Lucil. Only I yield to die: [Offering money] There is so much that thou wilt kill me straight; Kill Brutus, and be honour'd in his death. First Sold. We must not. A noble prisoner! Sec. Sold. Room, ho! Tell Antony, Brutus is ta'en. Enter Antony. Brutus is ta'en, Brutus is ta'en, my lord. Ant. Where is he? Lucil. Safe, Antony; Brutus is safe enough: A prize no less in worth: keep this man safe, Go on, And see whether Brutus be alive or dead, Scene V. Another part of the field. 20 30 [Exeunt. Enter Brutus, Dardanius, Clitus, Strato, and Volumnius. Bru. Come, poor remains of friends, rest on this rock. Cli. Statilius show'd the torch-light, but, my lord, He came not back: he is or ta'en or slain. Bru. Sit thee down, Clitus: slaying is the word; It is a deed in fashion. Hark thee, Clitus. [Whispering. Cli. What, I, my lord? No, not for all the world. I'll rather kill myself. [Whispering. Shall I do such a deed? Bru. Hark thee, Dardanius. Dar. Cli. O Dardanius! Dar. O Clitus! Cli. What ill request did Brutus make to thee? Bru. Come hither, good Volumnius; list a word. Bru. Vol. Why, this, Volumnius: Not so, my lord. Thou seest the world, Volumnius, how it goes; It is more worthy to leap in ourselves 10 20 [Low alarums. Than tarry till they push us. Good Volumnius, Hold thou my sword-hilts, whilst I run on it. Vol. That's not an office for a friend, my lord. [Alarum still. Cli. Fly, fly, my lord; there is no tarrying here. Bru. Farewell to you; and you; and you, Volumnius. Countrymen, My heart doth joy that yet in all my life So, fare you well at once; for Brutus' tongue Hath almost ended his life's history: Night hangs upon mine eyes; my bones would rest, Cli. Fly, my lord, fly. Bru. 30 40 [Alarum. Cry within, Fly, fly, fly!' Hence! I will follow. [Exeunt Clitus, Dardanius, and Volumnius. I prithee, Strato, stay thou by thy lord: Thy life hath had some snatch of honour in it: Stra. Give me your hand first: fare you well, my lord. Cæsar, now be still: [Runs on his sword.] 50 [Dies. I kill'd not thee with half so good a will. Alarum. Retreat. Enter Octavius, Antony, Messala, Lucilius, and the Army. Oct. What man is that? Mes. My master's man. Strato, where is thy master? The conquerors can but make a fire of him And no man else hath honour by his death. Oct. All that served Brutus, I will entertain them. Oct. Do so, good Messala. Mes. How died my master, Strato? Stra. I held the sword, and he did run on it. That did the latest service to my master. So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up 60 70 80 [Exeunt. Glossary. Abide, answer for, suffer for; III. i. - set to work; III. ii. 208. 20. All over, one after the other; II. i. 112. Alone, only; IV. iii. 94. Anchises, the father of Æneas; when Troy was sacked he bore him on his shoulders from the burning town; I. ii. 114. Angel, darling, favourite, (?) guar- i. 24. Answer'd, paid for, atoned for; III. ii. 85. Answered, faced; IV. i. 47. Apt, suitable, likely; II. ii. 97. Ate, the goddess of Mischief and Revenge; III. i. 271. | | At hand, in hand; IV. ii. 23. Aught, anything; I. ii. 85. Augurers, professional interpreters of omens (originally, diviners by the flight and cries of birds); II. i. 200. Bait, hunt, chase (Theobald," bay"); Bang, blow; III. iii. 18. Bastardy, act of baseness; II. i. 138. Battles, forces; V. i. 4. Bear a hand over, hold in check (as bear from me, receive from me; III. iii. 18. Bears (betrayed) with glasses; alluding to the stories that bears were surprised by means of mirrors, which they would gaze into, affording their pursuers an opportunity of taking a surer aim; II. i. 205. See Notes. Beat, beaten; V. v. 23. Bending, directing, pressing on; Best; "you were b.," it were best for you; III. iii. 13. Bestow, spend; V. v. 61. |