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Alarums Enter CASSIUS and TITINIUS
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Alarums Enter CASSIUS and TITINIUS
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CASSIUS O, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly!
Myself have to mine own turned enemy.
This ensign here of mine was turning back.
I slew the coward and did take it from him.
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CASSIUS O, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly!
Myself have to mine own turned enemy.
This ensign here of mine was turning back.
I slew the coward and did take it from him.
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TITINIUS O Cassius, Brutus gave the word too early,
Who, having some advantage on Octavius,
Took it too eagerly. His soldiers fell to spoil,
Whilst we by Antony are all enclosed.
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TITINIUS O Cassius, Brutus gave the word too early,
Who, having some advantage on Octavius,
Took it too eagerly. His soldiers fell to spoil,
Whilst we by Antony are all enclosed.
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Enter PINDARUS
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Enter PINDARUS
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PINDARUS 10 Fly further off, my lord, fly further off.
Mark Antony is in your tents, my lord.
Fly, therefore, noble Cassius, fly far off.
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PINDARUS Fly further off, my lord, fly further off.
Mark Antony is in your tents, my lord.
Fly, therefore, noble Cassius, fly far off.
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CASSIUS This hill is far enough.—Look, look, Titinius.
Are those my tents where I perceive the fire?
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CASSIUS This hill is far enough.—Look, look, Titinius.
Are those my tents where I perceive the fire?
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TITINIUS 15 They are, my lord.
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TITINIUS They are, my lord.
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CASSIUS Titinius, if thou lovest me,
Mount thou my horse, and hide thy spurs in him
Till he have brought thee up to yonder troops
And here again, that I may rest assured
Whether yond troops are friend or enemy.
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CASSIUS Titinius, if thou lovest me,
Mount thou my horse, and hide thy spurs in him
Till he have brought thee up to yonder troops
And here again, that I may rest assured
Whether yond troops are friend or enemy.
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TITINIUS 20 I will be here again, even with a thought.
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TITINIUS I will be here again, even with a thought.
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Exit TITINIUS
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Exit TITINIUS
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CASSIUS Go, Pindarus, get higher on that hill.
My sight was ever thick. Regard Titinius,
And tell me what thou notest about the field.
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CASSIUS Go, Pindarus, get higher on that hill.
My sight was ever thick. Regard Titinius,
And tell me what thou notest about the field.
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PINDARUS ascends the hill
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PINDARUS ascends the hill
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This day I breathed first. Time is come round,
25 And where I did begin, there shall I end.
My life is run his compass.
(to PINDARUS) Sirrah, what news?
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This day I breathed first. Time is come round,
And where I did begin, there shall I end.
My life is run his compass.
(to PINDARUS) Sirrah, what news?
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PINDARUS (above) O my lord!
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PINDARUS (above) O my lord!
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CASSIUS What news?
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CASSIUS What news?
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PINDARUS With horsemen, that make to him on the spur.
Yet he spurs on. Now they are almost on him.
Now, Titinius. Now some light. Oh, he lights too.
He’s ta'en.
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PINDARUS With horsemen, that make to him on the spur.
Yet he spurs on. Now they are almost on him.
Now, Titinius. Now some light. Oh, he lights too.
He’s ta'en.
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Shout within
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Shout within
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35 And, hark! They shout for joy.
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And, hark! They shout for joy.
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CASSIUS Come down, behold no more.
Oh, coward that I am, to live so long
To see my best friend ta'en before my face!
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CASSIUS Come down, behold no more.
Oh, coward that I am, to live so long
To see my best friend ta'en before my face!
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PINDARUS returns
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PINDARUS returns
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Come hither, sirrah.
In Parthia did I take thee prisoner.
40 And then I swore thee, saving of thy life,
That whatsoever I did bid thee do,
Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath.
(gives his sword to PINDARUS)
Now be a free man, and with this good sword
45 That ran through Caesar’s bowels, search this bosom.
Stand not to answer. Here take thou the hilts
And, when my face is covered, as ’tis now,
Guide thou the sword.
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Come hither, sirrah.
In Parthia did I take thee prisoner.
And then I swore thee, saving of thy life,
That whatsoever I did bid thee do,
Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath.
(gives his sword to PINDARUS)
Now be a free man, and with this good sword
That ran through Caesar’s bowels, search this bosom.
Stand not to answer. Here take thou the hilts
And, when my face is covered, as ’tis now,
Guide thou the sword.
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PINDARUS stabs CASSIUS
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PINDARUS stabs CASSIUS
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Caesar, thou art revenged,
Even with the sword that killed thee.
