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Julius Caesar

Act IV, Scene 3

Brutus's tent.
 
[Enter BRUTUS and CASSIUS]
 
CASSIUS
            ,            ,            ,        ,         ,
      That you | have wronged | me, doth | appear | in this:
       ,      2       ,           ,       ,        ,
      You have con|demned, and | noted | Lucius | Pella
           ,         ,       ,             ,    ,
      For tak|ing bribes | here of | the Sard|ians;
            ,       ,          ,       ,         ,
      Wherein | my let|ters, pray|ing on | his side,
          ,         ,         ,           ,        ,
      Because | I knew | the man | were slight|ed off.
 
BRUTUS
             ,            ,         ,          ,        ,
      You wronged | yourself | to write | in such | a case.
 
CASSIUS
           ,        ,         ,             ,    ,
      In such | a time | as this,| it is / not meet
           ,        ,        ,              ,         ,        ->
      That ev|ery nice | offense | should bear | his com||ment.
 
BRUTUS
       ,         ,          ,         ,          ,
      Let | me tell | you, Cas|sius, you | yourself,
            ,         ,           ,         ,        ,
      Are much | condemned | to have | an itch|ing palm,
           ,          ,          ,    ,          ,
      To sell,| and mart | your of|fices | for gold
          ,    ,
      To un|deserv|ers.
 
CASSIUS
                       ,       ,         ,
                       I,| an itch|ing palm?
            ,          ,         ,               ,      ,
      You know | that you | are Brut|us that / speaks this,
          ,         ,            ,            ,           ,
      Or by | the gods,| this speech | were else | your last.
 
BRUTUS
            ,        ,          x       ,       ,
      The name | of Cas|sius honors | this cor|ruption,  ??
            ,    ,               ,          ,          ,
      And chas|tisement | doth^there|fore hide | his head.
 
CASSIUS
            ,
      Chastise|ment?  \\
 
BRUTUS
         ,        ,           ,         ,        ,       o
      Remem|ber March,| the ides | of March | remem|ber:
           ,      ,    ,          ,          ,         __
      Did not | great Jul/ius | bleed for | justice'| sake?  (hex with prev)
            ,          ,           ,       ,          ,
      What vil|lain touched | his bo|dy, that | did stab,
           ,         ,          ,           ,        ,
      And not | for just|ice? What?| Shall one | of us,
              ,      .    T   T   T        ,           ,
      That struck | the foremost man | of all | this^world,
       ,            ,        ,          ,         ,
      But for | suppor|ting rob|bers: shall | we now,
          ,     ,         ,                 ,     ,
      Contam|inate | our fing|ers, with / base bribes?
            ,          ,       ,       2      ,      ,
      And sell | the migh|ty space | of our large | honors
           ,          ,         ,         ,        ,
      For so | much trash,| as may | be grasp|ed thus?
       2     ,       ,      ,         ,          ,
      I had rath|er be | a dog,| and bay | the moon,
             ,       ,
      Than such | a Rom|an.
 
CASSIUS
                              ,        ,          ,
                            Brut|us, bait | not* me,
            ,        ,         ,        ,          ,
      I'll not | endure | it: you | forget | yourself
           ,         ,   ,         ,         ,
      To hedge | me in.| I am | a sol|dier, aye,
       ,           ,         ,       ,          ,
      Older | in prac|tice, ab|ler than | yourself
           ,        ,      2
      To make | condi|tions.
 
BRUTUS
                                ,      2     ,     ,
                            Go to:| you are not | Cassius.
 
CASSIUS
         ,
      I am.
 
BRUTUS
           ,        ,        ___   oo
           I say | you are | not.|
 
CASSIUS
        ,            ,    ,             ,        ,
      Urge me | no more,| I shall | forget | myself:
             ,      ,            ,       ,     2      ,
      Have mind | upon | your health:| tempt me no | farther.
 
BRUTUS
        ,       T    T
      Away | slight man.
 
CASSIUS
                           Tx     ,     ,
                         Is it | pos|sible?
 
BRUTUS
        T   T   T    T   T    T     oo
      Hear me, for | I will speak.|
           ,         ,          ,      2       ,     ,
      Must^I | give way,| and room | to your rash | choler?
            ,        ,          ,       ,          ,
      Shall I | be fright|ed, when | a mad|man* stares?
 
