JULIUS CAESAR

Act 5 Scene 3

(Alarums. Enter Cassius with an ensign, and Titinius)
l1l	Cassius	 O look, Titinius, look: the villains fly.
l2l		Myself have to mine own turned enemy:
l3l		This ensign here of mine was turning back#
l4l		I slew the coward, and did take it from him.
l5l	Titinius	O Cassius, Brutus gave the word too early,
l6l		Who, having some advantage on Octavius,
l7l		Took it too eagerly. His soldiers fell to spoil,
l8l		Whilst we by Antony are all enclosed.
		(Enter Pindarus)
l9l	Pindarus	 Fly further off, my lord, fly further off!
l10l		Mark Antony is in your tents, my lord#
l11l		Fly therefore, noble Cassius, fly farre off.
l12l	Cassius	This hill is far enough. Look, look, Titinius,
l13l		Are those my tents where I perceive the fire?
l14l	Titinius	They are, my lord.
	Cassius	Titinius, if thou lovest me,
l15l		Mount thou my horse, and hide thy spurs in him
l16l		Till he have brought thee up to yonder troops
l17l		And here again, that I may rest assured
l18l		Whether yon troops are friend or enemy.
l19l	Titinius	I will be here again even with a thought.
		(Exit)
l20l	Cassius	 Go, Pindarus, get higher on that hill.
l21l		My sight was ever thick. Regard, Titinius,
l22l		And tell me what thou not’st about the field.
		(Exit Pindarus)
l23l		This day I breathèd first. Time is come round,
l24l		And where I did begin, there shall I end.
l25l		My life is run his compass.
		(Enter Pindarus above)
		 Sirrah, what news?
l26l	Pindarus	O my lord!
l27l	Cassius	What news?
l28l	Pindarus	Titinius is enclosèd round about
l29l		With horsemen, that make to him on the spur.
l30l		Yet he spurs on. Now they are almost on him.
l31l		Now Titinius. Now some light. O, he lights too.
l32l		He’s ta’en.
		(Shout within)
l33l		And hark, they shout for joy.
	Cassius	Come down# behold no more.
		(Exit Pindarus)
l34l		O coward that I am, to live so long
l35l		To see my best friend ta’en before my face!
		(Enter Pindarus below)
l36l		Come hither, sirrah. In Parthia did I take thee prisoner,
l37l		And then I swore thee, saving of thy life,
l38l		That whatsoever I did bid thee do
l39l		Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath.
l40l		Now be a freeman, and, with this good sword
l41l		That ran through Caesar’s bowels, search this bosom.
l42l		Stand not to answer. Here, take thou the hilts,
		(Pindarus takes the sword)
l43l		And when my face is covered, as ’tis now,
l44l		Guide thou the sword.
		(Pindarus stabs him)
		 Caesar, thou art revenged,
l45l		Even with the sword that killed thee.
		(He dies)
l46l	Pindarus	 So, I am free, yet would not so have been
l47l		Durst I have done my will. O Cassius!
l48l		Far from this country Pindarus shall run,
l49l		Where never Roman shall take note of him.
		(Exit)
l50l		(Enter Titinius, wearing a wreath of victory, and Messala)
		Messala	 It is but change, Titinius, for Octavius
l51l		Is overthrown by noble Brutus’ power,
l52l		As Cassius’ legions are by Antony.
l53l	Titinius	These tidings will well comfort Cassius.
l54l	Messala	Where did you leave him?
	Titinius	All disconsolate,
l55l		With Pindarus his bondman, on this hill.
l56l	Messala	Is not that he that lies upon the ground?
l57l	Titinius	He lies not like the living.—O my heart!
l58l	Messala	Is not that he?
	Titinius	No, this was he, Messala#
l59l		But Cassius is no more. O setting sun,
l60l		As in thy red rays thou dost sink tonight,
l61l		So in his red blood Cassius’ day is set.
l62l		The sun of Rome is set. Our day is gone.
l63l		Clouds, dews, and dangers come. Our deeds are done.
l64l		Mistrust of my success hath done this deed.
l65l	Messala	Mistrust of good success hath done this deed.
l66l		O hateful Error, Melancholy’s child,
l67l		Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men
l68l		The things that are not? O Error, soon conceived,
l69l		Thou never com’st unto a happy birth,
l70l		But kill’st the mother that engendered thee.
l71l	Titinius	What, Pindarus! Where art thou, Pindarus?
l72l	Messala	Seek him, Titinius, whilst I go to meet
l73l		The noble Brutus, thrusting this report
l74l		Into his ears. I may say “thrusting” it,
l75l		For piercing steel and darts envenomèd
l76l		Shall be as welcome to the ears of Brutus
l77l		As tidings of this sight.
	Titinius	Hie you, Messala,
l78l		And I will seek for Pindarus the while.
		(Exit Messala)
l79l		Why didst thou send me forth, brave Cassius?
l80l		Did I not meet thy friends, and did not they
l81l		Put on my brows this wreath of victory,
l82l		And bid me give it thee? Didst thou not hear their shouts?
l83l		Alas, thou hast misconstrued everything.
l84l		But hold thee, take this garland on thy brow.
l85l		Thy Brutus bid me give it thee, and I
l86l		Will do his bidding. Brutus, come apace,
l87l		And see how I regarded Caius Cassius.
l88l		By your leave, gods, this is a Roman’s part:
l89l		Come Cassius’ sword, and find Titinius’ heart.
		(He stabs himself, and dies)
l90l		Alarum. Enter Brutus, Messala, young Cato, Strato, Volumnius, Lucillius, [Labio, and Flavio]
	Brutus	 Where, where, Messala, doth his body lie?
l91l	Messala	Lo yonder, and Titinius mourning it.
l92l	Brutus	Titinius’ face is upward.
	Cato	He is slain.
l93l	Brutus	O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet.
l94l		Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns our swords
l95l		In our own proper entrails.
		(Low Alarums)
		
	Cato	 Brave Titinius,
l96l		Look whe’er he have not crowned dead Cassius.
l97l	Brutus	Are yet two Romans living such as these?
l98l		The last of all the Romans, fare thee well.
l99l		It is impossible that ever Rome
l100l		Should breed thy fellow. Friends, I owe more tears
l101l		To this dead man than you shall see me pay.—
l102l		I shall find time, Cassius, I shall find time.—
l103l		Come, therefore, and to Thasos send his body.
l104l		His funerals shall not be in our camp,
l105l		Lest it discomfort us. Lucillius, come#
l106l		And come, young Cato. Let us to the field.
l107l		Labio and Flavio, set our battles on.
l108l		’Tis three o’clock, and, Romans, yet ere night
l109l		We shall try fortune in a second fight.
		(Exeunt with the bodies)