This is my birth-day; as[32] this very day
Was Cassius born. Give me thy hand, Messala:
Be thou my witness that, against my will,
75As Pompey was,[33] am I compell'd to set
Upon one battle all our liberties.
You know that I held Epicurus strong,[34]
And his opinion: now I change my mind,
And partly credit things that do presage.
80Coming from Sardis, on our former[35][36] ensign
Two mighty eagles fell, and there they perch'd,