CASSIUS
      ,        ,          ,          2    ,           ,
      O ye | gods, ye | gods, must^|I endure | all* this?
 
BRUTUS
             ,           ,      ,      2         T     T     T
      All* this?| Aye* more:| fret till your | proud heart break.
           ,            ,           ,    ,         ,
      Go show | your slaves | how chol|eric | you are,
            ,           ,        ,         ,        ,
      And make | your bond|men trem|ble. Must | I budge?
        ,          ,            ,        ,            ,
      Must I | observe | you? Must | I stand | and crouch
       ,            ,      ,       ,         ,
      Under | your tes|ty hum|or? By | the gods,
            ,         ,         ,      ,           ,
      You shall | digest | the ven|om of | your spleen
              ,        ,           ,           ,           ,
      Though^it | do split | you. For,| from this | day* forth,
            ,         ,         ,      ,     2       ,
      I'll use | you for | my mirth,| yea for my | laughter,
        ,              ,
      When you | are wasp|ish.
 
CASSIUS
                                ,        ,         ,
                               Is | it come | to this?
 
BRUTUS
           ,         ,       ,       ,        o
      You say,| you are | a bet|ter sol|dier:
       ,           ,          ,           ,         ,
      Let it | appear | so; make | your vaunt|ing true,
           ,            ,          ,               ,    ,
      And it | shall please | me well.| for mine^/own part,
          ,          ,         ,         ,      ,
      I shall | be glad | to learn | of nob|le men.
 
CASSIUS
            ,         ,      ,
      You wrong | me eve|ry way:
                                       ,           x
                                 You wrong | me Brutus:
          ,        ,      ,         ,         x
      I said,| an eld|er sol|dier, not | a better.
          ,          x
      Did^I | say better?
 
BRUTUS
                           ,        ,         ,
                          If you | did, I | care not*.
 
CASSIUS
            ,        ,          ,           ,           ,        ->
      When Cae|sar lived,| he durst | not thus | have moved || me.
 
BRUTUS
        ,       ,            ,          ,         ,     2
      Peace,| peace, you | durst not | so have | tempted him.
 
CASSIUS
          ,
      I durst | not.
 
BRUTUS
                      ,
                     No.
 
CASSIUS
                           T     T    T      ,
                         What? Durst not | tempt him?
 
BRUTUS
       T    T    T     T    T    T    oo
      For your life | you durst not.|
 
CASSIUS
          ,         ,          ,      ,         ,
      Do not | presume | too much | upon | my love,
         ,         ,        ,         ,      ,
      I may | do that | I shall | be sor|ry for.
 
BRUTUS
            ,      T    T   T          2    ,      ,
      You have | done that you | should be sor|ry for.
             ,       ,       ,        ,           ,
      There is | no ter|ror Cas|sius in | your threats:
          ,        ,           ,         ,    ,
      For I | am armed | so strong | in hon|esty,
             ,          ,        ,       ,       ,
      That they | pass^by | me, as | the id|le wind,
            ,       ,      ,             ,        ,
      Which I | respect | not. I | did send | to you
           ,         ,         ,      ,      2     ,
      For cert|ain sums | of gold,| which you de|nied me,
          ,         ,          ,            ,    ,
      For I | can raise | no* mon|ey by / vile means:
          ,       ,        ,        ,         ,
      By heav|en, I | had rath|er coin | my heart,
            ,         ,           ,          ,         ,
      And drop | my blood | for drach|mas, than | to wring
                   ,    ,         ,                   ,    ,
      From the / hard hands | of peas|ants, their / vile trash
         ,     ,    ,        ,         ,
      By an|y in|direc|tion: I | did send
          ,          ,        ,        ,
      To you | for gold | to pay | my leg|ions,
      <-  ,       ,       ,        ,           ,          ,
        Which || you de|nied me:| was that | done like | Cassius?
             ,         ,         ,      ,        ,
      Should I | have ans|wered Cai|us Cas|sius so?
            ,       ,        ,         ,     ,
      When Marc|us Brut|us grows | so cov|etous,
           ,          ,        ,         ,           ,
      To lock | such ras|cal count|ers from | his friends,
          ,       ,          ,           ,       ,
      Be rea|dy gods | with all | your thund|erbolts,
        ,            ,
      Dash him | to pie|ces.
 
