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Julius Caesar

Act III, Scene 1

Rome. Before the Capitol; the Senate sitting above.
 
[A crowd of people; among them ARTEMIDORUS and the Soothsayer. Flourish. Enter CAESAR, BRUTUS, CASSIUS, CASCA, DECIUS BRUTUS, METELLUS CIMBER, TREBONIUS, CINNA, ANTONY, LEPIDUS, POPILIUS, PUBLIUS, and others]
 
CAESAR
            ,         ,           ,
      The ides | of March | are come.
 
SOOTHSAYER
       ,   ,                   ,
      Aye Cae/sar, but | not^gone. (tri with prev)
 
ARTEMIDORUS
             ,         ,           ,
      Hail* Cae|sar: read | this sched|ule.  \\
 
DECIUS BRUTUS
          ,   2    ,        ,              ,   ,
      Trebon|ius doth | desire | you to / oreread
                   ,    ,         ,         ,        ,
      (At your / best leis|ure) this | his hum|ble suit.
 
ARTEMIDORUS
         ,               ,    ,           ,          ,
      O Cae|sar, read^/mine first:| for mine's | a suit
             ,       ,        ,        ,      2       ,      2->
      That touch|es Cae|sar near|er. Read | it great^Cae||sar.
 
CAESAR
             ,       ,        ,                 ,     ,
      What touch|es us | ourself,| shall be / last served.
 
ARTEMIDORUS
         ,         ,         ,        ,       ,
      Delay | not^Cae|sar, read | it inst|antly.
 
CAESAR
        ,             ,       ,
      What, is | the fel|low mad?
 
PUBLIUS
                                   ,              ,
                                  Sirrah,| give place.
 
CASSIUS
               ,          ,       ,        ,          ,
      What*, urge | you your | peti|tions in | the street?
        ,            ,    ,
      Come to | the cap|itol.  \\
 
[CAESAR goes up to the Senate-House, the rest following]
 
POPILIUS
          ,          ,      ,        ,           ,
      I wish | your ent|erprise | today | may thrive.
 
CASSIUS
            ,      ,        ,   2
      What ent|erprise | Popil|ius?
 
POPILIUS
                                      ,          ,
                                    Fare | you well.
 
BRUTUS
        T    T   T  ,  2     ,     oo
      What said Po|pilius | Lena?|
 
CASSIUS
            ,        ,         ,      ,              ,
      He wished | today | our ent|erprise | might^thrive:
          ,         ,        ,       ,     ,
      I fear | our pur|pose is | discov|ered.
 
BRUTUS
        ,     2       ,         ,         ,
      Look how he | makes to | Caesar:| mark him.
 
CASSIUS
      <- ,           ,        ,         ,        ,     ,
        Casca || be sud|den, for | we fear | prevent|ion.
       ,              ,          ,         ,         ,
      Brutus | what^shall | be done?| If this | be known,
       ,            ,       ,               ,    ,
      Cassius | or Cae|sar nev|er shall / turn back,
          ,          ,        ,
      For I | will slay | myself.
 
BRUTUS
                                  ,     2      ,
                                 Cassius be | constant:
         ,   2   ,       ,      ,    2       ,   2
      Popil|ius Len|a speaks | not of our | purposes,
            ,          ,          ,        ,           ,
      For look | he smiles,| and Cae|sar doth | not change.
 
CASSIUS
          ,   2    ,           ,          ,         ,      ->
      Trebon|ius knows | his time:| for look | you Brut||tus
             ,     ,     ,       ,      2     ,
      He / draws Mark | Anto|ny out | of the way.
 
[Exeunt ANTONY and TREBONIUS]
 
DECIUS BRUTUS
        ,           ,       ,        ,         ,
      Where is | Metel|lus Cim|ber, Let | him go,
           ,       ,       ,          ,        ,       ->
      And pres|ently | prefer | his suit | to Cae||sar.
 
BRUTUS
       ,     2     ,        T     T    .   T       ,
      He | is addressed:| press near, and sec|ond him.
 
