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Rome. BRUTUS's orchard.
[Enter BRUTUS]
BRUTUS
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What Lu|cius, ho? \\
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I can|not, by | the pro|gress of | the stars,
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Give^guess | how near | to day.| Lucius,| I say?
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I would | it were my | fault to | sleep so
| soundly.
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When Lucius, when?| Awake,| I say:| what Lucius?
[Enter LUCIUS]
LUCIUS
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Called you,| my lord? \\
BRUTUS
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Get me a | taper | in my | study,| Lucius:
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When it | is light|ed, come | and call | me here.
LUCIUS
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I will,| my lord. \\
[Exit]
BRUTUS
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It must | be by | his death:| and for / my part,
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I know | no pers|onal cause,| to spurn | at him,
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But for | the gen|eral.| He would | be crowned:
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How that might | change his | nature,| there's
the | question?
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It is the / bright day,| that brings | forth the
| adder,
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And that / craves wa|ry walk|ing: Crown | him that,
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And then | I grant | we put | a sting | in him,
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That at | his will | he may | do dang|er with.
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The abuse | of great|ness, is,| when it |
disjoins
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Remorse | from power:| and to speak | truth of |
Caesar,
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I have / not known,| when his | affec|tions swayed
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More than | his reas|on. But | 'tis a com|mon
proof,
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That low|liness | is young | ambi|tion's
ladder,
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Whereto | the climb|er-up|ward turns | his face:
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But when | he once | attains | the up|most^round,
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He then | unto | the lad|der turns | his back,
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Looks in | the clouds,| scorning | the base |
degrees
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By which | he did | ascend:| So* Cae|sar may;
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Then lest | he may,| prevent.| And since | the
quarrel
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Will bear | no col|or, for | the thing | he is,
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Fashion it | thus; that | what he | is aug|mented,
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Would run | to these,| and these | extrem|ities:
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And there|fore think | him as | a serp|ent's egg,
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Which^hatched,| would as | his kind | grow
misch|ievous;
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And kill | him in | the shell.
\\
[Enter LUCIUS]
LUCIUS
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The tap|er burn|eth in | your clos|et, sir:
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Searching | the wind|ow for | a flint,| I found
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This pap|er, thus | sealed^up,| and I | am sure
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It did | not lie | there when | I went | to bed.
[Gives him the letter]
BRUTUS
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Get you | to bed | again,| it is / not day:
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Is not | tomor|row (boy)| the ides | of March?
LUCIUS
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I know | not, sir. \\
BRUTUS
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Look in | the cal|endar,| and bring | me word.
LUCIUS
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I will, sir.| \\
[Exit]
BRUTUS
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The ex|hala|tions, whiz|zing in | the air,
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Give^so | much^light,| that I | may read | by them.
[Opens the letter and reads]
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Brutus | thou sleepst:| awake,| and see |
thyself:
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Shall Rome,| et cet|era./ Speak, strike,|
redress.
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Brutus,| thou sleepst:| awake. \\
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Such^inst|iga|tions have | been^of|ten dropped,
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Where I | have took | them up: \\
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Shall Rome | et cet|era. Thus | must^I piece | it
out: ??
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Shall Rome | stand under | one man's awe?| What,
Rome?
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My an|cestors | did from | the streets | of Rome
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The Tar|quin drive,| when he | was called | a
king.
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Speak,| strike, re|dress. Am | I en|treated
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To speak,| and strike?| O Rome,| I make | thee
pro||mise,
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If | the redress | will fol|low, thou | receivst
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Thy full | peti|tion at | the hand | of Brut||us.
[Enter LUCIUS]
LUCIUS
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Sir,| March is | wasted | fourteen days.
[Knocking within]
BRUTUS
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'Tis good.| Go to | the gate,| somebo|dy
knocks:
[Exit LUCIUS]
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Since Cas|sius first | did whet | me against |
Caesar,
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I | have | not | slept.|
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Between | the act|ing of | a dread|ful thing,
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And the first | motion,| all the | inter|im is
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Like a | phantas|ma, or | a hid|eous dream:
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The Gen|ius, and | the mort|al inst|ruments
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Are then | in coun|cil; and | the state | of man,
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Like to | a lit|tle king|dom, suf|fers then
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The na|ture of | an in|surrec|tion.
