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Act V. Sc. v.

Tragedy of Julius Cæsar

Lucil. So Brutus should be found. I thank thee, Brutus,

That thou hast proved Lucilius' saying true.

Oct. All that served Brutus, I will entertain them.

Fellow, wilt thou bestow thy time with me?
Stra. Ay, if Messala will prefer me to you.
Oct. Do so, good Messala.

Mes. How died my master, Strato?

Stra. I held the sword, and he did run on it.
Mes. Octavius, then take him to follow thee,

That did the latest service to my master.
Ant. This was the noblest Roman of them all :
All the conspirators, save only he,
Did that they did in envy of great Cæsar;
He only, in a general honest thought
And common good to all, made one of them.
His life was gentle, and the elements

So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world 'This was a man !'
Oct. According to his virtue let us use him,

With all respect and rites of burial.
Within my tent his bones to-night shall lie,
Most like a soldier, order'd honourably.
So call the field to rest, and let's away,
To part the glories of this happy day.

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Glossary.

ABIDE, answer for, suffer for; III. i.
94; III. ii. 119.
ABJECTS, things cast away; IV. i. 37.
ABOUT, go about; I. i. 74.

!, set to work; III. ii. 208.
ABROAD, about in; III. ii. 256.
ACROSS, crossed, folded; II. i. 240.
ADDRESS'D, ready; III. i. 29.
ADVANTAGE, profit us; III. i. 242.
AFTER, afterwards; I. ii. 76.
AGAINST, over against, near; I. iii. 20.
ALL OVER, one after the other; II. i.

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ALONE, only; IV. iii. 94.
AN, if; I. ii. 268.

ANCHISES, the father of Æneas; when Troy was sacked he bore him on his shoulders from the burning town; I. ii. 114.

ANGEL, darling, favourite, (?) guardian angel; III. ii. 185.

ANNOY, injure, harm; II. i. 160. ANSWER, be ready for combat; V. i.

24.

ANSWER'D, paid for, atoned for; III. ii. 85.

ANSWERED, faced; IV. i. 47.
APACE, quickly; V. iii. 87.
APPARENT, manifest; II. i. 198.
APPOINT, Settle upon; IV. i. 30.
APPREHENSIVE, endowed with intelli-
gence; III. i. 67.

APT, suitable, likely, II. ii. 97.
-, ready, fit; III. i. 160.
impressionable; V. iii. 68.
ARRIVE, reach; I. ii. 110.
ASTONISH, Stun with terror; I. iii. 56.
ATE, the goddess of Mischief and Re-
venge; III. i. 271.

AT HAND, in hand; IV. il. 23. AUGHT, anything; I. ii. 85. AUGURERS, professional interpreters of omens, (originally, diviners by the flight and cries of birds); II. i. 200.

BAIT, hunt, chase (Theobald, "bay"); IV. iii. 28.

BANG, blow; III. iii. 20.

BARREN-SPIRITED, dull; IV. i. 36.
BASE, low; 1I. i. 26.

BASTARDY, act of baseness: II. i 138.

BATTLES, forces; V. i. 4.
BAY, bark at; IV. iii. 27.
BAY'D, driven to bay; (a term of the
chase); III. i. 204.

BEAR A HAND OVER, hold in check (as a rider); I. ii. 35.

BEAR HARD, bear ill-will against; I. ii. 317; II. i. 215.

BEAR ME, bear from me, receive from me; III. iii. 20.

BEARS (BETRAYED) WITH GLASSES; alluding to the stories that bears were surprised by means of mirrors, which they would gaze into, affording their pursuers an opportunity of taking a surer aim; II. i. 205. BEAT, beaten; V. v. 23. BEHAVIOURS, Conduct; I. ii. 42. BEHOLDING, beholden; III. ii. 70. BELIKE, perhaps; III. ii. 275. BEND, look; I. ii. 123.

BENDING, directing, pressing on; IV. iii. 170.

