to your person Nor to no Roman else so tell them Publius Cassi And leave us Publius lest that the people Rushing on us should do your Age some mischief Brut. Do so and let no man abide this deed But we the Doers Enter Trebonius Cassi Where is Antony Treb. Fled to his House amaz'd Men Wives and Children stare cry out and run As it were Doomsday Bru. Fates we will know your pleasures That we shall dye we know 't is but the time And drawing days out that men stand upon Cask Why he that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death Bru. Grant that and then is death a benefit So are we Caesars Friends that have abrig'd His time of fearing death Stoop Romans stoop And let us bath our hands in Caesars blood Up to the Elbows and besmear our Swords Then walk we forth even to the Market place And waving our red Weapons o're our heads Let 's all cry Peace Freedom and Liberty Cassi Stoop then and wash How many Ages hence Shall this our lofty Scene be acted over In State unborn and Accents yet unknown Bru. How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport That now on Pompeys Basis lye along No worthyer then the dust Cass So oft as that shall be So often shall the knot of us be call'd The Men that gave their Country Liberty Dec. What shall we forth Cass I every man away Brutus shall lead and we will grace his heels With the most boldest and best hearts of Rome Enter a Servant Bru. Soft who comes here A friend of Antonys Ser. Thus Brutus did my Master bid me kneel Thus did Mark Antony bid me fall down And being prostrate thus he bad me say Brutus is Noble Wise Valiant and Honest Caesar was Mighty Bold Royal and Loving Say I love Brutus and I honour him Say I fear'd Caesar honour'd him and lov'd him If Brutus will vouchsafe that Antony May safely come to him and be resolv'd How Caesar hath deserv'd to lye in death Mark Antony shall not love Caesar dead So well as Brutus living but will follow The Fortunes and Affairs of Noble Brutus Through the hazards of this untrod State With all true Faith So says my Master Antony Bru. Thy Master is a Wise and Valiant Roman I never thought him worse Tell him so please him come unto this place He shall be satisfied and by my Honour Depart untouch'd Ser. I le fetch him presently Exit Servant Bru. I know that we shall have him well to Friend Cassi I wish we may But yet have I a mind That fears him much and my misgiving still Falls shrewdly to the purpose Enter Antony Bru. But here comes Antony Welcome Mark Antony Ant. O mighty Caesar Dost thou lye so low Are all thy Conquests Glories Triumphs Spoils Shrunk to this little Measure Fare thee well I know not Gentlemen what you intend Who else must be let blood who else is rank If I my self there is no hour so fit As Caesars deaths hour nor no Instrument Of half that worth as those your Swords made rich With the most Noble blood of all this World I do beseech yee if you bear me hard Now whil'st your purpled hands do reek and smoak Fulfill your pleasure Live a Thousand years I shall not find my self so apt to dye No place will please me so no mean of death As here by Caesar and by you cut off The Choice and Master Spirits of this Age. Bru. O Antony Beg not your death of us Though now we must appear bloody and cruel As by our hands and this our present Act You see we do Yet see you but our hands And this the bleeding business they have done Our hearts you see not they are pittifull And pitty to the general wrong of Rome As fire drives out fire so pitty pitty Hath done this deed on Caesar For your part To you our Swords have leaden points Mark Antony Our Arms in strength of malice and our hearts Of Brothers temper do receive you in With all kind love good thoughts and reverence Cass Your voyce shall be as strong as any mans In the disposing of new Dignities Bru. Only be patient till we have appeas'd The Multitude beside themselves with fear And then we will deliver you the cause Why I that did love Caesar when I strook him Have thus proceeded Ant. I doubt not of your Wisdom Let each man render me his bloody hand First 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 love yours good Trebonius Gentlemen all Alas what shall I say My credit now stands on such slippery ground That one of two bad ways you must conceit me Either a Coward or a Flatterer That I did love thee Caesar O 't is true If then thy Spirit look upon us now Shall it not grieve thee dearer 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 streamforth thy blood It would become me better then to close In terms of Friendship