cas|sius,
, ,
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,
Be not | deceived:| if I | have veiled | my look,
, ,
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I turn | the troub|le of | my count|enance
,
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Merely | upon | myself.| Vexed | I am
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Of late,| with pas|sions of / some dif|ference,
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Concep|tions on|ly prop|er to | myself,
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Which give | some soil |(perhaps)| to my
be|haviors:
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But let | not there|fore my / good friends | be grieved
, ,
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(Among | which num|ber Cas|sius be | you one)
, ,
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Nor con/strue an|y furth|er my | neglect,
, ,
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Than that / poor Brut|us with | himself | at war,
, ,
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,
Forgets | the shows | of love | to oth|er men.
CASSIUS
, , 2
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Then Brut/us, I have | much mis|took your |
passion,
, ,
, , , ->
By means | whereof,| this breast | of mine | hath
bur||ied
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Thoughts | of great | value,| worthy |
cogi||tations.
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Tell me good | Brutus,| can you see | your face?
BRUTUS
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No Cas/sius: \\
2 ,
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For the eye | sees^not | itself | but by | reflec||tion,
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By | some oth|er things.
CASSIUS
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oo
'Tis just:|
, 2 ,
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And it is | very | much la|mented | Brutus,
, ,
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,
That you | have no | such mir|rors, as | will turn
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Your hid|den worth|iness | into | your eye,
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That you | might see | your shad|ow:
, ,
I | have heard,
, ,
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Where ma|ny of | the best | respect | in Rome,
, ,
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2 x
(Except | immort|al Cae|sar) speak|ing of
Brutus,
, ,
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And groan|ing und|erneath | this ag|e's yoke,
,
, ,
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Have wished,| that nob|le Brut|us had | his eyes.
BRUTUS
, 2 ,
,
Into what | dangers,| would you
, ,
Lead me | Cassius?
, ,
, , ,
That you | would have | me seek | into | myself,
, ,
T T T oo
For that | which is | not in me?|
CASSIUS
, ,
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,
Therefore | good Brut|us, be | prepared | to
hear:
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,
And since | you know | you can|not see | yourself
,
, ,
, ,
So well | as by | reflec|tion; I | your glass,
, ,
, , ,
Will mod|estly | discov|er to | yourself
,
, , ,
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That of | yourself,| which^you | yet know | not
of.
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And be | not jeal|ous on me,| gentle | Brutus:
, ,
, , ,
Were I | a com|mon laugh|ter, or | did use
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To stale | with ord|inar|y oaths | my love
, ,
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To eve|ry new | protest|er: if | you know,
,
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That I | do fawn | on men,| and hug | them hard,
,
, ,
, ,
And aft|er scand|al them:| or if | you know,
,
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, ,
That I | profess | myself | in ban|queting
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To all | the rout,| then hold | me dang|erous.
[Flourish, and shout]
BRUTUS
,
,
What means | this shout|ing? \\
T T T
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,
I do fear,| the
peo|ple choose | Caesar
,
T
For their | king.
CASSIUS
T T ,
o
Aye, do | you fear | it?
,
, , ,
,
Then must | I think | you would | not have | it
so.
BRUTUS
, ,
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I would / not Cas|sius, yet | I love | him well:
,
, ,
, ,
But where|fore do | you hold | me here | so long?
, ,
, ,
,
What is | it, that | you would | impart | to me?
,
, , , ,
If it | be aught | toward | the gene|ral good,
x ,
, , 2
,
Set honor | in one | eye, and | death in the |
other,
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And I | will look | on both | indif|ferently:
, ,
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For let | the gods | so* speed | me, as | I love
,
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The name | of hon|or, more | than I / fear death.
CASSIUS
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I know | that vir/tue to be | in you | Brutus,
, ,
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->
As well | as I | do know | your out|ward fav||or.
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, , ,
Well,| honor is the | subject*| of my |
story:
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, , ,
I can|not tell,| what you | and oth|er men
,
, ,
, ,
Think of | this life:| but for | my sing|le self,
,
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I had | as lief | not be,| as live | to be
,
, ,
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In awe | of such | a thing,| as I | myself.
, ,
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I was / born free | as Cae|sar, so | were you,
, ,
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We both | have fed | as well,| and we | can both
,
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Endure | the wint|er's cold,| as well | as
he.
