E per tutti apparisca orrore, e morte.”—Ces., pp. 143–144.
During Antony’s speech the mob cries:
“Revenge! About! Seek! Burn! Fire! Kill! Slay!
Let not a traitor live!”
This is not only a close verbal parallel, but the similarity in the exclamatory treatment is remarkable.
Another personal touch is to be found in the idea that Caesar’s fall was Rome’s fall, which is strong throughout Pescetti, and is not traceable to the influence of the historians. Thus the Second Messenger says:
“Giunto è l’ultimo dì; giunto è la fine
Di questa altiera patria, ò donne; Roma
Fù; noi fummo Romani; or ogni gloria,
Ogni grandezza nostra è posta in fondo.”—Ces., p. 146.