Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1599 [1598-1599] (Annals) tragedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T2 Roman politics: senate, consuls and civi typicality 0.77 · 458 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T2: rome, caesar, senate, sulla, roman, consul, brutus, romans, men, marius.
Alas my Lord, Your wisdom is consumed in confidence: Do not go forth to day: Call it my fear, That keeps you in the house, and not your own. we'll send Mark Antony to the Senate house, And he shall say; you are not well to day: Let me upon my knee, prevail in this. Mark Antony shall say I am not well, And for thy humour, I will stay at home. here's Decius Brutus, he shall tell them so. Caesar, all hail: Good morrow worthy Caesar, I come to fetch you to the Senate house. And you are come in very happy time, To bear my greeting to the Senators, And tell them that I will not come to day: Cannot, is false: and that I dare not, falser: I will not come to day, tell them so Decius. Say he is sick. Shall Caesar send a Lie? Have I in Conquest stretched mine Arm so far, To be afeared to tell Graybeards the truth: Decius, go tell them, Caesar will not come. Most mighty Caesar let me know some cause, Lest I be laughed at when I tell them so. The cause is in my Will, I will not come, That is enough to satisfy the Senate But for your private satisfaction, Because I love you, I will let you know. Calphurnia here my wife, stays me at home: She dreamt to night, she saw my Statue, Which like a Fountain, with an hundred spouts Did run pure blood: and many lusty Romans Came smiling, & did bathe their hands in it: And these does she apply, for warnings and portents, And evils imminent; and on her knee Hath begged, that I will stay at home to day. This Dream is all amiss interpreted, It was a vision, fair and fortunate: Your Statue spouting blood in many pipes, In which so many smiling Romans bathed, Signifies, that from you great Rome shall suck Reviuing blood, and that great men shall press For Tinctures, Staines, Relics, and Cognisance. This by Calphurnia's Dream is signified. And this way have you well expounded it. I have, when you have heard what I can say: And know it now, the Senate have concluded To give this day, a Crown to mighty Caesar. If you shall send them word you will not come, Their minds may change. Besides, it were a mock Apt to be rendered, for some one to say, Break up the Senate, till another time: When Caesar's wife shall meet with better Dreams. If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper Lo Caesar is afraid? Pardon me Caesar, for my dear dear love To your proceeding, bids me tell you this: And reason to my love is liable.
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Alas my Lord, Your wiſedome is conſum'd in confidence: Do not go forth to day: Call it my feare, That keepes you in the houſe, and not your owne. Wee'l ſend Mark Antony to the Senate houſe, And he ſhall ſay; you are not well to day: Let me vpon my knee, preuaile in this. Mark Antony ſhall ſay I am not well, And for thy humor, I will ſtay at home. Heere's Decius Brutus, he ſhall tell them ſo. Caeſar, all haile: Good morrow worthy Caeſar, I come to fetch you to the Senate houſe. And you are come in very happy time, To beare my greeting to the Senators, And tell them that I will not come to day: Cannot, is falſe: and that I dare not, falſer: I will not come to day, tell them ſo Decius. Say he is ſicke. Shall Caeſar ſend a Lye? Haue I in Conqueſt ſtretcht mine Arme ſo farre, To be afear'd to tell Gray-beards the truth: Decius, go tell them, Caeſar will not come. Moſt mighty Caeſar let me know ſome cauſe, Leſt I be laught at when I tell them ſo. The cauſe is in my Will, I will not come, That is enough to ſatisfie the Senate But for your priuate ſatisfaction, Becauſe I loue you, I will let you know. Calphurnia heere my wife, ſtayes me at home: She dreampt to night, ſhe ſaw my Statue, Which like a Fountaine, with an hundred ſpouts Did run pure blood: and many luſty Romans Came ſmiling, & did bathe their hands in it: And theſe does ſhe apply, for warnings and portents, And euils imminent; and on her knee Hath begg'd, that I will ſtay at home to day. This Dreame is all amiſſe interpreted, It was a viſion, faire and fortunate: Your Statue ſpouting blood in many pipes, In which ſo many ſmiling Romans bath'd, Signifies, that from you great Rome ſhall ſucke Reuiuing blood, and that great men ſhall preſſe For Tinctures, Staines, Reliques, and Cogniſance. This by Calphurnia's Dreame is ſignified. And this way haue you well expounded it. I haue, when you haue heard what I can ſay: And know it now, the Senate haue concluded To giue this day, a Crowne to mighty Caeſar. If you ſhall ſend them word you will not come, Their mindes may change. Beſides, it were a mocke Apt to be render'd, for ſome one to ſay, Breake vp the Senate, till another time: When Caeſars wife ſhall meete with better Dreames. If Caeſar hide himſelfe, ſhall they not whiſper Loe Caeſar is affraid? Pardon me Caeſar, for my deere deere loue To your proceeding, bids me tell you this: And reaſon to my loue is liable.