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250 JlIARK ANTONY·-S SPEECH.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke ,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause :
W hnt, cause withholds you, th en, to mourn for him 7
o j udgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
A nd men have lost their reason.-Bear with me;
1\Iy heart is in the coffin th ere with Cresar,
And I must pause till it corns back to me .
4. Bu t yesterday the word of Cresnr might
H ave stood against th e world ; now lies he there,
And none so poor to do him reverence,
o masters, if I were disposed to sti r
Y our hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,
I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong,
" ' ho, you all know, are honoura ble men.
I will not do them wrong ; I rath er choose
To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,
Th an I will wrong such honoura ble men.
6. But here's a parchment with th e seal of Cresar ;
I found it in his closet, 'tis his will :
Let bu t the commons hear thi s testament,­
Which, pard on me, I do not mean to reau,-
And they would go and kiss dead Cresar's wounds,
A nd dip thei r napkins in his sacred blood,
Y en, beg a hair of him for memory.
A nd, dy ing, ment ion it withi n th eir wills,
Bequeathing it as a rich legacy
Unto th eir issue. _.. ...