Julius caesar shakespeare12/26/2023 FOURTH CITIZEN Now mark him, he begins again to speak. THIRD CITIZEN There's not a nobler man in Rome than Antony. SECOND CITIZEN Poor soul! his eyes are red as fire with weeping. FIRST CITIZEN If it be found so, some will dear abide it. FOURTH CITIZEN Mark'd ye his words? He would not take the crown Therefore 'tis certain he was not ambitious. THIRD CITIZEN Has he, masters? I fear there will a worse come in his place. SECOND CITIZEN If thou consider rightly of the matter, Caesar has had great wrong. FIRST CITIZEN Methinks there is much reason in his sayings. Bear with me My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious And, sure, he is an honourable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious And Brutus is an honourable man. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious And Brutus is an honourable man. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest- For Brutus is an honourable man So are they all, all honourable men- Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it. The evil that men do lives after them The good is oft interred with their bones So let it be with Caesar. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. ANTONY Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. ANTONY You gentle Romans,- CITIZENS Peace, ho! let us hear him. SECOND CITIZEN Peace! let us hear what Antony can say. THIRD CITIZEN Nay, that's certain: We are blest that Rome is rid of him. FOURTH CITIZEN 'Twere best he speak no harm of Brutus here. Goes into the pulpit FOURTH CITIZEN What does he say of Brutus? THIRD CITIZEN He says, for Brutus' sake, He finds himself beholding to us all. ANTONY For Brutus' sake, I am beholding to you. THIRD CITIZEN Let him go up into the public chair We'll hear him. Exit FIRST CITIZEN Stay, ho! and let us hear Mark Antony. I do entreat you, not a man depart, Save I alone, till Antony have spoke. FIRST CITIZEN Peace, ho! BRUTUS Good countrymen, let me depart alone, And, for my sake, stay here with Antony: Do grace to Caesar's corpse, and grace his speech Tending to Caesar's glories which Mark Antony, By our permission, is allow'd to make. BRUTUS My countrymen,- SECOND CITIZEN Peace, silence! Brutus speaks. FIRST CITIZEN We'll bring him to his house With shouts and clamours. FOURTH CITIZEN Caesar's better parts Shall be crown'd in Brutus. SECOND CITIZEN Give him a statue with his ancestors. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak for him have I offended. Who is here so base that would be a bondman ? If any, speak for him have I offended. There is tears for his love joy for his fortune honour for his valour and death for his ambition. Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men ? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it as he was valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I slew him. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: -Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear: believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. BRUTUS goes into the pulpit THIRD CITIZEN The noble Brutus is ascended: silence! BRUTUS Be patient till the last. SECOND CITIZEN I will hear Cassius and compare their reasons, When severally we hear them rendered.
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