Where hast thou led me? I, perhaps, speak this My answer must be made. But I am armed, 129. Casca. You speak to Casca; and to such a man, 130. 134. 135. And I will set this foot of mine as far As who goes farthest. Cas. There's a bargain made. Now know you, Casca, I have moved already Of honorable-dangerous consequence; In Pompey's porch: for now, this fearful night, And the complexion of the element In favour's like the work we have in hand, Most bloody, fiery, and most terrible. Enter CINNA. Casca. Stand close awhile, for here comes one in haste. He is a friend. - Cinna, where haste you so? To our attempts. Am I not staid for, Cinna? Cin. I am glad on't. What a fearful night is this! There's two or three of us have seen strange sights. 136. Cas. Am I not staid for? Tell me. 137. Cin. Yes, you are. — O Cassius, if you could But win the noble Brutus to our party! 138. Cas. Be you content. Good Cinna, take this paper, And look you lay it in the prætor's chair, Where Brutus may but find it; and throw this In at his window: set this up with wax Upon old Brutus' statue: all this done, Repair to Pompey's porch, where you shall find us. Is Decius Brutus, and Trebonius there? 139. Cin. All but Metellus Cimber; and he's gone 142. [Exit CINNA. Come, Casca, you and I will yet, ere day, Is ours already; and the man entire, Upon the next encounter, yields him ours. Casca. O, he sits high in all the people's hearts; His countenance, like richest alchemy, Will change to virtue, and to worthiness. Cas. Him, and his worth, and our great need of him. You have right well conceited. Let us go, For it is after midnight; and, ere day, We will awake him, and be sure of him. [Exeun ACT II. SCENE I.- The same. BRUTUS's Orchard. Enter BRUTUS. 143. Bru. What, Lucius! ho! I cannot, by the progress of the stars, Give guess how near to day. - Lucius, I say! I would it were my fault to sleep so soundly. Enter LUCIUS. Luc. Called you, my lord? Bru. Get me a taper in my study, Lucius: When it is lighted, come and call me here. Luc. I will, my lord. 147. Bru. It must be by his death: and, for my part, I know no perconal cause to spurn at him, [Exit. : But for the general. He would be crowned : How that might change his nature, there's the question. Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Fashion it thus; that what he is, augmented, Would run to these and these extremities: And therefore think him as a serpent's egg, Which, hatched, would, as his kind, grow mischievous; Re-enter LUCIUS. 48. Luc. The taper burneth in your closet, Sir. [Gives him the letter. 149. Bru. Get you to bed again; it is not day. Bru. Look in the calendar, and bring me word. 153. Bru. The exhalations, whizzing in the air, [Exit. [Opens the letter, and reads. "Brutus, thou sleep'st; awake, and see thyself. Shall Rome, &c. Speak, strike, redress !”. Brutus, thou sleep'st; awake. Such instigations have been often dropped Shall Rome, &c. Thus must I piece it out: Shall Rome stand under one man's awe? What! Rome? The Tarquin drive, when he was called a king. Am I entreated To speak, and strike? O Rome! I make thee promise, If the redress will follow, thou receivest Thy full petition at the hand of Brutus. Re-enter LUCIUS. 154. Luc. Sir, March is wasted fourteen days. [Knock within. 155. Bru. 'Tis good. Go to the gate; somebody knocks. [Exit LUCIUS. Since Cassius first did whet me against Cæsar, Between the acting of a dreadful thing Re-enter LUCIUS. 156. Luc. Sir, 'tis your brother Cassius at the door, Who doth desire to see you. Bru. Is he alone? 158. Luc. No, Sir, there are moe with him. 160. Bru. Do you know them? Luc. No, Sir; their hats are plucked about their ears, And half their faces buried in their cloaks, That by no means I may discover them By any mark of favour. 161. Bru. Let 'em enter. They are the faction. O Conspiracy! [Exit LUCIUS. Sham'st thou to show thy dangerous brow by night, Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough To mask thy monstrous visage? Seek none, Conspiracy; For, if thou path, thy native semblance on, Not Erebus itself were dim enough To hide thee from prevention. Enter CASSIUS, Casca, Decius, CINNA, METELLUS CIMBER, and TREBONIUS. 162. Cas. I think we are too bold upon your rest: Good morrow, Brutus: do we trouble you? Bru. I have been up this hour; awake, all night. Cas. Yes, every man of them; and no man here Which every noble Roman bears of you. Bru. He is welcome hither. Cas. This, Decius Brutus. Bru. He is welcome too. 168. Cas. This, Casca; this, Cinna; and this, Metellus Cimber. Bru. They are all welcome. What watchful cares do interpose themselves Betwixt your eyes and night? Cas. Shall I entreat a word? [They whisper. Dec. Here lies the east: doth not the day break here? 173. Cin. O, pardon, Sir, it doth; and yon grey lines, 174. Casca. You shall confess that you are both deceived. Here, as I point my sword, the sun arises; Which is a great way growing on the south, Weighing the youthful season of the year. Some two months hence, up higher toward the north Stands, as the Capitol, directly here. 175. Bru. Give me your hands all over, one by one. Cas. And let us swear our resolution. 177. Bru. No, not an oath: if not the face of men, |