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Julius Caesar

Act IV, Scene 2

Camp near Sardis. Before BRUTUS's tent.
 
[Drum. Enter BRUTUS, LUCILIUS, LUCIUS, and Soldiers; TITINIUS and PINDARUS meeting them]
 
BRUTUS
        T    T
      Stand ho.
 
LUCILIUS
                 T          ,     ,         ___
               Give | the word | ho, and | stand.
 
BRUTUS
            ,       ,    ,       ,         ,
      What now | Lucil|ius,| is Cas|sius near?
 
LUCILIUS
          ,        ,     ,       ,           ,
      He is | at hand,| and Pin|darus | is come
          ,        ,    ,        ,         ,      2->
      To do | you sal|uta|tion from | his mas||ter.
 
BRUTUS
            ,          ,      ,   ,           ,
      He greets | me well.| Your mas/ter Pin|darus
                ,     ,      ,       ,   ,
      In his / own change,| or by | ill of/ficers,
            ,      ,         ,        ,          ,
      Hath giv|en me | some worth|y cause | to wish
               ,     T  T    T      2    ,        ,
      Things^done,| undone: but | if he be | at hand
          ,         ,      ,
      I shall | be sat|isfied.
 
PINDARUS
                                 ,         ,
                              I do | not doubt
            ,        ,      ,        ,        ,
      But that | my nob|le mast|er will | appear
            ,       ,     ,    2     ,          ,
      Such^as | he is,| full of re|gard, and | honor.
 
BRUTUS
        2    ,      ,           ,       ,    ,
      He is not | doubted.| A word | Lucil|ius
       ,            ,           ,        ,        ,
      How he | received | you: let | me be | resolved.
 
LUCILIUS
             ,     ,         ,        ,        ,
      With court|esy,| and with | respect | enough,
           ,           ,       ,       ,      ,
      But not | with such | famil|iar inst|ances,
            ,           ,           ,       ,      ,
      Nor with | such free | and friend|ly conf|erence
          ,          ,        ,
      As he | hath used | of old.
 
BRUTUS
                                   ,              ,
                                 Thou hast | described
      .  T     T      T         x      ,      ,  2
      A hot friend, cool|ing: ever | note Lu|cilius,
             ,        ,         ,      ,       ,
      When love | begins | to sick|en and | decay
          ,       2      ,    ,    ,    o   
      It use|th an en/forced cer|emo|ny.     ??
             ,           ,          ,          ,        ,
      There are | no* tricks,| in plain | and simp|le faith:
           ,       ,          ,       ,         ,
      But hol|low men,| like hors|es hot | at hand,
            ,         ,         ,        ,            x
      Make gal|lant show,| and prom|ise of | their mettle:
            ,            ,         ,          ,       ,
      But when | they should | endure | the bloo|dy spur,
             ,             ,           ,        ,        ,
      They fall | their crests,| and like | deceit|ful jades
        ,             ,       ,          ,      ,
      Sink in | the trial.| Comes his | army | on?
 
LUCILIUS
      <-          ,           ,         ,        ,        ,
        They || mean this | night in | Sardis | to be | quartered:
            ,        ,          ,         ,    ,
      The great|er part,| the horse | in gen|eral
            ,          ,
      Are come | with Cas|sius.
 
BRUTUS
                                 ,        ,       ,
                               Hark,| he is | arrived:
March gently on to meet him.
 
[Low march within. Enter CASSIUS and his powers]
 
CASSIUS
Stand ho.
 
BRUTUS
Stand ho, speak the word along.
 
FIRST SOLDIER
Stand.
 
SECOND SOLDIER
Stand.
 
THIRD SOLDIER
Stand.
 
CASSIUS
            ,      ,         ,           ,         ,
      Most^nob|le broth|er, you | have done | me wrong.
 
BRUTUS
        ,              ,          ,         ,    ,
      Judge me | you gods;| wrong^I | mine^en|emies?
           ,        ,    ,        2      ,        ,
      And if | not so,| how should I | wrong a | brother.
 
CASSIUS
          x           ,        ,         T      T      T
      Brutus, this | sober | form of | yours, hides wrongs,
            ,         ,
      And when | you do | them--
 
BRUTUS
                                 ,         ,        ,
                                Cas|sius, be | content.
        ,             ,     ,               ,          ,
      Speak your | griefs soft/ly, I | do know | you well.
          ,          ,         ,         ,        ,
      Before | the eyes | of both | our arm|ies here
                ,          ,      ,              ,          ,
      (Which should | perceive | nothing | but love | from us)
       T   .  T    T        ,           ,      ,
      Let us not wrang|le. bid | them move | away:
        ,            ,     ,            ,             ,
      Then in | my tent | Cassius | enlarge | your griefs,
          ,          ,         ,     ,
      And I | will give | you aud|ience.
 
CASSIUS
                                             x
                                        Pindarus,
       ,             ,        ,            ,       ,
      Bid our | command|ers lead | their charg|es off
         ,        ,            ,
      A lit|tle from | this ground.  \\
 
BRUTUS
          ,  2    ,      2      ,     .   T   T  T
      Lucil|ius, do | you the like,| and let no man  ??
        ,    2        ,           ,          ,         ,    2
      Come to our | tent, till | we have | done our | conference.
           ,       ,       ,   2    ,           ,
      Let Lu|cius and | Titin|ius guard | our door.
 
[Exeunt]

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