And they would go and kiss dead Cæsar's wounds, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Upon their issue: 4 Pleb. We'll hear the will; read it, Mark Antony. All. The will, the will: we will hear Cæsar's will. Ant. Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it; It is not meet you know how Cæsar loved you. Ant. Will you be patient? will you stay a while? (I have overshot myself to tell you of it) I fear I the honourable men, Whose daggers have stabb'd Cæsar4 Pleb. They were traitors wrong All. The will-the testament! -I do fear it. -honourable men? 2 Pleb. They were villains, murderers; the will! read the will! Ant. You will compel me, then, to read the will: Then make a ring about the corpse of Cæsar, And let me show you him that made the will. Shall I descend? and will you give me leave? All. Come down. 2 Pleb. Descend. [He comes down from the Rostrum. 3 Pleb. You shall have leave. 4 Pleb. A ring; stand round. 1 Pleb. Stand from the hearse, stand from the body. 2 Pleb. Room for Antony-Most noble Antony. Ant. Nay, press not so upon me, stand far off. Ant. If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle; I remember, The first time ever Cæsar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening in his tent, Look! in this place ran Cassius' dagger through :- For when the noble Cæsar saw him stab, 1 (Which all the while ran blood) great Cæsar fell. 2 Pleb. O noble Cæsar! 3 Pleb. O woeful day! 4 Pleb. O traitors, villains! 1 Pleb. O most bloody sight! 2 Pleb. We will be revenged : revenged: about E seek- -burn -fire traitor live. -kill-slay! let not a Ant. Stay, countrymen-- 1 Pleb. Peace there, hear the noble Antony. 2 Pleb. We'll hear him, we'll follow him, we'll die with him. Ant. Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up To such a sudden flood of mutiny: They, that have done this deed are honourable. But, as you know me well, a plain, blunt man, And bid them speak for me. But were I Brutus, 1 Pleb. We'll burn the house of Brutus. Wherein hath Cæsar thus deserved your loves? Alas, you know not; I must tell you then: All. Most true- -the will- -let's stay and hear the will. Ant. Here is the will, and under Cæsar's seal. To ev'ry Roman citizen he gives, To ev'ry several man, seventy-five drachmas. 2 Pleb. Most noble Cæsar! we'll revenge his death. 3 Pleb. O, royal Cæsar! Ant. Hear me with patience. All. Peace, ho! Ant. Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, And, with the brands, fire all the traitors' houses. [Exeunt PLEBEIANS with the Body. Ant. Now let it work: Mischief, thou art afoot, Take thou what course thou wilt! LExit. ACT THE FOURTH. SCENE I. ANTONY'S House. ANTONY, OCTAVIUS, and LEPIDUS, discovered. Ant. These many, then, shall die; their names are prick'd. Oct. Your brother too must die; consent you, Le pidus ? Lep. I do consent. Oct. Prick him down, Antony. Lep. Upon condition, Publius shall not live, Who is your sister's son, Mark Antony. Ant. He shall not live: look, with a spot I damn him. But, Lepidus, go you to Cæsar's house; Fetch me the will hither, and we shall determine [Exit LEPIDUS Ant. This is a slight unmeritable man, Meet to be sent on errands; is it fit,, The threefold world divided, he should stand, Oct. So you thought him, And took his voice who should be prick'd to die, Ant. Octavius, I have seen more days than you ; And having brought our treasure where we will, And graze in commons. will; But he's a tried and valiant soldier. Ant. So is my horse, Octavius: and, for that, |