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Caesar, thou art revenged,
Even with the sword that killed thee.
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PINDARUS So I am free. Yet would not so have been,
Durst I have done my will. O Cassius,
Far from this country Pindarus shall run,
Where never Roman shall take note of him.
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PINDARUS So I am free. Yet would not so have been,
Durst I have done my will. O Cassius,
Far from this country Pindarus shall run,
Where never Roman shall take note of him.
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Exit PINDARUS
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Exit PINDARUS
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Enter TITINIUS and MESSALA
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Enter TITINIUS and MESSALA
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MESSALA 55 It is but change, Titinius, for Octavius
Is overthrown by noble Brutus' power,
As Cassius' legions are by Antony.
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MESSALA It is but change, Titinius, for Octavius
Is overthrown by noble Brutus' power,
As Cassius' legions are by Antony.
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TITINIUS These tidings will well comfort Cassius.
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TITINIUS These tidings will well comfort Cassius.
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MESSALA Where did you leave him?
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MESSALA Where did you leave him?
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TITINIUS All disconsolate,
60 With Pindarus his bondman on this hill.
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TITINIUS All disconsolate,
With Pindarus his bondman on this hill.
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MESSALA Is not that he that lies upon the ground?
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MESSALA Is not that he that lies upon the ground?
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TITINIUS He lies not like the living. O my heart!
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TITINIUS He lies not like the living. O my heart!
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MESSALA Is not that he?
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MESSALA Is not that he?
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TITINIUS No, this was he, Messala,
But Cassius is no more. O setting sun,
65 As in thy red rays thou dost sink tonight,
So in his red blood Cassius' day is set.
The sun of Rome is set. Our day is gone.
Clouds, dews, and dangers come! Our deeds are done.
Mistrust of my success hath done this deed.
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TITINIUS No, this was he, Messala,
But Cassius is no more. O setting sun,
As in thy red rays thou dost sink tonight,
So in his red blood Cassius' day is set.
The sun of Rome is set. Our day is gone.
Clouds, dews, and dangers come! Our deeds are done.
Mistrust of my success hath done this deed.
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MESSALA 70 Mistrust of good success hath done this deed.
O hateful error, melancholy’s child,
Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men
The things that are not? O error, soon conceived,
Thou never comest unto a happy birth
75 But kill’st the mother that engendered thee!
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MESSALA Mistrust of good success hath done this deed.
O hateful error, melancholy’s child,
Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men
The things that are not? O error, soon conceived,
Thou never comest unto a happy birth
But kill’st the mother that engendered thee!
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TITINIUS What, Pindarus! Where art thou, Pindarus?
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TITINIUS What, Pindarus! Where art thou, Pindarus?
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MESSALA Seek him, Titinius, whilst I go to meet
The noble Brutus, thrusting this report
Into his ears. I may say “thrusting” it,
80 For piercing steel and darts envenomèd
Shall be as welcome to the ears of Brutus
As tidings of this sight.
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MESSALA Seek him, Titinius, whilst I go to meet
The noble Brutus, thrusting this report
Into his ears. I may say “thrusting” it,
For piercing steel and darts envenomèd
Shall be as welcome to the ears of Brutus
As tidings of this sight.
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TITINIUS Hie you, Messala,
And I will seek for Pindarus the while.
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TITINIUS Hie you, Messala,
And I will seek for Pindarus the while.
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Exit MESSALA
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Exit MESSALA
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Why didst thou send me forth, brave Cassius?
85 Did I not meet thy friends? And did not they
Put on my brows this wreath of victory
And bid me give it thee? Didst thou not hear their shouts?
Alas, thou hast misconstrued everything!
But, hold thee, take this garland on thy brow.
90 Thy Brutus bid me give it thee, and I
Will do his bidding.
(lays wreath on CASSIUS’s head) Brutus, come apace,
And see how I regarded Caius Cassius.
—By your leave, gods, this is a Roman’s part.
95 Come, Cassius' sword, and find Titinius' heart.
(stabs himself with CASSIUS’s sword and dies)
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Why didst thou send me forth, brave Cassius?
Did I not meet thy friends? And did not they
Put on my brows this wreath of victory
And bid me give it thee? Didst thou not hear their shouts?
Alas, thou hast misconstrued everything!
But, hold thee, take this garland on thy brow.
Thy Brutus bid me give it thee, and I
Will do his bidding.
(lays wreath on CASSIUS’s head) Brutus, come apace,
And see how I regarded Caius Cassius.
—By your leave, gods, this is a Roman’s part.