CASSIUS
                             ,       ,         ,
                             I | denied | you not.
 
BRUTUS
           ,
      You did.
 
CASSIUS
                  ,     ,             ,        ,
               I did | not. he | was but | a fool
              ,        ,       ,     ,           ,        ,
      That brought my answer back. Brutus hath rived my heart:  ????
           ,              ,           ,           ,     ,
      A friend | should bear | his friend's | infirm|ities;
           ,        ,            ,        ,          ,
      But Brut|us makes | mine great|er than | they are.
 
BRUTUS
      ,       ,                ,         ,        ,
      I do | not, till | you prac|tice them | on me.
 
CASSIUS
            ,        ,
      You love | me not.
 
BRUTUS
                           ,         ,            ,
                        I do | not like | your faults.
 
CASSIUS
          ,        ,           ,      ,            ,
      A friend|ly eye | could nev|er see | such^faults.
 
BRUTUS
          ,      ,            ,       T     T   T        , ->
      A flat|terer's | would not,| though they do || appear
           ,         ,      ,       o
      As huge | as high | Olym|pus.
 
CASSIUS
        ,   ,              ,        ,  2     ,
      Come Ant/ony,| and young | Octav|ius come,
          ,            ,        ,        ,     ,
      Revenge | yourselves | alone | on Cas|sius,
           ,        ,      ,     ,         ,
      For Cas|sius is | awea|ry of | the world;
       ,          ,         ,       ,      2       ,
      Hated | by one | he loves,| braved by his | brother,
         T      T  .   T        ,           ,          ,
      Checked like a bond|man, all | his faults | observed,
       ,    2      T    T      T             ,          ,
      Set in a | note-book, learned,| and conned | by rote
           ,       ,        ,       ,           ,
      To cast | into | my teeth.| O^I | could weep
           ,       ,           ,      ,     2      ,
      My spir|it from | mine^eyes.| There is my | dagger,
            ,        ,       ,          ,        ,
      And here | my nak|ed breast:| within,| a heart
        ,             ,        ,     ,              ,
      Dearer | than Plut|us' mine,| richer | than gold:
           ,          ,      ,        ,         ,
      If that | thou be | a Rom|an, take | it forth.
      ,            ,           ,           ,         ,
      I that | denied | thee gold,| will give | my heart:
         ,               ,         ,        ,        ,
      Strike as | thou didst | at Cae|sar: for | I know,
             ,            ,          ,             ,             x
      When thou | didst hate | him worst,| thou lovedst | him better
             x            ,       ,
      Than ever | thou lovedst | Cassius.
 
BRUTUS
                                            ,            ,
                                         Sheathe your | dagger:
          ,       ,          ,         ,            ,
      Be ang|ry when | you will,| it shall | have scope:
       ,     2        ,        ,        ,         ,
      Do what you | will, dis|honor,| shall be | humor.
         ,         ,         ,       ,        ,
      O Cas|sius, you | are yok|ed with | a lamb
            ,        ,                 ,     ,     ,
      That car|ries ang|er as the // flint bears fire;
            ,        ,        ,        ,        ,
      Who much | enforc|ed, shows | a has|ty spark,
              ,           ,       ,
      And straight | is cold | again.
 
CASSIUS
                                            ,         ,
                                      Hath Cas|sius lived
          ,         ,           ,        ,          x
      To be | but mirth | and laugh|ter to | his Brutus,
             ,           ,          ,          ,       ,
      When grief | and blood | ill-temp|ered, vex|eth him?
 
BRUTUS
                 ,     ,    ,            ,         ,
      When I / spoke that,| I was | ill-temp|ered too.
 
CASSIUS
          ,         ,         ,      ,              ,
      Do you | confess | so much?| Give me | your hand.
 
BRUTUS
                 ,    ,
      And my / heart too.
 
CASSIUS
                             ,
                          O Brut|us!
 
BRUTUS
                                       ,            x
                                    What's | the matter?
 