CINNA
       ,       ,              ,            ,            ,
      Casca,| you are | the first | that rears | your hand.
 
CAESAR
                ,   ,        ,        ,       ,
      Are we / all rea|dy? What | is now | amiss,
            ,       ,         ,        ,        ,
      That Cae|sar and | his sen|ate must | redress?
 
METELLUS CIMBER
             ,      ,    ,         2        ,         ,
      Most^high,| most migh/ty, and most^|puissant | Caesar
         ,       ,         ,         ,          ,
      Metel|lus Cim|ber throws | before | thy seat
         ,        ,
      A hum|ble heart.
 
CAESAR
                       ,     2      ,          ,
                       I must^pre|vent thee | Cimber:
              ,         ,           ,       ,      ,
      These couch|ings and | these low|ly court|esies
        T     T   .    T         ,    ,     ,
      Might fire the blood | of ord|inar|y men,
            ,         ,     ,           ,         ,
      And turn | pre-ord|inance,| and first | decree,
       ,          ,         ,         ,         ,
      Into | the law | of child|ren. Be | not fond,
           ,           ,        ,           ,       ,
      To think | that Cae|sar bears | such reb|el blood
             ,          ,                  ,   ,     ,
      That will | be thawed | from the / true qual|ity
             ,            ,        ,         ,             ,
      With that | which melt|eth fools,| I mean | sweet* words,
       T     T      T        2      ,      ,       ,
      Low-crooked court|sies, and base | spaniel-|fawning:  ??
            ,       ,       ,        ,     ,
      Thy broth|er by | decree | is ban|ished:
           ,           ,          ,          ,         ,
      If thou | dost bend,| and pray | and fawn | for him,
          ,            ,       ,     ,           ,
      I spurn | thee like | a cur | out of | my way;
       __     ,         T   T    T      ,              ,   ->
      Know,| Caesar | doth not wrong,| nor with||out cause
            ,       ,      ,    oo
      Will he | be sat|isfied.|
 
METELLUS CIMBER
           ,           ,            ,       ,        ,
      Is there | no* voice | more worth|y than | my own,
           ,             ,             ,    ,         ,
      To sound | more* sweet|ly in / great Cae|sar's ear,
       ,     2    ,         ,       ,          ,
      For the re|pealing | of my | banished | brother?
 
BRUTUS
          ,          ,         ,         ,   2    ,      2->
      I kiss | thy hand,| but not | in flat|tery Cae||sar:
         ,        ,          ,   2    ,       ,
      Desir|ing thee,| that Pub|lius Cim|ber may
        ,    2    ,  2       ,        ,      ,
      Have an im|mediate | freedom | of re|peal.
 
CAESAR
      <-         ,
        What || Brutus?
 
CASSIUS
                        ,        ,        ,        ,
                       Pardon | Caesar:| Caesar | pardon:
          ,        ,         ,          ,         ,
      As low | as to | thy foot | doth Cas|sius fall,
          ,        ,    ,              ,   2    ,       ->
      To beg | enfran|chisement | for Pub|lius Cim||ber.
 
CASSIUS
      ,                ,    ,        ,       2    ,
      I | could be / well moved,| if I | were as you,
         ,           ,         ,       ,              ,
      If I | could pray | to move,| prayers would | move me:
          ,       ,         ,         ,         ,
      But I | am const|ant as | the north|ern star,
       .   T     T    T           ,        ,    ,
      Of whose true-fixed,| and rest|ing qual|ity,
             ,       ,       ,         ,     ,
      There is | no fel|low in | the firm|ament.
            ,           ,              , ,           ,
      The skies | are paint|ed with / unnum|bered sparks,
                  ,    ,         ,      ,           ,
      They are / all fire,| and eve|ry one | doth shine:
       ,                  ,        ,           ,          ,
      But, there's*| but one | in all | doth^hold | his place.
       ,             ,           ,           ,          ,
      So, in | the world;| 'tis furn|ished well | with men,
           ,          ,           ,          ,     ,        ->
      And men | are flesh | and blood,| and ap|prehens||ive;
       ,      2     ,       ,        ,         ,
      Yet | in the num|ber, I | do know | but one
            ,     ,    ,      ,              ,
      That un|assail|able | holds on | his rank,
           ,         ,        ,         ,       ,
      Unshaked | of mo|tion: and | that I | am he,
       ,          ,        ,          x         ,
      Let me | a lit|tle show | it, even | in this:
        ,   2       ,          ,          ,         ,
      That I was | constant | Cimber | should be | banished,
            ,        ,       ,         ,         ,
      And const|ant do | remain | to keep | him so.
 
