No Fear Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 1, Scene 3, Page 7
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Come, Casca, you and I will yet ere day
See Brutus at his house. Three parts of him
Is ours already, and the man entire
Upon the next encounter yields him ours.
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Come on, Casca, you and I will go see Brutus at his house before
sunrise. He’s three-quarters on our side already, and
we’ll win him over entirely at this meeting.
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CASCA
Oh, he sits high in all the people’s hearts,
And that which would appear offense in us,
His countenance, like richest alchemy,
Will change to virtue and to worthiness.
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CASCA
Oh, the people love him well. Things that would look bad if we did
them, Brutus could do and look virtuous—just like an
alchemist turns worthless tin to gold.
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CASSIUS
Him and his worth and our great need of him
You have right well conceited. Let us go,
For it is after midnight, and ere day
We will awake him and be sure of him.
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CASSIUS
Yes, you’re absolutely right about how worthy Brutus is
and how much we need him. Let’s go, because it’s
already after midnight, and we want him on our side before
daylight.
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Exeunt |
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