CASSIUS
            ,          ,       ,          ,          ,
      Have not | you love | enough | to bear | with me,
          2       ,     ,        ,          ,        ,
      When that rash | humor | which my | mother | gave me
        ,          ,
      Makes me forgetful?
 
BRUTUS
                           ,   ,                  ,    ,
                          Yes Cassius, and from henceforth,  ????
        ,     2      ,      ,          ,          , 
      When you are | over-|earnest | with your | Brutus,
              ,           ,         ,           ,          ,
      He'll think | your moth|er chides,| and leave | you so.

[Enter a POET]
 
POET
       ,           ,       ,         ,     ,
      Let me | go in | to see | the gen|erals,
             ,           ,         ,           ,          ,
      There is | some grudge | between |'em, 'tis | not meet
            ,      ,
      They be | alone.
 
LUCILIUS
                            ,           ,         ,
                      You shall | not come | to them.
 
POET
       ,     2        ,             ,
      Nothing but | death shall | stay me.
  
CASSIUS
                                                  ,          2       x
                                            How* now?| What's the matter?
 
POET
            ,          ,     ,          ,         ,
      For shame | you gen|erals;| what do | you mean?
        ,              ,          ,          ,            ,
      Love and | be friends,| as two | such men | should be,
          ,          ,           ,           ,          ,
      For I | have seen | more years | I'm sure | than ye.
 
CASSIUS
            ,         ,       ,          ,        ,
      Ha*, ha,| how vile|ly doth | this cyn|ic rhyme?
 
BRUTUS
       T   T    T      ,        ,       ,          ,  ->
      Get you hence | sirrah:| saucy | fellow,|| hence.
 
CASSIUS
        ,                ,         ,          ,
      Bear / with him | Brutus;| 'tis his | fashion.
 
BRUTUS
             ,         ,        ,         ,           ,
      I'll know | his hum|or, when | he knows | his time:
              ,           ,     ,               ,         ,
      What should | the wars | do with | these jig|ging fools?
          ,         ,
      Compan|ion, hence.
 
CASSIUS
                           ,      ,         ,
                         Away,| away | be gone.
 
[Exit POET]
 
BRUTUS
         ,   2   ,       ,   2   ,       2    ,       2->
      Lucil|ius and | Titin|ius bid | the command||ers
           ,         ,             ,     ,        ,
      Prepare | to lodge | their comp|anies | tonight.
 
CASSIUS
            ,           ,           ,         ,      ,        2->
      And come | yourselves,| and bring | Messa|la with || you
         ,   3  3    x
      immed|iately to us.
 
[Exeunt LUCILIUS and TITINIUS]
 
BRUTUS
                             ,           ,         ,
                            Lucius,| a bowl | of wine.
 
[Exit LUCIUS]
 
CASSIUS
         ,          ,           ,            ,        ,     2->
      I did | not think | you could | have been | so an||gry.
 
BRUTUS
          ,        ,        ,        ,       ,
      O* Cas|sius, I | am sick | of ma|ny griefs.
 
CASSIUS
           ,        ,    ,          ,        ,
      Of your | philos|ophy | you make | no use,
          ,      T    T    .  T     ,       x
      If you | give place to ac|cident|al evils.
 
BRUTUS
          ,      T     Tx     Tx      ,            ,
      No man | bears sorrow better.| Portia | is dead.
 
CASSIUS
      __    ,
      Ha?| Portia?
 
BRUTUS
                    ,        __    oo
                   She is | dead.|
 
CASSIUS
             ,         ,        ,         ,           ,
      How scaped | I kill|ing when | I crossed | you so?
         ,     ,     ,          ,         ,
      O in|support|able,| and touch|ing loss!
        ,           ,
      Upon | what sick|ness?
 
BRUTUS
                              , ,         2      ,
                             Impa/tient of my | absence,
            ,            ,        ,   2           ,   ,   3  3->
      And grief,| that young | Octav|ius with / Mark An||tony
            ,            ,           ,           ,          ,
      Have made | themselves | so strong:| for with | her death
            ,         ,           ,          ,         ,
      That tid|ings came.| With this | she fell | distract,
       ,            ,         ,         ,          ,
      And (her | attend|ants ab|sent) swal|lowed fire.
 