, ,
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For once,| upon | a raw | and gus|ty day,
,
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, ,
The troub|led Tib|er, chaf|ing with | her shores,
,
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T ,
Caesar | said to me,| Darst thou Cas|sius now
,
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, ,
Leap^in | with me | into | this ang|ry flood,
,
, ,
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And swim | to yond|er point?| Upon | the word,
,
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Accout|red as | I was,| I plung|ed in,
,
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And bade | him fol|low: so | indeed | he did.
, ,
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The tor|rent roared,| and we | did buf|fet it
, ,
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With lus|ty sin|ews, throw|ing it | aside,
,
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And stem|ming it | with hearts | of controv|ersy.
, ,
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But ere | we could | arrive | the point |
proposed,
,
T T T ,
2 ,
Caesar | cried, Help me | Cassius,| or I sink.
, ,
, , ,
I (as | Aene|as, our / great an|cestor,
,
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, 2->
Did from | the flames | of Troy,| upon | his
shoul||der
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2->
The old | Anchis|es bear)| so, from | the waves ||
of Tib|er
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Did I | the tired | Caesar:| And this man,
,
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Is now | become | a god,| and Cas|sius is
,
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A wretch|ed creat|ure, and | must bend | his bo||dy,
??
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, ,
If Cae|sar care|lessly | but nod | on him.
,
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,
He had | a fev|er when | he was | in Spain,
,
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And when | the fit | was on | him, I | did mark
,
, , ,
,
How he | did shake:| 'tis true,| this god | did
shake,
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His cow|ard lips | did from | their co|lor fly,
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And that / same eye,| whose bend | doth awe | the
world,
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Did lose | his lust|er: I | did hear | him groan:
, 2
, ,
, ,
Aye, and that | tongue of | his, that | bade the |
Romans
,
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Mark him,| and write | his speech|es in | their
books,
,
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Alas,| it cried,| give me some | drink Ti|tinius,
2 , ,
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As a sick | girl: Ye | gods, it | doth a|maze me,
,
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, ,
A man | of such | a feeb|le temp|er should
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So get | the start | of the majes|tic world,
<- ,
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And bear || the palm alone.
[Shout. Flourish]
BRUTUS
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Anoth|er gene|ral shout?
,
, ,
, ,
I do | believe,| that these | applaus|es are
2 , ,
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For some new | honors,| that are | heaped on |
Caesar.
CASSIUS
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Why man,| he doth | bestride | the nar|row world
,
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Like a | Colos|sus, and / we pet|ty men
,
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Walk und|er his / huge legs,| and peep | about
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To find | ourselves | dishon|ora|ble graves.
T .
T T , , ,
Men at some time,| are mast|ers of | their
fates.
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The fault |(dear Brut/us) is | not in | our
stars,
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But in | ourselves,| that we | are und|erlings.
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Brutus and | Caesar:| what should be | in that | Caesar?
, ,
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Why should / that name | be sound|ed more | than
yours?
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Write them | togeth|er: yours,| is as fair | a
name:
,
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Sound them,| it doth | become | the mouth | as
well:
,
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Weigh them,| it is | as heav|y: con|jure with 'em,
, 2
,
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Brutus will | start a | spirit as | soon as | Caesar.
,
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, ,
Now in | the names | of all | the gods | at once,
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Upon | what meat | doth this | our Cae|sar feed,
,
, , ,
,
That he | is grown | so* great?| Age, thou | art
shamed.
,
, , , ,
Rome, thou | hast lost | the breed | of nob|le
bloods.
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When^went | there by | an age,| since the great flood,
, ,
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But it | was famed | with more | than with / one
man?
,
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,
When could | they say |(till now)| that talked |
of Rome,
, ,
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That her / wide walls | encomp|assed but / one
man?
,
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,
Now is | it Rome | indeed,| and room | enough
,
, , , ,
When there | is in | it but / one on|ly man.
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, ,
O! You | and I,| have heard | our fath|ers say,
,
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There was | a Brut|us once,| that would | have brooked
2 ,
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The etern|al devil | to keep | his state | in Rome,
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2 ,
As ea|sily | as a king. \\
BRUTUS
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That you | do love | me, I | am noth|ing
jea||lous:
,
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, ,
What | you would work | me to,| I have | some^aim:
, ,
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,
How I | have thought | of this,| and of | these
times
, 2 ,
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I shall re|count here|after.| for this | present,
, 2
, ,
, ,
I would not | so (with | love I | might en|treat
you)
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Be an|y furth|er moved:| What you | have said,
,
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,
I will | consid|er: what | you have | to say
, ,
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I will | with pa|tience hear,| and find | a time
,
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Both^meet | to hear,| and ans|wer such^/high
things.
