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Alarum. Enter BRUTUS , MESSALA , CATO , LUCILLIUS , and FLAVIO
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Alarum. Enter BRUTUS , MESSALA , CATO , LUCILLIUS , and FLAVIO
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BRUTUS Yet, countrymen, O, yet hold up your heads!
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BRUTUS Yet, countrymen, O, yet hold up your heads!
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Exeunt BRUTUS , MESSALA , and FLAVIO
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Exeunt BRUTUS , MESSALA , and FLAVIO
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CATO What bastard doth not? Who will go with me?
I will proclaim my name about the field.
I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
5 A foe to tyrants, and my country’s friend.
I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
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CATO What bastard doth not? Who will go with me?
I will proclaim my name about the field.
I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
A foe to tyrants, and my country’s friend.
I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
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Enter ANTONY and OCTAVIUS ' SOLDIERS Fight
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Enter ANTONY and OCTAVIUS ' SOLDIERS Fight
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LUCILLIUS And I am Brutus, Marcus Brutus, I!
Brutus, my country’s friend. Know me for Brutus!
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LUCILLIUS And I am Brutus, Marcus Brutus, I!
Brutus, my country’s friend. Know me for Brutus!
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SOLDIERS kill young CATO
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SOLDIERS kill young CATO
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O young and noble Cato, art thou down?
10 Why, now thou diest as bravely as Titinius,
And mayst be honored, being Cato’s son.
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O young and noble Cato, art thou down?
Why, now thou diest as bravely as Titinius,
And mayst be honored, being Cato’s son.
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FIRST SOLDIER (to LUCILLIUS) Yield, or thou diest.
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FIRST SOLDIER (to LUCILLIUS) Yield, or thou diest.
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LUCILLIUS Only I yield to die.
There is so much that thou wilt kill me straight.
Kill Brutus, and be honored in his death.
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LUCILLIUS Only I yield to die.
There is so much that thou wilt kill me straight.
Kill Brutus, and be honored in his death.
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FIRST SOLDIER 15 We must not. A noble prisoner!
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FIRST SOLDIER We must not. A noble prisoner!
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Enter ANTONY
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Enter ANTONY
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SECOND SOLDIER Room, ho! Tell Antony Brutus is ta'en.
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SECOND SOLDIER Room, ho! Tell Antony Brutus is ta'en.
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FIRST SOLDIER I’ll tell the news. Here comes the general.
—Brutus is ta'en, Brutus is ta'en, my lord.
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FIRST SOLDIER I’ll tell the news. Here comes the general.
—Brutus is ta'en, Brutus is ta'en, my lord.
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ANTONY Where is he?
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ANTONY Where is he?
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LUCILLIUS 20 Safe, Antony. Brutus is safe enough.
I dare assure thee that no enemy
Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus.
The gods defend him from so great a shame!
When you do find him, or alive or dead,
25 He will be found like Brutus, like himself.
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LUCILLIUS Safe, Antony. Brutus is safe enough.
I dare assure thee that no enemy
Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus.
The gods defend him from so great a shame!
When you do find him, or alive or dead,
He will be found like Brutus, like himself.
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ANTONY (to SOLDIERS) This is not Brutus, friend, but, I assure you,
A prize no less in worth. Keep this man safe.
Give him all kindness. I had rather have
Such men my friends than enemies. Go on,
30 And see whether Brutus be alive or dead.
And bring us word unto Octavius' tent
How everything is chanced.
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ANTONY (to SOLDIERS) This is not Brutus, friend, but, I assure you,
A prize no less in worth. Keep this man safe.
Give him all kindness. I had rather have
Such men my friends than enemies. Go on,
And see whether Brutus be alive or dead.
And bring us word unto Octavius' tent
How everything is chanced.
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Exeunt severally
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Exeunt severally
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Original Text |
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Alarum. Enter BRUTUS , MESSALA , CATO , LUCILLIUS , and FLAVIO
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Alarum. Enter BRUTUS , MESSALA , CATO , LUCILLIUS , and FLAVIO
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BRUTUS Yet, countrymen, O, yet hold up your heads!
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BRUTUS Yet, countrymen, O, yet hold up your heads!
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Exeunt BRUTUS , MESSALA , and FLAVIO
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Exeunt BRUTUS , MESSALA , and FLAVIO
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CATO What bastard doth not? Who will go with me?
I will proclaim my name about the field.
I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
5 A foe to tyrants, and my country’s friend.
I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
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CATO What bastard doth not? Who will go with me?
I will proclaim my name about the field.
I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
A foe to tyrants, and my country’s friend.
I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
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Enter ANTONY and OCTAVIUS ' SOLDIERS Fight
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Enter ANTONY and OCTAVIUS ' SOLDIERS Fight
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LUCILLIUS And I am Brutus, Marcus Brutus, I!
Brutus, my country’s friend. Know me for Brutus!
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LUCILLIUS And I am Brutus, Marcus Brutus, I!
Brutus, my country’s friend. Know me for Brutus!
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SOLDIERS kill young CATO
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SOLDIERS kill young CATO
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O young and noble Cato, art thou down?
10 Why, now thou diest as bravely as Titinius,
And mayst be honored, being Cato’s son.
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O young and noble Cato, art thou down?
Why, now thou diest as bravely as Titinius,
And mayst be honored, being Cato’s son.
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FIRST SOLDIER (to LUCILLIUS) Yield, or thou diest.
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FIRST SOLDIER (to LUCILLIUS) Yield, or thou diest.
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LUCILLIUS Only I yield to die.
There is so much that thou wilt kill me straight.
Kill Brutus, and be honored in his death.
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LUCILLIUS Only I yield to die.
There is so much that thou wilt kill me straight.
Kill Brutus, and be honored in his death.
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FIRST SOLDIER 15 We must not. A noble prisoner!
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FIRST SOLDIER We must not. A noble prisoner!
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Enter ANTONY
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Enter ANTONY
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SECOND SOLDIER Room, ho! Tell Antony Brutus is ta'en.
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SECOND SOLDIER Room, ho! Tell Antony Brutus is ta'en.
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FIRST SOLDIER I’ll tell the news. Here comes the general.
—Brutus is ta'en, Brutus is ta'en, my lord.
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FIRST SOLDIER I’ll tell the news. Here comes the general.
—Brutus is ta'en, Brutus is ta'en, my lord.
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ANTONY Where is he?
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ANTONY Where is he?
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LUCILLIUS 20 Safe, Antony. Brutus is safe enough.
I dare assure thee that no enemy
Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus.
The gods defend him from so great a shame!
When you do find him, or alive or dead,
25 He will be found like Brutus, like himself.
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LUCILLIUS Safe, Antony. Brutus is safe enough.
I dare assure thee that no enemy
Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus.
The gods defend him from so great a shame!
When you do find him, or alive or dead,
He will be found like Brutus, like himself.
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ANTONY (to SOLDIERS) This is not Brutus, friend, but, I assure you,
A prize no less in worth. Keep this man safe.
Give him all kindness. I had rather have
Such men my friends than enemies. Go on,
30 And see whether Brutus be alive or dead.
And bring us word unto Octavius' tent
How everything is chanced.
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ANTONY (to SOLDIERS) This is not Brutus, friend, but, I assure you,
A prize no less in worth. Keep this man safe.
Give him all kindness. I had rather have
Such men my friends than enemies. Go on,
And see whether Brutus be alive or dead.
And bring us word unto Octavius' tent
How everything is chanced.
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Exeunt severally
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Exeunt severally
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