Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, Who you I will not do them wrong; I rather choose Let but the commons hear this teftament memory, 4 Pleb. We'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony. All. The will, the will; we will hear Cæfar's will. Ant. Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it; It is not meet you know how Cæfar lov'd you. 4 Pleb. Read the will; we will hear it, Antony; You fhall read us the will; Cæfar's will. Ant. Will you be patient? will you stay a while? I have o'er-fhot myself, to tell you of it. I fear, I wrong the honourable men, Whofe daggers have stabb'd Cæfar: I do fear it. 4 Pleb. They were traitors: Honourable men! All. The will! the teftament! 2 Pleb. 2 Pleb. They were villains, murderers: the will! read the will! Ant. You will compel me then to read the will?— Then make a ring about the corpfe of Cæfar, And let me fhew you him that made the will. Shall I defcend? And will you give me leave? All. Come down. 2 Pleb. Defcend. [He comes down from the pulpit. 3 Pleb. You fhall have leave. 4 Pleb. A ring; ftand round. 1 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. All. Stand back! room! bear back! Ant. If you have tears, prepare to fhed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Cæfar put it on; 'Twas on a fummer's evening in his tent; Look! in this place, ran Caffius' dagger through: For when the noble Cæfar faw him ftab, Aa III. Which all the while ran blood, great Cæfar fell. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilft bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity: thefe are gracious drops. Kind fouls, what, weep you, when you but behold Our Cæfar's vesture wounded? Look you here! Here is himself, marr'd, as you fee, with traitors. 1 Pleb. O piteous fpectacle! 2 Pleb. O noble Cæfar! 4 Pleb. O traitors, villains! 2 Pleb. We will be reveng'd: Revenge: About,Seek,-burn,-fire,-kill,—slay !—let not a traitor Ant. Stay, countrymen. [live. 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 stir 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, То To ftir men's blood: I only fpeak right on; I tell you that, which you yourselves do know; mouths! And bid them fpeak for me: But were I Brutus, 1 Pleb. We'll burn the house of Brutus. 3 Pleb. Away then, come, feek the confpirators. Ant. Yet hear me, countrymen ; yet hear me speak. All. Peace, ho! Hear Antony, most noble Antony. Ant. Why, friends, you go to do you know not what: Wherein hath Cæfar fo deferv'd your loves? Alas, you know not:-I must tell you then :You have forgot the will I told you of. Το Το All. Moft true;-the will;-let's stay, and hear the will. Ant. Here is the will, and under Cæfar's feal. every Roman citizen he gives, every feveral man, seventy-five drachmas. 2 Pleb. Moft noble Cæfar!-We'll revenge his 3 Pleb. O royal Cæfar! Ant. Hear me with patience. All. Peace, ho! [death. Ant. Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, 1 Pleb. Never, never:-come, away, away We'll We'll burn his body in the holy place, And with the brands fire the traitors' houses. 2 Pleb. Go, fetch fire. 3 Pleb. Pluck down the benches. 4 Pleb. Pluck down forms, windows, any thing. [Exeunt Plebeians, with the body. Ant. Now let it work: Mifchief, thou art afoot, Take thou what courfe thou wilt!-How now, fellow? Enter a Servant. Serv. Sir, Octavius is already come to Rome, Serv. He and Lepidus are at Cæfar's house. Serv. I have heard him fay, Brutus and Caffius Are rid like madmen through the gates of Rome. Ant. Belike, they had fone notice of the people, How I had mov'd them. Bring me to Octavius. [Exeunt, SCENE III. Aftreet. Enter CINNA the Poet, and after him, the Plebeians. Cin. I dreamt to-night that I did feast with Cæfar, And things unluckily charge my fantasy: I have no will to wander forth of doors, 1 Pleb. What is your name? 2 Pleb. Whither are you going? 3 Pleb. Where do you dwell? 4 Pieb. Are you a married man, or a bachelor? 2 Pleb. Anfwer every man directly. 1 Pleb. |