CASSIUS
            ,       3
      And died | so?
 
BRUTUS
                      3    ,
                     Even so.
 
CASSIUS
                              ,         ,        ,
                              O ye | immort|al gods!
 
[Enter LUCIUS with wine and taper]
 
BRUTUS
        ,          ,    2        ,           ,         ,
      Speak no | more of her:| Give me | a bowl | of wine,
           ,       ,     ,        ,        ,       2->
      In this | I bu|ry all | unkind|ness Cas||sius.
 
CASSIUS
           ,           ,      ,          ,        ,
      My heart | is thirst|y for | that nob|le pledge.
        ,   ,                    ,         ,          ,
      Fill Lu/cius, till | the wine | oreswell | the cup:
         ,        ,           ,        ,         ,
      I can|not drink | too much | of Brut|us' love.
 
[Exit LUCIUS. Enter TITINIUS, with MESSALA]
 
BRUTUS
            ,       ,  2
      Come^in | Titin|ius:  \\
       ,          ,       ,
      Welcome | good Mes|sala:  \\
           ,         ,        ,          ,       ,
      Now sit | we close | about | this tap|er here,
            ,         ,        ,       ,      ,
      And call | in ques|tion our | neces|sities.
 
CASSIUS
       ,        ,           ,
      Portia,| art thou | gone?
 
BRUTUS
                                       ,        ,
                                No | more I | pray you.
          ,     ,          ,         ,      ,
      Messa|la, I | have here | received | letters,
             ,        ,   2   ,          ,    ,
      That young | Octav|ius and | Mark^Ant|ony
              ,      ,         ,        ,       x
      Come* down | upon | us with | a migh|ty power,
       ,     2         ,    ,          ,        ,
      Bending their | expe|dition | toward Phi|lippi.
 
MESSALA
          ,          ,         2        ,   ,     ,
      Myself | have let|ters of the / selfsame | tenor.
 
BRUTUS
             ,       ,
      With what | addi|tion?  \\
 
MESSALA
            ,      ,              ,       ,  ,
      That by proscription, and bills of outlawry,  ????
         ,  2     ,    ,        ,    ,
      Octav|ius, Ant|ony,| and Lep|idus
            ,         ,        ,        ,     ,
      Have put | to death | a hund|red sen|ators.
 
BRUTUS
            ,        ,        ,         ,       ,
      Therein | our let|ters do | not well | agree:
        T    T    .   x       ,     ,           ,
      Mine speak of seven|ty sen|ators,| that died
           ,          ,           ,   2   ,      ,
      By their | proscrip|tions, Cic|ero be|ing one.
 
CASSIUS
       ,       ,
      Cice|ro^one?
 
MESSALA
      <- ,    ,        ,           T   T   T      ,        ,      ,
        Cice|ro is | dead, and || by that ord|er of | proscrip|tion.
       ,              ,         ,           ,         ,
      Had you | your let|ters from | your wife,| my lord?
 
BRUTUS
       ,      ,
      No Mes|sala.  \\
 
MESSALA
           ,        ,         ,         ,        ,
      Nor noth|ing in | your let|ters writ | of her?
 
BRUTUS
       ,            ,
      Nothing | Messa|la.  \\
 
MESSALA
        ,        ,          ___
      That me|thinks is | strange.
 
BRUTUS
                                    T   T   T
                                   Why ask you?
        ,          ,         ,          T
      Hear you | aught of | her, in | yours?
 
MESSALA
                                              T  .   T
                                             No my lord.
 
BRUTUS
           ,        ,       ,       ,         ,
      Now as | you are | a Rom|an tell | me true.
 
MESSALA
             ,       ,        ,          ,         ,
      Then like | a Rom|an, bear | the truth | I tell,
           ,        ,         ,       2      ,       ,
      For cert|ain she | is dead,| and by strange | manner.
 
BRUTUS
         2       ,     ,        ,         ,       ,
      Why *farewell | Portia:| we must | die Mes|sala:  ??
            ,    ,     2      ,      T   T    T
      With med|itat|ing that she | must die once,
          ,         ,    ,            ,        ,
      I have | the pa|tience to | endure | it now.
 
MESSALA
        2   ,     T    T     T      ,             2    ,
      Even so | great men, great | losses | should endure.
 
