[Dramatis Personae
julius caesar
CALPERNIA, Caesar's wife
mark antony,
OCTAVIOUS CAESAR, triumvirs after Caesar's death
LEPIDUS,
MARCUS BRUTUS
PORTIA, Brutus's wife
CAIUS CASSIUS,
CASCA,
DECIUS BRUTUS,
CINNA, conspirators with Brutus
METELLUS CIMBER,
TREBONIUS,
CAIUS LIGARIUS,
CICERO,
PUBLIUS, senators
POPILIUS LENA,
FLAVIUS, tribunes of the people
MARULIUS,
SOOTHSAYER
ARTEMIDORUS, a teacher of rhetoric
CINNA, a poet
Another POET
LUCILIUS,
TITINIUS,
MESSALA,
YOUNG CATO,
VOLUMNIUS, officers and soldiers in the army
VARRO, of Brutus and Cassius
CLAUDIUS,
CLITUS,
DARDANIUS,
LABEO,
FLAVIUS,
PINDARUS, Cassius's servant
LUCIUS, Brutus's servants
strato,
Caesar's SERVANT
Antony's SERVANT
Octavius's SERVANT
CARPENTER
COBBLER
Five PLEBEIANS
Three SOLDIERS in Brutus's army
Two SOLDIERS in Antony's army
MESSENGER
GHOST of Caesar
Senators, Plebeians, Officers, Soldiers, and Attendants
SCENE: Rome; the neighborhood of Sardis;
the neighborhood of Philippi]
1.1 Location: Rome. A street.
3 mechanical of the artisan class
4 sign garb and implements
10 in . . . workman (1) as far as skilled work is concerned (2) compared with a skilled worker
11 cobbler (1) one who works with shoes (2) bungler.
14 soles (With pun on "souls.")
15 naughty good-for-nothing
16 out out of temper
17 out having worn-out shoes. mend you (1) cure your bad temper (2) repair your shoes.
19 cobble you mend your shoes. (The meaning "to pelt with stones" also suggests itself here, though perhaps it was not in general use until later in the seventeenth century.)
1.1 * Enter Flavius, Marullus, and certain commoners over the stage.
FLAVIUS
Hence! Home, you idle creatures, get you home!
Is this a holiday? What, know you not,
Being mechanical, you ought not walk 3
Upon a laboring day without the sign 4
Of your profession?--Speak, what trade art thou?
CARPENTER Why, sir, a carpenter.
MARULLUS
Where is thy leather apron and thy rule?
What dost thou with thy best apparel on?--
You, sir, what trade are you?
COBBLER Truly, sir, in respect of a fine workman, I am 10
but, as you would say, a cobbler. 11
MARULLUS
But what trade art thou? Answer me directly.
COBBLER A trade, sir, that I hope I may use with a safe
conscience, which is indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles. 14
FLAVIUS
What trade, thou knave? Thou naughty knave, what
trade? 15
COBBLER Nay, I beseech you, sir, be not out with me. 16
Yet if you be out, sir, I can mend you. 17
FLAVIUS
What mean'st thou by that? Mend me, thou saucy
fellow?
COBBLER Why, sir, cobble you. 19
21 awl (Punning on all.)
22 meddle with (1) have to do with (2) have sexual intercourse with
23 withal yet. (With pun on with awl.)
24 recover (1) resole (2) cure
25 proper fine, handsome. as . . . leather (Proverbial. Neat's leather is cowhide.)
31 triumph triumphal procession. (Caesar had overthrown the sons of Pompey the Great in Spain at the Battle of Munda, March 17, 45 b.c. The triumph was held that October.)
33 tributaries captives who will pay ransom (tribute)
35 senseless insensible like stone (hence, unfeeling)
37 Pompey (Caesar had overthrown the great soldier and onetime triumvir at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 b.c. Pompey fled to Egypt, where he was murdered.)
38-9 battlements . . . chimney tops (The details are appropriate to an Elizabethan cityscape.)
42 great (Alludes to Pompey's epithet, Magnus, "great.") pass pass through
45 Tiber the Tiber River
46 replication echo
47 concave hollowed out, overhanging
49 cull pick
FLAVIUS Thou art a cobbler, art thou?
COBBLER Truly, sir, all that I live by is with the awl. I 21
meddle with no tradesman's matters nor women's 22
matters, but withal I am indeed, sir, a surgeon to old 23
shoes. When they are in great danger, I recover them. 24
As proper men as ever trod upon neat's leather have 25
gone upon my handiwork.
FLAVIUS
But wherefore art not in thy shop today?
Why dost thou lead these men about the streets?
COBBLER Truly, sir, to wear out their shoes, to get myself
into more work. But indeed, sir, we make holiday
to see Caesar and to rejoice in his triumph. 31
MARULLUS
Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
What tributaries follow him to Rome 33
To grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels?
You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless
things! 35
O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,
Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oft 37
Have you climbed up to walls and battlements, 38
To towers and windows, yea, to chimney tops, 39
Your infants in your arms, and there have sat
The livelong day, with patient expectation,
To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome. 42
And when you saw his chariot but appear,
Have you not made an universal shout,
That Tiber trembled underneath her banks 45
To hear the replication of your sounds 46
Made in her concave shores? 47
And do you now put on your best attire?
And do you now cull out a holiday? 49
And do you now strew flowers in his way
51 Pompey's blood (1) Pompey's offspring (2) the blood of the Pompeys.
54 intermit suspend
55 needs must must necessarily
57 sort rank
59-60 till . . . all until even at its lowest reach the river is filled to the brim.
61 See . . . moved See how even their ignoble natures can be appealed to. (Mettle and metal are interchangeable, meaning both "temperament" and the natural substance. A base metal is one that is easily changed or moved, unlike gold; compare 1.2.308-10.)
64 images statues (of Caesar in royal regalia, set up by his followers)
65 ceremonies ceremonial trappings.
67 Feast of Lupercal a feast of purification (Februa, whence February) in honor of Pan, celebrated from ancient times in Rome on February 15 of each year. (Historically, this celebration came some months after Caesar's triumph in October of 45 b.c. The celebrants, called Luperci, raced around the Palatine Hill and the Circus carrying thongs of goatskin, with which they lightly struck those who came in their way. Women so touched were supposed to be cured of barrenness; hence Caesar's wish that Antony would strike Calpurnia, 1.2.6-9.)
69 trophies spoils of war hung up as memorials of victory. about go around the other way
70 vulgar commoners, plebeians
73 pitch highest point in flight. (A term from falconry.)
74 else otherwise
That comes in triumph over Pompey's blood? 51
Begone!
Run to your houses, fall upon your knees,
Pray to the gods to intermit the plague 54
That needs must light on this ingratitude. 55
FLAVIUS
Go, go, good countrymen, and for this fault
Assemble all the poor men of your sort; 57
Draw them to Tiber banks, and weep your tears
Into the channel, till the lowest stream 59
Do kiss the most exalted shores of all. 60
Exeunt all the commoners.
See whe'er their basest mettle be not moved. 61
They vanish tongue-tied in their guiltiness.
Go you down that way towards the Capitol;
This way will I. Disrobe the images 64
If you do find them decked with ceremonies. 65
MARULLUS May we do so?
You know it is the Feast of Lupercal. 67
FLAVIUS
It is no matter. Let no images
Be hung with Caesar's trophies. I'll about 69
And drive away the vulgar from the streets; 70
So do you too, where you perceive them thick.
These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing
Will make him fly an ordinary pitch, 73
Who else would soar above the view of men 74
And keep us all in servile fearfulness. Exeunt.
1.2 Location: A public place or street, perhaps as in the previous scene.
0.1 for the course i.e., stripped for the race, carrying a goatskin thong
3 Antonio (Here and occasionally elsewhere Shakespeare employs Italian forms of Latin proper names, perhaps for metrical reasons.)
9 sterile curse curse of barrenness.
11 Set on Proceed
15 press throng
[1.2] * Enter Caesar, Antony for the course, Calpurnia, Portia, Decius, Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, a Soothsayer; after them, Marullus and Flavius; [citizens following].
CAESAR
Calpurnia!
casca Peace, ho! Caesar speaks.
CAESAR Calpurnia!
CALPURNIA Here, my lord.
