Julius Caesar

Actus Tertius

Flourish

Enter Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Caska, Decius, Metellus, Trebonius, Cynna, Antony, Lepidus, Artimedorus, Publius, and the Soothsayer.

Caes The Ides of March are come

Sooth. I Caesar, but not goneArt. Haile Caesar: Read this Scedule   Deci. Trebonius doth desire you to ore-read(At your best leysure) this his humble suite   Art. O Caesar, reade mine first: for mine's a suiteThat touches Caesar neerer. Read it great CaesarCaes What touches vs our selfe, shall be last seru'dArt. Delay not Caesar, read it instantly   Caes What, is the fellow mad?  Pub. Sirra, giue place   Cassi. What, vrge you your Petitions in the street?Come to the CapitollPopil. I wish your enterprize to day may thriue   Cassi. What enterprize Popillius?  Popil. Fare you well   Bru. What said Popillius Lena?  Cassi. He wisht to day our enterprize might thriue:I feare our purpose is discoueredBru. Looke how he makes to Caesar: marke him   Cassi. Caska be sodaine, for we feare preuention.Brutus what shall be done? If this be knowne,Cassius or Caesar neuer shall turne backe,For I will slay my selfe   Bru. Cassius be constant:Popillius Lena speakes not of our purposes,For looke he smiles, and Caesar doth not change   Cassi. Trebonius knowes his time: for look you BrutusHe drawes Mark Antony out of the way   Deci. Where is Metellus Cimber, let him go,And presently preferre his suite to CaesarBru. He is addrest: presse neere, and second himCin. Caska, you are the first that reares your hand   Caes Are we all ready? What is now amisse,That Caesar and his Senate must redresse?  Metel. Most high, most mighty, and most puisant CaesarMetellus Cymber throwes before thy SeateAn humble heart   Caes I must preuent thee Cymber:These couchings, and these lowly courtesiesMight fire the blood of ordinary men,And turne pre-Ordinance, and first DecreeInto the lane of Children. Be not fond,To thinke that Caesar beares such Rebell bloodThat will be thaw'd from the true qualityWith that which melteth Fooles, I meane sweet words,Low-crooked-curtsies, and base Spaniell fawning:Thy Brother by decree is banished:If thou doest bend, and pray, and fawne for him,I spurne thee like a Curre out of my way:Know, Caesar doth not wrong, nor without causeWill he be satisfied   Metel. Is there no voyce more worthy then my owne,To sound more sweetly in great Caesars eare,For the repealing of my banish'd Brother?  Bru. I kisse thy hand, but not in flattery Caesar:Desiring thee, that Publius Cymber mayHaue an immediate freedome of repeale   Caes What Brutus?  Cassi. Pardon Caesar: Caesar pardon:As lowe as to thy foote doth Cassius fall,To begge infranchisement for Publius Cymber   Caes I could be well mou'd, if I were as you,If I could pray to mooue, Prayers would mooue me:But I am constant as the Northerne Starre,Of whose true fixt, and resting quality,There is no fellow in the Firmament.The Skies are painted with vnnumbred sparkes,They are all Fire, and euery one doth shine:But, there's but one in all doth hold his place.So, in the World; 'Tis furnish'd well with Men,And Men are Flesh and Blood, and apprehensiue;Yet in the number, I do know but OneThat vnassayleable holds on his Ranke,Vnshak'd of Motion: and that I am he,Let me a little shew it, euen in this:That I was constant Cymber should be banish'd,And constant do remaine to keepe him soCinna. O Caesar   Caes Hence: Wilt thou lift vp Olympus?  Decius. Great Caesar   Caes Doth not Brutus bootlesse kneele?  Cask. Speake hands for me.They stab Caesar.Caes Et Tu Brute? – Then fall Caesar.Dyes  Cin. Liberty, Freedome; Tyranny is dead,Run hence, proclaime, cry it about the Streets   Cassi. Some to the common Pulpits, and cry outLiberty, Freedome, and Enfranchisement   Bru. People and Senators, be not affrighted:Fly not, stand still: Ambitions debt is paidCask. Go to the Pulpit BrutusDec. And Cassius too   Bru. Where's Publius?  Cin. Heere, quite confounded with this mutiny   Met. Stand fast together, least some Friend of CaesarsShould chance-  Bru. Talke not of standing. Publius good cheere,There is no harme intended to your person,Nor to no Roman else: so tell them Publius   Cassi. And leaue vs Publius, least that the peopleRushing on vs, should do your Age some mischiefe   Bru. Do so, and let no man abide this deede,But we the Doers.Enter Trebonius   Cassi. Where is Antony?  