not come That is enough to satisfie the Senate But for your priuate satisfaction Because I loue you I will let you know Calphurnia heere my wife stayes me at home She dreampt to night she saw my Statue Which like a Fountaine with an hundred spouts Did run pure blood and many lusty Romans Came smiling did bathe their hands in it And these does she apply for warnings and portents And euils imminent and on her knee Hath begg'd that I will stay at home to day Deci. This Dreame is all amisse interpreted It was a vision faire and fortunate Your Statue spouting blood in many pipes In which so many smiling Romans bath'd Signifies that from you great Rome shall sucke Reuiuing blood and that great men shall presse For Tinctures Staines Reliques and Cognisance This by Calphurnia's Dreame is signified Caes And this way haue you well expounded it Deci. I haue when you haue heard what I can say And know it now the Senate haue concluded To giue this day a Crowne to mighty Caesar If you shall send them word you will not come Their mindes may change Besides it were a mocke Apt to be render'd for some one to say Breake vp the Senate till another time When Caesars wife shall meete with better Dreames If Caesar hide himselfe shall they not whisper Loe Caesar is affraid Pardon me Caesar for my deere deere loue To your proceeding bids me tell you this And reason to my loue is liable Caes How foolish do your fears seeme now Calphurnia I am ashamed I did yeeld to them Giue me my Robe for I will go Enter Brutus Ligarius Metellus Caska Trebonius Cynna and Publius And looke where Publius is come to fetch me Pub. Good morrow Caesar Caes Welcome Publius What Brutus are you stirr'd so earely too Good morrow Caska Caius Ligarius Caesar was ne're so much your enemy As that same Ague which hath made you leane What is' t a Clocke Bru. Caesar 't is strucken eight Caes I thanke you for your paines and curtesie Enter Antony See Antony that Reuels long a-nights Is notwithstanding vp Good morrow Antony Ant. So to most Noble Caesar Caes Bid them prepare within I am too blame to be thus waited for Now Cynna now Metellus what Trebonius I haue an houres talke in store for you Remember that you call on me to day Be neere me that I may remember you Treb. Caesar I will and so neere will I be That your best Friends shall wish I had beene further Caes Good Friends go in and taste some wine with me And we like Friends will straight way go together Bru. That euery like is not the same O Caesar The heart of Brutus earnes to thinke vpon Exeunt Enter Artemidorus Caesar beware of Brutus take heede of Cassius come not neere Caska haue an eye to Cynna trust not Trebonius marke well Metellus Cymber Decius Brutus loues thee not Thou hast wrong'd Caius Ligarius There is but one minde in all these men and it is bent against Caesar If thou beest not Immortall looke about you Security giues way to Conspiracie The mighty Gods defend thee Thy Louer Artemidorus Heere will I stand till Caesar passe along And as a Sutor will I giue him this My heart laments that Vertue cannot liue Out of the teeth of Emulation If thou reade this O Caesar thou mayest liue If not the Fates with Traitors do contriue Exit Enter Portia and Lucius Por. I prythee Boy run to the Senate-house Stay not to answer me but get thee gone Why doest thou stay Luc. To know my errand Madam Por. I would haue had thee there and heere agen Ere I can tell thee what thou should'st do there O Constancie be strong vpon my side Set a huge Mountaine 'tweene my Heart and Tongue I haue a mans minde but a womans might How hard it is for women to keepe counsell Art thou heere yet Luc. Madam what should I do Run to the Capitoll and nothing else And so returne to you and nothing else Por. Yes bring me word Boy if thy Lord look well For he went sickly forth and take good note What Caesar doth what Sutors presse to him Hearke Boy what noyse is that Luc. I heare none Madam Por. Prythee listen well I heard a bussling Rumor like a Fray And the winde brings it from the Capitoll Luc. Sooth Madam I heare nothing Enter the Soothsayer Por. Come hither Fellow which way hast thou bin Sooth. At mine owne house good Lady Por. What is' t a clocke Sooth. About the ninth houre Lady Por. Is Caesar yet gone to the Capitoll Sooth. Madam not yet I go to take my stand To see him passe on to the Capitoll Por. Thou hast some suite to Caesar hast thou not Sooth. That I haue Lady if it will please Caesar To bâ— so good to Caesar as to heare me I shall beseech him to befriend himselfe Por. Why know'st thou any harme's intended towards him Sooth. None that I know will be Much that I feare may chance Good morrow to you heere the street is narrow The throng that followes Caesar at the heeles Of Senators of Praetors common Sutors Will crowd a feeble man almost to death I le get me to a place more voyd and there Speake to great Caesar as he comes along Exit Por. I must go in Aye me How weake a thing The heart of woman is O Brutus The Heauens speede thee in thine enterprize Sure the Boy heard me Brutus hath a suite That Caesar will not grant O I grow faint Run Lucius and commend me to my Lord Say I am merry Come to me againe And bring me word what he doth say to thee Exeunt Actus Tertius Flourish Enter Caesar Brutus Cassius Caska Decius Metellus Trebonius Cynna Antony Lepidus Artimedorus Publins and the Soothsayer Caes The Ides of March are come Sooth. I Caesar but not gone Art Haile Caesar Read this Scedule Deci. Trebonius doth desire you to ore-read At your best leysure this his humble suite Art O Caesar reade mine first for mine 's a suite That touches Caesar neerer Read it great Caesar Caes What touches vs our selfe shall be last seru'd Art Delay not Caesar read it instantly Caes What is the fellow mad Pub. Sirra giue place Cassi What vrge you your Petitions in the street Come to the Capitoll Popil I wish your enterprize to day may thriue Cassi What enterprize Popillius Popil Fare you well Bru. What said Popillius Lena Cassi He wisht to day our enterprize might thriue I feare our purpose is discouered Bru. Looke how he makes to Caesar marke him Cassi Caska be sodaine for we feare preuention Brutus what shall be done If this be knowne Cassius or Caesar neuer shall turne backe For I will slay my selfe Bru. Cassius be constant Popillius Lena speakes not of our purposes For looke he smiles and Caesar doth not change Cassi Trebonius knowes his time for look you Brutus He drawes Mark Antony out of the way Deci. Where is
Metellus Cimber let him go And presently preferre his suite to Caesar Bru. He is addrest presse neere and second him Cin. Caska you are the first that reares your hand Caes Are we all ready What is now amisse That Caesar and his Senate must redresse Metel Most high most mighty and most puisant Caesar Metellus Cymber throwes before thy Seate An humble heart Caes I must preuent thee Cymber These couchings and these lowly courtesies Might fire the blood of ordinary men And turne pre-Ordinance and first Decree Into the lane of Children Be not fond To thinke that Caesar beares such Rebell blood That will be thaw'd from the true quality With that which melteth Fooles I meane sweet words Low-crooked-curtsies and base Spaniell fawning Thy Brother by decree is banished If thou doest bend and pray and fawne for him I spurne thee like a Curre out of my way Know Caesar doth not wrong nor without cause Will he be satisfied Metel Is there no voyce more worthy then my owne To sound more sweetly in great Caesars eare For the repealing of my banish'd Brother Bru. I kisse thy hand but not in flattery Caesar Desiring thee that Publius Cymber may Haue an immediate freedome of repeale Caes What Brutus Cassi Pardon Caesar Caesar pardon As lowe as to thy foote doth Cassius fall To begge infranchisement for Publius Cymber Caes I could be well mou'd if I were as you If I could pray to mooue Prayers would mooue me But I am constant as the Northerne Starre Of whose true fixt and resting quality There is no fellow in the Firmament The Skies are painted with vnnumbred sparkes They are all Fire and euery one doth shine But there 's but one in all doth hold his place So in the World 'T is furnish'd well with Men And Men are Flesh and Blood and apprehensiue Yet in the number I do know but One That vnassayleable holds on his Ranke Vnshak'd of Motion and that I am he Let me a little shew it euen in this That I was constant Cymber should be banish'd And constant do remaine to keepe him so Cinna O Caesar Caes Hence Wilt thou lift vp Olympus Decius Great Caesar Caes Doth not Brutus bootlesse kneele Cask Speake hands for me They stab Caesar Caes Et Tu Brutè Then fall Caesar Dyes Cin. Liberty Freedome Tyranny is dead Run hence proclaime cry it about the Streets Cassi Some to the common Pulpits and cry out Liberty Freedome and