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- $Unique_ID{SSP01067}
- $Title{Julius Caesar: Act V, Scene IV}
- $Author{Shakespeare, William}
- $Subject{}
- $Log{Dramatis Personae*01050.txt}
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- Portions copyright (c) CMC ReSearch, Inc., 1989
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- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
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- JULIUS CAESAR
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- ACT V
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- SCENE IV: Another part of the field.
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- {Alarum. Enter fighting, Soldiers of both armies;
- then BRUTUS, CATO, LUCILIUS, and others.}
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- BRUTUS: Yet, countrymen, O, yet hold up your heads!
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- CATO: What bastard doth not? Who will go with me?
- I will proclaim my name about the field:
- I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
- A foe to tyrants, and my country's friend;
- I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
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- BRUTUS: And I am Brutus, Marcus Brutus, I;
- Brutus, my country's friend; know me for Brutus!
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- [Exit.]
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- LUCILIUS: O young and noble Cato, art thou down?
- Why, now thou diest as bravely as Titinius; 10
- And mayst be honor'd, being Cato's son.
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- First Soldier: Yield, or thou diest.
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- LUCILIUS: Only I yield to die:
- There is so much that thou wilt kill me straight;
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- [Offering money.]
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- Kill Brutus, and be honor'd in his death.
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- First Soldier: We must not. A noble prisoner!
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- Second Soldier: Room, ho! Tell Antony, Brutus is ta'en.
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- First Soldier: I'll tell the news. Here comes the general.
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- {Enter ANTONY.}
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- Brutus is ta'en, Brutus is ta'en, my lord.
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- ANTONY: Where is he?
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- LUCILIUS: Safe, Antony; Brutus is safe enough: 20
- I dare assure thee that no enemy
- Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus:
- The gods defend him from so great a shame!
- When you do find him, or alive or dead,
- He will be found like Brutus, like himself.
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- ANTONY: This is not Brutus, friend; but, I assure you,
- A prize no less in worth: keep this man safe;
- Give him all kindness: I had rather have
- Such men my friends than enemies. Go on,
- And see whether Brutus be alive or dead; 30
- And bring us word unto Octavius' tent
- How every thing is chanced.
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- [Exeunt.]
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