Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath.
(gives his sword to
PINDARUS)
Now be a free man, and with this good sword
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That ran through Caesar's bowels, search this bosom.
Stand not to answer. Here take thou the hilts
And, when my face is covered, as 'tis now,
Guide thou the sword.
Come here, boy. I took you prisoner in Parthia, and at that time I
made you swear to try to do whatever I ordered you to, except take
your own life. Come now, keep your oath.
(gives his sword to
PINDARUS) Now you'll be a
free man. Take this good sword, which ran through Caesar's
bowels, and plunge it in my chest. Don't hesitate. Here,
take the handle, and when my face is covered as it is now, use the
sword.
PINDARUS stabs
CASSIUS
PINDARUS stabs
CASSIUS.
Caesar, thou
art revenged,
Even with the sword that killed thee.
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(dies)
Caesar, you are revenged with the very same sword that killed you.
(he dies)
PINDARUS
So I am free. Yet would not so have been,
Durst I have done my will. O Cassius,
Far from this country Pindarus shall run,
Where never Roman shall take note of him.
PINDARUS
So I'm free. But I didn't want to be free like
this. Oh, Cassius, I'll run far from this country to where
no Romans can find me.
Exit PINDARUS
He exits.
Enter TITINIUS and
MESSALA
TITINIUS and MESSALA
enter.
MESSALA
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It is but change, Titinius, for Octavius
Is overthrown by noble Brutus' power,
As Cassius' legions are by Antony.
MESSALA
The armies have merely changed places, Titinius, because Octavius
has been overthrown by noble Brutus's forces at the very
moment that Antony overthrew Cassius's legions.