Treb. Fled to his House amaz'd:Men, Wiues, and Children, stare, cry out, and run,As it were Doomesday   Bru. Fates, we will know your pleasures:That we shall dye we know, 'tis but the timeAnd drawing dayes out, that men stand vpon   Cask. Why he that cuts off twenty yeares of life,Cuts off so many yeares of fearing death   Bru. Grant that, and then is Death a Benefit:So are we Caesars Friends, that haue abridg'dHis time of fearing death. Stoope Romans, stoope,And let vs bathe our hands in Caesars bloodVp to the Elbowes, and besmeare our Swords:Then walke we forth, euen to the Market place,And wauing our red Weapons o're our heads,Let's all cry Peace, Freedome, and Liberty   Cassi. Stoop then, and wash. How many Ages henceShall this our lofty Scene be acted ouer,In State vnborne, and Accents yet vnknowne?  Bru. How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport,That now on Pompeyes Basis lye along,No worthier then the dust?  Cassi. So oft as that shall be,So often shall the knot of vs be call'd,The Men that gaue their Country liberty   Dec. What, shall we forth?  Cassi. I, euery man away.Brutus shall leade, and we will grace his heelesWith the most boldest, and best hearts of Rome.Enter a Seruant.Bru. Soft, who comes heere? A friend of Antonies   Ser. Thus Brutus did my Master bid me kneele;Thus did Mark Antony bid me fall downe,And being prostrate, thus he bad me say:Brutus is Noble, Wise, Valiant, and Honest;Caesar was Mighty, Bold, Royall, and Louing:Say, I loue Brutus, and I honour him;Say, I fear'd Caesar, honour'd him, and lou'd him.If Brutus will vouchsafe, that AntonyMay safely come to him, and be resolu'dHow Caesar hath deseru'd to lye in death,Mark Antony, shall not loue Caesar deadSo well as Brutus liuing; but will followThe Fortunes and Affayres of Noble Brutus,Thorough the hazards of this vntrod State,With all true Faith. So sayes my Master Antony   Bru. Thy Master is a Wise and Valiant Romane,I neuer thought him worse:Tell him, so please him come vnto this placeHe shall be satisfied: and by my HonorDepart vntouch'dSer. Ile fetch him presently.Exit Seruant.Bru. I know that we shall haue him well to Friend   Cassi. I wish we may: But yet haue I a mindeThat feares him much: and my misgiuing stillFalles shrewdly to the purpose.Enter Antony.  Bru. But heere comes Antony:Welcome Mark Antony   Ant. O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lye so lowe?Are all thy Conquests, Glories, Triumphes, Spoiles,Shrunke to this little Measure? Fare thee well.I know not Gentlemen what you intend,Who else must be let blood, who else is ranke:If I my selfe, there is no houre so fitAs Caesars deaths houre; nor no InstrumentOf halfe that worth, as those your Swords; made richWith the most Noble blood of all this World.I do beseech yee, if you beare me hard,Now, whil'st your purpled hands do reeke and smoake,Fulfill your pleasure. Liue a thousand yeeres,I shall not finde my selfe so apt to dye.No place will please me so, no meane of death,As heere by Caesar, and by you cut off,The Choice and Master Spirits of this Age   Bru. O Antony! Begge not your death of vs:Though now we must appeare bloody and cruell,As by our hands, and this our present ActeYou see we do: Yet see you but our hands,And this, the bleeding businesse they haue done:Our hearts you see not, they are pittifull:And pitty to the generall wrong of Rome,As fire driues out fire, so pitty, pittyHath done this deed on Caesar. For your part,To you, our Swords haue leaden points Marke Antony:Our Armes in strength of malice, and our HeartsOf Brothers temper, do receiue you in,With all kinde loue, good thoughts, and reuerence   Cassi. Your voyce shall be as strong as any mans,In the disposing of new Dignities   Bru. Onely be patient, till we haue appeas'dThe Multitude, beside themselues with feare,And then, we will deliuer you the cause,Why I, that did loue Caesar when I strooke him,Haue thus proceeded   Ant. I doubt not of your Wisedome: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 loue, yours good Trebonius.Gentlemen all: Alas, what shall I say,My credit now stands on such slippery ground,That one of two bad wayes you must conceit me,Either a Coward, or a Flatterer.That I did loue thee Caesar, O 'tis true:If then thy Spirit looke vpon vs now,Shall it not greeue thee deerer 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 streame forth thy blood,It would become me better, then to closeIn tearmes of Friendship with thine enemies.Pardon me Iulius, heere was't thou bay'd braue Hart,Heere did'st thou fall, and heere thy Hunters standSign'd in thy Spoyle, 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 Deere, stroken by many Princes,Dost thou heere lye?  