with thine enemies Pardon me Julius here wast thou bay'd brave Hart Here did'st thou fall and here thy Hunters stand Sign'd in thy Spoil 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 Deer stroken by many Princes Dost thou here lye Cass Mark Antony Ant. Pardon me Caius Cassius The Enemies of Caesar shall say this Then in a Friend it is cold Modesty Cass I blame you not for praising Caesar so But what compact mean you to have with us Will you be prick'd in number of our Friends Or shall we on and not depend on you Ant. Therefore I took your hands but was indeed Sway'd from the point by looking down on Caesar Friends am I with you all and love you all Upon this hope that you shall give me Reasons Why and wherein Caesar was dangerous Bru. Or else were this a savage Spectacle Our Reasons are so full of good regard That were you Antony the Son of Caesar You should be satisfied Ant. That 's all I seek And am moreover sutor that I may Produce his body to the Market place And in the Pulpit as becomes a Friend Speak in the Order of his Funerall Bru. You shall Mark Antony Cassi Brutus a word with you You know not what you do Do not consent That Antony speak in his Funerall Know you how much the people may be mov'd By that which he will utter Bru. By your pardon I will my self into the Pulpit first And shew the reason of our Caesars death What Antony shall speak I will protest He speaks by leave and by permission And that we are contented Caesar
By all the Gods that Romans bow before I here discard my sickness Soul of Rome Brave Son deriv'd from Honourable Loins Thou like an Exorcist hast conjur'd up My mortified Spirit Now bid me run And I will strive with things impossible Yea get the better of them What 's to do Bru. A piece of Work That will make sick Men whole Cai. But are not some whole that we must make sick Bru. That must we also What it is my Caius I shall unfold to thee as we are going To whom it must be done Cai. Set on your Foot And with a Heart new-fir'd I follow you To do I know not what but it sufficeth That Brutus leads me on Bru. Follow me then Thunder Exeunt Thunder and Lightning Enter Julius Caesar in his Night-Gown Caesar Nor Heaven nor Earth Have been at Peace to night Thrice hath Calphurnia in her sleep cryed out Help ho They murther Caesar Who 's within Enter a Servant Ser. My Lord. Caes Go bid the Priests do present Sacrifice And bring me their Opinions of Success Ser. I will my Lord. Exit Enter Calphurnia Cal. What mean you Caesar think you to walk forth You shall not stirr out of your house to day Caes Caesar shall forth the things that threaten'd me Ne're look'd but on my Back When they shall see The Face of Caesar they are vanished Calp. Caesar I never stood on Ceremonies Yet now they fright me There is one within Besides the things that we have heard and seen Recounts most horrid Sights seen by the Watch. A Lioness hath whelped in the Streets And Graves have yawn'd and yielded up their dead Fierce fiery Warriours fight upon the Clouds In Ranks and Squadrons and right form of War Which drizel'd Blood upon the Capitol The noise of Battel hurtled in the Air Horses do neigh and dying Men did groan And Ghosts did shriek and squeal about the Streets O Caesar these things are beyond all use And I do fear them Caes What can be avoided Whose End is purpos'd by the mighty Gods Yet Caesar shall go forth for these Predictions Are to the World in general as to Caesar Calp. When Beggars dye there are no Comets seen The Heavens themselves blaze forth the Death of Princes Caes Cowards dye many times before their Deaths The valiant never taste of Death but once Of all the Wonders that I yet have heard It seems to me most strange that Men should fear Seeing that Death a necessary End Will come when it will come Enter a Servant What say the Augurers Ser. They would not have you to stir forth to day Plucking the Intrails of an Offering forth They could not find a Heart within the beast Caes The Gods do this in shame of Cowardise Caesar should be a Beast without a Heart If he should stay at home to day for fear No Caesar shall not Danger knows full well That Caesar is more dangerous than he We hear two Lyons litter'd in one day And I the elder and more terrible And Caesar shall go forth Calp. Alas my Lord Your Wisdom is consum'd in Confidence Do not go forth to day call it my Fear That keeps you in the House and not your own We 'll send Mark Antony to the Senate-house And he shall say you are not well to day Let me upon my Knee prevail in this Caes Mark Antony shall say I am