[Enter LUCIUS]
LUCIUS
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Sir, 'tis | your broth|er Cas|sius at | the door,
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Who doth | desire | to see | you.
BRUTUS
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Is | he alone?
LUCIUS
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No, sir,/ there are | more with / him.
BRUTUS
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Do you | know them?
LUCIUS
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No, sir,| their hats | are plucked | about | their ears,
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And half | their fac|es bur|ied in | their
cloaks,
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That by | no means | I may | discov|er them,
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By an|y mark | of fav|or.
BRUTUS
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Let | 'em ent||er:
[Exit LUCIUS]
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They | are the fac|tion. O | conspir|acy,
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Shamst thou | to show | thy dang|erous brow | by
night,
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When ev|ils are / most free?| O then,| by day
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Where wilt | thou find | a cav|ern dark | enough,
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To mask thy monstrous visage? Seek none
conspiracy, ????
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Hide it | in smiles,| and af|fabil|ity:
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For if | thou path | thy nat|ive sem|blance on,
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Not E|rebus | itself | were dim | enough,
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To hide | thee from | prevent|ion.|
[Enter the conspirators: CASSIUS, CASCA, DECIUS BRUTUS, CINNA, METELLUS
CIMBER, and TREBONIUS]
CASSIUS
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I think | we are / too bold | upon | your rest:
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Good mor|row Brut|us, do | we troub|le you?
BRUTUS
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T T T
I have | been up | this hour,| awake all night:
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Know^I | these men | that come | along | with
you?
CASSIUS
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Yes, eve|ry man | of them; and // no man here
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But hon|ors you:| and eve|ry one | doth^wish,
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You had | but that | opin|ion of | yourself,
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Which eve|ry nob|le Rom|an bears | of you.
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This is Tre|bonius.
BRUTUS
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He is | welcome | hither.
CASSIUS
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This, Dec/ius | Brutus.
BRUTUS
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He is wel|come too.
CASSIUS
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This, Casca;| this, Cinna;| and this,|| Metel|lus
Cim|ber.
BRUTUS
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They | are all | welcome.
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What watch|ful cares | do int|erpose | themselves
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Betwixt | your eyes,| and night?
CASSIUS
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Shall I | entreat | a word? (tri with prev)
[BRUTUS and CASSIUS whisper]
DECIUS BRUTUS
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Here* lies | the east:| doth^not | the day break
here?
CASCA
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No. \\
CINNA
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O pard|on, sir,| it doth;| and yon gray lines,
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That fret | the clouds,| are mes|sengers | of
day.
CASCA
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You shall | confess,| that you | are both |
deceived:
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Here, as I | point my | sword, the | sun a|rises,
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Which is a | great way grow|ing on | the south,
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Weighing | the youth|ful seas|on of | the year.
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Some two | months^hence,| up high|er toward | the
north
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He first | presents | his fire,| and the / high
east
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Stands as | the Cap|itol,| direct|ly here.
BRUTUS
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Give me | your hands | all^ov|er, one | by one.
CASSIUS
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And let | us swear | our res|olu|tion.
BRUTUS
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No, not an oath:| if not | the face | of
men,
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The suf|ferance of | our souls,| the time's |
abuse;
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If these | be mot|ives weak,| break^off | betimes,
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And eve|ry man | hence, to | his id|le bed:
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So let high-sight|ed tyr|anny | range^on,
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Till^each man drop | by lot|tery. But | if these
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(As I | am sure | they do)| bear fire enough
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To kind|le cow|ards, and | to steel | with val|lor
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The melt|ing spirits | of wom|en, then |
countrymen,
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What need | we an|y spur | but our / own cause,
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To prick | us to | redress?| What oth|er bond,
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Than sec|ret Rom|ans, that | have spoke | the
word,
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And will | not palt|er? And | what oth|er oath,
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Than hon|esty | to hon|esty | engaged,
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That this | shall be,| or we | will fall | for
it,
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Swear priests and cow|ards, and / men cau|telous
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Old feeble car|rions, and / such suf|fering souls
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That wel|come wrongs:| unto / bad caus|es, swear
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Such^creat|ures as / men doubt;| but do | not
stain
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The ev|en vir|tue of | our ent|erprise,
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Nor the in|suppres|sive met|tle of | our spirits,
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To think,| that or | our cause,| or our |
perform||ance
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Did need | an oath.| When eve|ry drop | of blood
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That eve|ry Rom|an bears,| and nob|ly bears
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Is guil|ty of | a seve|ral bast|ardy,
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If he | do break | the smal|lest part|icle
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Of an|y prom|ise that | hath passed | from him.