CAESAR
Stand you directly in Antonio's way 3
When he doth run his course. Antonio!
ANTONY Caesar, my lord?
CAESAR
Forget not, in your speed, Antonio,
To touch Calpurnia; for our elders say
The barren, touched in this holy chase,
Shake off their sterile curse.
ANTONY I shall remember. 9
When Caesar says "Do this," it is performed.
CAESAR
Set on, and leave no ceremony out. [Flourish.] 11
SOOTHSAYER Caesar!
CAESAR Ha? Who calls?
CASCA
Bid every noise be still. Peace yet again!
[The music ceases.]
CAESAR
Who is it in the press that calls on me? 15
I hear a tongue shriller than all the music
Cry "Caesar!" Speak. Caesar is turned to hear.
18 ides of March March 15.
24.1 Sennet trumpet call signaling the arrival or departure of a dignitary. Manent They remain onstage
25 order of the course ritual and progress of the race.
28 gamesome fond of sports, merry.
34 wont accustomed
35 You . . . hand You behave too stubbornly and in too unfriendly a manner. (The metaphor is from horsemanship.)
37 veiled my look i.e., been introverted, seemed less friendly
SOOTHSAYER
Beware the ides of March.
CAESAR What man is that? 18
BRUTUS
A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.
CAESAR
Set him before me. Let me see his face.
CASSIUS
Fellow, come from the throng. [The Soothsayer comes
forward.] Look upon Caesar.
CAESAR
What say'st thou to me now? Speak once again.
SOOTHSAYER Beware the ides of March.
CAESAR
He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass. 24
Sennet. Exeunt. Manent Brutus and Cassius.
CASSIUS
Will you go see the order of the course? 25
BRUTUS Not I.
CASSIUS I pray you, do.
BRUTUS
I am not gamesome. I do lack some part 28
Of that quick spirit that is in Antony.
Let me not hinder, Cassius, your desires;
I'll leave you.
CASSIUS
Brutus, I do observe you now of late.
I have not from your eyes that gentleness
And show of love as I was wont to have. 34
You bear too stubborn and too strange a hand 35
Over your friend that loves you.
BRUTUS Cassius,
Be not deceived. If I have veiled my look, 37
39 Merely entirely
40 passions of some difference conflicting emotions
41 only proper to relating only to
42 soil blemish
49-50 By . . . value because of which misunderstanding (my assuming you were displeased with me) I have kept to myself important thoughts
54 just true.
58 shadow image, reflection.
59 best respect highest repute and station
62 had his eyes (1) could see things from the perspective of Caesar's critics, or (2) could see better with his own eyes.
I turn the trouble of my countenance
Merely upon myself. Vexd I am 39
Of late with passions of some difference, 40
Conceptions only proper to myself, 41
Which give some soil, perhaps, to my behaviors. 42
But let not therefore my good friends be grieved--
Among which number, Cassius, be you one--
Nor construe any further my neglect
Than that poor Brutus, with himself at war,
Forgets the shows of love to other men.
CASSIUS
Then, Brutus, I have much mistook your passion,
By means whereof this breast of mine hath buried 49
Thoughts of great value, worthy cogitations. 50
Tell me, good Brutus, can you see your face?
BRUTUS
No, Cassius, for the eye sees not itself
But by reflection, by some other things.
CASSIUS 'Tis just. 54
And it is very much lamented, Brutus,
That you have no such mirrors as will turn
Your hidden worthiness into your eye,
That you might see your shadow. I have heard 58
Where many of the best respect in Rome, 59
Except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus
And groaning underneath this age's yoke,
Have wished that noble Brutus had his eyes. 62
BRUTUS
Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius,
That you would have me seek into myself
For that which is not in me?
CASSIUS
Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear;
And since you know you cannot see yourself
68 glass mirror
69 modestly discover reveal without exaggeration
71 jealous on suspicious of. gentle noble
72 laughter laughingstock, as at 4.3.114; or perhaps laugher, a shallow fellow who laughs at every jest. did use were accustomed
73 stale cheapen, make common. ordinary (1) commonplace (2) customary (3) tavern
74 protester one who protests or declares friendship
76 after scandal afterwards slander
77 profess myself make declarations of friendship
78 rout mob
78.1 Flourish Fanfare for a dignitary
87 indifferently impartially
88 speed me make me prosper
91 favor appearance.
