Julius Caesar

Act 3 Scene 2

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FOURTH PLEBEIAN Read the will. We’ll hear it, Antony. You shall read us the will, Caesar’s will.	FOURTH PLEBEIAN Read the will. We want to hear it, Antony. You have to read us the will, Caesar’s will.
ANTONY Will you be patient? Will you stay awhile? I have o'ershot myself to tell you of it. 150I fear I wrong the honorable men Whose daggers have stabbed Caesar. I do fear it.	ANTONY Will you be patient? Will you wait awhile? I’ve said too much in telling you of it. I’m afraid that I wrong the honorable men whose daggers have stabbed Caesar.
FOURTH PLEBEIAN They were traitors! “Honorable men”!	FOURTH PLEBEIAN They were traitors. “Honorable men!”
ALL The will! The testament!	ALL The will! The testament!
SECOND PLEBEIAN They were villains, murderers. The will! Read the will!	SECOND PLEBEIAN They were villains, murderers. The will! Read the will!
ANTONY 155You will compel me, then, to read the will? Then make a ring about the corpse of Caesar, And let me show you him that made the will. Shall I descend? And will you give me leave?	ANTONY You force me to read the will, then? Then make a circle around Caesar’s corpse, and let me show you the man who made this will. Shall I come down? Will you let me?
ALL Come down.	ALL Come down.
SECOND PLEBEIAN Descend.	SECOND PLEBEIAN Descend.
THIRD PLEBEIAN You shall have leave.	THIRD PLEBEIAN We’ll let you.
ANTONY descends from the pulpit	ANTONY descends from the pulpit.
FOURTH PLEBEIAN A ring! 160Stand round.	FOURTH PLEBEIAN Make a circle; stand around him.
FIRST PLEBEIAN Stand from the hearse. Stand from the body.	FIRST PLEBEIAN Stand away from the hearse. Stand away from the body.
SECOND PLEBEIAN Room for Antony, most noble Antony!	SECOND PLEBEIAN Make room for Antony, most noble Antony!