[March.]
Drum. Enter Brutus, Cassius and their Army; Lucilius, Titinius, Messala and others.
BRUTUS.
They stand, and would have parley.
CASSIUS.
Stand fast, Titinius; we must out and talk.
OCTAVIUS.
Mark Antony, shall we give sign of battle?
ANTONY.
No, Caesar, we will answer on their charge.
Make forth; the generals would have some words.
OCTAVIUS.
Stir not until the signal.
BRUTUS.
Words before blows: is it so, countrymen?
OCTAVIUS.
Not that we love words better, as you do.
BRUTUS.
Good words are better than bad strokes, Octavius.