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The plains of Philippi.
[Enter OCTAVIUS, ANTONY, and their army]
OCTAVIUS
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Now Ant|ony,| our hopes | are ans|wered:
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You said | the en|emy | would not | come^down,
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But keep | the hills | and up|per re|gions:
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It proves not so:| their bat|tles are | at
hand,
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They mean | to warn | us at | Philip|pi here:
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Answering | before | we do | demand | of them.
ANTONY
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Tut I | am in | their bos|oms, and | I know
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Wherefore | they do | it: they | could be |
content
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To vis|it oth|er pla|ces, and / come down
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With fear|ful brav|ery: think|ing by | this face
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To fas|ten in our | thoughts that | they have
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But 'tis / not so.
[Enter a Messenger]
MESSENGER
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Prepare | you gen|erals,
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The en|emy | comes^on | in gal|lant show:
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Their bloo|dy sign | of bat|tle is / hung out,
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And some|thing to | be done | immed|iately.
ANTONY
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Octav|ius, lead | your bat|tle soft|ly on
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Upon | the left | hand of | the ev|en field.
OCTAVIUS
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Upon | the right hand I,| keep thou the left.
ANTONY
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Why do | you cross | me in | this ex|igent.
OCTAVIUS
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I do | not cross | you: but | I will | do so.
[March. Drum. Enter BRUTUS, CASSIUS, and their Army; LUCILIUS, TITINIUS,
MESSALA, and others]
BRUTUS
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They stand,| and would have | parley.
CASSIUS
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Stand | fast Ti||tini|us, we | must out | and
talk.|
OCTAVIUS
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Mark Ant/ony,| shall we give | sign of | battle?
ANTONY
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No Cae/sar, we | will ans|wer on | their charge.
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Make forth, the gen|erals | would have | some
words.
OCTAVIUS
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Stir not un|til the | signal.
BRUTUS
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Words || before | blows:| is it | so
count/rymen?
OCTAVIUS
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Not that we | love words bet|ter, as / you do.
BRUTUS
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Good* words | are bet|ter than bad | strokes Oc|tavius.
ANTONY
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In your / bad strokes | Brutus,| you give | good*
words
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Witness | the hole | you made | in Cae|sar's heart,
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Crying | long live, Hail | Caesar.
CASSIUS
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Antony,
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The pos|ture of | your blows | are yet | unknown;
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But for | your words,| they rob | the Hy|bla
bees,
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And leave | them hon|eyless.
ANTONY
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Not sting|less too.
BRUTUS
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O yes, and | soundless | too:|
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For you | have stolen | their buz|zing Ant|ony,
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And ve|ry wise|ly threat | before | you sting.
ANTONY
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Villains:| you did | not so,| when your vile |
daggers
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Hacked one a|nother | in the | sides of | Caesar:
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You showed | your teeth | like^apes,
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And fawned
like hounds,
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And bowed like bond|men, kis|sing Cae|sar's feet;
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Whilst^damn|ed Cas|ca, like | a cur,| behind
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Struck Cae/sar on | the neck.| O you |
flatterers.
CASSIUS
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Flatte|rers? Now | Brutus | thank your|self,
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This tongue | had not | offend|ed so | today,
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If Cas|sius might | have ruled.
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Come, come,|| the cause.| if arg|uing
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sweat,
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The proof | of it | will turn | to red|der
drops.
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Look, I | draw a | sword a|gainst con|spirators,
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When think | you that | the sword | goes^up |
again?
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Never | till Cae|sar's three | and thir|ty wounds
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Be well | avenged;| or till a|nother | Caesar
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Have ad|ded slaugh|ter to the sword | of
trait|ors.
BRUTUS
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Cae||sar, thou | canst not die | by trait|ors'
hands,
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Unless | thou bringst | them with | thee.
OCTAVIUS
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So | I hope:
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I was / not born | to die | on Brut|us' sword.
BRUTUS
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O if | thou wert | the nob|lest of | thy strain,
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Young^man,| thou couldst | not die | more
hon|orable.
