Have flood against the world; now lies he there, Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,. And dying, mention it within their wills, Unto their iffue. 4 Pleb. We'll hear the Will, read it, Mark Antony. All. The Will, the Will; we will hear Cafar's Will. Ant. Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it; It is not meet you know how Cafar lov'd you.. You are not wood, you are not ftones, but men : And, being men, hearing the will of Cæfar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. 'Tis good you know not, that you are his heirs For if you fhould- O what would come of it? 4 Pleb. Read the Will, we will hear it, Antony; You fhall read us the Will, Cafar's Will. Ant. Will you be patient? will you stay a while? (I have o'er-fhot myfelf, to tell you of it.) I fear, I wrong the honourable men, Whofe daggers have ftabb'd Cæfar I do fear it. 4 Pleb. They were traitors-honourable men! 2 Pleb. They were villains; murderers; the Will! read the Will! Ant. You will compel me then to read the Will? Then Then make a ring about the corps of Cafar, 2 Pleb. Defcend. 3 [He comes down from the pulpit. Pleb. You fhall have leave. 4 Pleb. A ring; ftand round. Pleb. Stand from the hearse, stand from the body. 2 Pleb. Room for Antony-moft noble Antony. Ant. Nay, prefs not fo upon me, ftand far off. Ant. If you have tears, prepare to fhed them now. The firft time ever Cæfar put it on, 'Twas on a fummer's evening in his tent, Look! in this place, ran Caffius' dagger through;- (Which all the while ran blood,) great Cæfar fell. C 3 1 Pleb. *1 Pleb. O piteous fpectacle! 2 Pleb. O noble Cæfar! 4 Pleb. O traitors, villains! 2 Pleb. We will be reveng'd: revenge: aboutfeek-burn-fire-kill-flay! let not a traitor live. 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, fweet friends, let me not ftir you up To fuch a fudden flood of mutiny: They, that have done this deed, are honourable. But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, mouths! And bid them fpeak for me. But were I Brutus, 1 Pleb. We'll burn the houfe of Brutus. 3 Pleb. Away then, come, feek the confpirators. Ant. Yet hear me, countrymen; yet hear me fpeak. All. Peace, ho, hear Antony, most noble Antony. Ant. Ant. Why, friends, you go to do you know not what Wherein hath Cæfur thus deferv'd your loves? Alas, you know not; I must tell you then : You have forgot the Will, I told you of. AH. Moft true will. the Will. let's ftay and hear the Ant. Here is the Will, and under Cafar's feal. To ev'ry Roman citizen he gives, To ev'ry fev'ral man, fev'nty-five drachma's. 2 Pleb. Moft noble Cafar! we'll revenge his death. 3 Pleb. O royal Cafar! Ant. Hear me with patience. All. Peace, ho! Aut. Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, 1 Pleb. Never, never; come, away, away; We'll burn his body in the holy place, And with the brands fire all the traitors' houfes. 2 Pleb. Go, fetch fire. 3 Pleb. Pluck down benches. 4 Pleb. Pluck down forms, windows, any thing. (13) On this fide Tiber:] The Scene is here in the Forum near the Capitol, and in the most frequented Part of the City; but Cæfar's Gardens were very remote from that Quarter. Trans Tiberim longe cubat is, prope Cæfaris hortos. fays Horace And both the Naumachia and Gardens of Cæfar were feparated from the main City by the River; and lay out wide, on a Line with Mount Janiculum. Óur Author therefore certainly wrote On that fide Tiber; And Plutarch, whom Shakespeare very diligently ftudied, in the Life of Marcus Brutus, fpeaking of Cafar's Will, exprefly fays, That he left to the Publick his Gardens, and Walks, beyond the Tiber. Ant. Now let it work; mifchief, thou art afoot, Take thou what courfe thou wilt!-How now, fellow ? Enter a Servant. Serv. Octavius is already come to Rome. Ant. Where is he?, Serv. He and Lepidus are at Cæsar's houfe. [Exeunt. Enter Cinna the Poet, and after him the Plebeians. Cin. I dreamt to-night, that I did feaft with Cæfar, And things unluckily charge my fantafy; I have no will to wander forth of doors: 1 Pieb. What is your name 2 Pleb. Whither are you going? 3 Pleb. Where do you dwell? 4 Pleb. Are you a married man, or a bachelor? 2 Pleb. Anfwer every man, directly. 1 Pleb. Ay, and briefly. 4 Pleb. Ay, and wifely. 3 Pleb. Ay, and truly, you were beft. Cin. What is my name? whither am I going? where do I dwell? am I a married man, or a bachelor? then to answer every man directly and briefly, wifely and truly; wifely, I fayI am a bachelor. 2 Pleb. That's as much as to fay, they are fools that marry; you'll bear me a bang for that, I fear; proceed directly. Cin. Directly, I am going to Cafar's funeral. 1 Pleb. As a friend, or an enemy P |