Julius Caesar

by: William Shakespeare

Act 4 Scene 1

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Enter ANTONY, OCTAVIUS, and LEPIDUS	ANTONY, OCTAVIUS, and LEPIDUS enter.
ANTONY These many, then, shall die. Their names are pricked.	ANTONY These ones, then, will be assassinated. Their names are marked.
OCTAVIUS (to LEPIDUS) Your brother too must die. Consent you, Lepidus?	OCTAVIUS (to LEPIDUS) Your brother has to die too. Do you agree, Lepidus?
LEPIDUS I do consent—	LEPIDUS I agree—
OCTAVIUS Prick him down, Antony.	OCTAVIUS Put a mark next to his name too, Antony.
LEPIDUS 5Upon condition Publius shall not live, Who is your sister’s son, Mark Antony.	LEPIDUS On the condition that your sister’s son, Publius, also must die, Mark Antony.
ANTONY He shall not live. Look, with a spot I damn him. But, Lepidus, go you to Caesar’s house. Fetch the will hither, and we shall determine 10How to cut off some charge in legacies.	ANTONY He will die. See—I’ve sealed his fate with this mark next to his name. But, Lepidus, go to Caesar’s house. Bring his will here, and we’ll figure out a way to reduce his bequests to the people.
LEPIDUS What, shall I find you here?	LEPIDUS Will you be here when I return?
OCTAVIUS Or here, or at the Capitol.	OCTAVIUS Either here or at the Capitol.
Exit LEPIDUS	LEPIDUS exits.
ANTONY This is a slight, unmeritable man, Meet to be sent on errands. Is it fit, 15The threefold world divided, he should stand One of the three to share it?	ANTONY He’s an unremarkable man, fit only to be sent on errands. Does it really make sense, once we divide the world into three parts, that he should be one of the three rulers?

Read the Summary of Act IV, scenes i–ii

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