Be well aveng'd; or till another Cæsar

55Have added slaughter to the sword of traitors.[23]

Brutus. Cæsar, thou canst not die by traitors' hands,

Unless thou bring'st them with thee.

Octavius.

So I hope;

I was not born to die on Brutus' sword.

Brutus. O, if thou wert the noblest of thy strain,[24]

60Young man, thou couldst not die more honourable.