Caesar and Pompey (The Wars of Caesar and Pompey) · chunk 3 of 34
Chapman, George · published 1631 · first performed or written 1605 [1602-1605; Act 2, sc. 1 written 1610-1611(?)] (Annals) tragedy · Unacted (?) · Blackfriars T2 Roman politics: senate, consuls and civi typicality 0.78 · 482 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T2: rome, caesar, senate, sulla, roman, consul, brutus, romans, men, marius.
Do, take it Cato; fear no greatest of them; Thou seek'st the people's good; and these their own. Brave Cato! what a countenance he puts on? Let's give his noble will, our utmost power. Be bold in all thy will; for being just, Thou mayst defy the gods. Said like a God. We must endure these people. Do; begin. consul's, and reverend Fathers; And ye people, Whose voices are the voices of the Gods; I here have drawn a law, by good consent, For entering into Italy, the army Of Rome's great Pompey: that his forces here, As well as he, great Rome, may rest secure From danger or the yet still smoking fire, Of Catiline's abhorred conspiracy: Of which the very chief are left alive, Only chastised, but with a gentle prison. Put them to death then, and strike dead our fear, That well you urge, by their unfit survival. Rather than keep it quick; and two lives give it, By entertaining Pompey's army too. That gives as great cause of our fear, as they. For their conspiracy, only was to make One Tyrant over all the State of Rome. And Pompey's army, suffered to be entered, Is, to make him, or give him means to be so. It follows not. In purpose; clearly Sir, Which I'll illustrate, with a clear example. If it be day, the sun's above the earth; Which follows not (you'll answer) for 'tis day When first the morning breaks; and yet is then The body of the Sun beneath the earth; But he is virtually above it too, Because his beams are there, and who then knows not His golden body will soon after mount. So Pompey's army entered Italy, Yet Pompey's not in Rome; but Pompey's beams Who sees not there? and consequently, he Is in all means enthroned in th'empery. Examples prove not, we will have the army Of Pompey entered. We? which we intend you? Have you already bought the people's voices? Or bear our Consul or our Senate here So small love to their Country; that their wills Beyond their Countries right are so perverse, To give a Tyrant here entire command? Which I have proved as clear as day, they do, If either the Conspirators surviving Be let to live; or Pompey's army entered; Both which, beat one sole path; and threat one danger. consul's, and honoured Fathers; The sole entry Of Pompey's army, I'll not yet examine: But for the great Conspirators yet living, (Which Cato will conclude as oneself danger, To our dear Country; and deter all therefore That love their Country, from their life's defence I see no reason why such danger hangs On their saved lives; being still safe kept in prison; And since close prison, to a Roman freedom, Ten fold torments more, than directest death, Who can be thought to love the less his Country,
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Doe, take it Cato; feare no greateſt of them; Thou ſeek'ſt the peoples good; and theſe their owne. Braue Cato! what a countenance he puts on? Let's giue his noble will, our vtmoſt power. Be bould in all thy will; for being iuſt, Thou maiſt defie the gods. Said like a God. We muſt endure theſe people. Doe; begin. Conſuls, and reuerend Fathers; And ye people, Whoſe voyces are the voyces of the Gods; I here haue drawne a law, by good conſent, For entring into Italy, the army Of Romes great Pompey: that his forces here, As well as he, great Rome, may reſt ſecure From danger or the yet ſtill ſmoaking fire, Of Catiline abhorr'd conſpiracy: Of which the very chiefe are left aliue, Only chaſtiſde, but with a gentle priſon. Put them to death then, and ſtrike dead our feare, That well you vrge, by their vnfit ſuruiuall. Rather then keepe it quick; and two liues giue it, By entertaining Pompeys army too. That giues as great cauſe of our feare, as they. For their conſpiracy, onely was to make One Tyrant ouer all the State of Rome. And Pompeys army, ſufferd to be entred, Is, to make him, or giue him meanes to be ſo. It followes not. In purpoſe; clearely Sir, Which Ile illuſtrate, with a cleare example. If it be day, the Sunne's aboue the earth; Which followes not (youle anſwere) for 'tis day When firſt the morning breakes; and yet is then The body of the Sunne beneath the earth; But he is virtually aboue it too, Becauſe his beames are there, and who then knowes not His golden body will ſoone after mount. So Pompeys army entred Italy, Yet Pompey's not in Rome; but Pompey's beames Who ſees not there? and conſequently, he Is in all meanes enthron'd in th'Emperie. Examples proue not, we will haue the army Of Pompey entred. We? which we intend you? Haue you already bought the peoples voices? Or beare our Conſule or our Senate here So ſmall loue to their Courtry; that their wills Beyond their Countrys right are ſo peruerſe, To giue a Tyrant here entire command? Which I haue prou'd as cleare as day, they doe, If either the Conſpirators ſuruiuing Be let to liue; or Pompeys army entred; Both which, beat one ſole path; and threat one danger. Conſuls, and honor'd Fathers; The ſole entry Of Pompeys army, Ile not yet examine: But for the great Conſpirators yet liuing, (Which Cato will conclude as one ſelfe danger, To our deare Country; and deterre all therefore That loue their Country, from their liues defence I ſee no reaſon why ſuch danger hangs On their ſau'd liues; being ſtill ſafe kept in priſon; And ſince cloſe priſon, to a Roman freedome, Ten fold torments more, then directeſt death, Who can be thought to loue the leſſe his Country,