Come, Cassius' sword, and find Titinius' heart.
(stabs himself with CASSIUS’s sword and dies)
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Alarum. Enter BRUTUS , MESSALA , young CATO , STRATO , VOLUMNIUS , LUCILLIUS , LABIO , and FLAVIO
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Alarum. Enter BRUTUS , MESSALA , young CATO , STRATO , VOLUMNIUS , LUCILLIUS , LABIO , and FLAVIO
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BRUTUS Where, where, Messala, doth his body lie?
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BRUTUS Where, where, Messala, doth his body lie?
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MESSALA Lo, yonder, and Titinius mourning it.
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MESSALA Lo, yonder, and Titinius mourning it.
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BRUTUS Titinius' face is upward.
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BRUTUS Titinius' face is upward.
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CATO He is slain.
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CATO He is slain.
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BRUTUS 100 O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!
Thy spirit walks abroad and turns our swords
In our own proper entrails.
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BRUTUS O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!
Thy spirit walks abroad and turns our swords
In our own proper entrails.
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Low alarums
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Low alarums
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CATO Brave Titinius!—
Look whe 'er he have not crowned dead Cassius.
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CATO Brave Titinius!—
Look whe 'er he have not crowned dead Cassius.
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BRUTUS Are yet two Romans living such as these?
105 —The last of all the Romans, fare thee well!
It is impossible that ever Rome
Should breed thy fellow.—Friends, I owe more tears
To this dead man than you shall see me pay.
—I shall find time, Cassius, I shall find time.
110 —Come, therefore, and to Thasos send his body.
His funerals shall not be in our camp,
Lest it discomfort us.—Lucillius, come.—
And come, young Cato. Let us to the field.
—Labio and Flavio, set our battles on.
We shall try fortune in a second fight.
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BRUTUS Are yet two Romans living such as these?
—The last of all the Romans, fare thee well!
It is impossible that ever Rome
Should breed thy fellow.—Friends, I owe more tears
To this dead man than you shall see me pay.
—I shall find time, Cassius, I shall find time.
—Come, therefore, and to Thasos send his body.
His funerals shall not be in our camp,
Lest it discomfort us.—Lucillius, come.—
And come, young Cato. Let us to the field.
—Labio and Flavio, set our battles on.
We shall try fortune in a second fight.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
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Alarums Enter CASSIUS and TITINIUS
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Alarums Enter CASSIUS and TITINIUS
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CASSIUS O, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly!
Myself have to mine own turned enemy.
This ensign here of mine was turning back.
I slew the coward and did take it from him.
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CASSIUS O, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly!
Myself have to mine own turned enemy.
This ensign here of mine was turning back.
I slew the coward and did take it from him.
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TITINIUS O Cassius, Brutus gave the word too early,
Who, having some advantage on Octavius,
Took it too eagerly. His soldiers fell to spoil,
Whilst we by Antony are all enclosed.
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TITINIUS O Cassius, Brutus gave the word too early,
Who, having some advantage on Octavius,
Took it too eagerly. His soldiers fell to spoil,
Whilst we by Antony are all enclosed.
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Enter PINDARUS
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Enter PINDARUS
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PINDARUS 10 Fly further off, my lord, fly further off.
Mark Antony is in your tents, my lord.
Fly, therefore, noble Cassius, fly far off.
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PINDARUS Fly further off, my lord, fly further off.
Mark Antony is in your tents, my lord.
Fly, therefore, noble Cassius, fly far off.
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CASSIUS This hill is far enough.—Look, look, Titinius.
Are those my tents where I perceive the fire?
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CASSIUS This hill is far enough.—Look, look, Titinius.
Are those my tents where I perceive the fire?
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TITINIUS 15 They are, my lord.
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TITINIUS They are, my lord.
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CASSIUS Titinius, if thou lovest me,
Mount thou my horse, and hide thy spurs in him
Till he have brought thee up to yonder troops
And here again, that I may rest assured
Whether yond troops are friend or enemy.
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CASSIUS Titinius, if thou lovest me,
Mount thou my horse, and hide thy spurs in him
Till he have brought thee up to yonder troops
And here again, that I may rest assured
Whether yond troops are friend or enemy.
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TITINIUS 20 I will be here again, even with a thought.
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TITINIUS I will be here again, even with a thought.
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Exit TITINIUS
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Exit TITINIUS
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CASSIUS Go, Pindarus, get higher on that hill.
My sight was ever thick. Regard Titinius,
And tell me what thou notest about the field.
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CASSIUS Go, Pindarus, get higher on that hill.
