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MARK ANTONY' S SPEECH. 251
And, being men, heari ng the will of Cresar,
It will inflame you, it will mak e you mad :
'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs;
For, if you should, oh, what would come of it!
.A Citizen. Read the will ; we'll hear it , Antony .
Antons], Y ou will compel me, th en, to read the will i
Then mak e a ri ng about th e corpse of Cresar,
And let me show you him that made th e will
Shall 1 descend 1 and will you giv e me leave 1
Several Cit izens. Come down. [A nlony com" down.
7. Antony. Ifyou have tears, prepare to shed them now.
You all do know thi s mantle :-1 remember
The first tim e ever Cresar put it on;
'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent,
That day he overcame th e N er vii:-
Look, in this place ran Cassius' dagger through :
See what a rent the envious Casca mad e :
Through th is t he well-beloved Brut us stabbed ;
An d as he plucked his cursed steel away ,
Mark how the blood of Crosnr followed it,
As ru shin g out of doors, to be resolved
If Brut us so unkindly knoc ked, or no ;
F or Bru tu s, as you know, was Cresar's angel :­
J udge, 0 you gods, how dear ly Ceesar loved him I
8. This was th e most unkindest cut of all :
For when the noble Cresar sa w him sta b,
Ingratitud e, more strong th an traitors' arm s,
Quite vanquished him: th en burst his mighty heart ;
A nd, in his mantle muflling up his face,
Ev en at the base of P ompey's statua,
Which all the whil e ran blood, great Cresar fell
Oh, what a fall was th ere, my country men!
Then I, an d you, and all of us fell down,
Whilst bloody treason flourished over us.