CINNA
         ,
      O Cae|sar.
 
CAESAR
                  ,            ,          ,        x
                Hence:| wilt thou | lift up | Olympus?
 
DECIUS BRUTUS
             ,
      Great^Cae|sar.
 
CAESAR
                        ,          ,       ,         ,
                      Doth | not Brut|us boot|less kneel?
 
CASCA
        ,     ,
      Speak hands / for me.  \\
 
[CASCA first, then the other Conspirators and BRUTUS stab CAESAR]
 
CAESAR
          ,       ,          ,     ,       oo
      Et tu | Brute?| Then fall | Caesar.|
 
[Dies]
 
CINNA
       ,          ,        ,     ,        ,
      Liber|ty, free|dom; tyr|anny | is dead.
            ,          ,      ,          ,           ,
      Run hence,| proclaim,| cry it | about | the streets.
 
CASSIUS
        ,            ,       ,               ,   ,
      Some to | the com|mon pul|pits, and / cry out
       ,          ,        ,        ,    ,
      Liber|ty, free|dom, and | enfran|chisement.
 
BRUTUS
       ,            ,    2     ,      2    ,
      People | and sen|ators, be | not affright|ed:
      <- ,      T     T     T        ,          ,         ,
        Fly || not, stand still:| ambi|tion's debt | is paid.
 
CASCA
       ,   2       ,        ,
      Go to the | pulpit | Brutus.
 
DECIUS BRUTUS
                                        ,        ,
                                   And Cas|sius too.
 
BRUTUS
               ,     ,
      Where's^Pub|lius?  \\
 
CINNA
       __      ,         ,         ,          ,  2
      Here,| quite con|founded | with this | mutiny.
 
METELLUS CIMBER
        T     T   . T         ,            ,         ,        2->
      Stand fast togeth|er, lest | some friend | of Cae||sar's
                ,
      Should chance--
 
BRUTUS
                        T   T   .   T         ,   3  3       ,
                      Talk not of stand|ing. Pub|lius good cheer,
                  ,   ,       ,     2     ,     ,
      There is / no harm | intend|ed to your | person,
       ,    2      ,        ,          ,          ,
      Nor to no | Roman | else: so | tell them | Publius.
 
CASSIUS
            ,         ,     ,     ,      2       ,
      And leave | us Pub|lius,| lest that the | people
        ,    2      ,            ,         ,          ,
      Rushing on | us, should | do your | age some | mischief.
 
BRUTUS
       ,           ,         ,       ,           ,
      Do so,| and let | no* man | abide | this deed,
           ,        ,
      But we | the do|ers.
 
[Enter TREBONIUS]
 
CASSIUS
                            ,         ,    ,
                          Where | is Ant|ony?
 
TREBONIUS
        ,             ,        ,
      Fled to | his house | amazed:  \\
       T     T     .    T          ,          ,         ,
      Men, wives, and child|ren, stare,| cry^out,| and run,
       ,             ,   ___
      As it | were dooms|day.  \\
 
BRUTUS
        ,                ,           ,
      Fates, we | will know | your pleas|ures:   \\
        ,              ,         ,          ,          ,
      That we | shall die | we know,| 'tis but | the time
            ,        ,     ,           T    T   . T
      And draw|ing days | out, that | men stand upon.
 
CASSIUS
           ,          ,          ,       ,          ,
      Why he | that cuts | off^twen|ty years | of life,
            ,        ,      ,         ,        ,
     Cuts^off | so ma|ny years | of fear|ing death.
 