Enfranchisement Bru. People and Senators be not affrighted Fly not stand still Ambitions debt is paid Cask Go to the Pulpit Brutus Dec. And Cassius too Bru. Where 's Publius Cin. Heere quite confounded with this mutiny Met. Stand fast together least some Friend of Caesars Should chance Bru. Talke not of standing Publius good cheere There is no harme intended to your person Nor to no Roman else so tell them Publius Cassi And leaue vs Publius least that the people Rushing on vs should do your Age some mischiefe Bru. Do so and let no man abide this deede But we the Doers Enter Trebonius Cassi Where is Antony Treb. Fled to his House amaz'd Men Wiues and Children stare cry out and run As it were Doomesday Bru. Fates we will know your pleasures That we shall dye we know 't is but the time And drawing dayes out that men stand vpon Cask Why he that cuts off twenty yeares of life Cuts off so many yeares of fearing death Bru. Grant that and then is Death a Benefit So are we Caesars Friends that haue abridg'd His time of fearing death Stoope Romans stoope And let vs bathe our hands in Caesars blood Vp to the Elbowes and besmeare our Swords Then walke we forth euen to the Market place And wauing our red Weapons o're our heads Let 's all cry Peace Freedome and Liberty Cassi Stoop then and wash How many Ages hence Shall this our lofty Scene be acted ouer In State vnborne and Accents yet vnknowne Bru. How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport That now on Pompeyes Basis lye along No worthier then the dust Cassi So oft as that shall be So often shall the knot of vs be call'd The Men that gaue their Country liberty Dec. What shall we forth Cassi I euery man away Brutus shall leade and we will grace his heeles With the most boldest and best hearts of Rome Enter a Seruant Bru. Soft who comes heere A friend of Antonies Ser. Thus Brutus did my Master bid me kneele Thus did Mark Antony bid me fall downe And being prostrate thus he bad me say Brutus is Noble Wise Valiant and Honest Caesar was Mighty Bold Royall and Louing Say I loue Brutus and I honour him Say I fear'd Caesar honour'd him and lou'd him If Brutus will vouchsafe that Antony May safely come to him and be resolu'd How Caesar hath deseru'd to lye in death Mark Antony shall not loue Caesar dead So well as Brutus liuing but will follow The Fortunes and Affayres of Noble Brutus Thorough the hazards of this vntrod State With all true Faith So sayes my Master Antony Bru. Thy Master is a Wise and Valiant Romane I neuer thought him worse Tell him so please him come vnto this place He shall be satisfied and by my Honor Depart vntouch'd Ser. I le fetch him presently Exit Seruant Bru. I know that we shall haue him well to Friend Cassi I wish we may But yet haue I a minde That feares him much and my misgiuing still Falles shrewdly to the purpose Enter Antony Bru. But heere comes Antony Welcome Mark Antony Ant. O mighty Caesar Dost thou lye so lowe Are all thy Conquests Glories Triumphes Spoiles Shrunke to this little Measure Fare thee well I know not Gentlemen what you intend Who else must be let blood who else is ranke If I my selfe there is no houre so fit As Caesars deaths houre nor no Instrument Of halfe that worth as those your Swords made rich With the most Noble blood of all this World I do beseech yee if you beare me hard Now whil'st your purpled hands do reeke and smoake Fulfill your pleasure Liue a thousand yeeres I shall not finde my selfe so apt to dye No place will please me so no meane of death As heere by Caesar and by you cut off The Choice and Master Spirits of this Age. Bru. O Antony Begge not your death of vs Though now we must appeare bloody and cruell As by our hands and this our present Acte You see we do Yet see you but our hands And this the bleeding businesse they haue doâ—e Our hearts you see not they are pittifull And pitty to the generall wrong of Rome As fire driues out fire so pitty pitty Hath done this deed on Caesar For your part To you our Swords haue leaden points Marke Antony Our Armes in strength of malice and our Hearts Of Brothers temper do receiue you in With all kinde loue good thoughts and reuerence Cassi Your voyce shall be as strong as any mans In the
disposing of new Dignities Bru. Onely be patient till we haue appeas'd The Multitude beside themselues with feare And then we will deliuer you the cause Why I that did loue Caesar when I strooke him Haue thus proceeded Ant. I doubt not of your Wisedome Let each man render me his bloody hand Fâ—rst Marcus Brutus will I shake with you Next Caius Cassius do I take your hand Now Decius Brutus yours now yours Metellus Yours Cinna and my valiant Caska yours Though last not least in loue yours good Trebonius Gentlemen all Alas what shall I say My credit now stands on such slippery ground That one of two bad wayes you must conceit me Either a Coward or a Flatterer That I did loue thee Caesar O 't is true If then thy Spirit looke vpon vs now Shall it not greeue thee deerer then thy death To see thy Antony making his peace Shaking the bloody fingers of thy Foes Most Noble in the presence of thy Coarse Had I as many eyes as thou hast wounds Weeping as fast as they streame forth thy blood It would become me better then to close In tearmes of Friendship with thine enemies Pardon me Iulius heere was 't thou bay'd braue Hart Heere did'st thou fall and heere thy Hunters stand Sign'd in thy Spoyle and Crimson'd in thy Lethee O World thou wast the Forrest to this Hart And this indeed O World the Hart of thee How like a Deere stroken by many Princes Dost thou heere lye Cassi Mark Antony Ant. Pardon me Caius Cassius The Enemies of Caesar shall say this Then in a Friend it is cold Modestie Cassi I blame you not for praising Caesar so But what compact meane you to haue with vs Will you be prick'd in number of our Friends Or shall we on and not depend on you Ant. Therefore I tooke your hands but was indeed Sway'd from the point by looking downe on Caesar Friends am I with you all and loue you all Vpon this hope that you shall giue me Reasons Why and wherein Caesar was dangerous Bru. Or else were this a sauage Spectacle Our Reasons are so full of good regard That were you Antony the Sonne of Caesar You should be satisfied Ant. That 's all I seeke And am moreouer sutor that I may Produce his body to the Market-place And in the Pulpit as becomes a Friend Speake in the Order of his Funerall Bru. You shall Marke Antony Cassi Brutus a word with you You know not what you do Do not consent That Antony speake in his Funerall Know you how much the people may be mou'd By that which he will vtter Bru. By your pardon I will my selfe into the Pulpit first And shew the reason of our Caesars death What Antony shall speake I will protest He speakes by leaue and by permission And that we are contented Caesar shall Haue all true Rites and lawfull Ceremonies It shall aduantage more then do vs wrong Cassi I know not what may fall I like it not Bru. Mark Antony heere take you Caesars body You shall not in your Funerall speech blame vs But speake all good you can deuise of Caesar And say you doo 't by our permission Else shall you not haue any hand at all About his Funerall And you shall speake In the same Pulpit whereto I am going After my speech is ended Ant. Be it so I do desire no more Bru. Prepare the body then and follow vs. Exeunt Manet Antony O pardon me thou bleeding peece of Earth That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man That euer liued in the Tide of Times Woe to the hand that shed this costly Blood Ouer thy wounds now do I Prophesie Which like dumbe mouthes do ope their Ruby lips To begge the voyce and vtterance of my Tongue A Curse shall light vpon the limbes of men Domesticke Fury and fierce Ciuill strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy Blood and destruction shall be so in vse And dreadfull Obiects so familiar That Mothers shall but smile when they behold Their Infants quartered with the hands of Warre All pitty choak'd with custome of fell deeds And Caesars Spirit ranging for Reuenge With Ate by his side come hot from Hell Shall in these Confines with a Monarkes voyce Cry hauocke and let slip the Dogges of Warre That this foule deede shall smell aboue the earth With Carrion men groaning for Buriall Enter Octauio's Seruant You serue Octauius Caesar do you not Ser. I do Marke Antony Ant. Caesar did write for him to come to Rome Ser. He did receiue his Letters and is comming And bid me say to you by word of mouth O Caesar Ant. Thy heart is bigge get thee a-part and weepe Passion I see is catching from mine eyes Seeing those Beads of sorrow stand in thine Began to water Is thy Master comming Ser. He lies to night within seuen Leagues of Rome Ant. Post backe with speede And tell him what hath chanc'd Heere is a mourning Rome a