,
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T T
Till then,| my nob|le friend,| chew upon this:
,
, , ,
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Brutus | had rath|er be | a vil|lager,
,
, ,
, ,
Than to | repute | himself | a son | of Rome
, ,
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Under | these hard | condi|tions, as | this time
,
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Is like | to lay | upon us. \\
CASSIUS
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T T T
I am | glad that | my weak words
<- ,
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Have struck || but thus | much^show | of fire
| from Brut|us.
BRUTUS
,
,
The games | are done,
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And Cae/sar is re|turning.
CASSIUS
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As they / pass by,
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Pluck^Cas|ca by | the sleeve,
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2 , ,
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And he / will (aft|er his sour | fashion)| tell
you
,
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What hath | proceed|ed worth|y note | today.
[Enter CAESAR and his Train]
BRUTUS
, ,
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I will | do so:| But look | you, Cas|sius,
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, ,
The ang|ry spot | doth glow | on Cae|sar's brow,
, ,
T T . T
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And all | the rest,| look like a chid|den train;
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Calpurn|ia's cheek | is pale,| and Cic|ero
,
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Looks with | such^fer|ret, and / such fie|ry eyes
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As we | have seen | him in | the cap|itol
2 ,
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Being crossed | in conf|erence, by | some
sen|ators.
CASSIUS
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Casca | will tell | us what | the mat|ter is.
CAESAR
Antonius.
ANTONY
Caesar.
CAESAR
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Let me | have men | about | me, that | are fat,
T Tx T
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Sleek-headed men,| and such | as sleep | at
nights:
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, ,
Yond^Cas|sius has | a lean | and hun|gry
look,
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,
He thinks | too* much:| such^men | are dang|erous.
ANTONY
T T T
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Fear him not | Caesar,| he's not | dangerous,
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He is | a nob|le Rom|an, and / well given.
CAESAR
,
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Would he | were fat|ter; but | I fear | him not:
,
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Yet if | my name | were li|able | to fear,
,
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I do | not know | the man | I should | avoid
,
, , ,
,
So soon | as that / spare Cas|sius. He / reads
much,
, ,
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,
He is | a great | observ|er, and | he looks
T T . T ,
, ,
Quite through the deeds | of men.| he loves |
no* plays,
,
, 2 ,
, ,
As thou | dost^An|tony: he | hears no | music;
, ,
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,
Seldom | he smiles,| and smiles | in such | a sort
,
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x
As if | he mocked | himself,| and scorned | his
spirit
, ,
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That could | be moved | to smile | at an|ything.
,
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Such^men | as he,| be nev|er at / heart's ease,
,
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Whiles^they | behold | a great|er than | themselves,
,
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And there|fore are | they ve|ry dang|erous.
,
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I rath|er tell | thee what | is to | be feared,
,
, ,
, , ->
Than what | I fear:| for al|ways I | am Cae||sar.
, 2
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T T . T
Come | on my right | hand, for | this ear is
deaf,
,
, , ,
,
And tell | me tru|ly, what | thou thinkst | of him.
[Sennet. Exeunt CAESAR and all his Train, but CASCA]
CASCA
,
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2 , ,
You pulled | me by | the cloak,| would you speak
| with me?
BRUTUS
T T T ,
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, ->
Aye Casca,| tell us | what hath | chanced to||day
, T
T T oo
That | Caesar | looks so sad.|
CASCA
, ,
, ,
Why you | were with | him, were | you not?
BRUTUS
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I should || not then ask:| Casca | what had | chanced.
CASCA
Why there was a crown offered him; and being offered him, he put it by with
the back of his hand thus, and then the people fell a-shouting.
BRUTUS
What was the second noise for?
CASCA
Why for that too.
CASSIUS
They shouted thrice: what was the last cry for?
CASCA
Why for that too.
BRUTUS
Was the crown offered him thrice?
CASCA
Aye marry was it, and he put it by thrice, every time gentler than other;
and at every putting-by, mine honest neighbours shouted.
CASSIUS
Who offered him the crown?
CASCA
Why Antony.
BRUTUS
Tell us the manner of it, gentle Casca.