BRUTUS
        ,     ,                    ,        ,    ,
      Grant that,/ and then | is death | a ben|efit:
          ,        ,           ,             ,        ,
      So are | we Cae|sar's friends,| that have | abridged
            ,         ,        ,       T     Tx      T
      His time | of fear|ing death.| Stoop Romans, stoop,
           ,         ,           ,         ,          ,
      And let | us bathe | our hands | in Cae|sar's blood
       ,           ,   ,             ,            ,
      Up to | the el|bows, and | besmear | our swords:
             ,         ,     ,        2      ,      ,
      Then walk | we forth,| even | to the mark|etplace,
           ,             ,   ,        ,          ,
      And wav|ing our / red weap|ons ore | our heads,
             ,           ,       ,            ,     ,
      Let's^all | cry* Peace,| freedom,| and lib|erty.
 
CASSIUS
        ,                ,         ,    ,       ,
      Stoop then,| and wash.| How ma|ny ag|es hence
              ,         ,       ,         ,       x
      Shall this | our lof|ty scene | be act|ed over,
            ,         ,         ,        ,        ,
      In states | unborn,| and ac|cents yet | unknown?
 
BRUTUS
           ,      ,            ,        ,          ,
      How ma|ny times | shall Cae|sar bleed | in sport,
            ,        ,         ,       ,       ,
      That now | on Pom|pey's bas|is lies | along,
           ,    2    ,           ,
      No worth|ier than | the dust?
 
CASSIUS
                                        ,         ,            , ->
                                    So oft | as that || shall be,
           x          2      ,        ,         ,
      So often | shall the knot | of us | be called,
           ,           ,            ,       ,     ,
      The men | that gave | their count|ry lib|erty.
 
DECIUS BRUTUS
        ,                ,
      What, shall | we forth?
 
CASSIUS
                               ,           ,      ,
                              Aye, eve|ry man | away.
       ,               ,         ,          ,           ,
      Brutus | shall lead,| and we | will grace | his heels
                   ,   ,                ,     ,          ,
      With the / most bold|est, and / best hearts | of Rome.
 
[Enter a Servant]
 
BRUTUS
        ,           ,               ,         ,     ,
      Soft, who | comes here?| A friend | of Ant|ony's.
 
SERVANT
             ,      ,         ,      ,         ,
      Thus Brut|us did | my mast|er bid | me kneel;
        ,         ,    ,         ,              ,
      Thus did | Mark Ant/ony | bid me | fall down,
           ,       ,            ,         ,        ,
      And be|ing prost|rate*, thus | he bade | me say:
       ,    2      ,        ,    ,    2          ,
      Brutus is | noble,| wise, val/iant, and | honest;
       ,    2        ,        ,    ,             ,
      Caesar was | mighty,| bold, roy/al, and | loving:
       ,         ,    ,               ,      ,
      Say, I | love Brut/us, and | I hon|or him;
                   ,    ,        ,      2      ,      ,
      Say*, I / feared Cae|sar, hon|ored him, and | loved him.
           ,              ,    ,          ,    ,
      If Brut|us will / vouchsafe,| that Ant|ony
            ,       ,        ,         ,        ,
      May safe|ly come | to him,| and be | resolved
           ,        ,         ,         ,         ,
      How Cae|sar hath | deserved | to lie | in death,
            ,    ,          ,          ,        ,
      Mark^Ant|ony,| shall not | love^Cae|sar dead
           ,         ,      ,        ,          ,      2->
      So well | as Brut|us liv|ing; but | will fol||low
           ,         ,        ,         ,        x
      The for|tunes and | affairs | of nob|le Brutus,
         ,           ,                   ,  ,      ,
      Through the | hazards | of this / untrod | state.
      <-         T    T    T      ,     2      ,        ,  2
        With || all true faith.| So says my | master | Antony.  ??
 
BRUTUS
            ,      ,       ,         ,    2          o ->
      Thy mast|er is | a wise | and val|iant Ro||man,
         ,        ,            ,     oo
      I nev|er thought | him worse:|
        ,              ,           ,       ,          ,
      Tell him,| so please | him come | unto | this place
           ,         ,      ,         ,        x
      He shall | be sat|isfied:| and by | my honor
          ,         ,
      Depart | untouched.
 
