Original Text | Modern Text | |
Alarum. Enter BRUTUS and
MESSALA
| Sounds of battle. BRUTUS and
MESSALA enter. | |
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BRUTUS
Ride, ride, Messala, ride, and give these bills
Unto the legions on the other side.
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BRUTUS
Ride, ride, Messala, ride, and give these dispatches to our forces
on the other side.
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Low alarum | Faint sounds of battle. | |
5 |
Let them set on at once, for I perceive
But cold demeanor in Octavius' wing,
And sudden push gives them the overthrow.
Ride, ride, Messala. Let them all come down.
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They should advance immediately, because I sense
Octavius’s side is a bit fainthearted right now, and a
sudden push would overthrow him. Ride, ride, Messala. Let
Cassius’s wing mount a surprise attack.
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Exeunt severally | They exit in opposite directions. |
