SCENE for the three first Acts in Rome, for the beginning of the fourth at an Iland near Bononia, for the remainder of the fourth near Sardis, for the fifth in the Fields of Philippi.. H FLAVIU s. ENCE; home, you idle creatures, get you home: Being mechanical, you ought not walk Of fyour profeffion?-Speak, what trade art thou? 1 Pleb. Why, fir, a carpenter. Mar. Where is thy leather apron, and thy rule? What doft thou with thy beft apparel on? You, fir, what trade are you? 2 Pleb. Truly, fir, in respect of a fine workman I am but as you would fay, a cobler. Mar. But what trade art thou? anfwer me directly. 2 Pleb. A trade, fir, that I hope I may use with a safe confcience; which is, indeed, fir, a mender of bad foals. Flav. What trade, thou knave? thou naughty knave, what trade? 2 Pleb. Nay, I beseech you, fir, be not out with me; yet, if you be out, fir, I can mend you. Flav. What mean'ft thou by that? mend me, thou faucy fellow? 2 Pleb. Why, fir, cobble you. Flav. Thou art a cobler, art thou? 2 Pleb. Truly, fir, all that I live by, is the awl: I meddle with no man's matters, nor woman's matters; but withall, I am indeed, fir, a furgeon to old fhoes; when they are in great danger, I re-cover them. As proper men as ever trod upon neatsleather have gone upon my handiwork. Flav. But wherefore art not in thy fhop to-day? Why doft thou lead these men about the streets? 2 Pleb. Truly, fir, to wear out their fhoes, to get myself into more work. But, indeed, fir, we make holiday to see Cæfar, and to rejoice in his triumph. Mar. Wherefore rejoice! what conquest brings he home? What tributaries follow him to Rome, To grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! Flav. Go, go, good countrymen; and, for this fault, Draw |