Cassi. Mark Antony   Ant. Pardon me Caius Cassius:The Enemies of Caesar, shall say this:Then, in a Friend, it is cold Modestie   Cassi. I blame you not for praising Caesar so.But what compact meane you to haue with vs?Will you be prick'd in number of our Friends,Or shall we on, and not depend on you?  Ant. Therefore I tooke your hands, but was indeedSway'd from the point, by looking downe on Caesar.Friends am I with you all, and loue you all,Vpon this hope, that you shall giue me Reasons,Why, and wherein, Caesar was dangerous   Bru. Or else were this a sauage Spectacle:Our Reasons are so full of good regard,That were you Antony, the Sonne of Caesar,You should be satisfied   Ant. That's all I seeke,And am moreouer sutor, that I mayProduce his body to the Market-place,And in the Pulpit as becomes a Friend,Speake in the Order of his FunerallBru. You shall Marke Antony   Cassi. Brutus, a word with you:You know not what you do; Do not consentThat Antony speake in his Funerall:Know you how much the people may be mou'dBy that which he will vtter   Bru. By your pardon:I will my selfe into the Pulpit first,And shew the reason of our Caesars death.What Antony shall speake, I will protestHe speakes by leaue, and by permission:And that we are contented Caesar shallHaue all true Rites, and lawfull Ceremonies,It shall aduantage more, then do vs wrongCassi. I know not what may fall, I like it not   Bru. Mark Antony, heere take you Caesars body:You shall not in your Funerall speech blame vs,But speake all good you can deuise of Caesar,And say you doo't by our permission:Else shall you not haue any hand at allAbout his Funerall. And you shall speakeIn the same Pulpit whereto I am going,After my speech is ended   Ant. Be it so:I do desire no moreBru. Prepare the body then, and follow vs.Exeunt.Manet Antony.O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth:That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest manThat euer liued in the Tide of Times.Woe to the hand that shed this costly Blood.Ouer thy wounds, now do I Prophesie,(Which like dumbe mouthes do ope their Ruby lips,To begge the voyce and vtterance of my Tongue)A Curse shall light vpon the limbes of men;Domesticke Fury, and fierce Ciuill strife,Shall cumber all the parts of Italy:Blood and destruction shall be so in vse,And dreadfull Obiects so familiar,That Mothers shall but smile, when they beholdTheir Infants quartered with the hands of Warre:All pitty choak'd with custome of fell deeds,And Caesars Spirit ranging for Reuenge,With Ate by his side, come hot from Hell,Shall in these Confines, with a Monarkes voyce,Cry hauocke, and let slip the Dogges of Warre,That this foule deede, shall smell aboue the earthWith Carrion men, groaning for Buriall.Enter Octauio's Seruant.You serue Octauius Caesar, do you not?  Ser. I do Marke AntonyAnt. Caesar did write for him to come to Rome   Ser. He did receiue his Letters, and is comming,And bid me say to you by word of mouth-O Caesar!  Ant. Thy heart is bigge: get thee a-part and weepe:Passion I see is catching from mine eyes,Seeing those Beads of sorrow stand in thine,Began to water. Is thy Master comming?  Ser. He lies to night within seuen Leagues of Rome   Ant. Post backe with speede,And tell him what hath chanc'd:Heere is a mourning Rome, a dangerous Rome,No Rome of safety for Octauius yet,Hie hence, and tell him so. Yet stay a-while,Thou shalt not backe, till I haue borne this courseInto the Market place: There shall I tryIn my Oration, how the People takeThe cruell issue of these bloody men,According to the which, thou shalt discourseTo yong Octauius, of the state of things.Lend me your hand.Exeunt.Enter Brutus and goes into the Pulpit, and Cassius, with the Plebeians.Ple. We will be satisfied: let vs be satisfied   Bru. Then follow me, and giue me