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Julius Caesar
[III, 1] |
Antony |
1483 |
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,—
Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue—
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.
[Enter a Servant]
You serve Octavius Caesar, do you not?
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Julius Caesar
[III, 1] |
Antony |
1518 |
Post back with speed, and tell him what hath chanced:
Here is a mourning Rome, a dangerous Rome,
No Rome of safety for Octavius yet;
Hie hence, and tell him so. Yet, stay awhile;
Thou shalt not back till I have borne this corse
Into the market-place: there shall I try
In my oration, how the people take
The cruel issue of these bloody men;
According to the which, thou shalt discourse
To young Octavius of the state of things.
Lend me your hand.
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3 |
Julius Caesar
[III, 2] |
Servant |
1810 |
Sir, Octavius is already come to Rome.
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Julius Caesar
[III, 2] |
Antony |
1818 |
Belike they had some notice of the people,
How I had moved them. Bring me to Octavius.
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5 |
Julius Caesar
[IV, 1] |
(stage directions) |
1859 |
ANTONY, OCTAVIUS, and LEPIDUS, seated at a table
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6 |
Julius Caesar
[IV, 1] |
Antony |
1880 |
Octavius, I have seen more days than you:
And though we lay these honours on this man,
To ease ourselves of divers slanderous loads,
He shall but bear them as the ass bears gold,
To groan and sweat under the business,
Either led or driven, as we point the way;
And having brought our treasure where we will,
Then take we down his load, and turn him off,
Like to the empty ass, to shake his ears,
And graze in commons.
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7 |
Julius Caesar
[IV, 1] |
Antony |
1892 |
So is my horse, Octavius; and for that
I do appoint him store of provender:
It is a creature that I teach to fight,
To wind, to stop, to run directly on,
His corporal motion govern'd by my spirit.
And, in some taste, is Lepidus but so;
He must be taught and train'd and bid go forth;
A barren-spirited fellow; one that feeds
On abjects, orts and imitations,
Which, out of use and staled by other men,
Begin his fashion: do not talk of him,
But as a property. And now, Octavius,
Listen great things:—Brutus and Cassius
Are levying powers: we must straight make head:
Therefore let our alliance be combined,
Our best friends made, our means stretch'd
And let us presently go sit in council,
How covert matters may be best disclosed,
And open perils surest answered.
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Julius Caesar
[IV, 3] |
Cassius |
2080 |
Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come,
Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius,
For Cassius is aweary of the world;
Hated by one he loves; braved by his brother;
Cheque'd like a bondman; all his faults observed,
Set in a note-book, learn'd, and conn'd by rote,
To cast into my teeth. O, I could weep
My spirit from mine eyes! There is my dagger,
And here my naked breast; within, a heart
Dearer than Plutus' mine, richer than gold:
If that thou be'st a Roman, take it forth;
I, that denied thee gold, will give my heart:
Strike, as thou didst at Caesar; for, I know,
When thou didst hate him worst, thou lovedst him better
Than ever thou lovedst Cassius.
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9 |
Julius Caesar
[IV, 3] |
Brutus |
2151 |
Impatient of my absence,
And grief that young Octavius with Mark Antony
Have made themselves so strong:—for with her death
That tidings came;—with this she fell distract,
And, her attendants absent, swallow'd fire.
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10 |
Julius Caesar
[IV, 3] |
Brutus |
2172 |
No more, I pray you.
Messala, I have here received letters,
That young Octavius and Mark Antony
Come down upon us with a mighty power,
Bending their expedition toward Philippi.
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Julius Caesar
[IV, 3] |
Messala |
2179 |
That by proscription and bills of outlawry,
Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus,
Have put to death an hundred senators.
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Julius Caesar
[V, 1] |
(stage directions) |
2344 |
Enter OCTAVIUS, ANTONY, and their army
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Julius Caesar
[V, 1] |
Antony |
2362 |
Octavius, lead your battle softly on,
Upon the left hand of the even field.
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14 |
Julius Caesar
[V, 1] |
Brutus |
2378 |
Good words are better than bad strokes, Octavius.
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15 |
Julius Caesar
[V, 1] |
(stage directions) |
2419 |
Exeunt OCTAVIUS, ANTONY, and their army
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Julius Caesar
[V, 3] |
Tintinius |
2501 |
O Cassius, Brutus gave the word too early;
Who, having some advantage on Octavius,
Took it too eagerly: his soldiers fell to spoil,
Whilst we by Antony are all enclosed.
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17 |
Julius Caesar
[V, 3] |
Messala |
2559 |
It is but change, Tintinius; for Octavius
Is overthrown by noble Brutus' power,
As Cassius' legions are by Antony.
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18 |
Julius Caesar
[V, 5] |
Brutus |
2709 |
Farewell to you; and you; and you, Volumnius.
Strato, thou hast been all this while asleep;
Farewell to thee too, Strato. Countrymen,
My heart doth joy that yet in all my life
I found no man but he was true to me.
I shall have glory by this losing day
More than Octavius and Mark Antony
By this vile conquest shall attain unto.
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,
That have but labour'd to attain this hour.
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Julius Caesar
[V, 5] |
Brutus |
2731 |
Farewell, good Strato.
[Runs on his sword]
Caesar, now be still:
I kill'd not thee with half so good a will.
[Dies]
[Alarum. Retreat. Enter OCTAVIUS, ANTONY, MESSALA,
LUCILIUS, and the army]
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Julius Caesar
[V, 5] |
Messala |
2752 |
Octavius, then take him to follow thee,
That did the latest service to my master.
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