95 as lief not be just as soon not exist
96 such . . . myself i.e., a fellow mortal.
So well as by reflection, I, your glass, 68
Will modestly discover to yourself 69
That of yourself which you yet know not of.
And be not jealous on me, gentle Brutus. 71
Were I a common laughter, or did use 72
To stale with ordinary oaths my love 73
To every new protester; if you know 74
That I do fawn on men and hug them hard
And after scandal them, or if you know 76
That I profess myself in banqueting 77
To all the rout, then hold me dangerous. 78
Flourish, and shout.
BRUTUS
What means this shouting? I do fear the people
Choose Caesar for their king.
CASSIUS Ay, do you fear it?
Then must I think you would not have it so.
BRUTUS
I would not, Cassius, yet I love him well.
But wherefore do you hold me here so long?
What is it that you would impart to me?
If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye and death i'th'other
And I will look on both indifferently; 87
For let the gods so speed me as I love 88
The name of honor more than I fear death.
CASSIUS
I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus,
As well as I do know your outward favor. 91
Well, honor is the subject of my story.
I cannot tell what you and other men
Think of this life; but, for my single self,
I had as lief not be as live to be 95
In awe of such a thing as I myself. 96
105 Accoutred fully dressed in armor
108 lusty sinews vigorous might. (Literally, tendons.)
109 stemming making headway against. hearts of controversy hearts fired up by rivalry.
112 Aeneas hero of Virgil's Aeneid, the legendary founder of Rome (hence our great ancestor), who bore his aged father Anchises out of burning Troy as it was falling to the Greeks
117 bend his body bow
122 color (1) i.e., normal healthy hue (2) military colors, flag. (The lips are personified as deserters.)
123 bend glance, gaze
124 his its
129 temper constitution
130 get . . . of gain ascendancy over
131 palm victor's prize
I was born free as Caesar, so were you;
We both have fed as well, and we can both
Endure the winter's cold as well as he.
[Dramatis Personae
julius caesar
CALPERNIA, Caesar's wife
mark antony,
OCTAVIOUS CAESAR, triumvirs after Caesar's death
LEPIDUS,
MARCUS BRUTUS
PORTIA, Brutus's wife
CAIUS CASSIUS,
CASCA,
DECIUS BRUTUS,
CINNA, conspirators with Brutus
METELLUS CIMBER,
TREBONIUS,
CAIUS LIGARIUS,
CICERO,
PUBLIUS, senators
POPILIUS LENA,
FLAVIUS, tribunes of the people
MARULIUS,
SOOTHSAYER
ARTEMIDORUS, a teacher of rhetoric
CINNA, a poet
Another POET
LUCILIUS,
TITINIUS,
MESSALA,
YOUNG CATO,
VOLUMNIUS, officers and soldiers in the army
VARRO, of Brutus and Cassius
CLAUDIUS,
CLITUS,
DARDANIUS,
LABEO,
FLAVIUS,
PINDARUS, Cassius's servant
LUCIUS, Brutus's servants
strato,
Caesar's SERVANT
Antony's SERVANT
Octavius's SERVANT
CARPENTER
COBBLER
Five PLEBEIANS
Three SOLDIERS in Brutus's army
Two SOLDIERS in Antony's army
MESSENGER
GHOST of Caesar
Senators, Plebeians, Officers, Soldiers, and Attendants
SCENE: Rome; the neighborhood of Sardis;
the neighborhood of Philippi]
1.1 Location: Rome. A street.
3 mechanical of the artisan class
4 sign garb and implements
10 in . . . workman (1) as far as skilled work is concerned (2) compared with a skilled worker
11 cobbler (1) one who works with shoes (2) bungler.
14 soles (With pun on "souls.")
15 naughty good-for-nothing
16 out out of temper
17 out having worn-out shoes. mend you (1) cure your bad temper (2) repair your shoes.
19 cobble you mend your shoes. (The meaning "to pelt with stones" also suggests itself here, though perhaps it was not in general use until later in the seventeenth century.)