Audience friends.Cassius go you into the other streete,And part the Numbers:Those that will heare me speake, let 'em stay heere;Those that will follow Cassius, go with him,And publike Reasons shall be rendredOf Caesars death1. Ple. I will heare Brutus speake2. I will heare Cassius, and compare their Reasons, When seuerally we heare them rendred3. The Noble Brutus is ascended: SilenceBru. Be patient till the last. Romans, Countrey-men, and Louers, heare mee for my cause, and be silent, that you may heare. Beleeue me for mine Honor, and haue respect to mine Honor, that you may beleeue. Censure me in your Wisedom, and awake your Senses, that you may the better Iudge. If there bee any in this Assembly, any deere Friend of Caesars, to him I say, that Brutus loue to Caesar, was no lesse then his. If then, that Friend demand, why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I lou'd Caesar lesse, but that I lou'd Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were liuing, and dye all Slaues; then that Caesar were dead, to liue all Free-men? As Caesar lou'd mee, I weepe for him; as he was Fortunate, I reioyce at it; as he was Valiant, I honour him: But, as he was Ambitious, I slew him. There is Teares, for his Loue: Ioy, for his Fortune: Honor, for his Valour: and Death, for his Ambition. Who is heere so base, that would be a Bondman? If any, speak, for him haue I offended. Who is heere so rude, that would not be a Roman? If any, speak, for him haue I offended. Who is heere so vile, that will not loue his Countrey? If any, speake, for him haue I offended. I pause for a ReplyAll. None Brutus, noneBrutus. Then none haue I offended. I haue done no more to Caesar, then you shall do to Brutus. The Question of his death, is inroll'd in the Capitoll: his Glory not extenuated, wherein he was worthy; nor his offences enforc'd, for which he suffered death. Enter Mark Antony, with Caesars body.Heere comes his Body, mourn'd by Marke Antony, who though he had no hand in his death, shall receiue the benefit of his dying, a place in the Co[m]monwealth, as which of you shall not. With this I depart, that as I slewe my best Louer for the good of Rome, I haue the same Dagger for my selfe, when it shall please my Country to need my deathAll. Liue Brutus, liue, liue1. Bring him with Triumph home vnto his house2. Giue him a Statue with his Ancestors3. Let him be Caesar   4. Caesars better parts,Shall be Crown'd in Brutus   1. Wee'l bring him to his House,With Showts and ClamorsBru. My Country-men2. Peace, silence, Brutus speakes1. Peace ho   Bru. Good Countrymen, let me depart alone,And (for my sake) stay heere with Antony:Do grace to Caesars Corpes, and grace his SpeechTending to Caesars Glories, which Marke Antony(By our permission) is allow'd to make.I do intreat you, not a man depart,Saue I alone, till Antony haue spoke.Exit1 Stay ho, and let vs heare Mark Antony3 Let him go vp into the publike Chaire, Wee'l heare him: Noble Antony go vpAnt. For Brutus sake, I am beholding to you   4 What does he say of Brutus?  3 He sayes, for Brutus sakeHe findes himselfe beholding to vs all   4 'Twere best he speake no harme of Brutus heere?  1 This Caesar was a Tyrant   3 Nay that's certaine:We are blest that Rome is rid of him2 Peace, let vs heare what Antony can sayAnt. You gentle RomansAll. Peace hoe, let vs heare him   An. Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him:The euill that men do, liues after them,The good is oft enterred with their bones,So let it be with Caesar. The Noble Brutus,Hath told you Caesar was Ambitious:If it were so, it was a greeuous Fault,And greeuously hath Caesar answer'd it.Heere, vnder leaue of Brutus, and the rest(For Brutus is an Honourable man,So are they all; all Honourable men)Come I to speake in Caesars Funerall.He was my Friend, faithfull, and iust to me;But Brutus sayes, he was Ambitious,And Brutus is an Honourable man.He hath brought many Captiues home to Rome,Whose Ransomes, did the generall Coffers fill:Did this in Caesar seeme Ambitious?When that the poore haue cry'de, Caesar hath wept:Ambition should be made of sterner stuffe,Yet Brutus sayes, he was Ambitious:And Brutus is an Honourable man.You all did see, that on the Lupercall,I thrice presented him a Kingly Crowne,Which he did thrice refuse. Was this