CASSIUS
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A peev|ish school|boy, worth/less of such^|honor
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Joined with | a mask|er, and | a rev|eller.
ANTONY
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Old^Cas|sius still.
OCTAVIUS
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Come^Ant|ony:| away:
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Defi|ance trait|ors, hurl | we in | your teeth.
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If you / dare fight | today,| come to | the
field;
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If not,| when you have | stomachs.|
[Exeunt OCTAVIUS, ANTONY, and their army]
CASSIUS
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Why now blow | wind, swell bil|low,
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And swim
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The storm | is up,| and all | is on | the haz||ard.
BRUTUS
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Ho | Lucil|ius, hark,| a word | with you.
LUCILIUS
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My lord.
CASSIUS
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Messa|la.
MESSALA
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What says | my gen|eral?
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Messa|la, this | is my birth|day*: as this / very day ??
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Was Cas|sius born.| Give me thy | hand Mes|sala:
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Be thou | my wit|ness, that | against | my will
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(As Pom|pey was)| am I | compelled | to set
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Upon | one battle all | our lib|erties.
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You know,| that I / held Ep|icur|us strong,
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And his | opin|ion: now | I change | my mind,
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And part|ly cred|it things | that do | presage.
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Coming from | Sardis,| on our form|er en|sign
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Two || mighty | eagles | fell, and | there they
perched,
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Gorging | and feed|ing from | our sol|diers'
hands,
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Who to | Philip|pi here | consort|ed us:
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This morn|ing are | they fled | away,| and gone,
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And in | their steads | do rav|ens, crows,| and kites
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Fly^ore | our heads,| and down|ward look | on us
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As we | were sick|ly prey;| their shad|ows seem
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A can|opy / most fat|al, und|er which
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Our^ar|my lies,| ready | to give | up the ghost.
MESSALA
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Believe | not^so.
CASSIUS
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I but | believe it | partly,
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For I | am fresh | of spir|it, and | resolved
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To meet all per|ils, ve|ry const|antly.
BRUTUS
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Even so | Lucil|ius.
CASSIUS
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Now most^|noble | Brutus, (tri with prev)
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The gods | today | stand friend/ly, that | we
may,
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Lovers | in peace,| lead^on | our days | to age.
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But since | the affairs | of men rest still |
incer||tain,
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Let's | reason | with the worst | that may |
befall.
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If we | do lose | this bat|tle, then | is this
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The ve|ry last | time we | shall speak |
togeth||er:
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What | are you | then de|termined | to do?
BRUTUS
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Even by | the rule | of that | philos|ophy,
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By which | I did |blame Cato,| for the death
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Which he | did give | himself,| I know | not^how:
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But I | do find | it cow|ardly | and vile,
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For fear | of what might fall,| so to | prevent
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The time | of life,| arming my|self with |
patience,
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To stay | the prov|idence | of some / high powers,
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That gov|ern us | below. \\
CASSIUS
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Then, if we | lose this | battle, (tri with
prev)
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You are con|tented | to be | led in | triumph
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Through the | streets of | Rome?
BRUTUS
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No Cas|sius, no:
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Think not thou | noble |
Roman,|
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That ev|er Brut|us will / go bound | to Rome,
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He bears | too great a mind.| But this / same
day
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Must^end | that work,| the ides | of March |
begun.
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And wheth|er we shall meet | again,| I know not:
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Therefore | our ev|erlast|ing fare|well take:
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Forev|er, and | forev|er, fare|well Cas||sius:
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If we / do meet | again,| why* we | shall smile;
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If not,| why then | this part|ing was / well
made.
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Forever,| and for|ever, farewell | Brutus:
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If we | do meet | again,| we'll smile | indeed;
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If not,| 'tis true,| this part|ing was / well made.
BRUTUS
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Why then | lead^on.| O that | a man | might^know
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The end | of this / day's bus|iness, ere | it
come:
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But it | suffice|th, that | the day will end,
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And then | the end | is known.| Come^ho,| away.
[Exeunt]