SERVANT
                                 ,          ,       ,
                          I'll fetch | him pres|ently.
 
[Exit]
 
BRUTUS
          ,          ,           ,          ,          ,
      I know | that we | shall have | him well | to friend.
 
CASSIUS
          ,        ,         ,         ,       ,
      I wish | we may:| but yet | have I | a mind
             ,           ,         ,       ,        ,
      That fears | him much:| and my | misgiv|ing still
        ,     ,                 ,
      Falls shrewd/ly to | the pur|pose.  \\
 
BRUTUS
            ,            ,   ,
      But here | comes^Ant|ony:
       ,              ,    ,
      Welcome | Mark^Ant|ony.  (tri with prev)
 
ANTONY
          ,      ,         ,          ,        ,
      O migh|ty Cae|sar! Dost | thou lie | so low?
           ,         ,     T      Tx      T            ,
      Are all | thy con|quests, glories, tri|umphs, spoils,  ??
         ,              ,       ,          ,           ,
      Shrunk to | this lit|tle meas|ure? Fare | thee well.
          ,         ,      ,          ,        ,
      I know | not gent|lemen | what you | intend,
            ,          ,         ,           ,         ,
      Who else | must be | let^blood,| who else | is rank:
         ,       ,           ,        ,        ,
      If I | myself,| there is | no hour | so fit
          ,          ,       ,             ,       ,
      As Cae|sar's death | hour; nor | no inst|rument
           ,           ,          ,            ,             ,
      Of half | that worth,| as those | your swords;| made^rich
                   ,   ,       ,         ,           ,
      With the / most nob|le blood | of all | this world.
         ,       ,          ,         ,         ,
      I do | beseech | ye, if | you bear | me hard,
       ,                  ,         ,          ,          ,
      Now, whilst | your pur|pled hands | do reek | and smoke,
          ,           ,          ,        ,         ,
      Fulfil | your pleas|ure. Live | a thous|and years,
          ,           ,        ,        ,        ,
      I shall | not find | myself | so apt | to die.
           ,             ,         ,        ,         ,
      No place | will please | me so,| no mean | of death,
           ,        ,         ,       ,         ,
      As here | by Cae|sar, and | by you | cut^off,
             ,           ,       ,       ,         ,
      The choice | and mast|er spir|its of | this age.
 
BRUTUS
         ,    ,        ,           ,         ,
      O Ant|ony!| Beg^not | your death | of us:
              ,         ,        ,      ,            ,
      Though now | we must | appear | bloody | and cruel,
          ,         ,           ,         ,        ,
      As by | our hands,| and this | our pres|ent act
           ,        ,        ,         ,          ,
      You see | we do:| yet see | you but | our hands,
            ,          ,        ,          ,           ,
      And this,| the bleed|ing bus|iness they | have done:
             ,          ,     ,               ,    ,
      Our hearts | you see | not, they | are pit|iful:
           ,     ,         ,        ,          ,
      And pi|ty to | the gene|ral wrong | of Rome,
       .   T     T    T      ,         ,      ,
      As fire drives out | fire, so | pity,| pity
             ,           ,        ,               ,    ,
      Hath done | this deed | on Cae|sar. For / your part,
          ,           ,             x        ,          ,  2
      To you,| our swords | have leaden | points Mark^|Antony:
            ,           ,          ,        ,           ,
      Our arms | in strength | of mal|ice, and | our hearts
           ,          ,       ,       ,          ,
      Of broth|ers' temp|er, do | receive | you in,
            ,      T    T     T       ,             ,   2
      With all | kind love, good | thoughts, and | reverence.
 
CASSIUS
             ,            ,         ,         ,     ,
      Your voice | shall be | as strong | as an|y man's,
       ,           ,            ,   ,      ,
      In the | dispos|ing of / new dig|nities.
 
