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Shakspeare's Tragedy of Julius Cæsar, With Intr. Remarks
Shakspeare's Tragedy of Julius Csar With Intr Remarks Author:William Shakespeare Subtitle: Copious Interpretation of the Text, Notes, and Adapted for Scholastic or Private Study by J. Hunter. (oxf. Exam. Scheme). General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1861 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the... more » General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ACT III. SCENE I. -- The same. The Capitol; the Senate sitting. A crowd of people in the street leading to the Capitol; among them Artemidorus and the Soothsayer. Flourish. Enter C. esar, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Decius, Metellus, Tre- Eonius, Cinna, Antony, Lepidus, Popilius, Publius, and others. Cces. The ides of March are come.1 Sooth. Ay, Caesar; but not gone. Art. Hail, Caesar ! Read this schedule. Dec. Trebonius doth desire you to o'er-read, At your best leisure, this his humble suit. Art. O, Caesar, read mine first; for mine's a suit That touches Csesar nearer: Read it, great Caesar. Cces. What touches us ourself shall be last served.2 Art. Delay not, Caesar; read it instantly. Cces. What, is the fellow mad ? Pub. Sirrah, give place. Cas. What, urge you your petitions in the street ? Come to the Capitol. 1 The ides of March are come.] See Extr. from Plutarch, 8. i Last served.] Last attended to or promoted. This is designed to represent Caesar as avoiding all appearance of eagerness to receive those honours which he has been led to expect on this occasion, and as evidently having no suspicion of anything unfavourable. The pronoun what, in relation to served, may be regarded as implying reference to the object or purpose of the paper. Cjjsak enters the Capitol, the rest following. All the Senators rise.1 Pop. I wish your enterprise to-day may thrive.2 Cas. What enterprise, Popilius ? Pop. Fare you well. [Advances to Csab. Bru. What said Popilius...« less