Ambition?Yet Brutus sayes, he was Ambitious:And sure he is an Honourable man.I speake not to disprooue what Brutus spoke,But heere I am, to speake what I do know;You all did loue him once, not without cause,What cause with-holds you then, to mourne for him?O Iudgement! thou are fled to brutish Beasts,And Men haue lost their Reason. Beare with me,My heart is in the Coffin there with Caesar,And I must pawse, till it come backe to me1 Me thinkes there is much reason in his sayings2 If thou consider rightly of the matter, Caesar ha's had great wrong3 Ha's hee Masters? I feare there will a worse come in his place4. Mark'd ye his words? he would not take y Crown, Therefore 'tis certaine, he was not Ambitious1. If it be found so, some will deere abide it2. Poore soule, his eyes are red as fire with weeping3. There's not a Nobler man in Rome then Antony4. Now marke him, he begins againe to speake   Ant. But yesterday, the word of Caesar mightHaue stood against the World: Now lies he there,And none so poore to do him reuerence.O Maisters! If I were dispos'd to stirreYour hearts and mindes to Mutiny and Rage,I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong:Who (you all know) are Honourable men.I will not do them wrong: I rather chooseTo wrong the dead, to wrong my selfe and you,Then I will wrong such Honourable men.But heere's a Parchment, with the Seale of Caesar,I found it in his Closset, 'tis his Will:Let but the Commons heare this Testament:(Which pardon me) I do not meane to reade,And they would go and kisse dead Caesars wounds,And dip their Napkins in his Sacred Blood;Yea, begge a haire of him for Memory,And dying, mention it within their Willes,Bequeathing it as a rich LegacieVnto their issue4 Wee'l heare the Will, reade it Marke AntonyAll. The Will, the Will; we will heare Caesars Will   Ant. Haue patience gentle Friends, I must not read it.It is not meete you know how Caesar lou'd you:You are not Wood, you are not Stones, but men:And being men, hearing the Will of Caesar,It will inflame you, it will make you mad:'Tis good you know not that you are his Heires,For if you should, O what would come of it?  4 Read the Will, wee'l heare it Antony:You shall reade vs the Will, Caesars Will   Ant. Will you be Patient? Will you stay a-while?I haue o're-shot my selfe to tell you of it,I feare I wrong the Honourable men,Whose Daggers haue stabb'd Caesar: I do feare it   4 They were Traitors: Honourable men?  All. The Will, the Testament   2 They were Villaines, Murderers: the Will, read theWill   Ant. You will compell me then to read the Will:Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar,And let me shew you him that made the Will:Shall I descend? And will you giue me leaue?  All. Come downe2 Descend3 You shall haue leaue4 A Ring, stand round1 Stand from the Hearse, stand from the Body2 Roome for Antony, most Noble AntonyAnt. Nay presse not so vpon me, stand farre offAll. Stand backe: roome, beare backe   Ant. If you haue teares, prepare to shed them now.You all do know this Mantle, I rememberThe first time euer Caesar put it on,'Twas on a Summers Euening in his Tent,That day he ouercame the Neruij.Looke, in this place ran Cassius Dagger through:See what a rent the enuious Caska made:Through this, the wel-beloued Brutus stabb'd,And as he pluck'd his cursed Steele away:Marke how the blood of Caesar followed it,As rushing out of doores, to be resolu'dIf Brutus so vnkindely knock'd, or no:For Brutus, as you know, was Caesars Angel.Iudge, O you Gods, how deerely Caesar lou'd him:This was the most vnkindest cut of all.For when the Noble Caesar saw him stab,Ingratitude, more strong then Traitors armes,Quite vanquish'd him: then burst his Mighty heart,And in his Mantle, muffling vp his face,Euen at the Base of Pompeyes Statue(Which all the while ran blood) great Caesar fell.O what a fall was there, my Countrymen?Then I, and you, and all of vs fell downe,Whil'st bloody Treason flourish'd ouer vs.O now you weepe, and I perceiue you feeleThe dint of pitty: These are gracious droppes.Kinde Soules, what weepe you, when you but beholdOur Caesars Vesture wounded? Looke you heere,Heere is Himselfe, marr'd as you see with Traitors   1. O pitteous spectacle!  2. O Noble Caesar!  3. O wofull day!  4. O Traitors, Villaines!  1. O most bloody sight!  2. We will be reueng'd: ReuengeAbout, seeke, burne, fire, kill, slay,Let not a Traitor liueAnt. Stay Country-men1. Peace there, heare the Noble Antony2. Wee'l heare him, wee'l follow him, wee'l dy with him   Ant. Good Friends, sweet Friends, let me not stirre you vpTo such a sodaine Flood of Mutiny:They that haue done this Deede, are honourable.What priuate greefes they haue, alas I know not,That made them do it: They are Wise, and Honourable,And will no doubt with Reasons answer you.I come not (Friends) to steale away your hearts,I am no Orator, as Brutus is:But (as you know me all) a plaine blunt manThat loue my Friend, and that they know full well,That gaue me publike leaue to speake of him:For I haue neyther writ nor words, nor worth,Action, nor Vtterance, nor the power of Speech,To stirre mens Blood. I onely speake right on:I tell you that, which you your selues do know,Shew you sweet Caesars wounds, poor poor dum mouthsAnd bid them speake for me: But were I Brutus,And Brutus Antony, there were an AntonyWould ruffle vp your Spirits, and put a TongueIn euery Wound of Caesar, that should moueThe stones of Rome, to rise and MutinyAll. Wee'l Mutiny1 Wee'l burne the house of Brutus3 Away then, come, seeke the Conspirators   Ant. Yet heare me Countrymen, yet heare me speake  All. Peace hoe, heare Antony, most Noble Antony   Ant. Why Friends, you go to do you know not what:Wherein hath Caesar thus deseru'd your loues?Alas you know not, I must tell you then:You haue forgot the Will I told you ofAll. Most true, the Will, let's stay and heare the Wil   Ant. Heere is the Will, and vnder Caesars Seale:To euery Roman Citizen he giues,To euery seuerall man, seuenty fiue Drachmaes2 Ple. Most Noble Caesar, wee'l reuenge his death3 Ple. O Royall CaesarAnt. Heare me with patience   All. Peace hoe  Ant. Moreouer, he hath left you all his Walkes,His priuate Arbors, and new-planted Orchards,On this side Tyber, he hath left them you,And to your heyres for euer: common pleasuresTo walke abroad, and recreate your selues.Heere was a Caesar: when comes such another?  1.Ple. Neuer, neuer: come, away, away:Wee'l burne his body in the holy place,And with the Brands fire the Traitors houses.Take vp the body2. Ple. Go fetch fire3. Ple. Plucke downe Benches4. Ple. Plucke downe Formes, Windowes, any thing.Exit Plebeians.  Ant. Now let it worke: Mischeefe thou art a-foot,Take thou what course thou wilt.How now Fellow?Enter Seruant.Ser. Sir, Octauius is already come to Rome   Ant. Where is hee?  Ser. He and Lepidus are at Caesars house   Ant. And thither will I straight, to visit him:He comes vpon a wish. Fortune is merry,And in this mood will giue vs any thing   Ser. I heard him say, Brutus and CassiusAre rid like Madmen through the Gates of Rome   Ant. Belike they had some notice of the peopleHow I had moued them. Bring me to Octauius.Exeunt.Enter Cinna the Poet, and after him the Plebeians.  Cinna. I dreamt to night, that I did feast with Caesar,And things vnluckily charge my Fantasie:I haue no will to wander foorth of doores,Yet something leads me foorth1. What is your name? 2. Whether are you going? 3. Where do you dwell? 4. Are you a married man, or a Batchellor? 2. Answer euery man directly1. I, and breefely4. I, and wisely3. I, and truly, you were bestCin. What is my name? Whether am I going? Where do I dwell? Am I a married man, or a Batchellour? Then to answer euery man, directly and breefely, wisely and truly: wisely I say, I am a Batchellor2 That's as much as to say, they are fooles that marrie: you'l beare me a bang for that I feare: proceede directlyCinna. Directly I am going to Caesars Funerall1. As a Friend, or an Enemy? Cinna. As a friend2. That matter is answered directly4. For your dwelling: breefelyCinna. Breefely, I dwell by the Capitoll3. Your name sir, trulyCinna. Truly, my name is Cinna1. Teare him to peeces, hee's a ConspiratorCinna. I am Cinna the Poet, I am Cinna the Poet4. Teare him for his bad verses, teare him for his bad VersesCin. I am not Cinna the Conspirator4. It is no matter, his name's Cinna, plucke but his name out of his heart, and turne him going3. Teare him, tear him; Come Brands hoe, Firebrands: to Brutus, to Cassius, burne all. Some to Decius House, and some to Caska's; some to Ligarius: Away, go.Exeunt. all the Plebeians.