not well And for thy Humour I will stay at home Enter Decius Here 's Decius Brutus he shall tell them so Deci. Caesar all hail Good morrow worthy Caesar I come to fetch you to the Senate-house Caes And you are come in very happy time To bear my greeting to the Senators And tell them that I will not come to day Cannot is false and that I dare not falser I will not come to day tell them so Decius Calp. Say he is sick Caes Shall Caesar send a Lye Have I in Conquest stretch'd mine Arm so far To be afraid to tell Gray-beards the Truth Decius go tell them Caesar will not come Deci. Most mighty Caesar let me know some cause Lest I be laugh'd at when I tell them so Caes The Cause is in my Will I will not come That is enough to satisfie the Senate But for your private Satisfaction Because I love you I will let you know Calphurnia here my Wife stays me at home She dream'd to night she saw my Statue Which like a Fountain with an hundred Spouts Did run pure Blood and many lusty Romans Came smiling and did bath their Hands in it And these does she apply for Warnings and Portents And Evils imminent and on her Knee Hath begg'd that I will stay at home to day Deci. This Dream is all amiss interpreted It was a Vision fair and fortunate Your Statue spouting Blood in many Pipes In which so many smiling Romans bath'd Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck Reviving Blood and that great Men shall press For Tinctures Stains Reliques and Cognisance This by Calphurnia's Dream is signified Caes And this way have you well expounded it Deci. I have when you have heard what I can say And know it now the Senate have concluded To give this day a Crown to mighty Caesar If you shall send them word you will not come Their Minds may change Besides it were a mock Apt to be render'd for some one to say Break up the Senate till another time When Caesar's Wise shall meet with better Dreams If Caesar hide himself shall they not whisper Loe Caesar is afraid Pardon me Caesar for my dear dear Love To your Proceeding bids me tell you this And Reason to my Love is liable Caes How foolish do your Fears seem now Calphurnia I am ashamed I did yield to them Give me my Robe for I will go Enter Brutus Ligarius Metellus Caska Trebonius Cynna and Publius And look where Publius is come to fetch me Pub. Good morrow Caesar Caes Welcome Publius What Brutus are you stirr'd so early too Good morrow Caska Caius Ligarius Caesar was ne're so much your Enemy As that same Ague which hath made you lean What is 't a Clock Bru. Caesar 't is strucken Eight Caes I thank you for your Pains and Courtesie Enter Antony See Antony that revels long a-nights Is notwithstanding up Good morrow Antony Ant. So to most Noble Caesar Caes Bid them prepare within I am to blame to be thus waited for Now Cynna now Metellus what Trebonius I have an hours talk in store for you Remember that you call on me to day Be near me that I may remember you Treb. Caesar I will and so near will I be That your best Friends shall with I had been further Caes Good Friends go in and taste some Wine with me And we like Friends will straightway go together Bru. That every like is not the same O Caesar The Heart of Brutus earns to think upon Exeunt Enter Artemidorus Caesar beware of Brutus take beed of Cassius come not near
that thou so cryed'st out Luc. My Lord I do not know that I did cry Bru. Yes that thou didst Didst thou see any thing Luc. Nothing my Lord. Bru. Sleep again Lucius Sirra Claudio Fellow Thou Awake Var. My Lord. Clau. My Lord. Bru. Why did you so cry out Sirs in your Sleep Both. Die we my Lord Bru. I saw you any thing Var. No my Lord I saw nothing Clau. Nor I my Lord. Bru. Go and commend me to my Brother Cassius Bid him set on his Powers betimes before And we will follow Both. It shall be done my Lord. Exeunt Actus Quintus Enter Octavius Antony and their Army Octa. Now Antony our hopes are answered You said the Enemy would not come down But keep the Hills and upper Regions It proves not so their Battles are at hand They mean to warn us at Philippi here Answering before we do demand of them Ant. Tut I am in their Bosoms and I know Wherefore they do it They could be content To visit other places and come down With fearful Bravery thinking by this Face To fasten in our Thoughts that they have Courage But 't is not so Enter a Messenger Mes Prepare you Generals The Enemy comes on in gallant shew Their bloody Sign of Battel is hung out And something to be done immediately Ant. Octavius lead your Battail softly on Upon the left hand of the even Field Octa. Upon