BRUTUS
       ,         ,         ,         ,         ,
      Only | be pa|tient till | we have | appeased
           ,      ,        ,           ,            ,
      The mult|itude,| beside | themselves | with fear,
            ,         ,       ,      ,          ,
      And then,| we will | deliv|er you | the cause,
          ,       2      ,     ,         ,         ,
      Why I,| that did love | Caesar | when I | struck him,
             ,        ,      2
      Have thus | proceed|ed.
 
ANTONY
                                  ,      ,    2        ,
                              I doubt | not of your | wisdom:
            ,     ,    ,                ,       ,
      Let each | man rend/er me | his bloo|dy hand.
              ,       ,       ,        ,           ,
      First^Marc|us Brut|us will | I shake | with you;
            ,      ,        ,       ,           ,
      Next^Cai|us Cas|sius do | I take | your hand;
           ,       ,        ,           ,        ,       ->
      Now Dec|ius Brut|us yours;| now yours | Metel||lus;
        ,      ,         2    ,    2   ,        ,
      Yours | Cinna;| and my val|iant Cas|ca, yours;
               ,          ,          ,      ,       2     ,
      Though last,| not^least | in love,| yours good Tre|bonius.
       ,          ,      ,      ,             ,
      Gentle|men all:| alas,| what shall | I say,
          ,       ,       ,               ,   2      ,
      My cred|it now | stands on | such^slip|pery ground,
            ,        ,     ,    ,       2           ,
      That one | of two | bad ways / you must con|ceit me,
       ,          ,        ,       ,     ,
      Either | a cow|ard, or | a flat|terer.
           ,         ,          ,       ,         ,
      That I | did love | thee Cae|sar, O |'tis true:
           ,         ,        ,      ,        ,
      If then | thy spir|it look | upon | us now,
                  ,     ,           ,        ,          ,
      Shall it / not grieve | thee dear|er than | thy death,
          ,         ,    ,    ,             ,
      To see | thy Ant|ony | making | his peace,
       ,              ,       ,       ,         ,
      Shaking | the bloo|dy fing|ers of | thy foes?
            ,       ,        ,         ,         ,
      Most nob|le, in | the pres|ence of | thy corse,
          ,       ,      ,         ,            ,
      Had I | as ma|ny eyes,| as thou | hast wounds,
       ,             ,                 ,     ,           ,
      Weeping | as fast | as they / stream forth | thy blood,
           ,         ,        ,         ,         ,
      It would | become | me bet|ter, than | to close
           ,           ,         ,            ,    ,
      In terms | of friend|ship with | thine^en|emies.
       ,    2      ,  2       ,      2         T     T     T
      Pardon me | Julius, | Here wast thou | bayed brave hart,
        ,                 ,          ,         ,         ,
      Here didst | thou fall,| and here | thy hunt|ers stand
         ,              ,           ,         ,         ,
      Signed in | thy spoil,| and crims|oned in | thy lethe.
          ,            ,         ,       ,          ,
      O world!| Thou wast | the for|est to | this hart,
            ,        ,        ,           ,          ,
      And this | indeed,| O world,| the heart | of thee.
            ,        ,      ,     2      ,       ,
      How like | a deer,| stricken by | many | princes,
             ,      T   T
      Dost thou | here lie?
 
CASSIUS
                              T     ,   __
                            Mark | Anto|ny.
 
ANTONY
       ,            ,      ,
      Pardon | me, Cai|us Cas|sius:   \\
           ,    ,        ,                ,    ,
      The en|emies | of Cae|sar, shall / say this:
        ,             ,               ,   ,     ,
      Then, in | a friend,| it is / cold mod|esty.
 
CASSIUS
          ,          ,          ,        ,       ,
      I blame | you not | for prais|ing Cae|sar so,
            ,     ,          ,             ,          ,
      But what | compact | mean you | to have | with us?
            ,          ,          ,       ,          ,
      Will you | be pricked | in num|ber of | our friends,
           ,         ,        ,        ,        ,
      Or shall | we on,| and not | depend | on you?
 
