Treb. Cæsar, I will. [Aside] And so near will I be,[3141]
That your best friends shall wish I had been further. 125
Cæs. Good friends, go in and taste some wine with me;
And we like friends will straightway go together.
Bru. [Aside] That every like is not the same, O Cæsar,[3142]
The heart of Brutus yearns to think upon![3143] [Exeunt.
Scene III. A street near the Capitol.[3144]
Enter Artemidorus, reading a paper.[3145]
Art. 'Cæsar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius;[3146]
come not near Casca; have an eye to Cinna; trust not[3146]
Trebonius; mark well Metellus Cimber: Decius Brutus[3146]
loves thee not: thou hast wronged Caius Ligarius. There[3146][3147][3148]
is but one mind in all these men, and it is bent against[3146][3148][3149]5
Cæsar. If thou beest not immortal, look about you: security[3146][3150]
gives way to conspiracy. The mighty gods defend[3146]
thee![3146]
Here will I stand till Cæsar pass along, 10
And as a suitor will I give him this.
My heart laments that virtue cannot live
Out of the teeth of emulation.[3151]
If thou read this, O Cæsar, thou mayst live;[3152]
If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive.[3153] [Exit.15
Scene IV. Another part of the same street, before the house of Brutus.[3154]
Enter Portia and Lucius.