BEST;

you were b.", it were best for you; III. iii. 13.

BESTOW, Spend; V. v. 61.

BETIMES, in good time, early; II. i. 116.

BILLS, billets, written documents; V. ii. 1.

BIRD OF NIGHT, i.e. the owl; I. iii. 26. BLOOD; "Pompey's b." (probably) offspring; Gnæus, Pompey's son, had been killed at Munda, and Cæsar's triumph was in honour of the victory; I. i. 56.

BLOODS; " young b.", young people;

IV. iii. 262.

BONDMAN, used with a play upon "bond," i.e. document ("to cancel a bond"); I. iii. 101. BONES, body, corpse; V. v. 78. BOOTLESS, without avail, to no purpose; III. i. 75.

BOSOмs; "in their b.", in their confidence; V. i. 7.

BREAK WITH, broach the subject to; II. i. 150.

BRING, take; III. ii. 276.

BROTHER, i.e. brother-in-law, (Cassius having married a sister of Brutus); II. i. 70.

BROUGHT, accompanied; I. iii. 1. BRUTUS; old B.", i.e. Lucius Junius Brutus, who expelled the Tarquins; I. iii. 146; (cp. 1. ii. 159).

"Decius B.", i.e. Decimus B., (the error being due to a misprint in Amyot's French translation of Plutarch, copied by North, and hence in Shakespeare); Decimus B. was placed next after Octavius in Cæsar's will; he had served under Cæsar in Gaul, and was made governor of Cisalpine Gaul; I. iii. 148.

BUDGE, give way; IV. iii. 44. BUSTLING RUMOUR, noise of tumult; II. iv. 18.

By, near, close to; III. i. 162.

CALCULATE, speculate upon future events; I. iii. 65.

CALPURNIA, Cæsar's fourth wife, (F. 1, "Calphurnia"); I. ii. 1.

CARRIONS, worthless beings (a term of contempt); II. i. 130.

CAST; "C. yourself in wonder," i.e. throw yourself into wonder; (?) "dress hastily"; (Jervis conj. "Case," i.e. encase, clothe yourself"); I. iii. 60. CAUTELOUS, crafty; II. i. 129. CENSURE, judge; III. ii. 16. CEREMONIES, festal ornaments; I. i. 70.

, religious observances; II. i. 197. -, omens; II. ii. 13.

CHAFING WITH, fretting against; I. ii.

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CHARGES, troops; IV. ii. 48.
CHARM, conjure; II. i. 271.
CHECK'D, reproved; IV. iii. 97.
CHEW UPON, ponder; I. ii. 171.
CHOLER, anger; IV. iii. 39.
CHOPPED, chapped; (Ff., "chopt";
Knight, "chapped"); I. ii. 246.
CHOSE, chosen; II. i. 314.
CLEAN, entirely; I. iii. 35.
CLIMATE, region; I. iii. 32.
CLOSE, hidden; I. iii. 131.

-, come to terms; III. i. 202. CLOSET, room; III. ii. 134. COBBLER, botcher, (used quibblingly); 1. i. 11.

COGNIZANCE, badges of honours; II. ii. 89.

COLOSSUS, a gigantic statue said to have stood astride at the entrance

of the harbour at Rhodes; I. ii. COURTESIES, bowings, bendings of the 136.

COLOUR, pretext; II. i. 29.

COME BY, get possession; II. i. 259. COMPANION, fellow; (used contemptuously); IV. iii. 138.

COMPARE, let us compare, we will compare; III. ii. 9.

COMPASS, circle, course; V. iii. 25. COMPLEXION, appearance; I. iii. 128. CONCEIT, think of; III. i. 192. CONCEITED, conceived; I. iii. 162. CONCEPTIONS, ideas; I. ii. 41. CONCLUDED, decided; II. ii. 93. CONDITION, disposition; II. i. 254. CONFINES, boundaries; III. i. 272. CONN'D BY ROTE, learnt by heart; IV. iii. 98.

