OCT. Mark Antony, shall we give sign of battle? Make forth; the Generals would have some words. BRU. Words before blows: is it so, Countrymen ? BRU. Good words are better than bad strokes, Octavius. CASS. Antony, The posture of your blows are yet unknown; ANT. BRU. O, yes, and soundless too; Not stingless too. For you have stol'n their buzzing, Antony, ANT. Villains, you did not so, when your vile daggers 31 40 You shew'd your teeth like apes, and fawn'd like hounds, And bow'd like bondmen, kissing Cæsar's feet; Whilst damned Casca, like a cur, behind Struck Cæsar on the neck. O you Flatterers! CASS. Flatterers! Now, Brutus, thank yourself: If Cassius might have rul❜d. OCT. Come, come, the cause: if arguing make us sweat, The proof of it will turn to redder drops. Look, I draw a sword against conspirators: When think you that the sword goes up1 again? Be well aveng'd; or till another Cæsar Have added slaughter to the sword of traitors. I was not born to die on Brutus' sword. So I hope; 50 ACT V Sc. I VIII : I 1 =gets sheathed. 65 ACT V BRU. O, if thou wert the noblest of thy strain, Young Man, thou could'st not die more honourable. 60 CASS. A peevish schoolboy, worthless' of such honour, Join'd with a masker and a reveller! ANT. Old Cassius still! Ост. Come, Antony; away! Defiance, Traitors, hurl we in your teeth: If not, when you have stomachs. [Exeunt OCTAVIUS, ANTONY, and their Army. CASS. Why, now, blow Wind, swell Billow, and swim Bark! The storm is up, and all is on the hazard. CASS. Messala My Lord? [BRUTUS and LUCILIUS converse apart. MES. [standing forth.] What says my General ? Messala, This is my birth-day; as this very day You know that I held Epicurus strong, This morning are they fled away and gone; As we were sickly prey: their shadows seem Our Army lies, ready to give up the ghost. 2 on. 71 80 1 unworthy. CASS. I but believe it partly; For I am fresh of spirit, and resolv'd To meet all perils very constantly. BRU. Even so, Lucilius. CASS. Now, most noble Brutus, The Gods to-day stand friendly, that we may, By which I did blame Cato for the death For fear of what might fall, so to prevent CASS. Then, if we lose this battle, You are contented to be led in triumph Thorough the streets of Rome? BRU. No, Cassius, no: think not, thou noble Roman, He bears too great a mind. But this same day And then the end is known. Come, ho! away! [exeunt. ACT V SCENE II. The Same. The Field of Battle. Alarum. BRU. Ride, ride, Messala, ride, and give these bills1 Let them set on at once; for I perceive But cold demeanour in Octavius' wing, [Loud alarum. And sudden push gives them the overthrow. Ride, ride, Messala: let them all come down. [exeunt. SCENE III. Another Part of the Field. Alarums. Enter CASSIUS and TITINIUS. CASS. O, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly! Enter PINDARUS. PIN. Fly further off, my Lord, fly further off; Are those my tents where I CASS. Look, look, Titinius; perceive the fire? Titinius, if thou lov'st me, Mount thou my horse, and hide thy spurs in him, 1 orders. ΤΟ [exit. 20 [PINDARUS ascends the hill. 2 standard. This day I breathed first: time is come round, CASS. What news? PIN. [above.] Titinius is enclosed round about CASS. Come down; behold no more. O, coward that I am, to live so long, To see my best friend ta'en before my face! PINDARUS descends. 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, 30 ACT V Sc. III Thou should'st attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath; 41 And, when my face is cover'd, as 'tis now, Guide thou the sword. [PINDARUS stabs him.] Cæsar, thou art reveng'd, Even with the sword that kill'd thee. [dies. PIN. 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, [exit. Re-enter TITINIUS, with MEssala. TIT. All disconsolate, With Pindarus his bondman, on this hill. 1 =alight. |