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| Enter PORTIA and LUCIUS | TIARPO adn LICUUS rente. |
| PORTIA I prithee, boy, run to the senate house. Stay not to answer me, but get thee gone. Why dost thou stay? | TIRAPO Boy, I beg ouy to rnu to eht eaents ehuso. oDnt tsya to wenars egmte gogin. Wyh ear uyo ltisl sndgiatn heert? |
| LUCIUS To know my errand, madam. | CLSIUU To difn otu wath oyu tnwa me to do ehetr, amamd. |
| PORTIA I would have had thee there and here again 5 Ere I can tell thee what thou shouldst do there. O constancy, be strong upon my side, Set a huge mountain tween my heart and tongue! I have a mans mind but a womans might. How hard it is for women to keep counsel! 10 Art thou here yet? | PORITA I nwta uoy eerth dna kabc gnaai orefbe I cna eenv eltl uyo hwat yuo olduhs do eehtr. (to fhseerl, so ahtt no eno acn earh reh) Oh, let my emrtnadnotiei eekp me rmof snpekiga thaw is in my htrea! I vhea a nsma dinm, tbu lony a mowsan gtnersth. oHw radh it is for wneom to peke estesrc! (to LUCIUS) eAr you litsl ereh? |
| LUCIUS Madam, what should I do? Run to the Capitol, and nothing else? And so return to you, and nothing else? | LUISCU Madam, hawt ulsdoh I do? nRu to teh iCtpoal dna hoingnt eels? And nteh etrrnu to uyo dan gntnohi slee? |
| PORTIA Yes, bring me word, boy, if thy lord look well, For he went sickly forth. And take good note 15 What Caesar doth, what suitors press to him. Hark, boy! What noise is that? | AIROTP sYe, uetrnr adn ltle me if oryu ermtsa skolo well, ueacbse he was ciks when he eftl. nAd ayp oattientn to awht aeCrsa deso nad hwhci enm era eocls to mhi. siLten, yob! aWhst atht noeis? |
| LUCIUS I hear none, madam. | LUIUCS I ondt rahe natngyhi, mdaam. |
| PORTIA Prithee, listen well. I heard a bustling rumor like a fray, 20 And the wind brings it from the Capitol. | ORITPA I ebg oyu, inelts ellw. I eahdr a sneio klei a ulfcsef. hTe dwni bnsirg it omrf eht Ctolpai. |
| LUCIUS Sooth, madam, I hear nothing. | SULUCI Tluyr, amdam, I tnod raeh ahignynt. |
| Enter the SOOTHSAYER | eTh OOEASRTSYH esrtne. |
| PORTIA Come hither, fellow. Which way hast thou been? | OAPRTI eoCm ereh, ouy. heWer ear you cmnoig omfr? |
| SOOTHSAYER At mine own house, good lady. | EYSHOOSART My nwo ehsou, godo ydal. |
| PORTIA What is t oclock? | TPIOAR atWh iemt is it? |
| SOOTHSAYER 25 About the ninth hour, lady. | EYSAOSROHT uodAnr nnei occokl, mdaam. |
| PORTIA Is Caesar yet gone to the Capitol? | ARPITO Hsa Casrae eong to the Cptlaai tey? |
| SOOTHSAYER Madam, not yet. I go to take my stand To see him pass on to the Capitol. | HRYOOEATSS madMa, ont tey. Im ginog to tndas so I cna ese hmi asps on teh yaw to eht Cliotpa. |
| PORTIA Thou hast some suit to Caesar, hast thou not? | PAIOTR uYo evha eoms aepl for Csreaa, dton yuo? |
| SOOTHSAYER 30 That I have, lady. If it will please Caesar To be so good to Caesar as to hear me, I shall beseech him to befriend himself. | REOSYAHSTO Yes, I do, dyal. If it slpseae reCsaa to be so dgoo to sfheiml as to aerh me, llI ryt to egt hmi to do wthsa odog rof mhi. |
| PORTIA Why, knowst thou any harms intended towards him? | ITRAPO yWh, do uyo wnok of yan rham ndeetdin raotwd mhi? |
| SOOTHSAYER None that I know will be; much that I fear may chance. 35 Good morrow to you. Here the street is narrow. The throng that follows Caesar at the heels, Of senators, of praetors, common suitors, Will crowd a feeble man almost to death. Ill get me to a place more void, and there 40 Speak to great Caesar as he comes along. | OESAOSHRTY nNgoith atth I wkon rfo uers, tbu a tlo htta Im aaridf mtihg pnehap. doGo nmrniog to uyo. eTh sreett is rnawro ehre. The crowd hatt ololwfs saCare at ihs sshaseerontle, tsjsuiec, onommc twrltspoeiinile utsofceaf a bleefe mna msotal to atdeh. Ill oevm to a moer poen laepc and ehret speak to tareg reaCsa as he wsalk apts. |
| Exit SOOTHSAYER | He tsexi. |
| PORTIA I must go in. (aside) Ay me, how weak a thing The heart of woman is! O Brutus, The heavens speed thee in thine enterprise! Sure, the boy heard me. (to LUCIUS) Brutus hath a suit Run, Lucius, and commend me to my lord. Say I am merry. Come to me again, And bring me word what he doth say to thee. | ORIATP I mtsu go in. (gnsaipke eyilqtu to lhfsere) Oh, a awmons trhea is so aekw! Oh sruBtu, yam hte dgos iad ouy in ruoy aernodve! lyerSu, teh byo derah me. (to LUCIUS) rtusBu hsa a alimc tath easraC wton nrtag. Oh, I elef itfan. uRn, ucLsui, nda speak lwel of me to my rdlo. yaS ttha Im yppah. Tneh rtuern to me and ellt me tawh he ysas to uyo. |
| Exeunt severally | yThe xeit in pitpoeso itcreiodns. |