dangerous Rome No Rome of safety for Octauius yet Hie hence and tell him so Yet stay a-while Thou shalt not backe till I haue borne this course Into the Market place There shall I try In my Oration how the People take The cruell issue of these bloody men According to the which thou shalt discourse To yong Octauius of the state of things Lend me your hand Exeunt Enter Brutus and goes into the Pulpit and Cassius with the Plebeians Ple. We will be satisfied let vs be satisfied Bru. Then follow me and giue me Audience friends Cassius go you into the other streete And part the Numbers Those that will heare me speake let 'em stay heere Those that will follow Cassius go with him And publike Reasons shall be rendred Of Caesars death 1. Ple. I will heare Brutus speake 2. I will heare Cassius and compare their Reasons When seuerally we heare them rendred 3. The Noble Brutus is ascended Silence Bru. Be patient till the last Romans Countrey-men and Louers heare mee for my cause and be silent that you may heare Beleeue me for mine Honor and haue respect to mine Honor that you may beleeue Censure me in your Wisedom and awake your Senses that you may the better Iudge If there bee any in this Assembly any deere Friend of Caesars to him I say that Brutus loue to Caesar was no lesse then his If then that Friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar this is my answer Not that I lou'd Caesar lesse but that I lou'd Rome more Had you rather Caesar were liuing and dye all Slaues then that Caesar were dead to liue all Free-men As Caesar lou'd mee I weepe for him as he was Fortunate I reioyce at it as he was Valiant I honour him But as he was Ambitious I slew him There is Teares for his Loue Ioy for his Fortune Honor for his Valour and Death for his Ambition Who is heere so base that would be a Bondman If any speak
for him haue I offended Who is heere so rude that would not be a Roman If any speak for him haue I offended Who is heere so vile that will not loue his Countrey If any speake for him haue I offended I pause for a Reply All. None Brutus none Brutus Then none haue I offended I haue done no more to Caesar then you shall do to Brutus The Question of his death is inroll'd in the Capitoll his Glory not extenuated wherein he was worthy nor his offences enforc'd for which he suffered death Enter Mark Antony with Caesars body Heere comes his Body mourn'd by Marke Antony who though he had no hand in his death shall receiue the benefit of his dying a place in the CoÌ„monwealth as which of you shall not With this I depart that as I slewe my best Louer for the good of Rome I haue the same Dagger for my selfe when it shall please my Country to need my death All. Liue Brutus liue liue 1. Bring him with Triumph home vnto his house 2. Giue him a Statue with his Ancestors 3. Let him be Caesar 4. Caesars better parts Shall be Crown'd in Brutus 1. Wee 'l bring him to his House With Showts and Clamors Bru. My Country-men 2. Peace silence Brutus speakes 1. Peace ho. Bru. Good Countrymen let me depart alone And for my sake stay heere with Antony Do grace to Caesars Corpes and grace his Speech Tending to Caesars Glories which Marke Antony By our permission is allow'd to make I do intreat you not a man depart Saue I alone till Antony haue spoke Exit 1 Stay ho and let vs heare Mark Antony 3 Let him go vp into the publike Chaire Wee 'l heare him Noble Antony go vp Ant. For Brutus sake I am beholding to you 4 What does he say of Brutus 3 He sayes for Brutus sake He findes himselfe beholding to vs all 4 'T were best he speake no harme of Brutus heere 1 This Caesar was a Tyrant 3 Nay that 's certaine We are blest that Rome is rid of him 2 Peace let vs heare what Antony can say Ant. You gentle Romans All. Peace hoe let vs heare him An. Friends Romans Countrymen lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar not to praise him The euill that men do liues after them The good is oft enterred with their bones So let it be with Caesar The Noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was Ambitious If it were so it was a greeuous Fault And greeuously hath Caesar answer'd it Heere vnder leaue of Brutus and the rest For Brutus is an Honourable man So are they all all Honourable mâ—n Come I to speake in Caesars Funerall He was my Friend faithfull and iust to me But Brutus sayes he was Ambitious And Brutus is an Honourable man He hath brought many Captiues home to Rome Whose Ransomes did the generall Coffers fill Did this in Caesar seeme Ambitious When that the poore haue cry'de Caesar hath wept Ambition should be made of sterner stuffe Yet Brutus sayes he was Ambitious And Brutus is an Honourable man You all did see that on the Lupercall I thrice presented him a Kingly Crowne Which he did thrice refuse Was this Ambition Yet Brutus sayes he was Ambitious And sure he is an Honourable man I speake not to disprooue what Brutus spoke But heere I am to speake what I do know You all did loue him once not without cause What cause with-holds you then to mourne for him O Iudgement thou are fled to brutish Beasts And Men haue lost their Reason Beare with me My heart is in the Coffin there with Caesar And I must pawse till it come backe to me 1 Me thinkes there is much reason in his sayings 2 If thou consider rightly of the matter Caesar ha's had great wrong 3 Ha's hee Masters I feare there will a worse come in his place 4. Mark'd ye his words he would not take y e Crown Therefore 't is certaine he was not Ambitious 1. If it be found so some will deere abide it 2. Poore soule his eyes are red as fire with weeping 3. There 's not a Nobler man in Rome then Antony 4. Now marke him he begins againe to speake Ant. But yesterday the word of Caesar might Haue stood against the World Now lies he there And none so poore to do him reuerence O Maisters If I were dispos'd to stirre Your hearts and mindes to Mutiny and Rage I should do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong Who you all know are Honourable men I will not do them wrong I rather choose To wrong the dead to wrong my selfe and you Then I will wrong such Honourable men But heere 's a Parchment with the Seale of Caesar I found it in his Closset 't is his Will Let but the Commons heare this Testament Which pardon me I do not meane to reade And they would go and kisse dead Caesars wounds And dip their Napkins in his Sacred Blood Yea begge a haire of him for Memory And dying mention it within their Willes Bequeathing it as a rich Legacie Vnto their issue 4 Wee 'l heare the Will reade it Marke Antony All. The Will the Will we will heare Caesars Will Ant. Haue patience gentle Friends I must not read it It is not meete you know how Caesar lou'd you You are not Wood you are not Stones but men And being men hearing the Will of Caesar It will inflame you it will make you mad 'T is good you know not that you are his Heires For if you should O what would come of it 4 Read the Will wee 'l heare it Antony You shall reade vs the Will Caesars Will Ant. Will you be Patient Will you stay a-while I haue o're-shot my selfe to tell you of it I feare I wrong the Honourable men Whose Daggers haue stabb'd Caesar I do feare it 4 They were Traitors Honourable men All. The Will the Testament 2 They were Villaines Murderers the Will read the Will Ant. You will compell me then to read the Will Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar And let me shew you him that made the Will Shall I descend And will you giue me leaue All. Come downe 2 Descend 3 You shall haue leaue 4 A Ring stand round 1 Stand from the Hearse stand from the Body 2 Roome for Antony most Noble Antony Ant. Nay presse not so vpon me stand farre off All. Stand backe roome beare backe Ant. If you haue teares prepare to shed them now You all do know this Mantle I remember The first time euer Caesar put it on 'T was on a Summers Euening in his Tent That day he ouercame the Neruij Looke in this place ran Cassius Dagger through See what a rent the enuious Caska made Through this the wel-beloued Brutus stabb'd And as he pluck'd his cursed Steele away Marke how the blood of Caesar followed it As rushing out of doores to be resolu'd If Brutus so vnkindely knock'd or no For Brutus as you know was Caesars Angel Iudge O
