211; _Othello_, III, iii, 223.]

[Note 171: 'To chew' is, literally, in the Latin equivalent,
'to ruminate.' Cf. _As You Like It_, IV, iii, 102: "Chewing
the food of sweet and bitter fancy." In Bacon's Essays, _Of
Studies_, we have, with reference to books: "Some few are to
be chewed and digested." So in Lyly's _Euphues_: "Philantus
went into the fields to walk there, either to digest his
choler, or chew upon his melancholy."]

[Note 174: /these ... as./ See note, l. 34; Abbott, Sect. 112,
280.]

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CASSIUS. I am glad that my weak words
Have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus.

_Enter_ CAESAR _and his train_

BRUTUS. The games are done, and Caesar is returning.

CASSIUS. As they pass by, pluck Casca by the sleeve;
And he will, after his sour fashion, tell you 180
What hath proceeded worthy note to-day.

BRUTUS. I will do so. But, look you, Cassius,
The angry spot doth glow on Caesar's brow,
And all the rest look like a chidden train:
Calpurnia's cheek is pale; and Cicero 185
Looks with such ferret and such fiery eyes
As we have seen him in the Capitol,
Being cross'd in conference by some senators.

[Note 178: Scene IV Pope.]

[Note 178-179: Four lines in Ff.]

[Note 177: In _Troilus and Cressida_, III, iii, 256, Thersites
says of the wit of Ajax: "It lies as coldly in him as fire in
a flint, which will not show without knocking." The same
figure is found in the description which Brutus gives of his
unimpassioned nature, IV, iii, 112-114.]

[Note 181: /proceeded:/ happened, come to pass. So in _All's
Well that Ends Well_, IV, ii, 62.--/worthy note./ Cf. _All's
Well that Ends Well_, III, v, 104. For the ellipsis of the
preposition, see Abbott, Sect. 198 a.]

[Note 186: One of the marked physical characteristics of the
albinotic ferret is the red or pink eye. Shakespeare turns the
noun 'ferret' into an adjective. The description of Cicero is
purely imaginary; but the angry spot on Caesar's brow,
Calpurnia's pale cheek, and Cicero with fire in his eyes when
kindled by opposition in the Senate, make an exceedingly vivid
picture.]

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CASSIUS. Casca will tell us what the matter is.

CAESAR. Antonius! 190

ANTONY. Caesar?

CAESAR. Let me have men about me that are fat,
Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights:
Yond Cassius has a lean and h