CASCA
I can as well be hanged as tell the manner of it: it was mere foolery, I did
not mark it. I saw Mark Antony offer him a crown, yet 'twas not a crown
neither, 'twas one of these coronets: and as I told you, he put it by once:
but for all that, to my thinking, he would fain have had it. Then he
offered it to him again: then he put it by again: but to my thinking, he
was very loath to lay his fingers off it. And then he offered it the third
time: he put it the third time by. and still as he refused it, the
rabblement hooted, and clapped their chapped hands, and threw up their sweaty
night-caps, and uttered such a deal of stinking breath, because Caesar refused
the crown, that it had (almost) choked Caesar: for he swooned, and fell down at
it: and for mine own part, I durst not laugh, for fear of opening my lips,
and receiving the bad air.
CASSIUS
But soft I pray you: what did Caesar
swoon?
CASCA
He fell down in the market-place, and foamed at mouth, and was speechless.
BRUTUS
'Tis very like he hath the falling
sick|ness.
CASSIUS
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, ,
, _
No,| Caesar | hath it | not: but | you, and | I,
,
, ,
2 , ,
o
And hon|est Cas|ca, we | have the fal|ling
sick|ness. (hex with prev)
CASCA
I know not what you mean by that, but I am sure Caesar fell down. If the
tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and
displeased them, as they use to do the players in the theatre, I am no true
man.
BRUTUS
,
, ,
, ,
What said | he, when | he came | unto | himself?
CASCA
Marry, before he fell down, when he perceived the common herd was glad he
refused the crown, he plucked me ope his doublet, and offered them his throat
to cut: An I had been a man of any occupation, if I would not have taken him
at a word, I would I might go to hell among the rogues, and so he fell. When
he came to himself again, he said, If he had done, or said anything amiss, he
desired their worships to think it was his infirmity. Three or four wenches
where I stood, cried, Alas good soul, and forgave him with all their
hearts: but there's no heed to be taken of them; if Caesar had stabbed their
mothers, they would have done no less.
BRUTUS
,
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, ,
And aft|er that,| he came | thus^sad | away.
CASCA
T
Aye.
CASSIUS
T
T , , ,
Did Cic|ero | say^an|ything?
CASCA
,
T T
Aye, he | spoke Greek.
CASSIUS
. T
, oo
To what |effect?|
CASCA
Nay, and I tell you that, Ill nere look you in the face again. But those
that understood him, smiled at one another, and shook their heads: but for
mine own part, it was Greek to me. I could tell you more news too: Marullus
and Flavius, for pulling scarfs off Caesar's images, are put to silence.
Fare you well. There was more foolery yet, if I could remember it.
CASSIUS
Will you sup with me tonight, Casca?
CASCA
No, I am promised forth.
CASSIUS
Will you dine with me tomorrow?
CASCA
Aye, if I be alive, and your mind hold, and your dinner worth the eating.
CASSIUS
Good, I will expect you.
CASCA
Do so: Farewell both.
[Exit]
BRUTUS
, ,
, ,
,
What a / blunt fel|low is / this grown | to be?
, , ,
, ,
He was / quick met|tle, when | he went | to
school.
CASSIUS
T T T ,
, ,
So is he | now, in | exe|cution
, , ,
, ,
Of an|y bold | or nob|le ent|erprise,
,
, , ,
,
Howev|er he / puts on | this tar|dy form:
,
, , ,
,
This rude|ness is | a sauce | to his / good wit,
,
, ,
, ,
Which gives | men stom/ach to | digest | his
words
,
, ,
With bet|ter ap|petite.
BRUTUS
, ,
And so | it is:
,
__ ,
, oo
For this | time | I will | leave you:|
, , ,
, ,
Tomor|row, if | you please | to speak | with me,
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I will | come* home | to you:| or if | you will,
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Come* home | to me,| and I | will wait | for you.
CASSIUS
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I will / do so:| till then,| think of | the
world.
[Exit BRUTUS]
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Well Brut|us, thou | art nob|le: yet | I see,
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Thy hon|ora|ble met|al may | be wrought
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From that | it is | disposed:| therefore | it is
meet,
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That nob|le minds | keep^ev|er with | their
likes:
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For who | so firm,| that can|not be | seduced?
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Caesar | doth bear | me hard,| but he loves |
Brutus.
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If I | were Brut|us now,| and he | were Cas||sius,
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He should | not hum|or me.| I will | this^night,
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In seve|ral hands,| in at | his wind|ows throw,
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As if | they came | from seve|ral cit|izens,
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Writings | all tend/ing to the | great o|pinion
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That Rome | holds of his | name: where|in ob|scurely
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Caesar's | ambi|tion shall | be glanc|ed at.
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And aft|er this,| let* Cae|sar seat | him sure,
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For we | will shake | him, or / worse days |
endure.
[Exit]