you Gods how deerely Caesar lou'd him This was the most vnkindest cut of all For when the Noble Caesar saw him stab Ingratitude more strong then Traitors armes Quite vanquish'd him then burst his Mighty heart And in his Mantle muffling vp his face Euen at the Base of Pompeyes Statue Which all the while ran blood great Caesar fell O what a fall was there my Countrymen Then I and you and all of vs fell downe Whil'st bloody Treason flourish'd ouer vs. O now you weepe and I perceiue you feele The dint of pitty These are gracious droppes Kinde Soules what weepe you when you but behold Our Caesars Vesture wounded Looke you heere Heere is Himselfe marr'd as you see with Traitors 1. O pitteous spectacle 2. O Noble Caesar 3. O wofull day 4. O Traitors Villaines 1. O most bloody sight 2. We will be reueng'd Reuenge About seeke burne fire kill slay Let not a Traitor liue Ant. Stay Country-men 1. Peace there heare the Noble Antony 2. Wee 'l heare him wee 'l follow him wee 'l dy with him Ant. Good Friends sweet Friends let me not stirre you vp To such a sodaine Flood of Mutiny They that haue done this Deede are honourable What priuate greefes they haue alas I know not That made them do it They are Wise and Honourable And will no doubt with Reasons answer you I come not Friends to steale away your hearts I am no Orator as Brutus is But as you know me all a plaine blunt man That loue my Friend and that they know full well That gaue me publike leaue to speake of him For I haue neyther writ nor words nor worth Action nor Vtterance nor the power of Speech To stirre mens Blood I onely speake right on I tell you that which you your selues do know Shew you sweet Caesars wounds poor poor dum mouths And bid them speake for me But were I Brutus And Brutus Antony there were an Antony Would ruffle vp your Spirits and put a Tongue In euery Wound of Caesar that should moue The stones of Rome to rise and Mutiny All. Wee 'l Mutiny 1 Wee 'l burne the house of Brutus 3 Away then come seeke the Conspirators Ant. Yet heare me Countrymen yet heare me speake All. Peace hoe heare Antony most Noble Antony Ant. Why Friends you go to do you know not what Wherein hath Caesar thus deseru'd your loues Alas you know not I must tell you then You haue forgot the Will I told you of All. Most true the Will let 's stay and heare the Wil. Ant. Heere is the Will and vnder Caesars Seale To euery Roman Citizen he giues To euery seuerall man seuenty fiue Drachmaes 2 Ple. Most Noble Caesar wee 'l reuenge his death 3 Ple. O Royall Caesar Ant. Heare me with patience All. Peace hoe Ant. Moreouer he hath left you all his Walkes His priuate Arbors and new-planted Orchards On this side Tyber he hath left them you And to your heyres for euer common pleasures To walke abroad and recreate your selues Heere was a Caesar when comes such another 1. Ple. Neuer neuer come away away Wee 'l burne his body in the holy place And with the Brands fire the Traitors houses Take vp the body 2. Ple. Go fetch fire 3. Ple. Plucke downe Benches 4. Ple. Plucke downe Formes Windowes any thing Exit Plebeians Ant. Now let it worke Mischeefe thou art a-foot Take thou what course thou wilt How now Fellow Enter Seruant Ser. Sir Octauius is already come to Rome Ant. Where is hee Ser. He and Lepidus are at Caesars house Ant. And thither will I straight to visit him He comes vpon a wish Fortune is merry And in this mood will giue vs any thing Ser. I heard him say Brutus and Cassius Are rid like Madmen through the Gates of Rome Ant. Belike they had some notice of the people How I had moued them Bring me to Octauius Exeunt Enter Cinna the Poet and after him the Plebeians Cinna I dreamt to night that I did feast with Caesar And things vnluckily charge my Fantasie I haue no will to wander foorth of doores Yet something leads me foorth 1. What is your name 2. Whether are you going 3. Where do you dwell 4. Are you a married man or a Batchellor 2. Answer euery man directly 1. I and breefely 4. I and wisely 3. I and truly you were best Cin. What is my name Whether am I going Where do I dwell Am I a married man or a Batchellour Then to answer euery man directly and breefely wisely and truly wisely I say I am a Batchellor 2 That 's as much as to say they are fooles that marrie you 'l beare me a bang for that I feare proceede directly Cinna Directly I am going to Caesars Funerall 1. As a Friend or an Enemy Cinna As a friend 2. That matter is answered directly 4. For your dwelling breefely Cinna Breefely I dwell by the Capitoll 3. Your name sir truly Cinna Truly my name is Cinna 1. Teare him to peeces hee 's a Conspirator Cinna I am Cinna the Poet I am Cinna the Poet. 4. Teare him for his bad verses teare him for his bad Verses Cin. I am not Cinna the Conspirator 4. It is no matter his name 's Cinna plucke but his name out of his heart and turne him going 3. Teare him tear him Come Brands hoe Firebrands to Brutus to Cassius burne all Some to Decius House and some to Caska's some to Ligarius Away go Exeunt all that Plebeians Actus Quartus Enter Antony Octauius and Lepidus Ant. These many then shall die their names are prickt Octa. Your Brother too must dye consent you Lepidus Lep. I do consent Octa. Pricke him downe Antony Lep. Vpon condition Publius shall not liue Who is your Sisters sonne Marke Antony Ant. He shall not liue looke with a spot I dam him But Lepidus go you to Caesars house Fetch the Will hither and we shall determine How to cut off some charge in Legacies Lep. What shall I finde you heere Octa. Or heere or at the Capitoll Exit Lepidus Ant. This is a slight vnmeritable man Meet to be sent on Errands is it fit The three-fold World diuided he should stand One of the three to share it Octa. So you thought him And tooke his voyce who should be prickt to dye In our blacke Sentence and Proscription Ant. Octauius I haue seene more dayes then you And though we lay these Honours on this man To ease our selues of diuers sland'rous loads He shall but beare them as the Asse beares Gold To groane and swet vnder the Businesse Either led or driuen as we point the way And hauing brought our Treasure where we will Then take we downe his Load and turne him off Like to the empty Asse to shake his eares And graze in Commons Octa. You may do your will But hee 's a tried and valiant Souldier Ant. So is my Horse Octauius and for that I do appoint him store of Prouender It is a Creature that
Nymphes Spirits Reapers Spirits FINIS THE Two Gentlemen of Verona Actus primus Scena prima Valentine Protheus and Speed Valentine CEase to perswade my louing Protheus Home-keeping youth haue euer homely wits Wer 't not affection chaines thy tender dayes To the sweet glaunces of thy honour'd Loue I rather would entreat thy company To see the wonders of the world abroad Then liuing dully sluggardiz'd at home Weare out thy youth with shapelesse idlenesse But since thou lou'st loue still and thriue therein Euen as I would when I to loue begin Pro. Wilt thou be gone Sweet Valentine ad ew Thinke on thy Protheus when thou hap'ly seest Some rare note-worthy obiect in thy trauaile With me partaker in thy happinesse When thou do'st meet good hap and in thy danger If euer danger doe enuiron thee Commend thy grieuance to my holy prayers For I will be thy beades-man Valentine Val And on a loue-booke pray for my successe Pro. Vpon some booke I loue I 'le pray for thee Val. That 's on some shallow Storie of deepe loue How yong Leander crost the Hellespont Pro. That 's a deepe Storie of a deeper loue For he was more then ouer-shooes in loue Val 'T is true for you are ouer-bootes in loue And yet you neuer swom the Hellespont Pro. Ouer the Bootes nay giue me not the Boots Val. No I will not for it boots thee not Pro. What Val To be in loue where scorne is bought with grones Coy looks with hart-sore sighes one fading moments mirth With twenty watchfull weary tedious nights If hap'ly won perhaps a haplesse gaine If lost why then a grieuous labour won How euer but a folly bought with wit Or else a wit by folly vanquished Pro. So by your circumstance you call me foole Val So by your circumstance I feare you 'll proue Pro. 