1.1 * Enter Flavius, Marullus, and certain commoners over the stage.
FLAVIUS
Hence! Home, you idle creatures, get you home!
Is this a holiday? What, know you not,
Being mechanical, you ought not walk 3
Upon a laboring day without the sign 4
Of your profession?--Speak, what trade art thou?
CARPENTER Why, sir, a carpenter.
MARULLUS
Where is thy leather apron and thy rule?
What dost thou with thy best apparel on?--
You, sir, what trade are you?
COBBLER Truly, sir, in respect of a fine workman, I am 10
but, as you would say, a cobbler. 11
MARULLUS
But what trade art thou? Answer me directly.
COBBLER A trade, sir, that I hope I may use with a safe
conscience, which is indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles. 14
FLAVIUS
What trade, thou knave? Thou naughty knave, what
trade? 15
COBBLER Nay, I beseech you, sir, be not out with me. 16
Yet if you be out, sir, I can mend you. 17
FLAVIUS
What mean'st thou by that? Mend me, thou saucy
fellow?
COBBLER Why, sir, cobble you. 19
21 awl (Punning on all.)
22 meddle with (1) have to do with (2) have sexual intercourse with
23 withal yet. (With pun on with awl.)
24 recover (1) resole (2) cure
25 proper fine, handsome. as . . . leather (Proverbial. Neat's leather is cowhide.)
31 triumph triumphal procession. (Caesar had overthrown the sons of Pompey the Great in Spain at the Battle of Munda, March 17, 45 b.c. The triumph was held that October.)
33 tributaries captives who will pay ransom (tribute)
35 senseless insensible like stone (hence, unfeeling)
37 Pompey (Caesar had overthrown the great soldier and onetime triumvir at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 b.c. Pompey fled to Egypt, where he was murdered.)
38-9 battlements . . . chimney tops (The details are appropriate to an Elizabethan cityscape.)
42 great (Alludes to Pompey's epithet, Magnus, "great.") pass pass through
45 Tiber the Tiber River
46 replication echo
47 concave hollowed out, overhanging
49 cull pick
FLAVIUS Thou art a cobbler, art thou?
COBBLER Truly, sir, all that I live by is with the awl. I 21
meddle with no tradesman's matters nor women's 22
matters, but withal I am indeed, sir, a surgeon to old 23
shoes. When they are in great danger, I recover them. 24
As proper men as ever trod upon neat's leather have 25
gone upon my handiwork.
FLAVIUS
But wherefore art not in thy shop today?
Why dost thou lead these men about the streets?
COBBLER Truly, sir, to wear out their shoes, to get myself
into more work. But indeed, sir, we make holiday
to see Caesar and to rejoice in his triumph. 31
MARULLUS
Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
What tributaries follow him to Rome 33
To grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels?
You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless
things! 35
O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,
Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oft 37
Have you climbed up to walls and battlements, 38
To towers and windows, yea, to chimney tops, 39
Your infants in your arms, and there have sat
The livelong day, with patient expectation,
To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome. 42
And when you saw his chariot but appear,
Have you not made an universal shout,
That Tiber trembled underneath her banks 45
To hear the replication of your sounds 46
Made in her concave shores? 47
And do you now put on your best attire?
And do you now cull out a holiday? 49
And do you now strew flowers in his way
51 Pompey's blood (1) Pompey's offspring (2) the blood of the Pompeys.
54 intermit suspend
55 needs must must necessarily
57 sort rank
59-60 till . . . all until even at its lowest reach the river is filled to the brim.
61 See . . . moved See how even their ignoble natures can be appealed to. (Mettle and metal are interchangeable, meaning both "temperament" and the natural substance. A base metal is one that is easily changed or moved, unlike gold; compare 1.2.308-10.)
64 images statues (of Caesar in royal regalia, set up by his followers)
65 ceremonies ceremonial trappings.
67 Feast of Lupercal a feast of purification (Februa, whence February) in honor of Pan, celebrated from ancient times in Rome on February 15 of each year. (Historically, this celebration came some months after Caesar's triumph in October of 45 b.c. The celebrants, called Luperci, raced around the Palatine Hill and the Circus carrying thongs of goatskin, with which they lightly struck those who came in their way. Women so touched were supposed to be cured of barrenness; hence Caesar's wish that Antony would strike Calpurnia, 1.2.6-9.)