ANTONY
             ,        ,           ,          ,        ,
      Therefore | I took | your hands,| but was | indeed
         ,       2        ,           ,         ,        ,
      Swayed from the | point, by | looking | down on | Caesar.
         ,             ,         ,          ,         ,
      Friends am | I with | you all,| and love | you all,
        ,           ,          ,            ,         ,      ->
      Upon | this hope,| that you | shall give | me reas||ons,
       ,       2      ,    ,            ,      ,
      Why,| and wherein,| Caesar | was dang|erous.
 
BRUTUS
           ,           ,       ,        ,     ,
      Or else | were this | a sav|age spect|acle:
           ,        ,         ,         ,        ,
      Our reas|ons are | so full | of good | regard,
          2      ,     ,    ,         ,        ,
      That were you,| Anto|ny, the | son of | Caesar,
             ,         ,      ,
      You should | be sat|isfied.
 
ANTONY
                                         ,        ,
                                 That's^all | I seek,
           ,       ,       ,        ,       ,
      And am | moreov|er suit|or, that | I may
           ,         ,     ,        ,       ,
      Produce | his bo|dy to | the mark|etplace,
           ,        ,       ,       ,          ,
      And in | the pul|pit as | becomes | a friend,
        ,             ,      ,        ,    ,
      Speak in | the ord|er of | his fun|eral.
 
BRUTUS
            ,           ,  2
      You shall | Mark^Ant|ony.
 
CASSIUS
                                   x         ,          ,
                                Brutus,| a word | with you:
            ,          ,         ,       ,         ,
      You know | not what | you do;| do not | consent
            ,    ,     ,             ,    ,
      That Ant|ony | speak in | his fun|eral:
        ,              ,         ,       ,         ,
      Know you | how much | the peo|ple may | be moved
           ,           ,          x
      By that | which he | will utter.
 
BRUTUS
                                         ,         ,
                                        By your | pardon:
      ,            ,       ,        ,        ,
      I will | myself | into | the pul|pit first,
            ,         ,       ,        ,          ,
      And show | the reas|on of | our Cae|sar's death.
            ,    ,           ,     ,             ,
      What Ant|ony | shall speak,| I will | protest
            ,          ,          ,       ,     ,
      He speaks | by leave,| and by | permis|sion:
            ,        ,         ,      ,        ,
      And that | we are | content|ed Cae|sar shall
            ,      T    T     .   T       ,    ,       ->
      Have all | true rites, and law|ful cer|emon||ies,
       ,        2   ,         ,          ,        ,
      It | shall advant|age more,| than do | us wrong.
 
CASSIUS
          ,          ,          ,        ,        ,
      I know | not what | may fall,| I like | it not.
 
BRUTUS
            ,    ,          ,         ,         ,    ->
      Mark^Ant|ony,| here take | you Cae|sar's bo||dy:
       ,           ,      2      ,   2      ,       ,
      You | shall not | in your fun|eral speech | blame us,
            ,           ,     ,     2     ,        ,
      But speak | all good | you can de|vise of | Caesar,
           ,         ,       ,    ,       ,
      And say | you do | it by | our per|mission:
        ,               ,         ,      ,        ,
      Else shall | you not | have an|y hand | at all
         ,         ,    ,         ,            ,
      About | his fun|eral.| And you | shall speak
        2      ,     ,         ,       ,       ,
      In the same | pulpit | whereto | I am | going,
       ,            ,         ,
      After | my speech | is end|ed.
 
ANTONY
                                    ,       ,
                                   Be | it so.
         ,       ,         ,
      I do | desire | no more.  \\
 
BRUTUS
           ,         ,      ,         ,       ,
      Prepare | the bo|dy then,| and fol|low us.
 