the right hand I keep thou the left Ant. Why do you cross me in this Exigent Octa. I do not cross you but I will do so March Drum Enter Brutus Cassius and their Army Bru. They stand and would have Parley Cassi Stand fast Titinius we must out and talk Octa. Mark Antony shall we give sign of Battle Ant. No Caesar we will answer on their Charge Make forth the Generals would have some Words Octa. Stir not untill the Signal Bru. Words before Blows is it so Countrymen Octa. Not that we love Words better as you do Bru. Good Words are better-than bad Strokes Octavius An. In your bad Strokes Brutus you give good Words Witness the hole you made in Caesars heart Crying long live Hail Caesar Cass Antony The posture of your blows are yet unknown But for your words they rob the Hibla Bees And leave them Hony-less Ant. Not stingless too Bru. O yes and soundless too For you have stoln their buzzing Antony And very wisely threat before you sting Ant. Villains you did not so when your vile daggers Hackt one another in the sides of Caesar You shew'd your teeths like Apes And fawn'd like Hounds And bow'd like Bondmen kissing Caesars feet Whil'st damned Caska like a Curr behind Strook Caesar on the neck O you Flatterers Cass Flaterers Now Brutus thank your self This tongue had not offended so to day If Cassius might have rul'd Octa. 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 up again Never till Caesars three and thirty wounds Be well aveng'd or till another Caesar Have added slaughter to the Sword of Traitors Bru. Caesar thou canst not dye by Traitors hands Unless thou bring'st them with thee Octa. So I hope I was not born to dye on Brutus Sword Bru. O if thou wer 't the Noblest of the Strain Young-man thou could'st not dye more honourable Cassi A peevish School-boy worthless of such Honour Joyn'd with a Masker and a Reveller Ant. Old Cassius still Octa. Come Antony away Defiance Traitors hurl we in your teeth If you dare fight to day come to the Field If not when you have stomacks Exit Octavius Antony and Army Cass Why now blow wind swell Billow And swim Bark The Storm is up and all is on the hazard Bru. Ho Lucillius hark a word with you Lucillius and Messala stand forth Luc. My Lord. Cass Messal Messa What says my General Cass Messala this is my Birth-day as this very day Was Cassius born Give me thy hand Messala Be thou my witness that against my will As Pompey was am I compell'd to set Upon one Battel all our Liberties You know that I held Epicurus strong And his Opinion Now I change my mind And partly credit things that do presage Coming from Sardis on our former Ensign Two mighty Eagles fell and there they pearch'd Gorging and feeding from our Souldiers hands Who to Philippi here consorted us This Morning are they fled away and gone And in their steads do Ravens Crows and Kites Fly o're our heads and downward look on us As we were sickly prey their shadows seem A Canopy most fatall under which Our Army lies ready to give up the Ghost Messa Believe not so Cass I but believe it partly For I am fresh of spirit and resolv'd To meet all perils very constantly Bru. Even so Lucillius Cass Now most Noble Brutus The Gods to day stand friendly that we may Lovers in peace lead on our days to Age. But since the affayrs of men rest still incertain Let 's reason with the worst that may befall If we do lose this Battail then is this The very last time we shall speak together What are you then determined to do Bru. Even by the rule of that Philosophy By which I did blame Cato for the death Which he did give himself I know not how But I do find it Cowardly and vile For fear of what might fall so to prevent The time of life arming my self with patience To stay the providence of some high Powers That govern us below Cass Then if we lose this Battail You are contented to be led in Triumph Thorow the Streets of Rome Bru. No Cassius no Think not thou Noble Roman That ever Brutus will go bound to Rome He bears too great a mind But this same day Must end that work the Ides of March begun And whether we shall meet again I know not Therefore our everlasting farewell take For ever and for ever farewell Cassius If we do meet again why we shall smile If not why then this parting was well made Cass For ever and for ever farewell Brutus If we do meet again we 'll smile indeed If not 't is true this parting was well made Bru. Why then lead on O that a man might know The end of this days business e're it come But it sufficeth that the day will end And then the end is known Come ho away Exeunt Alarum Enter Brutus and Messala Bru. Ride ride Messala ride and give these Bills Unto the Legions on the other side Lowd Alarum Let them set on at once for I perceive But cold demeanor in Octavio's wing And sudden push gives them the overthrow Ride ride Messala let them all come down Exeunt Alarums Enter Cassius and Titinius Cass O look Titinius look the Villains flye My self have to mine own turn'd Enemy This Ensign here of mine was turning back I slew the Coward and did take it from him
