Cal. When beggars die, there are no comets seen; 30
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
Cæs. Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear; 35
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.[3113]
Re-enter Servant.
Serv. They would not have you to stir forth to-day.[3114]
Plucking the entrails of an offering forth,
They could not find a heart within the beast.[3115] 40
Cæs. The gods do this in shame of cowardice:
Cæsar should be a beast without a heart
If he should stay at home to-day for fear.
No, Cæsar shall not: danger knows full well[3116]
That Cæsar is more dangerous than he:[3116] 45
We are two lions litter'd in one day,[3116][3117]
And I the elder and more terrible:[3116]
And Cæsar shall go forth.[3116]
Cal. Alas, my lord,
Your wisdom is consumed in confidence.
Do not go forth to-day: call it my fear 50
That keeps you in the house and not your own.
We'll send Mark Antony to the senate-house,
And he shall say you are not well to-day:[3118]
Let me, upon my knee, prevail in this.
Cæs. Mark Antony shall say I am not well, 55
And, for thy humour, I will stay at home.
Enter Decius.[3119]
Here's Decius Brutus, he shall tell them so.