CASSIUS
          ,         ,         ,        ,        ,
      I have | as much | of this | in art | as you,
           ,        ,        ,           ,        ,
      But yet | my na|ture could | not bear | it so.
 
BRUTUS
        ,              ,       ,      ,             ,
      Well, to | our work | alive.| What do | you think
          ,         ,       ,      ,       ,
      Of march|ing to | Philip|pi pres|ently.
 
CASSIUS
         ,         ,          ,
      I do | not think | it good.
 
BRUTUS
                                          ,
                                    Your reas|on?
 
CASSIUS
                                                   ,         , ->
                                                 This || it is:
              x         2     ,   ,         ,
      'Tis better | that the en|emy | seek^us,
       ,              ,           ,      ,   2       ,
      So shall | he waste | his means,| weary his | soldiers,
       ,   2      ,       ,              T   Tx    T
      Doing him|self of|fense, whilst | we lying still,
            ,         ,        ,          ,       ,
      Are full | of rest,| defense,| and nim|bleness.
 
BRUTUS
            ,         ,         ,            ,           x
      Good^reas|ons must | of force | give place | to better:
           ,         ,         ,              ,     ,
      The peo|ple 'twixt | Philip|pi, and / this ground
           ,          ,        ,        ,     ,
      Do stand | but^in | a forced | affec|tion:
            ,            ,          ,      ,    ,
      For they | have grudged | us con|tribu|tion.
           ,   ,    ,            ,         ,
      The en|emy,| marching | along | by them,
       ,                ,       ,       ,       ,
      By them | shall make | a ful|ler num|ber up,
            ,        ,       ,   ,         2     ,
      Come^on | refreshed,| new ad/ded, and en|couraged:
             ,        ,         ,         ,         ,
      From which | advant|age shall | we cut | him off,
          ,       ,      ,        ,          ,
      If at | Philip|pi we | do face | him there,
             ,       ,         ,
      These peo|ple at | our back.
 
CASSIUS
                                     ,    2        ,
                                   Hear me good | brother.
 
BRUTUS
       ,            ,        ,           ,        ,
      Under | your pard|on. You | must^note | beside,
            ,          ,          ,   ,              ,
      That we | have tried | the ut|most of | our friends:
           ,               ,    ,          ,          ,
      Our leg|ions are / brim-full,| our cause | is ripe,
          ,    ,        ,       ,      ,
      The en|emy | increas|eth eve|ry day,
       ,             ,          ,      ,       ,
      We at | the height,| are rea|dy to | decline.
             ,       ,     ,           ,         ,
      There is | a tide | in the | affairs | of men,
        ,    ,       2        ,            ,       ,
      Which tak/en at the | flood, leads^|on to | fortune:
        ,        ,         ,       ,           ,
      Omit|ted, all | the voy|age of | their life,
           ,          ,         ,        ,     ,
      Is bound | in shal|lows, and | in mis|eries.
           ,        ,     ,            ,       ,
      On such | a full | sea are | we now | afloat.
           ,          ,         ,         ,          ,
      And we | must take | the cur|rent when | it serves,
           ,         ,
      Or lose | our vent|ures.  \\
 
CASSIUS
             ,           ,        ,     ,       ,
      Then with | your will | go on:| we'll a|long
      <-        ,            ,          ,      ,      oo
        Our||selves, and | meet them | at Phi|lippi.|
 
BRUTUS
            ,         ,          ,       ,          ,
      The deep | of night | is crept | upon | our talk,
           ,        ,      ,       ,     ,
      And na|ture must | obey | neces|sity,
             ,         ,         ,       ,        ,
      Which we | will nig|gard with | a lit|tle rest:
             ,        ,        ,
      There is | no more | to say.
 
CASSIUS
                                        ,           ,
                                   No more,| Good^night,
       ,         ,        ,         ,          ,
      Early | tomor|row will | we rise,| and hence.
 
BRUTUS
       ,            ,          ,      ,       ,
      Lucius | my gown:| Farewell | good Mes|sala:
             ,         ,  2    ,       ,      ,        2->
      Good night | Titin|ius: nob|le, nob|le Cas||sius,    ??
             ,           ,        ,
      Good night,| and good | repose.
 
