[III.106] Citizens Capell | Ple. (Plebeians) Ff.
[III.107] rendered Pope | rendred Ff.
[III.108] [Exit ... pulpit] Ff omit.
[III.109] "The rest followed in troupe, but Brutus went foremost, very honourably compassed in round about with the noblest men of the city, which brought him from the Capitol, through the market-place, to the pulpit for orations. When the people saw him in the pulpit, although they were a multitude of rakehels of all sorts, and had a good will to make some stir; yet, being ashamed to do it, for the reverence they bare unto Brutus, they kept silence to hear what he would say. When Brutus began to speak, they gave him quiet audience: howbeit, immediately after, they shewed that they were not all contented with the murther."—Plutarch, Marcus Brutus.
[III.110] lovers. Pope changed this to 'friends.' But in the sixteenth century 'lover' and 'friend' were synonymous. In l. 44 Brutus speaks of Cæsar as 'my best lover.' So 'Thy lover' in [II, iii, 8].
[III.111] censure: judge. The word may have been chosen for the euphuistic jingle it makes here with 'senses.'
[III.112] is Ff | are Pope.
[III.113] There is tears. So in [I, iii, 138]. See Abbott, § 335.
[III.114] ll. 36-39 The reason of his death is made a matter of solemn official record in the books of the Senate, as showing that the act of killing him was done for public ends, and not from private hate. His fame is not lessened or whittled down in those points wherein he was worthy. 'Enforc'd' is in antithesis to 'extenuated.' Exactly the same antithesis is found in Antony and Cleopatra, V, ii, 125.
[III.115] Enter Antony ... body Malone | Enter Mark Antony with Cæsar's body Ff.