'T is Loue you cauill at I am not Loue. Val. Loue is your master for he masters you And he that is so yoked by a foole Me thinkes should not be chronicled for wise Pro. Yet Writers say as in the sweetest Bud The eating Canker dwels so eating Loue Inhabits in the finest wits of all Val. And Writers say as the most forward Bud Is eaten by the Canker ere it blow Euen so by Loue the yong and tender wit Is turn'd to folly blasting in the Bud Loosing his verdure euen in the prime And all the faire effects of future hopes But wherefore waste I time to counsaile thee That art a votary to fond desire Once more adieu my Father at the Road Expects my comming there to see me ship'd Pro. And thither will I bring thee Valentine Val. Sweet Protheus no Now let vs take our leaue To Millaine let me heare from thee by Letters Of thy successe in loue and what newes else Betideth here in absence of thy Friend And I likewise will visite thee with mine Pro. All happinesse be chance to thee in Millaine Val. As much to you at home and so farewell Exit Pro. He after Honour hunts I after Loue He leaues his friends to dignifie them more I loue my selfe my friends and all for loue Thou Iulia thou hast metamorphis'd me Made me neglect my Studies loose my time Warre with good counsaile set the world at nought Made Wit with musing weake hart sick with thought Sp. Sir Protheus ' saue you saw you my Master Pro. But now he parted hence to embarque for Millain Sp. Twenty to one then he is ship'd already And I haue plaid the Sheepe in loosing him Pro. Indeede a Sheepe doth very often stray And if the Shepheard be awhile away Sp. You conclude that my Master is a Shepheard then and I Sheepe Pro. I doe Sp. Why then my hornes are his hornes whether I wake or sleepe Pro. A silly answere and fitting well a Sheepe Sp. This proues me still a Sheepe Pro. True and thy Master a Shepheard Sp. Nay that I can deny by a circumstance Pro. It shall goe hard but I le proue it by another Sp. The Shepheard seekes the Sheepe and not the Sheepe the Shepheard but I seeke my Master and my Master seekes not me therefore I am no Sheepe Pro. The Sheepe for fodder follow the Shepheard the Shepheard for foode followes not the Sheepe thou for wages followest thy Master thy Master for wages followes not thee therefore thou art a Sheepe Sp. Such another proofe will make me cry baâ. Pro. But do'st thou heare gau'st thou my Letter to Iulia Sp. I Sir I a lost-Mutton gaue your Letter to her a lac'd-Mutton and she a lac'd-Mutton gaue mee a lost-Mutton nothing for my labour Pro. Here 's too small a Pasture for such store of Muttons Sp. If the ground be ouer-charg'd you were best sticke her Pro. Nay in that you are astray 't were best pound you Sp. Nay Sir lesse then a pound shall serue me for carrying your Letter Pro. You mistake I meane the pound a Pinfold Sp. From a pound to a pin fold it ouer and ouer 'T is threefold too little for carrying a letter to your louer Pro. But what said she Sp. I. Pro. Nod-I why that 's noddy Sp. You mistooke Sir I say she did nod And you aske me if she did nod and I say I. Pro. And that set together is noddy Sp. Now you haue taken the paines to set it together take it for your paines Pro. No no you shall haue it for bearing the letter Sp. Well I perceiue I must be faine to beare with you Pro. Why Sir how doe you beare with me Sp. Marry Sir the letter very orderly Hauing nothing but the word noddy for my paines Pro. Beshrew me but you haue a quicke wit Sp. And yet it cannot ouer-take your slow purse Pro. Come come open the matter in briefe what said she Sp. Open your purse that the money and the matter may be both at once deliuered Pro. Well Sir here is for your paines what said she Sp. Truely Sir I thinke you 'll hardly win her Pro. Why could'st thou perceiue so much from her Sp. Sir I could perceiue nothing at all from her No not so much as a ducket for deliuering your letter And being so hard to me that brought your minde I feare she 'll proue as hard to you in telling your minde Giue her no token but stones for she 's as hard as steele Pro. What said she nothing Sp. No not so much as take this for thy pains To testifie your bounty I thank you you haue cestern'd me In requital whereof henceforth carry your letters your selfe And so Sir I 'le commend you to my Master Pro. Go go be gone to saue your Ship from wrack Which cannot perish hauing thee aboarde Being destin'd to a drier death on shore I must goe send some better Messenger I feare my Iulia would not daigne my lines Receiuing them from such a worthlesse post Exit Scoena Secunda Enter Iulia and Lucetta Iul. But say Lucetta now we are alone Would'st thou then counsaile me to
no woe to his correction Nor to his Seruice no such ioy on earth Now no discourse except it be of loue Now can I breake my fast dine sup and sleepe Vpon the very naked name of Loue. Pro. Enough I read your fortune in your eye Was this the Idoll that you worship so Val. Euen She and is she not a heauenly Saint Pro. No But she is an earthly Paragon Val. Call her diuine Pro. I will not flatter her Val O flatter me for Loue delights in praises Pro. When I was sick you gaue me bitter pils And I must minister the like to you Val. Then speake the truth by her if not diuine Yet let her be a principalitie Soueraigne to all the Creatures on the earth Pro. Except my Mistresse Val. Sweet except not any Except thou wilt except against my Loue. Pro. Haue I not reason to prefer mine owne Val. And I will help thee to prefer her to Shee shall be dignified with this high honour To beare my Ladies traine left the base earth Should from her vesture chance to steale a kisse And of so great a fauor growing proud Disdaine to roote the Sommer-swelling flowre And make rough winter euerlastingly Pro. Why Valentine what Bragadisme is this Val. Pardon me Protheus all I can is nothing To her whose worth make other worthies nothing Shee is alone Pro. Then let her alone Val. Not for the world why man she is mine owne And I as rich in hauing such a Iewell As twenty Seas if all their sand were pearle The water Nectar and the Rocks pure gold Forgiue me that I doe not dreame on thee Because thou seest me doate vpon my loue My foolish Riuall that her Father likes Onely for his possessions are so huge Is gone with her along and I must after For Loue thou know'st is full of iealousie Pro. But she loues you Val. I and we are betroathd nay more our mariage howre With all the cunning manner of our flight Determin'd of how I must climbe her window The Ladder made of Cords and all the means Plotted and 'greed on for my happinesse Good Protheus goe with me to my chamber In these affaires to aid me with thy counsaile Pro. Goe on before I shall enquire you forth I must vnto the Road to dis-embarque Some necessaries that I needs must vse And then I le presently attend you Val. Will you make haste Exit Pro. I will Euen as one heate another heate expels Or as one naile by strength driues out another So the remembrance of my former Loue Is by a newer obiect quite forgotten It is mine or Valentines praise Her true perfection or my false transgression That makes me reasonlesse to reason thus Shee is faire and so is Iulia that I loue That I did loue for now my loue is thaw'd Which like a waxen Image ' gainst a fire Beares no impression of the thing it was Me thinkes my zeale to Valentine is cold And that I loue him not as I was wont O but I loue his Lady too-too much And that 's the reason I loue him so little How shall I doate on her with more aduice That thus without aduice begin to loue her 'T is but her picture I haue yet beheld And that hath dazel'd my reasons light But when I looke on her perfections There is no reason but I shall be blinde If I can checke my erring loue I will If not to compasse her I le vse my skill Exeunt Scena Quinta Enter Speed and Launce Speed Launce by mine honesty welcome to Padua Laun. Forsweare not thy selfe sweet youth for I am not welcome I reckon this alwaies that a man is neuer vndon till hee be hang'd nor neuer welcome to a place till some certaine shot be paid and the Hostesse say welcome Speed Come-on you mad-cap I le to the Ale-house with you presently where for one shot of fiue pence thou shalt haue fiue thousand welcomes But sirha how did thy Master part with Madam Iulia Lau. Marry after they cloas'd in earnest they parted very fairely in iest Spee But shall she marry him Lau. No. Spee How then shall he marry her Lau. No neither Spee What are they broken Lau. No they are both as whole as a fish Spee Why then how stands the matter with them Lau. Marry thus when it stands well with him it stands well with her Spee What an asse art thou I vnderstand thee not Lau. What a blocke art thou that thou canst not My staffe vnderstands me Spee What thou saist Lau. I and what I do too looke thee I le but leane and my staffe vnderstands me Spee It stands vnder thee indeed Lau. Why stand-vnder and vnder-stand is all one Spee But tell me true wil't be a match Lau. Aske my dogge if he say I it will if hee say no it will if hee shake his taile and say nothing it will Spee The conclusion is then that it will Lau. Thou shalt neuer get such a secret from me but by a parable Spee 'T is well that I get it so but Launce how saist thou that that my master is become a notable Louer Lau. I neuer knew him otherwise Spee Then how Lau. A notable Lubber as thou reportest him to bee Spee Why thou whorson Asse thou mistak'st me Lau. Why Foole I meant not thee I meant thy Master Spee I tell thee my Master is become a hot Louer Lau. Why I tell thee I care not though hee burne himselfe in Loue. If thou wilt goe with me to the Ale-house if not thou art an Hebrew a Iew and not worth the name of a Christian Spee Why Lau. Because thou hast not so much charity in thee as to goe to the Ale with a Christian Wilt thou goe Spee At thy seruice Exeunt Scoena Sexta Enter Protheus solus Pro. To leaue my Iulia shall I be forsworne To loue faire Siluia shall I be forsworne To wrong my friend I shall be much forsworne And ev'n that Powre which gaue me first my oath Prouokes me to this three-fold periurie Loue bad mee sweare and Loue bids me for-sweare O sweet-suggesting Loue if thou hast sin'd Teach me thy tempted subiect to excuse it At first I did adore a twinkling Starre But now I worship a celestiall Sunne Vn-heedfull vowes may heedfully be broken And he wants wit that wants resolued will To learne his wit t' exchange the bad for better Fie fie vnreuerend tongue to call her bad Whose soueraignty so oft thou hast preferd With twenty thousand soule-confirming oathes I cannot leaue to loue and yet I doe But there I leaue to loue where I should loue Iulia I loose and Valentine I loose If I keepe them I needs must loose my selfe If I loose them thus finde I by their losse For Valentine my selfe for Iulia Siluia I to my selfe am deerer then a friend For Loue is still most precious in it selfe And Siluia witnesse heauen that made her faire Shewes Iulia but a swarthy Ethiope I will