CASSIUS
                                       2     ,     ,
                                      O my dear | brother:
        ,            ,       ,        ,         ,
      This was | an ill | begin|ning of | the night:
       ,        ,            ,         ,           ,
      Never | come such | divis|ion 'tween | our souls:
                ,   ,
      Let it / not Brut|us.
 
BRUTUS
                            ,      ,          ,
                           Eve|rything | is well.
 
CASSIUS
             ,          ,
      Good night | my lord.
 
BRUTUS
                                  ,           ,       2
                           Good night | good broth|er.
 
TITINIUS MESSALA
                                                              ,            ,     ->
                                                       Good night || Lord^Brut|us.
 
BRUTUS
        ,    ,   ,          oo
      Fare|well ev/eryone.|
 
[Exeunt all but BRUTUS. Enter LUCIUS, with the gown]
        ,             ,      ,             ,       ,
      Give me | the gown.| Where is | thy inst|rument?
 
LUCIUS
        ,             ,
      Here in | the tent.
 
BRUTUS
                           ,             ,      ,
                         What, thou | speakst drows/ily?
              ,         ,           ,          ,           ,
      Poor* knave | I blame | thee not,| thou art | ore-watched.
        ,    ,            2     ,       ,       ,
      Call Claud/ius,| and some^oth|er of | my men,
             ,           ,          ,        ,        ,
      I'll have | them sleep | on cush|ions in | my tent.
 
LUCIUS
       ,            ,     ,
      Varro,| and Claud|ius.
 
[Enter VARRO and CLAUDIUS]
 
VARRO
                              ,         __
                            Calls my | lord?
 
BRUTUS
          ,          ,     ,            ,          ,
      I pray | you sirs,| lie in | my tent | and sleep,
          ,       ,           ,          ,        ,
      It may | be I | shall raise | you by | and by
          ,         ,       ,        ,     ,
      On bus|iness to | my broth|er Cas|sius.
 
VARRO
            ,           ,           , 
      So please | you, we | will stand,
                                             ,            ,       2->
                                       And watch | your pleas||ure.
 
BRUTUS
                ,      x      T   T    T            ,
      I will / not have it | so: lie down | good* sirs,
          ,       ,          ,      ,        ,        ->
      It may | be I | shall oth|erwise | bethink || me.
        ,     ,             2      ,         ,          ,
      Look | Lucius,| here's the book | I sought | for so:
         ,        ,         ,      ,        ,
      I put | it in | the pock|et of | my gown.
 
[VARRO and CLAUDIUS lie down]
 
LUCIUS
       2      ,           ,        ,          ,        ,
      I was sure | your lord|ship did | not give | it me.
 
BRUTUS
        ,    ,               ,    2       ,       ,
      Bear with / me good | boy, I am | much for|getful.
        ,                ,        ,       ,       ,
      Canst thou | hold^up | thy hea|vy eyes | awhile,
            ,           ,      ,         ,         ,
      And touch | thy inst|rument | a strain | or two.
 
LUCIUS
       ,         ,      2        ,
      Aye my | lord, and it | please you.
 
BRUTUS
                                              ,        ,
                                         It does | my boy:
            x       ,          ,           ,         ,
      I trouble | thee too | much, but | thou art | willing.
 
LUCIUS
          ,       ,     ,
      It is | my du|ty sir.  \\
 
BRUTUS
           ,           ,         ,      ,          ,
      I should | not urge | thy du|ty past | thy might,
          ,      T      T     T       2    ,         ,
      I know | young bloods look | for a time | of rest.
 
