-vex sp B nef B shf st Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause; br pr veq sp honour; and have respect unto mine honour that you may D B pef B nhx B vef sp believe. Censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses B shf n r RI that you may the better judge. If there be any in this as -sdf d vef sp br R sembly, any dear friend of Cæsar's, to him I say that Brutus' a R 2 shf st r R1 ief love to Cæsar, was no less than his. If, then, that friend deB shf p- -q veq mand why Brutus rose against Cæsar, this is my answer: not B veq w that I loved Cæsar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had shf p peq sp phf st you rather Cæsar were living, and die all slaves, than that a R 2 veq w sef Cæsar were dead, and live all freemen? As Cæsar loved me, E-R br I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he r L1 veq-vhq B sdf d cef chf sf was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew D B nef shfd Ubr R L2 veq w a R 2 D B pef him. There are tears for his love, joy for his fortune, honour B veq sp r R1 chf sh BR shf p for his valor, and death for his ambition. Who's here so base ohc r L1 -x rj pef pdf st a R 2 that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I R phc -X offended. Who's here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. him have I offended. I pause for a reply. None! Then she sw shf n none have I offended. I have done no more to Cæsar, a R 2 nef br-R a -ihfn than you should do to Brutus. The question of his death a r L1 -ieb n phf d is enrolled in the Capitol; his glory not extenuated where in he was worthy; nor his offences enforced, for which he suffered death. Here comes his body, mourned by Mark n r R1 shf R Antony, who, though he had no hand in his death, shall re ceive the benefit of his dying,—a place in the commonwealth; slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need r R1 But from its loss: to give it then a tongue Where are they? With the years beyond the flood. rt-B vhf p phf st It is the signal that demands despatch: B phfx B vhq a How much is to be done! My hopes, and fears B phf st B nef sp r R1 -B R st Look down-on what? A fathomless abyss, -B vef p- -a A dread eternity! how surely mine, nef c F shf st A ohc-vhf e F B veqw How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, |