CASSIUS
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But what | of Cic|ero?| Shall we | sound him?
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I think | he will / stand ve|ry strong | with us.
CASCA
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Let us not leave | him out.
CINNA
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No, by | no* means.
METELLUS CIMBER
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O* let | us have | him, for | his silv|er hairs
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Will purch|ase us | a good | opin|ion:
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And buy | men's voic/es, to | commend | our
deeds:
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It shall | be said,| his judg|ment ruled | our
hands,
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Our youths,| and wild|ness, shall | no whit |
appear,
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But all | be bur|ied in | his grav|ity.
BRUTUS
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O name | him not:| let us / not break | with
him,
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For he | will nev|er fol|low an|ything
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That oth|er men | begin.
CASSIUS
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Then leave | him out.
CASCA
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oo
Indeed | he is / not fit.|
DECIUS BRUTUS
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Shall no || man else | be touched,| but on|ly Cae|sar?
CASSIUS
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Dec||ius / well urged:| I think | it is / not
meet,
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Mark Ant/ony, so | well be|loved of | Caesar,
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Should out|live Cae/sar, we | shall find | of
him
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A shrewd | contriv|er. And | you know,| his means
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If he | improve | them, may | well stretch | so far
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As to | annoy | us all:| which to | prevent,
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Let Ant|ony and | Caesar | fall to|gether.
BRUTUS
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Our course | will seem | too* blood|y, Cai|us
Cas||sius, ??
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To cut | the head | off, and / then hack | the
limbs:
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Like wrath in death,| and en|vy aft|erwards:
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For An|tony is | but a limb | of Cae|sar,
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Let || us be sac|rifi|cers, but not | butchers
| Caius: ??
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We all | stand^up | against | the spirit | of
Cae||sar,
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And | in the spirit | of men,| there is / no
blood:
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O that | we then | could come | by Cae|sar's spirit,
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And not | dismem|ber Cae|sar! But |(alas)
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Caesar | must bleed | for it.| And gent|le
friends,
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Let's^kill | him bold|ly, but / not wrath|fully:
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Let's^carve | him, as | a dish | fit for | the
gods,
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Not^hew | him as | a car|cass fit | for hounds:
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And let | our hearts,| as sub|tle mast|ers do,
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Stir^up | their serv|ants to | an act | of rage,
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And aft|er seem | to chide |'em. This | shall
make
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Our pur|pose nec|essary,| and not | envious.
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Which^so | appear|ing to | the com|mon eyes,
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We shall | be called | purgers,| not murd/erers.
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And for / Mark An|tony,| think^not | of him:
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For he | can do | no more | than Cae|sar's arm,
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When Cae|sar's head | is off.
CASSIUS
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Yet I | fear him,
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2->
For in | the ingraft|ed love | he bears | to
Cae||sar.
BRUTUS
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Alas,| good Cas|sius, do | not think | of him:
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If he / love Cae|sar, all | that he | can do
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Is to himself; take thought, and die for Caesar,
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And that | were much | he should:| for he | is given
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To sports,| to wild|ness, and / much comp|any.
TREBONIUS
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There is | no fear | in him;| let^him / not die,
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For he | will live,| and laugh | at this |
hereaf||ter.
[Clock strikes]
BRUTUS
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Peace,| count the | clock.
CASSIUS
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The | clock hath | stricken || three.
TREBONIUS
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'Tis | time to | part.
CASSIUS
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But*| it is doubt|ful yet,
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Whether | Caesar will | come forth today,| or
no:
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For he | is sup|ersti|tious grown | of late,
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Quite from | the main | opin|ion he / held once,
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Of fant|asy,| of dreams,| and cer|emon||ies:
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It | may be,| these appar|ent prod|igies,
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The un|accust|omed ter|ror of | this night,
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And the | persua|sion of | his aug|urers,
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May* hold | him from | the cap|itol | today.
