Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up To any sudden flood of mutiny. They that have done this deed are honourable. What private griefs they have, alas ! 1 know not, That made them do it; they are wise and honourable; And will, no doubt with reason answer you. 1 come not, friends, to steal away your hearts; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, And bid them speak for me. But were I Brutus, SHAKSPEARE. -0000ED. CHAP. XXV. THE QUARREL OF BRUTUS AND CASSIUS. CAS. THAT you have wrong'd me, doth appear in this, You have condemn' and noted Lucius Pella case CAS In such a time as this it is not meet, That ev'ry nice offence should bear its comment. BAU. Yet let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself To undeservers. CAS. I an itching palm ? You know that you are Brutus that spake this, CAS. Chastisment! BRW. Remember March, the ides of March_re.. member! Did not great Jalius bleed for justice sake? CAS. Brutus, bay not me, I'll not endure it; you forget yourself, BRU. Go to you are not, Cassius.. BRU. I say you are not.. CAS. Urge me no more, I shall forget myself→→ Have mind upon your health-tempt me no farther... BRU. Away, slight man ! : CAS. Is't possible? BRU Hear me, for I will speak. Must I give way and room to your rash choler ? CAS. O gods! ye gods? must I endure all this? Go, tell your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble. Must I budge? CAS. Is it come to this? BRU You say, you are a better soldier: Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well. For mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. CAE. You wrong me ev'ry way-you wrong me. Brutus ; I said an elder soldier, not a better; Did I say better? BRU. If you did, I care not. CAS. When Cæsar liv'd, he durst not thus have mov'd me BRU. Peace, peace; you durst not so have tempted him. CAS. I durst not! BRU, NO. CAS. What? durst not tempt him? BRU. For your life you durst not. CAS. Do not presume too much upon my love; I may do what I shall be sorry for BRU. You have done that you should be sorry for. There is no terrour, Cassius, in your threats; For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, 7 That they pass by me as the idle wind, To you for gold to pay my legions, Which you denied me was that done like Cassius? CAS. I deny'd you not. CAS. I did not-he was but a fool riv'd my heart.. Brutus hath ba A friend should bear a friend's infirmities. BRY. I do not like your faults. CAS. A friendly eye could never see such faults. BRU. A flatt'ier's would not, tho' they do appe. As huge as high Olympus, CAS. Come, Antony, and young Octavious, come! : Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius, For Cassius is weary of the world; Hated by one he loves; brav'd by his brother; Than ever thou lov'dst Cassius. BRU. Sheathe your dagger; Be angry when you will, it shall have scope; : Do what you will, dishonour shall be humour. Gg 3 And And straight is cold again. CAS. Hath Cassius liv'd To be but mirth and laughter to his Brutus, CAS. O Brutus ! BRU. What's the matter? CAS. Have you not leve enough to bear with me, When that rash humour which my mother gave me, Makes me forgetful ? BRU. Yes, Cassius, and from henceforth When you are over earnest with your Brutus, He'll think your mother chides, and leave you so. SHAKSPEARE D 0000 CHAP. XXVI. OTHELLO AND IAGO. IAGO. MY noble Lord,- OтH. What dost thou say, Iago? IAGO. Did Michael Cassio, when you woo'd my Lady, Know of your love? OTH. He did, from first to last. Why do you ask? IAGO. But for satisfaction of my thought, No farther harm. OTH. Why of thy thought, Iago? IAGO. I did not think he'd been acquainted with it. Отн. Oh, yes, and went between us very oft. IACO. Indeed? OTH. Indeed! ay, indeed. Discern'st thou aught in that? Is he honest? IAGO Honest, my Lord? OTH Honest? ay, honest. JAGO. My Lord, for aught I know. OTH. |