My sight was ever thick. Regard Titinius,
And tell me what thou notest about the field.
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PINDARUS ascends the hill
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PINDARUS ascends the hill
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This day I breathed first. Time is come round,
25 And where I did begin, there shall I end.
My life is run his compass.
(to PINDARUS) Sirrah, what news?
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This day I breathed first. Time is come round,
And where I did begin, there shall I end.
My life is run his compass.
(to PINDARUS) Sirrah, what news?
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PINDARUS (above) O my lord!
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PINDARUS (above) O my lord!
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CASSIUS What news?
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CASSIUS What news?
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PINDARUS With horsemen, that make to him on the spur.
Yet he spurs on. Now they are almost on him.
Now, Titinius. Now some light. Oh, he lights too.
He’s ta'en.
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PINDARUS With horsemen, that make to him on the spur.
Yet he spurs on. Now they are almost on him.
Now, Titinius. Now some light. Oh, he lights too.
He’s ta'en.
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Shout within
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Shout within
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35 And, hark! They shout for joy.
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And, hark! They shout for joy.
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CASSIUS Come down, behold no more.
Oh, coward that I am, to live so long
To see my best friend ta'en before my face!
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CASSIUS Come down, behold no more.
Oh, coward that I am, to live so long
To see my best friend ta'en before my face!
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PINDARUS returns
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PINDARUS returns
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Come hither, sirrah.
In Parthia did I take thee prisoner.
40 And then I swore thee, saving of thy life,
That whatsoever I did bid thee do,
Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath.
(gives his sword to PINDARUS)
Now be a free man, and with this good sword
45 That ran through Caesar’s bowels, search this bosom.
Stand not to answer. Here take thou the hilts
And, when my face is covered, as ’tis now,
Guide thou the sword.
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Come hither, sirrah.
In Parthia did I take thee prisoner.
And then I swore thee, saving of thy life,
That whatsoever I did bid thee do,
Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath.
(gives his sword to PINDARUS)
Now be a free man, and with this good sword
That ran through Caesar’s bowels, search this bosom.
Stand not to answer. Here take thou the hilts
And, when my face is covered, as ’tis now,
Guide thou the sword.
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PINDARUS stabs CASSIUS
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PINDARUS stabs CASSIUS
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Caesar, thou art revenged,
Even with the sword that killed thee.
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Caesar, thou art revenged,
Even with the sword that killed thee.
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PINDARUS So I am free. Yet would not so have been,
Durst I have done my will. O Cassius,
Far from this country Pindarus shall run,
Where never Roman shall take note of him.
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PINDARUS So I am free. Yet would not so have been,
Durst I have done my will. O Cassius,
Far from this country Pindarus shall run,
Where never Roman shall take note of him.
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Exit PINDARUS
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Exit PINDARUS
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Enter TITINIUS and MESSALA
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Enter TITINIUS and MESSALA
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MESSALA 55 It is but change, Titinius, for Octavius
Is overthrown by noble Brutus' power,
As Cassius' legions are by Antony.
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MESSALA It is but change, Titinius, for Octavius
Is overthrown by noble Brutus' power,
As Cassius' legions are by Antony.
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TITINIUS These tidings will well comfort Cassius.
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TITINIUS These tidings will well comfort Cassius.
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MESSALA Where did you leave him?
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MESSALA Where did you leave him?
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TITINIUS All disconsolate,
60 With Pindarus his bondman on this hill.
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TITINIUS All disconsolate,
With Pindarus his bondman on this hill.
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MESSALA Is not that he that lies upon the ground?
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MESSALA Is not that he that lies upon the ground?
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TITINIUS He lies not like the living. O my heart!
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TITINIUS He lies not like the living. O my heart!
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MESSALA Is not that he?
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MESSALA Is not that he?
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TITINIUS No, this was he, Messala,
But Cassius is no more. O setting sun,
65 As in thy red rays thou dost sink tonight,
So in his red blood Cassius' day is set.
The sun of Rome is set. Our day is gone.
Clouds, dews, and dangers come! Our deeds are done.
Mistrust of my success hath done this deed.
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TITINIUS No, this was he, Messala,
But Cassius is no more. O setting sun,
As in thy red rays thou dost sink tonight,
So in his red blood Cassius' day is set.
The sun of Rome is set. Our day is gone.
Clouds, dews, and dangers come! Our deeds are done.
Mistrust of my success hath done this deed.
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MESSALA 70 Mistrust of good success hath done this deed.