DECIUS BRUTUS
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Never | fear that:| if he | be so | resolved,
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I can | oresway | him: for | he loves | to hear,
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That un|icorns | may be | betrayed | with trees,
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And bears | with glas|ses, el|ephants | with
holes,
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Lions | with toils,| and men | with
flat|terers.
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But, when | I tell | him, he / hates flat|terers,
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He says,| he does;| being / then most |
flattered.
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Let me | work: \\
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For I | can give | his hum|or the / true bent;
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And I | will bring | him to | the Cap|itol.
CASSIUS
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Nay, we will | all of | us, be | there to | fetch
him.
BRUTUS
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By the / eighth hour,| is that | the ut|termost?
CINNA
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Be that | the ut|termost,| and fail not then.
METELLUS CIMBER
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Caius | Ligar|ius doth | bear* Cae|sar hard,
, ,
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Who rat|ed him | for speak|ing well | of
Pom||pey;
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I | wonder | none of | you have | thought of him.
BRUTUS
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Now good | Metel|lus go | along | by him:
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He loves | me well,| and I | have given | him
reas||ons,
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Send | him but hith|er, and | I'll fash|ion him.
CASSIUS
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The morn|ing comes | upon us:
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We'll leave | you Brutus,
,
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And friends | disperse | yourselves;| but all* re|member
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What you have | said, and | show your|selves true Romans.
??
BRUTUS
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Good gent/lemen,| look fresh | and mer|rily,
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Let^not | our looks | put^on | our pur|poses,
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But bear | it as | our Rom|an ac|tors do,
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With un|tired spir/its and | formal |
constan||cy,
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And | so good*| morrow | to you eve|ry one.
[Exeunt all but BRUTUS]
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Boy:| Lucius:| Fast a|sleep? It is | no* matter,
??
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Enjoy | the hon|ey-hea|vy dew | of slum||ber:
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Thou | hast no fig|ures, nor | no fant|asies,
,
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, ,
Which bu|sy care | draws, in | the brains | of
men;
,
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Therefore | thou sleepst | so sound.
[Enter PORTIA]
PORTIA
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Brutus,| my lord.
BRUTUS
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Portia:| what mean | you? Where|fore rise | you
now?
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It is | not for | your health,| thus to | commit
,
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, ,
Your weak | condi|tion, to the / raw cold |
morning.
PORTIA
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Nor for | yours neith/er. You've^|ungent|ly
Brutus
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Stole from | my bed:| and yest|ernight | at
supper
, ,
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You sud|denly | arose,| and walked | about,
, ,
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Musing,| and sigh|ing, with | your arms |
across:
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And when | I asked | you what | the mat|ter was,
,
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You stared | upon | me, with / ungent|le looks.
, ,
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I urged | you furth|er, then | you scratched |
your head,
,
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And too | impa|tiently | stamped with | your
foot:
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Yet I | insist|ed, yet | you ans|wered not,
, ,
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But with | an ang|ry waf|ture of | your hand
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Gave sign / for me | to leave | you: so | I did,
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Fearing | to strength|en that | impa|tience
, , , ,
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Which^seemed | too* much | enkind|led; and |
withal,
, ,
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Hoping | it was | but an ef|fect of | humor,
,
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Which some|time hath | his hour | with eve|ry
man.
,
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It will | not^let | you eat,| nor talk,| nor
sleep;
, ,
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And could | it work | so much | upon | your shape,
, 2 , ,
, ,
As it hath | much pre|vailed on | your
con|dition,
, ,
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I should | not^know | you Brut|us. Dear | my lord,
,
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, ,
Make me | acquaint|ed with | your cause | of
grief.
BRUTUS
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I am / not well | in health,| and that | is all.
PORTIA
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Brutus | is wise,| and were | he not | in health,
,
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He would | embrace | the means | to come | by it.
BRUTUS
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Why so | I do:| Good* Por|tia go | to bed.
PORTIA
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Is Brut|us sick?| And is | it phys|ical
, ,
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To walk | unbraced,| and suck | up the | humors
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Of the / dank morn|ing? What,| is Brut|us sick?
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And will | he steal | out of | his whole|some bed
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To dare | the vile | contag|ion of | the night?