Titi. O Cassius Brutus gave the word too early Who having some advantage on Octavius Took it too eagerly his Souldiers fell to spoil Whil'st we by Antony are all inclos'd Enter Pindarus Pind. Fly further off my Lord fly further off Mark Antony is in your Tents my Lord Fly therefore Noble Cassius fly far off Cass This Hill is far enough Look look Titinius Are those my Tents where I perceive the fire Tit. They are my Lord. Cass Titinius if thou lovest me Moâ—â—â— 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 assur'd Whether yond Troops are Friend or Enemy Exit Tit. I will be here again even with a thought Cass Go Pindarus get higher on that hill My sight was ever thick regard Titinius And tell me what thou not'st about the Field This day I breathed first Time is come round And where I did begin there shall I end My life is run his compass Sirrah what news Pin. Above O my Lord. Cassi What news Pind. Titinius is enclosed round about With horsemen that make to him on the Spurr Yet he spurs on Now they are almost on him Now Titinius Now some light O he lights too Hee 's tane Shout And hark they shout for joy Cass Come down behold no more O Coward that I am to live so long To see my best Friend tane before my face Enter Pindarus 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 should'st attempt it Come now keep thine Oath Now be a Free-man and with this good Sword That ran through Caesars bowels search this bosom Stand not to answer Here take thou the Hilts And when my face is cover'd as 't is now Guide thou the Sword Caesar thou art reveng'd Even with the Sword that kill'd thee 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 Where never Roman shall take note of him Enter Titinius and Messala Messa It is but change Titinius for Octavius Is overthrown by Noble Brutus power As Cassius Legions are by Antony Titin. These tydings will well comfort Cassius Messa Where did you leave him Titin. All disconsolate With Pindarus his Bondman on this Hill Messa Is not that he that lyes upon the ground Titin. He lies not like the Living O my heart Messa Is not that he Titin. No this was he Messala But Cassius is no more O setting Sun As in thy red Rays thou doest sink to night So in his red blood Cassius day is set The Sun of Rome is set Our day is gone Clowds Dews and Dangers come our deeds are done Mistrust of my success hath done this deed Messa Mistrust of good success hath done this deed O hateful Error Melancholies Child Why do'st thou shew to the apt thoughts of men The things that are not O Error soon conceiv'd Thou never com'st unto a happy birth But kil'st the Mother that engendred thee Tit. What Pindarus Where art thou Pindarus Messa Seek him Titinius whil'st I go to meet The Noble Brutus thrusting this report Into his ears I may say thrusting it For piercing Steel and Darts invenomed Shall be as welcome to the ears of Brutus As tydings of this sight Tit. Hye you Messala And I will seek for Pindarus the while Why did'st 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 Did'st thou not hear their showts Alas thou hast misconstrued every thing But hold thee take this Garland on thy Brow Thy Brutus bid me give it thee and I Will do his bidding Brutus come apace And see how I regarded Caius Cassius By your leave Gods This is a Romans part Come Cassius Sword and find Titinius heart Dies Alarum Enter Brutus Messala young Cato Stato Volumnius and Lucillius Bru. Where where Messala doth his body lye Messa Loe yonder and Titinius mourning it Bru. Titinius face is upward Cato He is slain Bru. O Julius Caesar thou art mighty yet Thy Spirit walks abroad and turns our Swords In our own proper Entrails Low Alarums Cato Brave Titinius Look where he have not Crown'd dead Cassius Bru. Are yet two Romans living such as these The last of all the Romans far thee well It is impossible that ever Rome Should breed thy fellow Friends I own mo tears To this dead man then you shall see me pay I shall find time Cassius I shall find time Come therefore and to Tharsus 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 Battails