then that some of vs are Gentlemen Such as the fury of vngouern'd youth Thrust from the company of awfull men My selfe was from Verona banished For practising to steale away a Lady And heire and Neece alide vnto the Duke 2. Out And I from Mantua for a Gentleman Who in my moode I stab'd vnto the heart 1. Out And I for such like petty crimes as these But to the purpose for we cite our faults That they may hold excus'd our lawlesse liues And partly seeing you are beautifide With goodly shape and by your owne report A Linguist and a man of such perfection As we doe in our quality much want 2. Out Indeede because you are a banish'd man Therefore aboue the rest we parley to you Are you content to be our Generall To make a vertue of necessity And liue as we doe in this wildernesse 3. Out What saist thou wilt thou be of our consort Say I and be the captaine of vs all We 'll doe thee homage and be rul'd by thee Loue thee as our Commander and our King 1. Out But if thou scorne our curtesie thou dyest 2. Out Thou shalt not liue to brag what we haue offer'd Val. I take your offer and will liue with you Prouided that you do no outrages On silly women or poore passengers 3. Out No we detest such vile base practises Come goe with vs we 'll bring thee to our Crewes And show thee all the Treasure we haue got Which with our selues all rest at thy dispose Exeunt Scoena Secunda Enter Protheus Thurio Iulia Host Musitian Siluia Pro. Already haue I bin false to Valentine And now I must be as vniust to Thurio Vnder the colour of commending him I haue accesse my owne loue to prefer But Siluia is too faire too true too holy To be corrupted with my worthlesse guifts When I protest true loyalty to her She twits me with my falsehood to my friend When to her beauty I commend my vowes She bids me thinke how I haue bin forsworne In breaking faith with Iulia whom I lou'd And notwithstanding all her sodaine quips The least whereof would quell a louers hope Yet Spaniel-like the more she spurnes my loue The more it growes and fawneth on her still But here comes Thurio now must we to her window And giue some euening Musique to her eare Th. How now sir Protheus are you crept before vs Pro. I gentle Thurio for you know that loue Will creepe in seruice where it cannot goe Th. I but I hope Sir that you loue not here Pro. Sir but I doe or else I would be hence Th. Who Siluia Pro. I Siluia for your sake Th. I thanke you for your owne Now Gentlemen Let 's tune and too it lustily a while Ho. Now my yong guest me thinks your ' allyeholly I pray you why is it Iu. Marry mine Host because I cannot be merry Ho. Come we 'll haue you merry I le bring you where you shall heare Musique and see the Gentleman that you ask'd for Iu. But shall I heare him speake Ho. I that you shall Iu. That will be Musique Ho. Harke harke Iu. Is he among these Ho. I but peace let 's heare'm Song Who is Siluia what is she That all our Swaines commend her Holy faire and wise is she The heauen such grace did lend her that she might admired be Is she kinde as she is faire For beauty liues with kindnesse Loue doth to her eyes repaire To helpe him of his blindnesse And being help'd inhabits there Then to Siluia let vs sing That Siluia is excelling She excels each mortall thing Vpon the dull earth dwelling To her let vs Garlands bring Ho. How now are you sadder then you were before How doe you man the Musicke likes you not Iu. You mistake the Musitian likes me not Ho. Why my pretty youth Iu. He plaies false father Ho. How out of tune on the strings Iu. Not so but yet So false that he grieues my very heart-strings Ho. You haue a quicke eare Iu. I I would I were deafe it makes me haue a slow heart Ho. I perceiue you delight not in Musique Iu. Not a whit when it iars so Ho. Harke what fine change is in the Musique Iu. I that change is the spight Ho. You would haue them alwaies play but one thing Iu. I would alwaies haue one play but one thing But Host doth this Sir Protheus that we talke on Often resort vnto this Gentlewoman Ho. I tell you what Launce his man told me He lou'd her out of all nicke Iu. Where is Launce Ho. Gone to seeke his dog which to morrow by his Masters command hee must carry for a present to his Lady Iu. Peace stand aside the company parts Pro. Sir Thurio feare not you I will so pleade That you shall say my cunning drift excels Th. Where meete we Pro. At Saint Gregories well Th. Farewell Pro. Madam good eu'n to your Ladiship Sil. I thanke you for your Musique Gentlemen Who is that that spake Pro. One Lady if you knew his pure hearts truth You would quickly learne to know him by his voice Sil. Sir Protheus as I take it Pro. Sir Protheus gentle Lady and your Seruant Sil. What 's your will Pro. That I may compasse yours Sil. You haue your wish my will is euen this That presently you hie you home to bed Thou subtile periur'd false disloyall man Think'st thou I am so shallow so conceitlesse To be seduced by thy flattery That has't deceiu'd so many with thy vowes Returne returne and make thy loue amends For me by this pale queene of night I sweare I am so farre from granting thy request That I despise thee for thy wrongfull suite And by and by intend to chide my selfe Euen for this time I spend in talking to thee Pro. I grant sweet loue that I did loue a Lady But she is dead Iu. 'T were false if I should speake it For I am sure she is not buried Sil. Say that she be yet Valentine thy friend Suruiues to whom thy selfe art witnesse I am betroth'd and art thou not asham'd To wrong him with thy importunacy Pro. I likewise heare that Valentine is dead Sil. And so suppose am I for in her graue Assure thy selfe my loue is buried Pro. Sweet Lady let me take it from the earth Sil. Goe to thy Ladies graue and call hers thence Or at the least in hers sepulcher thine Iul. He heard not that Pro. Madam if your heart be so obdurate Vouchsafe me yet your Picture for my loue The Picture that is hanging in your chamber To that I le speake to that I le sigh and weepe For since the substance of your perfect selfe Is else deuoted I am but a shadow And to your shadow will I make true loue Iul. If 't were a substance you would sure deceiue it And make it but a shadow as I am Sil. I am very loath to be your Idoll Sir But since your falsehood shall become you
And driue away the Vulgar from the streets So do you too where you perceiue them thicke These growing Feathers pluckt from Caesars wing Will make him flye an ordinary pitch Who else would soare aboue the view of men And keepe vs all in seruile fearefulnesse Exeunt Enter Caesar Antony for the Course Calphurnia Portia Decius Cicero Brutus Cassius Caska a Soothsayer after them Murellus and Flauius Caes Calphurnia Cask Peace ho Caesar speakes Caes Calphurnia Calp. Heere my Lord. Caes Stand you directly in Antonio's way When he doth run his course Antonio Ant. Caesar my Lord. Caes Forget not in your speed Antonio To touch Calphurnia for our Elders say The Barren touched in this holy chace Shake off their sterrile curse Ant. I shall remember When Caesar sayes Do this it is perform'd Caes Set on and leaue no Ceremony out Sooth. Caesar Caes Ha Who calles Cask Bid euery noyse be still peace yet againe Caes Who is it in the presse that calles on me I heare a Tongue shriller then all the Musicke Cry Caesar Speake Caesar is turn'd to heare Sooth. Beware the Ides of March. Caes What man is that Br. A Sooth-sayer bids you beware the Ides of March Caes Set him before me let me see his face Cassi Fellow come from the throng look vpon Caesar Caes What sayst thou to me now Speake once againe South Beware the Ides of March. Caes He is a Dreamer let vs leaue him Passe Sennet Exeunt Manet Brut. Cass Cassi Will you go see the order of the course Brut. Not I. Cassi I pray you do Brut. I am not Gamesom I do lacke some part Of that quicke Spirit that is in Antony Let me not hinder Cassius your desires I le leaue you Cassi Brutus I do obserue you