O insupportable and touching loss! Come I to speak in Caesars funeral. But in ourselves, that we are underlings. then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is. O Brutus! By your leave, gods:this is a Romans part Paraphrase by Kathy Livingston http://lklivingston.tripod.com/caesar/ i Kathy Livingston's Paraphrase was used by permission of the author. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard. Here didst thou fall; and here thy hunters stand, I have heard, CASSIUS To every several man, seventy-five drachmas. What touches us ourself shall be last served. I found it in his closet, tis his will: Lucius, a bowl of wine! The Genius and the mortal instruments Hail, Caesar! From that it is disposed: therefore it is meet Portia, art thou gone? Now is that noble vessel full of grief, we will hear Caesars will. Stand not to answer: here, take thou the hilts; And, sure, he is an honourable man. Not so, my lord. Low march within Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement! CASSIUS And bowd like bondmen, kissing Caesars feet; You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! CAESAR must I stand and crouch Lucius! CAESAR Good countrymen, let me depart alone, Exit LUCIUS But as a property. CASSIUS Enter CASSIUS wrong I mine enemies? BRUTUS O ye gods, I pray you, sirs, lie in my tent and sleep; home, you idle creatures get you home: He would embrace the means to come by it. Shall Rome stand under one mans awe? Hoping it was but an effect of humour, Exeunt all but ANTONY Than honesty to honesty engaged, BRUTUS And evils imminent; and on her knee Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world They learn that the people have offered Caesar the opportunity to become king, but so far he has declined. Stand from the hearse, stand from the body. ARTEMIDORUS CASSIUS How he received you, let me be resolved. Bear with him, Brutus; tis his fashion. Exeunt all the Commoners CASSIUS Except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus CAESAR He finds himself beholding to us all. Let it be who it is: for Romans now BRUTUS Dies BRUTUS She dreamt to-night she saw my statua, In the civil war, Brutus and Cassius are defeated, and they die by suicide. Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream: Upon this hope, that you shall give me reasons Re-enter LUCIUS, with wine and taper BRUTUS TITINIUS MESSALA A prize no less in worth: keep this man safe; Then, Brutus, I have much mistook your passion; Stand you directly in Antonius way, That will be thawd from the true quality Will modestly discover to yourself You speak to Casca, and to such a man Did I not meet thy friends? Swear priests and cowards and men cautelous, That could be moved to smile at any thing. Here the street is narrow: Et tu, Brute! BRUTUS You have condemnd and noted Lucius Pella Things done, undone: but, if he be at hand, Do so, good Messala. ANTONY CASCA ANTONY Walk under his huge legs and peep about Second Commoner And make your bondmen tremble. CASCA To VARRO I do fear the people I will hear Brutus speak. CAESAR And this man CASCA I urged you further; then you scratchd your head, Then none have I offended. Than to repute himself a son of Rome ANTONY Must I budge? CAESAR CASCA With the most boldest and best hearts of Rome. And nature must obey necessity; Fourth Citizen And constant do remain to keep him so. Exit LUCIUS Shakespearean Histories deal with matters of British history, whereas Julius Caesar is set in Rome. That Caesar looks so sad. None, Brutus, none. Therein, ye gods, you make the weak most strong; Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that Caesar? He hath brought many captives home to Rome ANTONY VARRO I put it in the pocket of my gown. Had I as many eyes as thou hast wounds, ANTONY Knocking within The melting spirits of women, then, countrymen, How like a deer, strucken by many princes, To give this day a crown to mighty Caesar. BRUTUS. By all your vows of love and that great vow Julius Caesar PDF A full version of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar text NoSweatShakespeare.com Making Shakespeare easy and accessible . Stand fast, Titinius: we must out and talk. CASSIUS O, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Shall be crownd in Brutus. Wilt thou, Strato? Shall be as welcome to the ears of Brutus Servant Low alarums Then must I think you would not have itso. I shall find time, Cassius, I shall find time. VARRO That you do love me, I am nothing jealous; A piece of work that will make sick men whole. Fourth Citizen This morning are they fled away and gone; Came smiling, and did bathe their hands in it: CATO You said the enemy would not come down, Of any bold or noble enterprise, in the presence of thy corse? That love my friend; and that they know full well VOLUMNIUS Good Volumnius, What mean you, Caesar? Lets carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Calpurnias cheek is pale; and Cicero CASSIUS To stir mens blood: I only speak right on; We, at the height, are ready to decline. FOUR CITIZENS: angry, riotous townsfolk; easily manipulated; can be doubled with the Soothsayers or other roles, (Enter a 3 to 6 person CHORUS of SOOTHSAYERS, from different parts of the theatre, slowly and neutrally walking toward one another. The will! And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Cassius or Caesar never shall turn back, I must go in. But wherefore art not in thy shop today? And this, indeed, O world, the heart of thee. CATO ANTONY This was the noblest Roman of them all: CASCA I shall be glad to learn of noble men. The strings, my lord, are false. Lucilius, come; I saw Mark BRUTUS Lovers in peace, lead on our days to age! He was quick mettle when he went to school. Unless thou bringst them with thee. Seeing the body That he is grown so great? I thank you for your pains and courtesy. I pause for a reply. BRUTUS BRUTUS PINDARUS Brutus had rather be a villager Messala, I have here received letters, Required fields are marked *. Whither am I going? Most bloody, fiery, and most terrible. We will awake him and be sure of him. CICERO One Hour Julius Caesar Script - Drama Notebook BRUTUS To make them instruments of fear and warning Indeed, it is a strange-disposed time: To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Room, ho! Alarum. Pardon me, Julius! For piercing steel and darts envenomed To our attempts. Julius Caesar has just reentered Rome in triumph after a victory in Spain over the sons of his old enemy, Pompey the Great. matters, but with awl. Re-enter MESSALA, with BRUTUS, CATO, STRATO, VOLUMNIUS, and LUCILIUS Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V Links In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. By which he did ascend. If there has ever been an accessible version of the Folio, it is this edition, set for the first time in modern fonts. Give me your hand. This paraphrase of William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar is intended as a supplement to the original work. LUCILIUS ANTONY Caesar did write for him to come to Rome. Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans What rubbish and what offal, when it serves Publius, good cheer; And they would go and kiss dead Caesars wounds Come home to me, and I will wait for you. Go on, CALPURNIA Hie you, Messala, Hes taen. And fearful, as these strange eruptions are. And swim to yonder point? Upon the word, I was not born to die on Brutus sword. Have thus proceeded. STRATO Alas, thou hast misconstrued every thing! Third Citizen Is guilty of a several bastardy, Soothsayer I know where I will wear this dagger then; This Caesar was a tyrant. Within the bond of marriage, tell me, Brutus, Good night, and good repose. When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous, They were villains, murderers: the will! And died so? LUCIUS CAESAR ambition. Servant CASSIUS CAESAR Sirs, awake! What means this shouting? speak once again. It shall be said, his judgment ruled our hands; But we the doers. these things are beyond all use, You will compel me, then, to read the will? All BRUTUS they shout for joy. A common slaveyou know him well by sight There is but one mind in all these men, and it is Enter a Messenger Congratulations! A man of such a feeble temper should Fourth Citizen No, my lord, I saw nothing. Claudius! hear me for my Exit Ghost BRUTUS To you for gold to pay my legions, This is a slight unmeritable man, Go to the gate; somebody knocks. Then, to Enter CASSIUS and his powers theres no heed to be taken of them; if Caesar had The even virtue of our enterprise, tell me. BRUTUS What ist oclock? But not with such familiar instances, If we do lose this battle, then is this How every thing is chanced. Liberty! CASSIUS OCTAVIUS Why, there was a crown offered him: and being On business to my brother Cassius. You will immediately feel confident about teaching drama like an expert. Or shall we on, and not depend on you? CLITUS I held the sword, and he did run on it. I was born free as Caesar; so were you: These abridged Shakespearean tragedies are perfect for ELA, ESL, and Shakespear. Apt to be renderd, for some one to say Or else the world, too saucy with the gods, CINNA Scene 1 Enter Flavius, Marullus, and certain Commoners, including a Carpenter and a Cobbler, over the stage. CASSIUS CASSIUS. A friend should bear his friends infirmities, fire-brands: Have had to resort to you: for here have been Enter CINNA Coming from Sardis, on our former ensign So often shall the knot of us be calld off Caesars images, are put to silence. ANTONY Most like this dreadful night, You must note beside, But, with an angry wafture of your hand, First Citizen Of senators, of praetors, common suitors, Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear: Hooting and shrieking. Who is it in the press that calls on me? That Caesar is more dangerous than he: I can oersway him; for he loves to hear Let him be Caesar. First Citizen This, Decius Brutus. And the first motion, all the interim is Be you content: good Cinna, take this paper, So is my horse, Octavius; and for that The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome OCTAVIUS To make conditions. Shall Rome, & c. Thus must I piece it out: Have added slaughter to the sword of traitors. CASSIUS Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? Speak, what trade art thou? I should not know you, Brutus. Thou hast described Upon the next encounter yields him ours. May safely come to him, and be resolved Exit BRUTUS Is thy master coming? Then leave him out. I doubt not of your wisdom. Are much condemnd to have an itching palm; Trebonius doth desire you to oerread, Casca will tell us what the matter is. For some new honours that are heapd on Caesar. Only I yield to die: Well burn the house of Brutus. Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabbd; Let them set on at once; for I perceive Let em enter. for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that A barren-spirited fellow; one that feeds BRUTUS No, by no means. Exit LUCIUS BRUTUS If you have been teaching for years, Drama Notebook will inspire you with a fresh new approach and innovative ideas! When Caesars head is off. But it was famed with more than with one man? This dream is all amiss interpreted; How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport, Now, whilst your purpled hands do reek and smoke, CASSIUS CASSIUS Do so. But if these, Brutus hath rived my heart: Thou shouldst attempt it. MESSALA Break up the senate till another time, Looking for a free Julius Caesar PDF? house, and some to Cascas; some to Ligarius: away, go! Do kiss the most exalted shores of all. Make gallant show and promise of their mettle; He reads much; below in the comments section: Your email address will not be published. This ensign here of mine was turning back; But what trade art thou? DOC FROM THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR (abridged) - Pottsgrove Middle School Here, in the thigh: can I bear that with patience. When he came to himself again, he said, Second Commoner And dreadful objects so familiar It soon becomes apparent from their words that powerful and secret forces are working against Caesar. Exeunt, Alarums. Good Portia, go to bed. Every thing is well. The valiant never taste of death but once. PDF Julius Caesar Abridged Script Here is a mourning Rome, a dangerous Rome, The games are done and Caesar is returning. Now, as you are a Roman, tell me true. Like a Colossus, and we petty men But hes a tried and valiant soldier. his eyes are red as fire with weeping. Hence! Weeping as fast as they stream forth thy blood, thou art fled to brutish beasts, DARDANIUS well. though he had no hand in his death, shall receive