on 'T is three a clock and Romans yet e're night We shall try Fortune in a second fight Exeunâ— Alarum Enter Brutus Messala Cato Lucillius and Flavius Bru. Yet Country-men O yet hold up your heads Cato What Bastard doth not Who will go with me I will proclaim my name about the Field I am the Son of Marcus Cato ho. A Foe to Tyrants and my Countrys Friend I am the Son of Marcus Cato ho. Enter Souldiers and fight Bru. And I am Brutus Marcus Brutus I Brutus my Countrys Friend Know me for Brutus Luc. O young and Noble Cato art thou down Why now thou dyest as bravely as Titinius And may'st be honour'd being Cato's Son Sold. Yield or thou diest Luc. Only I yield to die 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. Room ho tell Antony Brutus is tane 1. Sold. I 'le tell the news Here comes the Generall Brutus is tane Brutus is tane my Lord. Ant. Where is he Luc. Safe Antony Brutus is safe enough I dare assure thee that no Enemy Shall ever take alive the Noble Brutus The Gods defend him from so great a shame When you do find him or alive or dead He will be found like Brutus like himself Ant. This is not Brutus friend but I assure you A prize no less in worth keep this man safe Give him all kindness I had rather have Such men my Friends then Enemies Go on And see where Brutus be alive or dead And bring us word unto Octavius Tent How every thing is chanc'd Exeunt Enter Brutus Dardanius Clitus Strato and Volumnius Bru. Come poor remains of friends rest on this Rock Clit. Statillius shew'd the Torch-light but my Lord He came not back he is or tane or slain Bru. Sit thee down Clitus slaying is the word It is a deed in fashion Hark thee Clitus Clit. What I my Lord No not for all the World Brut. Peace then no words Clit. I 'le rather kill my self Brut. Hark thee Dardanius Dard. Shall I do such a deed Clit. O Dardanius Dard. O Clitus Clit. What ill request did Brutus make to thee Dard. To kill him Clitus look he meditates Clit. Now is that Noble Vessel full of grief That it runs over even at his eyes Bru. Come hither good Volumnius list a word Volum What says my Lord Bru. Why this Volumnius The Ghost of Caesar hath appear'd to me Two several times by Night at Sardis once And this last Night here in Philippi Fields I know my hour is come Volum Not so my Lord. Brut. Nay I am sure it is Volumnius Thou see'st the World Volumnius how it goes Our Enemies have beat us to the Pit Low Alarums It is more worthy to leap in our selves Then tarry till they push us Good Volumnius Thou know'st that we two went to School together Even for that our love of old I prethee Hold thou my Sword Hilts whilest I run on it Vol. That 's not an Office for a friend my Lord. Alarum still Cli. Fly fly my Lord there is no tarrying here Bru. Farewell to you and you and you Volumnius Strato thou hast been all this while asleep Farewell to thee to Strato Countrymen My heart doth joy that yet in all my life I found no man but he was true to me I shall have glory by this losing day More then Octavius and Mark Antony By this vile Conquest shall attain unto So fare you well at once for Brutus tongue Hath almost ended his lives History Night hangs upon mine eyes my Bones would rest That have but labour'd to attain this hour Alarum Cry within Fly fly fly Cli. Fly my Lord fly Bru. Hence I will follow I prethee Strato stay thou by thy Lord Thou art a Fellow of a good respect Thy life hath had some smatch of Honour in it Hold then my Sword and turn away thy face While I do run upon it Wilt thou Strato Stra. Give me your hand first Fare you well my Lord. Bru. Farewell good Strato Caesar now be still Ikill'd not thee with half so good a will Dyes Alarum Retreat Enter Antony Octavius 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 only overcame himself And no man else hath Honour by his death Lucil. So Brutus should be found I thank thee Brutus That thou hast prov'd Lucillius saying true Octa. All that serv'd Brutus I will entertain them Fellow wilt thou bestow thy time with me Stra. I if Messala will prefer 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 Octavius then take him to follow thee That did the latest service to my Master Ant. This was the Noblest Roman of them all All the Conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar He only 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 up And say to all the World This was a man Octa. According to his Vertue let us use him With all Respect and Rites of Buriall Within my Tent his bones to night shall lye 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