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Julius Caesar

Act II, Scene 1

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

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