O hateful error, melancholy’s child,
Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men
The things that are not? O error, soon conceived,
Thou never comest unto a happy birth
75 But kill’st the mother that engendered thee!
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MESSALA Mistrust of good success hath done this deed.
O hateful error, melancholy’s child,
Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men
The things that are not? O error, soon conceived,
Thou never comest unto a happy birth
But kill’st the mother that engendered thee!
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TITINIUS What, Pindarus! Where art thou, Pindarus?
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TITINIUS What, Pindarus! Where art thou, Pindarus?
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MESSALA Seek him, Titinius, whilst I go to meet
The noble Brutus, thrusting this report
Into his ears. I may say “thrusting” it,
80 For piercing steel and darts envenomèd
Shall be as welcome to the ears of Brutus
As tidings of this sight.
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MESSALA Seek him, Titinius, whilst I go to meet
The noble Brutus, thrusting this report
Into his ears. I may say “thrusting” it,
For piercing steel and darts envenomèd
Shall be as welcome to the ears of Brutus
As tidings of this sight.
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TITINIUS Hie you, Messala,
And I will seek for Pindarus the while.
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TITINIUS Hie you, Messala,
And I will seek for Pindarus the while.
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Exit MESSALA
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Exit MESSALA
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Why didst thou send me forth, brave Cassius?
85 Did I not meet thy friends? And did not they
Put on my brows this wreath of victory
And bid me give it thee? Didst thou not hear their shouts?
Alas, thou hast misconstrued everything!
But, hold thee, take this garland on thy brow.
90 Thy Brutus bid me give it thee, and I
Will do his bidding.
(lays wreath on CASSIUS’s head) Brutus, come apace,
And see how I regarded Caius Cassius.
—By your leave, gods, this is a Roman’s part.
95 Come, Cassius' sword, and find Titinius' heart.
(stabs himself with CASSIUS’s sword and dies)
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Why didst thou send me forth, brave Cassius?
Did I not meet thy friends? And did not they
Put on my brows this wreath of victory
And bid me give it thee? Didst thou not hear their shouts?
Alas, thou hast misconstrued everything!
But, hold thee, take this garland on thy brow.
Thy Brutus bid me give it thee, and I
Will do his bidding.
(lays wreath on CASSIUS’s head) Brutus, come apace,
And see how I regarded Caius Cassius.
—By your leave, gods, this is a Roman’s part.
Come, Cassius' sword, and find Titinius' heart.
(stabs himself with CASSIUS’s sword and dies)
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Alarum. Enter BRUTUS , MESSALA , young CATO , STRATO , VOLUMNIUS , LUCILLIUS , LABIO , and FLAVIO
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Alarum. Enter BRUTUS , MESSALA , young CATO , STRATO , VOLUMNIUS , LUCILLIUS , LABIO , and FLAVIO
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BRUTUS Where, where, Messala, doth his body lie?
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BRUTUS Where, where, Messala, doth his body lie?
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MESSALA Lo, yonder, and Titinius mourning it.
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MESSALA Lo, yonder, and Titinius mourning it.
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BRUTUS Titinius' face is upward.
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BRUTUS Titinius' face is upward.
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CATO He is slain.
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CATO He is slain.
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BRUTUS 100 O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!
Thy spirit walks abroad and turns our swords
In our own proper entrails.
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BRUTUS O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!
Thy spirit walks abroad and turns our swords
In our own proper entrails.
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Low alarums
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Low alarums
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CATO Brave Titinius!—
Look whe 'er he have not crowned dead Cassius.
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CATO Brave Titinius!—
Look whe 'er he have not crowned dead Cassius.
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BRUTUS Are yet two Romans living such as these?
105 —The last of all the Romans, fare thee well!
It is impossible that ever Rome
Should breed thy fellow.—Friends, I owe more tears
To this dead man than you shall see me pay.
—I shall find time, Cassius, I shall find time.
110 —Come, therefore, and to Thasos send his body.
His funerals shall not be in our camp,
Lest it discomfort us.—Lucillius, come.—
And come, young Cato. Let us to the field.
—Labio and Flavio, set our battles on.
We shall try fortune in a second fight.
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BRUTUS Are yet two Romans living such as these?
—The last of all the Romans, fare thee well!
It is impossible that ever Rome
Should breed thy fellow.—Friends, I owe more tears
To this dead man than you shall see me pay.
—I shall find time, Cassius, I shall find time.
—Come, therefore, and to Thasos send his body.
His funerals shall not be in our camp,
Lest it discomfort us.—Lucillius, come.—
And come, young Cato. Let us to the field.
—Labio and Flavio, set our battles on.
We shall try fortune in a second fight.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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