CONSORTED, escorted, accompanied;
V. i. 83.

CONSTANCY, firmness; II. iv. 6.
CONSTANT, firm; III. i. 22.
CONSTANTLY, firmly; V. i. 92.
CONSTRUE, explain; II. i. 307.
CONTENT, easy; I. iii. 142.

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calm; IV. ii. 41.

, glad; V. i. 8.

CONTRIVE, Conspire, plot; II. iii. 16. CONTRIVER, Schemer, plotter; II. i. 158. CONTROVERSY; "hearts of c.", spirits eager for resistance; I. ii. 109. CORSE, Corpse; III. i. 199. COUCHINGS, stoopings; III. i. 36. COUNTERS, round pieces of metal used in calculations; IV. iii. 80. COURSE; "run his c.", alluding to the course of the Luperci round the city wall; "that day there are diverse noble men's sons, young men, and some of them magistrates themselves, that govern them, which run naked through the city, striking in sport them they meet in their way with leathern thongs" (made of the skins of goats which had been sacrificed).North's Plutarch; I. ii. 4.

knee; III. i. 36.

CROSS LIGHTNING, forked lightning;
I. iii. 50.

CULL OUT, pick out; I. i. 54.
CYNIC, rude man; IV. iii. 133.

DAMN, condemn; IV. i. 6.
DEARER, more bitterly, more intensely;
III. i. 196.

DEGREES, steps; II. i. 26.
DELIVER, relate to; III. i. 181.
DINT, impression; III. ii. 198.
DIRECTLY, plainly; I. i. 12; III. iii.

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ENSIGN, standard; V. i. 80.

standard-bearer (and by implica tion, standard; hence "it," line 4); V. iii. 3.

ENTERTAIN, take into service; V. v. 60.

ENVIOUS, spiteful, malicious; II. i. 178; III. i. 179.

ENVY, hatred, malice; II. i. 164. EPICURUS; 'I held E. strong," i.e. I followed the Epicurean school, which held that the gods scarcely troubled themselves with human affairs; hence the Epicureans regarded the belief in omens as mere superstition; V. iii. 77. EREBUS, the region of utter darkness between Earth and Hades; II. i. 84. ETERNAL, infernal, damned (used to express extreme abhorrence); I. ii.

160. EVEN; 66 e. field," i... level ground; V. i. 17. ―, pure, unblemished; II. i. 133. EVER, always; V. iii. 21.

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EVILS, evil things; II. i. 79. EXHALATIONS, meteors; 44. EXIGENT, exigency, crisis; V. i. 19. EXORCIST, one who raises spirits; II. i.

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FAMED WITH, made famous by; I. ii.
153.
FAMILIAR INSTANCES, marks of famili
arity; IV. ii. 16.

FANTASIES, imaginings; II. i. 231.
FASHION, shape, form; II. i. 30.

way, manner; (trisyllabic); IV. iii. 135.

FASHION; "begin his f.", begin to be fashionable with him; IV. i. 39. FASHION, work upon, shape; II. i. 220. FAVOUR, appearance; I. ii. 91.

countenance; II. i. 76.

FAVOUR'S, appearance is; I. iii. 129.
FEAR, cause of fear; II. i. 190.
FEARFUL BRAVERY, terrible display,
gallant show of courage; V. i. 10.
FELL, fierce; III. i. 269.
FELLOW, equal; III. i. 62.
FERRET, red as the eyes of a ferret; I.
ii. 186.

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203.

FORM, manner of behaving; I. ii. 303. FORMAL CONSTANCY, proper com

posure; II. i. 227. FORMER, foremost; V. i. 80. FORTH, to go out; I. ii. 293. FORTH OF, out of; III. iii. 3. FREEDOM OF REPEAL, free recall; III i. 54.

FRESH, freshly; II. i. 224.

FRET, variegate (as with a kind of fretwork pattern); II. i. 104.

be vexed; IV. iii. 42.

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