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Nor with such free and friendly conference,
As he hath us'd of old.

Bru. Thou hast describ'd

A hot friend cooling: Ever note, Lucilit
When love begins to sicken and decay,
It useth an enforced ceremony.

There are no tricks in plain and simple faith;
But hollow men, dike horses hot at hand,
Make gallant show and promise of their mettle:
But when they should endure the bloody spur,
They fall their crests, and, like deceitful jades,
Sink in the trial. Comes his army on?

Luc. They mean this night in Sardis to be quart

er'd;

The greater part, the horse in general,
Are come with Cassius.

Bru. Hark, he is arriv'd:

March gently on to meet him.

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Enter CASSIUS and Soldiers.

Cas. Stand, ho!

Bru. Stand, ho! Speak the word along.

Within. Stand.

Within. Staud.

Within. Staud.

Cus. Most noble brother, you have done me

wrong.

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Bru. Judge me, you Gods! Wrong I mine ene

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And, if not so, how should I wrong a brother?
Cas. Brutus, this sober forin of yours hides

And when you do them

Bra. Cassius, be content,

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Speak your griefs softly, - I do know you

well:

Before the eyes of both our armies here,
Which should perceive nothing but love from us,
Let us not wrangle: Did them move away;
Then in my tent, Cassius, enlarge your griefs,
And I will give you audience.

Cas Pindarus,

Bid our commanders lead their charges off
A little from this ground.

Bru. Lucilius, do the like; and let no man Come to our tent, till we have done our con

ference.

Let Lucius and Titinius guard our door.

SCENE III.

Within the tent of Brutus.

[Exeunt,

Lucius and Titinius at some distance from it.

Enter BRUTUS and CASSIUS.

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Cas. That you have wrong'd me, doth appear

in this:

You have condemn'd and noted Lucius Pella,
For taking bribes here of the Sardians;
Wherein, my letters, praying on his side,
Because I knew the man, were slighted off.
Bru. You wrong'd yourself, to write in such a

case.

Cas. In such a time as this, it is not meet That every nice offence should bear his comment. Bru. Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself Are much condemn'd to have an itching palım;

To sell and mart your offices for gold,
To undeservers,

Cas. I an itching palm?

You know, that you are Brutus that speak this, Or, by the Gods, this speech were else your last. Bru. The name of Cassius honours this cor

ruption,

And chastisement doth therefore hide his head.
Cas. Chastisement!

Bru. Remember March, the ides of March re

member!

Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake?
What villain touch'd his body, that did stab,
And not for justice? What, shall one of us,
That struck the foremost inan of all this world,
But for supporting robbers; shall we now
Contaminate our fingers with base bribes?
And sell the mighty space of our large honours,
For so much trash, as may be grasped thus? -
I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon,
Than such a Roman.

Cas. Brutus, bay not me,
I'll not endure it: you forget yourself,
To hedge me in; I am a soldier, I,
Older in practice, abler than yourself
To make conditions.

Bru. Go to; you're not, Cassius,

Cas. L. ain.

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Bru. I say, you are not.

Cas. Urge me no more, I shall forget myself; Have mind upon your health, tempt me no further.

Bru. Away, slight man!

Cas. Is't possible?

Bru. Hear me, for I will speak.

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Must I give way and room to your rash choler ? Shall I be frighted, when a madman stares ?

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Cas. O ye Gods! ye Gods! Must I endure all this?

Bru. All this? ay, more: Fret, till your proud

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heart break;
Go, show your slaves how cholerick you are,
And make your bondmen tremble. Must I budge?
Must I observe you? Must I stand and crouch
Under your testy humour? By the Gods,
-You shall digest the venom of your spleen,
Though it do split you: for, from this day forth,
I'll use you for my mirth, yea, for my laughter,

When you are waspish.

Cas. Is it come to this?

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Bru. You say, you are a better soldier:
Let it appear so; make your vaunting true,
And it shall please me well: For mine own part,
I shall be glad to learn of noble niep,

Cas. You wrong me every way, you wrong me,

I said

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Cas. When Caesar liv'd, he durst not thus have

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Bru. No.

Cas. What? durst not tempt him?
Bere Blu For your life you durst not.

Cas. Do not presume too much upon my love,

I may do that I shall be sorry for.

ould be sorry

Bru. You have done that you shou

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats;
For I am arm'd so strong in honesty,

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That they pass by ine as the idle wind,
Which I respect not. I did send to you
For certain sums of gold, which you deny'd me;
For I can raise no money by vile means:\
By heaven, I had rather coin my heart,

And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring
Froin the hard hands of peasants their vile trash,
By any indirection. I did send
To you for gold to pay my legious,

Which you deny'd me: Was that done like Cas

sins?

Should I have answer'd Caius Cassius so?

When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous, זור
To lock such rascal counters from his friends,
Be ready, Gods, with all your thunderbolts,

Dash him to pieces!

Cus. I deny'd you not.

Bru. You did.

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That brought my answer back.

Brutus hath

on Priv'd my heart.

A friend should bear his friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are
Bru. I do not, till you practise them on me.
Cas. You love me not.

Bru. I do not like your faults.

Cas. A friendly eye could never see such faults. Bra. A flatterer's would not, though they do

As huge as high Olympus.

appear

Cas. Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come,

Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius,
For Cassius is aweary of the world
Hated by one he loves; brav'd by his brother;
Check'd like a bondman; all his faults observ'd,
Set in a note-hook, learn'd, and conu'd by rote,

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