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And tempt | the rheu|my, and / unpurg|ed air,
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To add | unto | his sick|ness? No | my Brutus,
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You have | some sick | offense | within | your
mind,
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Which by | the right | and vir|tue of | my place
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I ought | to know | of: and | upon | my knees,
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I charm | you, by | my once-|commend|ed beau||ty,
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By | all your vows | of love,| and that / great
vow
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Which did | incor|porate | and make | us one,
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That you | unfold | to me,| yourself;| your half
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Why you | are hea|vy: and | what men | tonight
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Have had | to resort | to you:| for here | have
been
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Some six | or seven,| who did | hide their |
faces
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Even from | darkness.
BRUTUS
T T Tx ,
Kneel not gentle | Portia.
PORTIA
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I should | not need,| if you were | gentle | Brutus.
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Within | the bond | of mar|riage, tell | me
Brutus,
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Is it ex|cepted,| I should | know no | secrets
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That ap|pertain | to you?| Am I | yourself,
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But as it | were in | sort, or | limi|tation?
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To keep | with you | at meals,| comfort | your bed,
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And talk | to you some|times? Dwell / I but in
the | suburbs
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Of your / good pleas|ure? If | it be | no more,
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Portia | is Brut|us' harl|ot, not | his wife.
BRUTUS
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You are | my true | and hon|ora|ble wife,
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As dear | to me | as are | the rud|dy drops
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That vis|it my / sad heart. \\
PORTIA
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If this were | true, then | should I | know this
| secret.
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I grant | I am | a wom|an; but | withal,
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A wom|an that / Lord Brut|us took | to wife:
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I grant | I am | a wom|an; but | withal,
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A wom|an well-|reput|ed: Ca|to's daugh||ter.
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Think | you, I | am no strong|er than | my sex
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Being | so fath|ered, and | so hus|banded?
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Tell me your | counsels,| I will | not dis|close
'em:
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I have / made strong | proof of | my con|stancy,
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Giving | myself | a vol|unta|ry wound
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Here, in | the thigh:| can I bear | that with | patience,
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And not | my hus|band's sec|rets?
BRUTUS
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O | ye gods!
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Render | me worth|y of | this nob|le wife.
[Knocking within]
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Hark, hark, one^knocks:| Portia | go in | awhile;
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And by | and by | thy bos|om shall | partake
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The | secrets | of my | heart.|
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All my | engage|ments I | will construe | to
thee,
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All the | charact|ery | of my / sad brows:
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Leave me | with haste.| Lucius,| who's that
| knocks.
[Exit PORTIA. Enter LUCIUS with LIGARIUS]
LUCIUS
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Here is | a sick | man that | would speak | with
you.
BRUTUS
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Caius Li|garius,| that Me|tellus | spake of.
T T . T
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Boy, stand aside.| Caius | Ligar|ius, how?
LIGARIUS
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Vouchsafe | good mor|row from | a feeb|le tongue.
BRUTUS
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O what a | time have you | chose out brave |
Caius
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To wear | a kerch|ief? Would | you were / not
sick.
LIGARIUS
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I am / not sick,| if Brut|us have | in hand
, T T T
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Any | exploit worth|y the name | of honor.
BRUTUS
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Such an exploit | have I in | hand Li|garius,
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Had you | a health|ful ear | to hear | of it.
LIGARIUS
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By all | the gods | that Rom|ans bow | before,
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I here | discard | my sick|ness. Soul | of Rome,
T T .
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Brave son, derived | from hon|ora|ble loins,
T T . T , ,
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Thou like an ex|orcist,| hast con|jured^up
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My mort|ified | spirit.| Now* bid | me run,
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And I | will strive | with things | impos|sible,
T T . T , ,
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Yea get the bet|ter of | them. What's | to do?
BRUTUS
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A piece | of work,
2 , T
T T
That will make | sick men
whole.
LIGARIUS
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But are / not some | whole, that we | must make sick?
BRUTUS
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That must | we al|so. What | it is | my Caius,
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I shall | unfold | to thee,| as we are | going,
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To whom | it must | be done.
LIGARIUS
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Set on | your foot,
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T T T
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And with a | heart new-fired,| I fol|low you,
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To do | I know | not what:| but it suf|ficeth
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That Brut|us leads | me on.
BRUTUS
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Follow | me then.
[Exeunt]