69 trophies spoils of war hung up as memorials of victory. about go around the other way
70 vulgar commoners, plebeians
73 pitch highest point in flight. (A term from falconry.)
74 else otherwise
That comes in triumph over Pompey's blood? 51
Begone!
Run to your houses, fall upon your knees,
Pray to the gods to intermit the plague 54
That needs must light on this ingratitude. 55
FLAVIUS
Go, go, good countrymen, and for this fault
Assemble all the poor men of your sort; 57
Draw them to Tiber banks, and weep your tears
Into the channel, till the lowest stream 59
Do kiss the most exalted shores of all. 60
Exeunt all the commoners.
See whe'er their basest mettle be not moved. 61
They vanish tongue-tied in their guiltiness.
Go you down that way towards the Capitol;
This way will I. Disrobe the images 64
If you do find them decked with ceremonies. 65
MARULLUS May we do so?
You know it is the Feast of Lupercal. 67
FLAVIUS
It is no matter. Let no images
Be hung with Caesar's trophies. I'll about 69
And drive away the vulgar from the streets; 70
So do you too, where you perceive them thick.
These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing
Will make him fly an ordinary pitch, 73
Who else would soar above the view of men 74
And keep us all in servile fearfulness. Exeunt.
1.2 Location: A public place or street, perhaps as in the previous scene.
0.1 for the course i.e., stripped for the race, carrying a goatskin thong
3 Antonio (Here and occasionally elsewhere Shakespeare employs Italian forms of Latin proper names, perhaps for metrical reasons.)
9 sterile curse curse of barrenness.
11 Set on Proceed
15 press throng
[1.2] * Enter Caesar, Antony for the course, Calpurnia, Portia, Decius, Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, a Soothsayer; after them, Marullus and Flavius; [citizens following].
CAESAR
Calpurnia!
casca Peace, ho! Caesar speaks.
CAESAR Calpurnia!
CALPURNIA Here, my lord.
CAESAR
Stand you directly in Antonio's way 3
When he doth run his course. Antonio!
ANTONY Caesar, my lord?
CAESAR
Forget not, in your speed, Antonio,
To touch Calpurnia; for our elders say
The barren, touched in this holy chase,
Shake off their sterile curse.
ANTONY I shall remember. 9
When Caesar says "Do this," it is performed.
CAESAR
Set on, and leave no ceremony out. [Flourish.] 11
SOOTHSAYER Caesar!
CAESAR Ha? Who calls?
CASCA
Bid every noise be still. Peace yet again!
[The music ceases.]
CAESAR
Who is it in the press that calls on me? 15
I hear a tongue shriller than all the music
Cry "Caesar!" Speak. Caesar is turned to hear.
18 ides of March March 15.
24.1 Sennet trumpet call signaling the arrival or departure of a dignitary. Manent They remain onstage
25 order of the course ritual and progress of the race.
28 gamesome fond of sports, merry.
34 wont accustomed
35 You . . . hand You behave too stubbornly and in too unfriendly a manner. (The metaphor is from horsemanship.)
37 veiled my look i.e., been introverted, seemed less friendly
SOOTHSAYER
Beware the ides of March.
CAESAR What man is that? 18
BRUTUS
A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.
CAESAR
Set him before me. Let me see his face.
CASSIUS
Fellow, come from the throng. [The Soothsayer comes
forward.] Look upon Caesar.
CAESAR
What say'st thou to me now? Speak once again.
SOOTHSAYER Beware the ides of March.
CAESAR
He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass. 24
Sennet. Exeunt. Manent Brutus and Cassius.
CASSIUS
Will you go see the order of the course? 25
BRUTUS Not I.
CASSIUS I pray you, do.
BRUTUS
I am not gamesome. I do lack some part 28
Of that quick spirit that is in Antony.
Let me not hinder, Cassius, your desires;
I'll leave you.
CASSIUS
Brutus, I do observe you now of late.
I have not from your eyes that gentleness
And show of love as I was wont to have. 34
You bear too stubborn and too strange a hand 35
Over your friend that loves you.
