No Fear Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 3, Scene 1
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Flourish Enter CAESAR,
BRUTUS, CASSIUS,
CASCA, DECIUS,
METELLUS, TREBONIUS,
CINNA, ANTONY,
LEPIDUS, PUBLIUS, and
POPILLIUS LENA with a crowd of people, including
ARTEMIDORUS and the SOOTHSAYER
| A crowd of people enters, among them
ARTEMIDORUS and the SOOTHSAYER. A
trumpet plays. CAESAR, BRUTUS,
CASSIUS, CASCA,
DECIUS, METELLUS,
TREBONIUS, CINNA,
ANTONY, LEPIDUS,
POPILLIUS, PUBLIUS, and others
enter. | |
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CAESAR
(to the
SOOTHSAYER) The ides of March are
come.
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CAESAR
(to the
SOOTHSAYER) March 15th has
come.
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SOOTHSAYER
Ay, Caesar, but not gone.
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SOOTHSAYER
Yes, Caesar, but it’s not gone yet.
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ARTEMIDORUS
(offering his letter) Hail, Caesar!
Read this schedule.
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ARTEMIDORUS
(offering his letter) Hail, Caesar!
Read this schedule.
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DECIUS
(offering CAESAR
another paper)
Trebonius doth desire you to o'er-read,
At your best leisure, this his humble suit.
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DECIUS
(offering CAESAR
another paper) Trebonius wants you to
look over his humble petition, at your leisure.
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ARTEMIDORUS
O Caesar, read mine first, for mine’s a suit
That touches Caesar nearer. Read it, great Caesar.
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ARTEMIDORUS
Oh, Caesar, read mine first, for my petition affects you more
directly. Read it, great Caesar.
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CAESAR
What touches us ourself shall be last served.
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CAESAR
Whatever pertains to myself I will deal with last.
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ARTEMIDORUS
Delay not, Caesar. Read it instantly.
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ARTEMIDORUS
Don’t delay, Caesar. Read it instantly.
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CAESAR
What, is the fellow mad?
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CAESAR
What, is the man insane?
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PUBLIUS
(to
ARTEMIDORUS) Sirrah,
give place.
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PUBLIUS
(to
ARTEMIDORUS) Stand aside, you.
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CASSIUS
(to
ARTEMIDORUS)
What, urge you your petitions in the street?
Come to the Capitol.
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CASSIUS
(to
ARTEMIDORUS) What? Are you pressing
your petition on the street? Go to the Capitol.
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