now of late I haue not from your eyes that gentlenesse And shew of Loue as I was wont to haue You beare too stubborne and too strange a hand Ouer your Friend that loues you Bru. Cassius Be not deceiu'd If I haue veyl'd my looke I turne the trouble of my Countenance Meerely vpon my selfe Vexed I am Of late with passions of some difference Conceptions onely proper to my selfe Which giue some soyle perhaps to my Behauiours But let not therefore my good Friends be greeu'd Among which number Cassius be you one Nor construe any further my neglect Then that poore Brutus with himselfe at warre Forgets the shewes of Loue to other men Cassi Then Brutus I haue much mistook your passion By meanes whereof this Brest of mine hath buried Thoughts of great value worthy Cogitations Tell me good Brutus Can you see your face Brutus No Cassius For the eye sees not it selfe but by reflection By some other things Cassius 'T is iust And it is very much lamented Brutus That you haue no such Mirrors as will turne Your hidden worthinesse into your eye That you might see your shadow I haue heard Where many of the best respect in Rome Except immortall Caesar speaking of Brutus And groaning vnderneath this Ages yoake Haue wish'd that Noble Brutus had his eyes Bru. Into what dangers would you Leade me Cassius That you would haue me seeke into my selfe For that which is not in me Cas Therefore good Brutus be prepar'd to heare And since you know you cannot see your selfe So well as by Reflection I your Glasse Will modestly discouer to your selfe That of your selfe which you yet know not of And be not iealous on me gentle Brutus Were I a common Laughter or did vse To stale with ordinary Oathes my loue To euery new Protester if you know That I do fawne on men and hugge them hard And after scandall them Or if you know That I professe my selfe in Banquetting To all the Rout then hold me dangerous Flourish and Shout Bru. What meanes this Showting I do feare the People choose Caesar For their King Cassi I do you feare it Then must I thinke you would not haue it so Bru. I would not Cassius yet I loue him well But wherefore do you hold me heere so long What is it that you would impart to me If it be ought toward the generall good Set Honor in one eye and Death i' th other And I will looke on both indifferently For let the Gods so speed mee as I loue The name of Honor more then I feare death Cassi I know that vertue to be in you Brutus As well as I do know your outward fauour Well Honor is the subiect of my Story I cannot tell what you and other men Thinke of this life But for my single selfe I had as liefe not be as liue to be In awe of such a Thing as I my selfe I was borne free as Caesar so were you We both haue fed as well and we can both Endure the Winters cold as well as hee For once vpon a Rawe and Gustie day The troubled Tyber chasing with her Shores Caesar saide to me Dar'st thou Cassius now Leape in with me into this angry Flood And swim to yonder Point Vpon the word Accoutred as I was I plunged in And bad him follow so indeed he did The Torrent roar'd and we did buffet it With lusty Sinewes throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of Controuersie But ere we could arriue the Point propos'd Caesar cride Helpe me Cassius or I sinke I as Aeneas our great Ancestor Did from the Flames of Troy vpon his shoulder The old Anchyses beare so from the waues of Tyber Did I the tyred Caesar And this Man Is now become a God and Cassius is A wretched Creature and must bend his body If Caesar carelesly but nod on him He had a Feauer when he was in Spaine And when the Fit was on him I did marke How he did shake T is true this God did shake His Coward lippes did from their colour flye And that same Eye whose bend doth awe the World Did loose his Lustre I did heare him grone I and that Tongue of his that bad the Romans Marke him and write his Speeches in their Bookes Alas it cried Giue me some drinke Titinius As a sicke Girle Ye Gods it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the Maiesticke world And beare the Palme alone Shout Flourish Bru. Another generall shout I do beleeue that these applauses are For some new Honors that are heap'd on Caesar Cassi Why man he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus and we petty men Walke vnder his huge legges and peepe about To finde our selues dishonourable Graues Men at sometime are Masters of their Fates The fault deere Brutus is not in our Starres But in our Selues that we are vnderlings Brutus and Caesar What should be in that Caesar Why should that name be sounded more then yours Write them together Yours is as faire a Name Sound them it doth become the mouth aswell Weigh them it is as heauy Coniure with 'em Brutus will start a Spirit as soone as Caesar Now
Where where Messala doth his body lye Messa Loe yonder and Titinius mourning it Bru. Titinius face is vpward Cato He is slaine Bru. O Iulius Caesar thou art mighty yet Thy Spirit walkes abroad and turnes our Swords In our owne proper Entrailes Low Alarums Cato Braue Titinius Looke where he haue not crown'd dead Cassius Bru. Are yet two Romans liuing such as these The last of all the Romans far thee well It is impossible that euer Rome Should breed thy fellow Friends I owe mo teares To this dead man then you shall see me pay I shall finde time Cassius I shall finde time Come therefore and to Tharsus send his body His Funerals shall not be in our Campe Least it discomfort vs. Lucillius come And come yong Cato let vs to the Field Labio and Flauio set our Battailes on 'T is three a clocke and Romans yet ere night We shall try Fortune in a second fight Exeunt Alarum Enter Brutus Messala Cato Lucillius and Flauius Bru. Yet Country-men O yet hold vp your heads Cato What Bastard doth not Who will go with me I will proclaime my name about the Field I am the Sonne of Marcus Cato hoe A Foe to Tyrants and my Countries Friend I am the Sonne of Marcus Cato hoe Enter Souldiers and fight And I am Brutus Marcus Brutus I Brutus my Countries Friend Know me for Brutus Luc. O yong and Noble Cato art thou downe Why now thou dyest as brauely as Titinius And may'st be honour'd being Cato's Sonne Sold. Yeeld or thou dyest Luc. Onely I yeeld to dye There is so much that thou wilt kill me straight Kill Brutus and be honour'd in his death Sold. We must not a Noble Prisoner Enter Antony 2. Sold. Roome hoe tell Antony Brutus is tane 1. Sold. I le tell thee newes Heere comes the Generall Brutus is tane Brutus is tane my Lord. Ant. Where is hee Luc. Safe Antony Brutus is safe enough I dare assure thee that no Enemy Shall euer take aliue the Noble Brutus The Gods defend him from so great a shame When you do finde him or aliue or dead He will be found like Brutus like himselfe Ant. This is not Brutus friend but I assure you A prize no lesse in worth keepe this man safe Giue him all kindnesse I had rather haue Such men my Friends then Enemies Go on And see where Brutus be aliue or dead And bring vs word vnto Octauius Tent How euery thing is chanc'd Exeunt Enter Brutus Dardanius Clitus Strato and Volumnius Brut. Come poore remaines of friends rest on this Rocke Clit. Statillius shew'd the Torch-light but my Lord He came not backe he is or tane or slaine Brut. Sit thee downe Clitus slaying is the word It is a deed in fashion Hearke thee Clitus Clit. What I my Lord No not for all the World Brut. Peace then no words Clit. I le rather kill my selfe Brut. Hearke thee Dardanius Dard. Shall I doe such a deed Clit. O Dardanius Dard. O Clitus Clit. What ill request did Brutus make to thee Dard. To kill him Clitus looke he meditates Clit. Now is that Noble Vessell full of griefe That it runnes ouer euen at his eyes Brut. Come hither good Volumnius list a word Volum. What sayes my Lord Brut. Why this Volumnius The Ghost of Caesar hath appear'd to me Two seuerall times by Night at Sardis once And this last Night here in Philippi fields I know my houre is come Volum Not so my Lord. Brut. Nay I am sure it is Volumnius Thou seest the World Volumnius how it goes Our Enemies haue beat vs to the Pit Low Alarums It is more worthy to leape in our selues Then tarry till they push vs. Good Volumnius Thou know'st that we two went to Schoole together Euen for that our loue of old I prethee Hold thou my Sword Hilts whilest I runne on it Vol. That 's not an Office for a friend my Lord. Alarum still Cly. Fly flye my Lord there is no tarrying heere Bru. Farewell to you and you and you Volumnius Strato thou hast bin all this while asleepe Farewell to thee to Strato Countrymen My heart doth ioy that yet in all my life I found no man but he was true to me I shall haue glory by this loosing day More then Octauius and Marke Antony By this vile Conquest shall attaine vnto So fare you well at once for Brutus tongue Hath almost ended his liues