JULIUS CAESAR

Act 5 Scene 4

(Alarum. Enter Brutus, Messala, young Cato, Lucillius, and Flavius)
l1l	Brutus	 Yet, countrymen, O yet hold up your heads.
		( 1 Exit with Messala and Flavius)
l2l	Cato	 What bastard doth not? Who will go with me?
l3l		I will proclaim my name about the field.
l4l		I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
l5l		A foe to tyrants, and my country’s friend.
l6l		I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
		(Enter Soldiers, and fight)
l7l	[Lucillius]	 And I am Brutus, Marcus Brutus, I,
l8l		Brutus, my country’s friend. Know me for Brutus.
		(Soldiers kill Cato)
l9l		O young and noble Cato, art thou down?
l10l		Why, now thou diest as bravely as Titinius,
l11l		And mayst be honoured, being Cato’s son.
l12l	[First] Soldier	Yield, or thou diest.
	Lucillius	Only I yield to die.
l13l		There is so much, that thou wilt kill me straight:
l14l		Kill Brutus, and be honoured in his death.
l15l	[First] Soldier	We must not.—A noble prisoner.
l16l	Second Soldier	Room, ho! Tell Antony Brutus is ta’en.
		(Enter Antony)
l17l	First Soldier	 I’ll tell the news. Here comes the general.—
l18l		(To Antony)
		 Brutus is ta’en, Brutus is ta’en, my lord.
l19l	Antony	Where is he?
l20l	Lucillius	Safe, Antony, Brutus is safe enough.
l21l		I dare assure thee that no enemy
l22l		Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus.
l23l		The gods defend him from so great a shame.
l24l		When you do find him, or alive or dead,
l25l		He will be found like Brutus, like himself.
l26l	Antony	(to First Soldier)
		 This is not Brutus, friend, but, I assure you,
l27l		A prize no less in worth. Keep this man safe.
l28l		Give him all kindness. I had rather have
l29l		Such men my friends than enemies.
		(To another Soldier)
		Go on,
l30l		And see whe’er Brutus be alive or dead,
l31l		And bring us word unto Octavius’ tent
l32l		How everything is chanced.