And, thus unbraced, Casca, as you see,

Have bared my bosom to the thunder-stone;

And when the cross blue lightning seem'd to open

The breast of heaven, I did present myself

Even in the aim and very flash of it.

And it needs only a word from him to communicate his confidence to his comrades.

i. iii. 72.

Cassius. Now could I, Casca, name to thee a man

Most like this dreadful night,

That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars