ring people pytiyng _Caesars_ death,
Do rage at vs, who fore to winne their weale:
Spare not the danger of our dearest liues,
But since no safety _Rome_ for vs affordes:
_Brutus_ weell hast vs to our Prouinces,
I into _Syre_, thou into _Maccedon_,
Where wee will muster vp such martiall bandes, 1930
As shall afright our following enemies.
_Bru._ In _Thessaly_ weele meete the Enemy,
And in that ground distaynd with _Pompeys_ bloud,
And fruitefull made with _Romane_ massaker,
VVeele either sacrifice our guilty foe,
To appease the furies of these howling Ghostes,
That wander restles through the sliemy ground
Or else that _Thessaly_ bee a common Tombe:
To bury those that fight to infranchize _Rome_.
_Titin._ Brauely resolu'd, I see yong _Brutus_ minde, 1940
Strengthned with force of vertues sacred rule:
Contemneth death, and holdes proud chance in scorne.
_Bru._ I that before fear'd not to do the deede,
Shalt neuer now repent it being done,
No more I Fortun'd, like the _Roman_ Lord,
Whose faith brought death yet with immortall fame,
I kisse thee hand for doing such a deede:
And thanke my heart for this so Noble thought,
And blesse the Heauens for fauoring my attempts:
For Noble _Rome_, and if thou beest not free, 1950
Yet I haue done what euer lay in mee:
And worthy friend as both our thoughts conspired,
And ioyned in vnion to performe this deede,
This acceptable deede to Heauens and _Rome_,
So lets continue in our high resolue:
And as wee haue with honor thus begunne,
So lets persist, vntill our liues bee done.
_Cassi._ Then let vs go and with our warlike troopes,
Collected from our seuerall Prouinces,
Make _Asia_ subiect to our Conquering armes. 1960
_Brutus_ thou hast commanded the Illirian bandes:
The feared _Celts_ and _Lusitanian_ horse,
_Parthenians_ proud, and _Thrasians_ borne in warre:
And _Macedon_ yet proud with our old actes,
With all the flowre of Louely _Thessaly_,
Vnder my warlike collours there shall march:
New come from _Syria_ and from _Babilon_,
The warlike _Mede_, and the _Arabian_ Boe,
The _Parthian_ fighting when hee seemes to flie:
Those conquering _Gauls_ that built their seates in Greece, 1970
And all the Costers on the _Mirapont_.
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