LUCIUS
      ,          ,          ,      ,      oo
      I have | slept my | lord al|ready.|
 
BRUTUS
                 ,    ,          ,            ,        ,
      It was / well done,| and thou | shalt sleep | again:
          ,          ,           ,       ,        ,
      I will | not hold | thee long.| If I | do live,
          ,         ,         ,
      I will | be good | to thee.    \\
 
[Music, and a song]
        ,    2      ,        ,        ,   2        ,
      This is a | sleepy | tune: O | murderous | slumber!
        ,               ,        ,      ,        ,
      Layst thou | thy lead|en mace | upon | my boy,
             ,           ,       ,        ,            ,
      That plays | thee mus|ic? gent|le knave | good night:
       2      ,     ,         ,          ,          ,
      I will not | do thee | so much | wrong to | wake thee:
           ,          ,            ,           ,       ,
      If thou | dost nod,| thou breakst | thy inst|rument,
             ,         ,           ,          ,           ,
      I'll take | it from | thee, and |(good boy)| good night.
         2    ,       2    ,        ,     .    T     T     T
      Let me see,| let me see;| is not | the leaf turned down
                  ,    ,         ,        ,       ,
      Where I / left read|ing? Here | it is | I think.
 
[Enter the Ghost of CAESAR]
           ,          ,       ,      ,          ,
      How ill | this tap|er burns.| Ha! Who | comes here?
          ,         ,         ,        ,          ,
      I think | it is | the weak|ness of | mine^eyes
              ,           ,          ,    ,    ,
      That shapes | this monst|rous ap|pari|tion.
           ,       ,         ,         ,     ,
      It comes | upon | me: Art | thou an|ything?
            ,          ,          ,       ,          x
      Art thou | some god,| some ang|el, or | some devil,
             ,          ,       ,              ,         ,
      That makst | my blood | cold, and | my hair | to stare?
        ,              ,          ,
      Speak to | me, what | thou art.   \\
 
GHOST
           ,       x      ,
      Thy ev|il spirit | Brutus.
 
BRUTUS
                                 T    T     T
                                Why comst thou?
 
GHOST
           ,           ,           ,        ,       ,      ->
      To tell | thee thou | shalt see | me at | Philip||pi.
 
BRUTUS
        ,      ,        T    T    T       ,
      Well:| then I | shall see thee | again?
 
GHOST
       ,            ,     o
      Aye, at | Philip|pi.    \\
 
BRUTUS
          ,         ,          ,       ,       ,
      Why I | will see | thee at | Philip|pi then:
 
[Exit GHOST]
       ,            ,       ,           ,     ,
      Now I | have tak|en heart,| thou van|ishest.
       ,    ,                  ,           ,           ,
      Ill spir/it, I | would hold | more talk | with thee.
       ,    ,         ,        ,          ,        ,      ,   2  ->
      Boy, Lu/cius,| Varro,| Claudi|us, sirs:|| awake:| Claudius.
 
LUCIUS
             ,           ,          ,
      The strings | my lord,| are false.
 
BRUTUS
            ,          ,         ,         ,      ,
      He thinks | he still | is at | his inst|rument.
       ,          ,
      Lucius,| awake.
 
LUCIUS
                          ,
                     My lord?  ????
 
BRUTUS
        ,            ,    ,                    ,            ,
      Didst thou | dream Lu/cius, that | thou so | criedst^out?
 
LUCIUS
           ,       ,         ,         ,        ,
      My lord,| I do | not know | that I | did cry.
 
BRUTUS
            ,           ,       ,           ,   ,
      Yes that | thou didst:| didst thou | see an/ything?
 
LUCIUS
       ,             ,
      Nothing | my lord.
 
BRUTUS
      <- ___       ,     ,         ,        ,          ,         ,       ,
        Sleep | again,| Lucius:|| Sirrah | Claudi|us, fel|low, thou:| awake.  ??
 
VARRO
My lord.
 
CLAUDIUS
My lord.
 
BRUTUS
       ,             ,        ,      ,               ,
      Why did | you so | cry^out | sirs, in | your sleep?
 
VARRO CLAUDIUS
       ,            ,
      Did we | my lord?
 
BRUTUS
                         ___    ,        ,   2
                         Aye:| saw you | anything?
 
VARRO
       ,   2           ,     ,
      No my lord*,| I saw | nothing.
 
CLAUDIUS
                                         ,        ,
                                     Nor I | my lord.
 
BRUTUS
       ,             ,     ,   2      ,         ,
      Go, and | commend | me to my | brother | Cassius:
       ,             ,          x         ,         ,
      Bid him | set^on | his powers | betimes | before,
           ,         ,
      And we | will fol|low.
 
VARRO CLAUDIUS
                              ,        2     ,         ,
                             It | shall be done | my lord.
 
[Exeunt]

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