BRUTUS Cassius,
Be not deceived. If I have veiled my look, 37
39 Merely entirely
40 passions of some difference conflicting emotions
41 only proper to relating only to
42 soil blemish
49-50 By . . . value because of which misunderstanding (my assuming you were displeased with me) I have kept to myself important thoughts
54 just true.
58 shadow image, reflection.
59 best respect highest repute and station
62 had his eyes (1) could see things from the perspective of Caesar's critics, or (2) could see better with his own eyes.
I turn the trouble of my countenance
Merely upon myself. Vexd I am 39
Of late with passions of some difference, 40
Conceptions only proper to myself, 41
Which give some soil, perhaps, to my behaviors. 42
But let not therefore my good friends be grieved--
Among which number, Cassius, be you one--
Nor construe any further my neglect
Than that poor Brutus, with himself at war,
Forgets the shows of love to other men.
CASSIUS
Then, Brutus, I have much mistook your passion,
By means whereof this breast of mine hath buried 49
Thoughts of great value, worthy cogitations. 50
Tell me, good Brutus, can you see your face?
BRUTUS
No, Cassius, for the eye sees not itself
But by reflection, by some other things.
CASSIUS 'Tis just. 54
And it is very much lamented, Brutus,
That you have no such mirrors as will turn
Your hidden worthiness into your eye,
That you might see your shadow. I have heard 58
Where many of the best respect in Rome, 59
Except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus
And groaning underneath this age's yoke,
Have wished that noble Brutus had his eyes. 62
BRUTUS
Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius,
That you would have me seek into myself
For that which is not in me?
CASSIUS
Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear;
And since you know you cannot see yourself
68 glass mirror
69 modestly discover reveal without exaggeration
71 jealous on suspicious of. gentle noble
72 laughter laughingstock, as at 4.3.114; or perhaps laugher, a shallow fellow who laughs at every jest. did use were accustomed
73 stale cheapen, make common. ordinary (1) commonplace (2) customary (3) tavern
74 protester one who protests or declares friendship
76 after scandal afterwards slander
77 profess myself make declarations of friendship
78 rout mob
78.1 Flourish Fanfare for a dignitary
87 indifferently impartially
88 speed me make me prosper
91 favor appearance.
95 as lief not be just as soon not exist
96 such . . . myself i.e., a fellow mortal.
So well as by reflection, I, your glass, 68
Will modestly discover to yourself 69
That of yourself which you yet know not of.
And be not jealous on me, gentle Brutus. 71
Were I a common laughter, or did use 72
To stale with ordinary oaths my love 73
To every new protester; if you know 74
That I do fawn on men and hug them hard
And after scandal them, or if you know 76
That I profess myself in banqueting 77
To all the rout, then hold me dangerous. 78
Flourish, and shout.
BRUTUS
What means this shouting? I do fear the people
Choose Caesar for their king.
CASSIUS Ay, do you fear it?
Then must I think you would not have it so.
BRUTUS
I would not, Cassius, yet I love him well.
But wherefore do you hold me here so long?
What is it that you would impart to me?
If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye and death i'th'other
And I will look on both indifferently; 87
For let the gods so speed me as I love 88
The name of honor more than I fear death.
CASSIUS
I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus,
As well as I do know your outward favor. 91
Well, honor is the subject of my story.
I cannot tell what you and other men
Think of this life; but, for my single self,
I had as lief not be as live to be 95
In awe of such a thing as I myself. 96
105 Accoutred fully dressed in armor
108 lusty sinews vigorous might. (Literally, tendons.)
109 stemming making headway against. hearts of controversy hearts fired up by rivalry.
112 Aeneas hero of Virgil's Aeneid, the legendary founder of Rome (hence our great ancestor), who bore his aged father Anchises out of burning Troy as it was falling to the Greeks
117 bend his body bow
122 color (1) i.e., normal healthy hue (2) military colors, flag. (The lips are personified as deserters.)
123 bend glance, gaze
124 his its
129 temper constitution
130 get . . . of gain ascendancy over
131 palm victor's prize
I was born free as Caesar, so were you;
We both have fed as well, and we can both
Endure the winter's cold as well as he.
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