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Another part of the same street, before the house of BRUTUS.
[Enter PORTIA and LUCIUS]
PORTIA
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I prith|ee boy,| run to | the sen|ate house,
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Stay not to ans|wer me,| but get | thee gone.
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Why dost | thou stay?
LUCIUS
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To know | my er|rand madam.
PORTIA
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I would | have had | thee there | and here | again
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Ere I | can tell | thee what | thou shouldst | do there:
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O const|ancy,| be strong | upon | my side,
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Set a / huge mount|ain 'tween | my heart | and
tongue:
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I have | a man's | mind, but | a wom|an's might:
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How hard | it is | for wom|en to keep | counsel.
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Art thou | here yet?
LUCIUS
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Madam,| what should | I do?
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Run to | the cap|itol,| and noth|ing else?
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And so | return | to you,| and noth|ing else?
PORTIA
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Yes, bring me word | boy, if | thy lord | look^well,
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For he | went sick|ly forth:| and take | good^note
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What Cae|sar doth,| what suit|ors press | to him.
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Hark | boy,| what noise | is that?|
LUCIUS
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I hear* / none, mad|am.
PORTIA
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Prith|ee list|en well:
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I heard | a bust|ling rum|or like | a fray,
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And the / wind brings | it from | the cap|itol.
LUCIUS
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Sooth mad/am, I | hear | nothing.|
[Enter the Soothsayer]
PORTIA
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Come hith|er fel|low, which | way hast | thou
been?
SOOTHSAYER
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At mine own | house, good* | lady.
PORTIA
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What is it | o'clock?
SOOTHSAYER
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About | the ninth | hour | lady.|
PORTIA
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Is Cae|sar yet | gone to | the cap|itol?
SOOTHSAYER
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Madam not yet,| I go | to take | my stand,
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To see | him pass | on to | the cap|itol.
PORTIA
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Thou hast | some suit | to Cae|sar, hast | thou not?
SOOTHSAYER
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That I | have la/dy, if it | will please | Caesar
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To be | so good | to Cae|sar, as to / hear me:
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I shall | beseech | him to | befriend | himself.
PORTIA
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Why knowst | thou any | harms in|tended | towards him?
SOOTHSAYER
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None that | I know | will be,
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Much that | I fear | may chance: (tri with prev)
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Good mor/row to you:| Here the | street is
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The throng | that fol|lows Cae|sar at | the heels,
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Of sen|ators,| of praet|ors, com|mon suit||ors,
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Will crowd | a feeb|le man |(almost) | to death:
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I'll get | me to | a place more void,| and there
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Speak to | great Cae/sar as | he comes along.
[Exit]
PORTIA
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I must | go in:
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Aye* me!| how weak | a thing
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The heart | of wom|an is.| O | Brutus,
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The heav|ens speed | thee in | thine^ent|erprise.
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Sure the boy heard | me: Brut|us hath | a suit
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That Cae|sar will / not grant.| O, I | grow*
faint:
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Run Luc/ius, and | commend | me to | my lord,
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Say I | am mer|ry; come | to me | again,
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And bring | me word | what he | doth say | to thee.
[Exeunt severally]