History Night hangs vpon mine eyes my Bones would rest That haue but labour'd to attaine this houre Alarum Cry within Flye flye flye Cly. Fly my Lord flye Bru. Hence I will follow I prythee Strato stay thou by thy Lord Thou art a Fellow of a good respect Thy life hath had some smatch of Honor in it Hold then my Sword and turne away thy face While I do run vpon it Wilt thou Strato Stra. Giue me your hand first Fare you wel my Lord. Bru. Farewell good Strato Caesar now be still I kill'd not thee with halfe so good a will Dyes Alarum Retreat Enter Antony Octauius Messala Lucillius and the Army Octa. What man is that Messa My Masters man Strato where is thy Master Stra. Free from the Bondage you are in Messala The Conquerors can but make a fire of him For Brutus onely ouercame himselfe And no man else hath Honor by his death Lucil. So Brutus should be found I thank thee Brutus That thou hast prou'd Lucillius saying true Octa. All that seru'd Brutus I will entertaine them Fellow wilt thou bestow thy time with me Stra. I if Messala will preferre me to you Octa. Do so good Messala Messa How dyed my Master Strato Stra. I held the Sword and he did run on it Messa Octauius then take him to follow thee That did the latest seruice to my Master Ant. This was the Noblest Roman of them all All the Conspirators saue onely hee Did that they did in enuy of great Caesar He onely in a generall honest thought And common good to all made one of them His life was gentle and the Elements So mixt in him that Nature might stand vp And say to all the world This was a man Octa. According to his Vertue let vs vse him Withall Respect and Rites of Buriall Within my Tent his bones to night shall ly Most like a Souldier ordered Honourably So call the Field to rest and let 's away To part the glories of this happy day Exeunt omnes FINIS THE TRAGEDIE OF MACBETH Actus Primus Scoena Prima Thunder and Lightning Enter three Witches 1. WHen shall we three meet againe In Thunder Lightning or in Raine 2. When the Hurley-burley's done When the Battaile 's lost and wonne 3. That will be ere the set of Sunne 1. Where the place 2. Vpon the Heath 3. There to meet with Macbeth 1. I come Gray-Malkin All. Padock calls anon faire is foule and foule is faire Houer through the fogge and filthie ayre Exeunt Scena Secunda Alarum within Enter King Malcome Donalbaine Lenox
whil'st it was mine had annext vntoo 't A Million moe now lost shee Eros has Packt Cards with Caesars and false plaid my Glory Vnto an Enemies triumph Nay weepe not gentle Eros there is left vs Our selues to end our selues Enter Mardian Oh thy vilde Lady she has rob'd me of my Sword Mar. No Anthony My Mistris lou'd thee and her Fortunes mingled With thine intirely Ant Hence sawcy Eunuch peace she hath betraid me And shall dye the death Mar. Death of one person can be paide but once And that she ha's discharg'd What thou would'st do Is done vnto thy hand the last she spake Was Anthony most Noble Anthony Then in the midd'st a tearing grone did breake The name of Anthony it was diuided Betweene her heart and lips she rendred life Thy name so buried in her Ant. Dead then Mar. Dead Ant. Vnarme Eros the long dayes taske is done And we must sleepe That thou depart'st hence safe Does pay thy labour richly Go. exit Mardian Off plucke off The seuen-fold shield of Aiax cannot keepe The battery from my heart Oh cleaue my sides Heart once be stronger then thy Continent Cracke thy fraile Case Apace Eros apace No more a Soldier bruised peeces go You haue bin Nobly borne From me awhile exit Eros I will o're-take thee Cleopatra and Weepe for my pardon So it must be for now All length is Torture since the Torch is out Lye downe and stray no farther Now all labour Marres what it does yea very force entangles It selfe with strength Seale then and all is done Eros I come my Queene Eros Stay for me Where Soules do couch on Flowers wee 'l hand in hand And with our sprightly Port make the Ghostes gaze Dido and her Aeneas shall want Troopes And all the haunt be ours Come Eros Eros Enter Eros Eros What would my Lord Ant. Since Cleopatra dyed I haue liu'd in such dishonour that the Gods Detest my basenesse I that with my Sword Quarter'd the World and o're greene Neptunes backe With Ships made Cities condemne my selfe to lacke The Courage of a Woman lesse Noble minde Then she which by her death our Caesar telles I am Conqueror of my selfe Thou art sworne Eros That when the exigent should come which now Is come indeed When I should see behinde me Th' ineuitable prosecution of disgrace and horror That on my command thou then would'st kill me Doo 't the time is come Thou strik'st not me 'T is Caesar thou defeat'st Put colour in thy Cheeke Eros The Gods with-hold me Shall I do that which all the Parthian Darts Though Enemy lost ayme and could not Ant. Eros Would'st thou be window'd in great Rome and see Thy Master thus with pleacht Armes bending downe His corrigible necke his face subdu'de To penetratiue shame whil'st the wheel'd seate Of Fortunate Caesar drawne before him branded His Basenesse that ensued Eros I would not see 't Ant. Come then for with a wound I must be cur'd Draw that thy honest Sword which thou hast worne Most vsefull for thy Country Eros Oh sir pardon me Ant. When I did make thee free swor'st y u not then To do this when I bad thee Do it at once Or thy precedent Seruices are all But accidents vnpurpos'd Draw and come Eros Turne from me then that Noble countenance Wherein the worship of the whole world lyes Ant. Loe thee Eros My sword is drawne Ant. Then let it do at once The thing why thou hast drawne it Eros My deere Master My Captaine and my Emperor Let me say Before I strike this bloody stroke Farwell Ant. 'T is said man and farewell Eros Farewell great Chiefe Shall I strike now Ant. Now Eros Killes himselfe Eros Why there then Thus I do escape the sorrow of Anthonies death Ant. Thrice-Nobler then my selfe Thou teachest me Oh valiant Eros what I should and thou could'st not my Queene and Eros Haue by their braue instruction got vpon me A Noblenesse in Record But I will bee A Bride-groome in my death and run intoo 't As to a Louers bed Come then and Eros Thy Master dies thy Scholler to do thus I learnt of thee How not dead Not dead The Guard how Oh dispatch me Enter a Guard 1. Guard What 's the noise Ant. I haue done my worke ill Friends Oh make an end of what I haue begun 2 The Starre is falne 1 And time is at his Period All. Alas and woe Ant. Let him that loues me strike me dead 1 Not I. 2 Nor I. 3 Nor any one exeunt Derceius Thy death and fortunes bid thy folowers sly This sword but shewne to Caesar with this tydings Shall enter me with him Enter Diomedes Dio. Where 's Anthony Decre There Diomed there Diom. Liues he wilt thou not answer man Ant. Art thou there Diomed Draw thy sword and giue mee Suffising strokes for death Diom. Most absolute Lord My Mistris Cleopatra sent me to thee Ant. When did shee send thee Diom. Now my Lord. Anth. Where is she Diom. Lockt in her Monument she had a Prophesying feare Of what hath come to passe for when she saw Which neuer shall be found you did suspect She had dispos'd with Caesar and that your rage Would not be purg'd she sent you word she was dead But fearing since how it might worke hath sent Me to proclaime the truth and I am come I dread too late Ant. Too late good Diomed call my Guard I prythee Dio. What hoa the Emperors Guard The Guard what hoa Come your Lord calles Enter 4. or 5. of the Guard of Anthony Ant. Beare me good Friends where Cleopatra bides 'T is the last seruice that I shall command you 1 Woe woe are we sir you may not liue to weare All your true Followers out All. Most heauy day Ant. Nay good my Fellowes do not please sharp fate To grace it with your sorrowes Bid that welcome Which comes to punish vs and we punish it Seeming to beare it lightly Take me vp I haue led you oft carry me now good Friends And haue my thankes for all Exit bearing Anthony Enter Cleopatra and her Maides aloft with Charmian Iras. Cleo. Oh Charmian I will neuer go from hence Char. Be comforted deere Madam Cleo. No I will not All strange and terrible euents are welcome But comforts we dispise our size of sorrow Proportion'd to our cause must be as great As that which makes it Enter Diomed. How now is he dead Diom His death 's vpon him but not dead Looke out o' th other side your Monument His Guard haue brought him thither Enter Anthony and the Guard Cleo. Oh Sunne Burne the great Sphere thou mou'st in darkling stand The varrying shore o' th' world O Antony Antony Antony Helpe Charmian helpe Iras helpe helpe Friends Below let 's draw him hither Ant. Peace Not Caesars Valour hath o're throwne Anthony But Anthonie's hath Triumpht on it selfe Cleo. So it should be That none but Anthony should conquer Anthony But woe 't is so Ant.