The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar

1 Alarum. Enter Cassius and Titinius.
2 CASSIUS.
3 O, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly!
4 Myself have to mine own turn’d enemy:
5 This ensign here of mine was turning back;
6 I slew the coward, and did take it from him.
7 TITINIUS.
8 O Cassius, Brutus gave the word too early,
9 Who, having some advantage on Octavius,
10 Took it too eagerly: his soldiers fell to spoil,
11 Whilst we by Antony are all enclos’d.
12 Enter Pindarus.
13 PINDARUS.
14 Fly further off, my lord, fly further off;
15 Mark Antony is in your tents, my lord.
16 Fly, therefore, noble Cassius, fly far off.
17 CASSIUS.
18 This hill is far enough. Look, look, Titinius;
19 Are those my tents where I perceive the fire?
20 TITINIUS.
21 They are, my lord.
22 CASSIUS.
23 Titinius, if thou lovest me,
24 Mount thou my horse and hide thy spurs in him,
25 Till he have brought thee up to yonder troops
26 And here again, that I may rest assur’d
27 Whether yond troops are friend or enemy.
28 TITINIUS.
29 I will be here again, even with a thought.
30 [_Exit._]
31 CASSIUS.
32 Go, Pindarus, get higher on that hill,
33 My sight was ever thick. Regard Titinius,
34 And tell me what thou notest about the field.
35 [_Pindarus goes up._]
36 This day I breathed first. Time is come round,
37 And where I did begin, there shall I end.
38 My life is run his compass. Sirrah, what news?
39 PINDARUS.
40 [_Above._] O my lord!
41 CASSIUS.
42 What news?
43 PINDARUS.
44 [_Above._] Titinius is enclosed round about
45 With horsemen, that make to him on the spur,
46 Yet he spurs on. Now they are almost on him.
47 Now, Titinius! Now some light. O, he lights too.
48 He’s ta’en!
49 [_Shout._]
50 And, hark! they shout for joy.
51 CASSIUS.
52 Come down; behold no more.
53 O, coward that I am, to live so long,
54 To see my best friend ta’en before my face!
55 [_Pindarus descends._]
56 Come hither, sirrah.
57 In Parthia did I take thee prisoner;
58 And then I swore thee, saving of thy life,
59 That whatsoever I did bid thee do,
60 Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath.
61 Now be a freeman; and with this good sword,
62 That ran through Caesar’s bowels, search this bosom.
63 Stand not to answer. Here, take thou the hilts;
64 And when my face is cover’d, as ’tis now,
65 Guide thou the sword.—Caesar, thou art reveng’d,
66 Even with the sword that kill’d thee.
67 [_Dies._]
68 PINDARUS.
69 So, I am free, yet would not so have been,
70 Durst I have done my will. O Cassius!
71 Far from this country Pindarus shall run,
72 Where never Roman shall take note of him.
73 [_Exit._]
74 Enter Titinius with Messala.
75 MESSALA.
76 It is but change, Titinius; for Octavius
77 Is overthrown by noble Brutus’ power,
78 As Cassius’ legions are by Antony.
79 TITINIUS.
80 These tidings would well comfort Cassius.
81 MESSALA.
82 Where did you leave him?
83 TITINIUS.
84 All disconsolate,
85 With Pindarus his bondman, on this hill.
86 MESSALA.
87 Is not that he that lies upon the ground?
88 TITINIUS.
89 He lies not like the living. O my heart!
90 MESSALA.
91 Is not that he?
92 TITINIUS.
93 No, this was he, Messala,
94 But Cassius is no more. O setting sun,
95 As in thy red rays thou dost sink to night,
96 So in his red blood Cassius’ day is set.
97 The sun of Rome is set. Our day is gone;
98 Clouds, dews, and dangers come; our deeds are done.
99 Mistrust of my success hath done this deed.
100 MESSALA.
101 Mistrust of good success hath done this deed.
102 O hateful Error, Melancholy’s child!
103 Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men
104 The things that are not? O Error, soon conceiv’d,
105 Thou never com’st unto a happy birth,
106 But kill’st the mother that engender’d thee!
107 TITINIUS.
108 What, Pindarus! where art thou, Pindarus?
109 MESSALA.
110 Seek him, Titinius, whilst I go to meet
111 The noble Brutus, thrusting this report
112 Into his ears. I may say thrusting it;
113 For piercing steel and darts envenomed
114 Shall be as welcome to the ears of Brutus
115 As tidings of this sight.
116 TITINIUS.
117 Hie you, Messala,
118 And I will seek for Pindarus the while.
119 [_Exit Messala._]
120 Why didst thou send me forth, brave Cassius?
121 Did I not meet thy friends? And did not they
122 Put on my brows this wreath of victory,
123 And bid me give it thee? Didst thou not hear their shouts?
124 Alas, thou hast misconstrued everything!
125 But, hold thee, take this garland on thy brow;
126 Thy Brutus bid me give it thee, and I
127 Will do his bidding. Brutus, come apace,
128 And see how I regarded Caius Cassius.
129 By your leave, gods. This is a Roman’s part.
130 Come, Cassius’ sword, and find Titinius’ heart.
131 [_Dies._]
132 Alarum. Enter Brutus, Messala, young Cato, Strato, Volumnius and
133 Lucilius.
134 BRUTUS.
135 Where, where, Messala, doth his body lie?
136 MESSALA.
137 Lo, yonder, and Titinius mourning it.
138 BRUTUS.
139 Titinius’ face is upward.
140 CATO.
141 He is slain.
142 BRUTUS.
143 O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!
144 Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns our swords
145 In our own proper entrails.
146 [_Low alarums._]
147 CATO.
148 Brave Titinius!
149 Look whether he have not crown’d dead Cassius!
150 BRUTUS.
151 Are yet two Romans living such as these?
152 The last of all the Romans, fare thee well!
153 It is impossible that ever Rome
154 Should breed thy fellow. Friends, I owe more tears
155 To this dead man than you shall see me pay.
156 I shall find time, Cassius, I shall find time.
157 Come therefore, and to Thassos send his body.
158 His funerals shall not be in our camp,
159 Lest it discomfort us. Lucilius, come;
160 And come, young Cato; let us to the field.
161 Labeo and Flavius, set our battles on.
162 ’Tis three o’clock; and Romans, yet ere night
163 We shall try fortune in a second fight.
164 [_Exeunt._]