[Exeunt all but ANTONY]
 
ANTONY
          ,      ,          ,         ,          ,
      O pard|on me,| thou bleed|ing piece | of earth:
        ,   2       ,         ,         ,           ,
      That I am | meek and | gentle | with these | butchers.
        ,             ,      ,        ,        ,
      Thou art | the ru|ins of | the nob|lest man
            ,     ,      ,         ,         ,
      That ev|er liv|ed in | the tide | of times.
       ,             ,           ,           ,       ,
      Woe to | the hand | that shed | this cost|ly blood.
      ,             ,          ,       ,     ,
      Over | thy wounds,| now do | I proph|esy,
               ,            ,         ,           ,      ,
      (Which^like | dumb^mouths | do ope | their ru|by lips,
          ,          ,          ,    2     ,         ,
      To beg | the voice | and ut|terance of | my tongue)
          ,             ,       ,          ,         ,
      A curse | shall light | upon | the limbs | of men;
         ,       ,              ,    ,        ,
      Domes|tic fu|ry, and / fierce civ|il strife,
             ,       ,          ,        ,    ,
      Shall cum|ber all | the parts | of It|aly:
        ,              ,         ,         ,       ,
      Blood and | destruc|tion shall | be so | in use,
            ,        ,        ,      ,    ,
      And dread|ful ob|jects so | famil|iar,
            ,         ,           ,            ,        ,
      That moth|ers shall | but smile,| when they | behold
             ,         ,          ,          ,         ,
      Their in|fants quart|ered with | the hands | of war:
           ,       ,           ,             ,    ,
      All pi|ty choked | with cust|om of / fell deeds:
           ,         ,        ,       ,        ,
      And Cae|sar's spir|it rang|ing for | revenge,
           ,     ,         ,          ,           ,
      With A|te by | his side,| come hot | from hell,
             ,          ,    ,              ,           ,
      Shall in | these con|fines, with | a mon|arch's voice,
       ,   ,                  ,          ,        ,
      Cry hav/oc, and | let^slip | the dogs | of war,
                    ,    ,            ,        ,          ,
      That this / foul deed,| shall smell | above | the earth
            ,    2   ,      ,             ,    ,
      With car|rion men,| groaning | for bur|ial.
            ,        ,   2   ,        ,        ,
      You serve | Octav|ius Cae|sar, do | you not?
 
[Enter a Servant]
 
SERVANT
         ,         ,    ,
      I do | Mark^Ant|ony.  \\
 
ANTONY
       ,             ,          ,         ,         ,
      Caesar | did write | for him | to come | to Rome.
 
SERVANT
          ,        ,            x       ,        ,
      He did | receive | his letters,| and is | coming,
           ,        ,        ,         ,         ,
      And bid | me say | to you | by word | of mouth--
         ,       o
      O Cae|sar!     \\
 
[Seeing the body]
 
ANTONY
            ,         ,     ,            ,          ,
      Thy heart | is big:| get thee | apart | and weep:
       ,           ,         ,         ,           ,
      Passion | I see | is catch|ing from | mine^eyes,
       ,               ,         ,        ,          ,
      Seeing | those beads | of sor|row stand | in thine,
         ,        ,       ,        ,       ,       2->
      Began | to wat|er. Is | thy mast|er com||ing?
 
SERVANT
           ,        ,                x      ,           ,
      He lies | tonight | within / seven leagues | of Rome.
 
ANTONY
             ,           ,
      Post^back | with speed,
                                    ,          ,            ,
                              And tell | him what | hath chanced:
        ,           ,         ,       ,    2      ,
      Here is | a mourn|ing Rome,| a dang|erous Rome,
           ,         ,      ,       ,   2   ,
      No Rome | of safe|ty for | Octav|ius yet,
            ,           ,         ,         ,       ,
      Hie hence,| and tell | him so.| Yet stay | awhile,
             ,           ,         ,          ,            ,
      Thou shalt | not back,| till I | have borne | this corse
       ,          ,       ,       ,              ,
      Into | the mark|etplace:| there shall | I try
          ,     ,        ,         ,        ,
      In my | ora|tion, how | the peo|ple take
           ,      ,      ,           ,      ,
      The cru|el is|sue of | these bloo|dy men,
          ,       ,         ,            ,          ,
      Accord|ing to | the which,| thou shalt | discourse
           ,        ,   2    ,         ,           ,
      To young | Octav|ius, of | the state | of things.
        ,              ,
      Lend me | your hand.    \\
 
[Exeunt with CAESAR's body]

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