READ STUDY GUIDE: Act V, scenes i–iii |
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Act V, Scene iii:
Another part of the field.
Another part of the field.
| [Alarum. Enter Cassius and Titinius.] |
| CASSIUS: |
| O, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly! |
| Myself have to mine own turn'd enemy: |
| This ensign here of mine was turning back; |
| I slew the coward, and did take it from him. |
| TITINIUS: |
| O Cassius, Brutus gave the word too early; |
| Who, having some advantage on Octavius, |
| Took it too eagerly: his soldiers fell to spoil, |
| Whilst we by Antony are all enclosed. |
| [Enter Pindarus.] |
| PINDARUS: |
| Fly further off, my lord, fly further off; |
| Mark Antony is in your tents, my lord: |
| Fly, therefore, noble Cassius, fly far' off. |
| CASSIUS: |
| This hill is far enough.—Look, look, Titinius; |
| Are those my tents where I perceive the fire? |
| TITINIUS: |
| They are, my lord. |
| CASSIUS: |
| Titinius, if thou lovest me, |
| Mount thou my horse and hide thy spurs in him, |
| Till he have brought thee up to yonder troops |
| And here again; that I may rest assured |
| Whether yond troops are friend or enemy. |
| TITINIUS: |
| I will be here again, even with a thought. |
| [Exit.] |
| CASSIUS: |
| Go, Pindarus, get higher on that hill: |
| My sight was ever thick: regard Titinius, |
| And tell me what thou notest about the field.— |
| [Pindarus goes up.] |
| This day I breathed first: time is come round, |
| And where I did begin, there shall I end; |
| My life is run his compass.—Sirrah, what news? |
| PINDARUS: |
| [Above.] O my lord! |
| CASSIUS: |
| What news? |
| PINDARUS: |
| [Above.] Titinius is enclosed round about |
| With horsemen, that make to him on the spur: |
| Yet he spurs on. Now they are almost on him.— |
| Now, Titinius!—Now some 'light. O, he 'lights too: |
| He's ta'en;[Shout.]and, hark! they shout for joy. |
| CASSIUS: |
| Come down; behold no more.— |
| O, coward that I am, to live so long, |
| To see my best friend ta'en before my face! |
| [Pindarus descends.] |
| Come hither, sirrah: |
| In Parthia did I take thee prisoner; |
| And then I swore thee, saving of thy life, |
| That whatsoever I did bid thee do, |
| Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath; |
| Now be a freeman; and with this good sword, |
| That ran through Caesar's bowels, search this bosom. |
| Stand not to answer: here, take thou the hilts; |
| And when my face is cover'd, as 'tis now, |
| Guide thou the sword.—Caesar, thou art revenged, |
| Even with the sword that kill'd thee. |
| [Dies.] |
| PINDARUS: |
| So, I am free, yet would not so have been, |
| Durst I have done my will.—O Cassius! |
| Far from this country Pindarus shall run, |
| Where never Roman shall take note of him. |
| [Exit.] |
| [Re-enter Titinius with Messala.] |
| MESSALA: |
| It is but change, Titinius; for Octavius |
| Is overthrown by noble Brutus' power, |
| As Cassius' legions are by Antony. |
| TITINIUS: |
| These tidings would well comfort Cassius. |
| MESSALA: |
| Where did you leave him? |
| TITINIUS: |
| All disconsolate, |
| With Pindarus his bondman, on this hill. |
| MESSALA: |
| Is not that he that lies upon the ground? |
| TITINIUS: |
| He lies not like the living. O my heart! |
| MESSALA: |
| Is not that he? |
| TITINIUS: |
| No, this was he, Messala, |
| But Cassius is no more.—O setting Sun, |
| As in thy red rays thou dost sink to night, |
| So in his red blood Cassius' day is set, |
| The sun of Rome is set! Our day is gone; |
| Clouds, dews, and dangers come; our deeds are done! |
| Mistrust of my success hath done this deed. |
| MESSALA: |
| Mistrust of good success hath done this deed. |
| O hateful Error, Melancholy's child! |
| Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men |
| The things that are not? O Error, soon conceived, |
| Thou never comest unto a happy birth, |
| But kill'st the mother that engender'd thee! |
| TITINIUS: |
| What, Pindarus! where art thou, Pindarus? |
| MESSALA: |
| Seek him, Titinius, whilst I go to meet |
| The noble Brutus, thrusting this report |
| Into his ears: I may say, thrusting it; |
| For piercing steel and darts envenomed |
| Shall be as welcome to the ears of Brutus |
| As tidings of this sight. |
| TITINIUS: |
| Hie you, Messala, |
| And I will seek for Pindarus the while.— |
| [Exit Messala.] |
| Why didst thou send me forth, brave Cassius? |
| Did I not meet thy friends? And did not they |
| Put on my brows this wreath of victory, |
| And bid me give it thee? Didst thou not hear their shouts? |
| Alas, thou hast misconstrued every thing! |
| But, hold thee, take this garland on thy brow; |
| Thy Brutus bid me give it thee, and I |
| Will do his bidding.—Brutus, come apace, |
| And see how I regarded Caius Cassius.— |
| By your leave, gods: this is a Roman's part: |
| Come, Cassius' sword, and find Titinius' heart. |
| [Dies.] |
| [Alarum. Re-enter Messala, with Brutus, young Cato,Strato, Volumnius, and Lucilius.] |
| BRUTUS: |
| Where, where, Messala, doth his body lie? |
| MESSALA: |
| Lo, yonder, and Titinius mourning it. |
| BRUTUS: |
| Titinius' face is upward. |
| CATO: |
| He is slain. |
| BRUTUS: |
| O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet! |
| Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns our swords |
| In our own proper entrails. |
| [Low alarums.] |
| CATO: |
| Brave Titinius! |
| Look whether he have not crown'd dead Cassius! |
| BRUTUS: |
| Are yet two Romans living such as these?— |
| The last of all the Romans, fare thee well! |
| It is impossible that ever Rome |
| Should breed thy fellow.—Friends, I owe more tears |
| To this dead man than you shall see me pay.— |
| I shall find time, Cassius, I shall find time.— |
| Come therefore, and to Thassos send his body: |
| His funerals shall not be in our camp, |
| Lest it discomfort us.—Lucilius, come;— |
| And come, young Cato;—let us to the field.— |
| Labeo and Flavius, set our battles on:— |
| 'Tis three o'clock; and Romans, yet ere night |
| We shall try fortune in a second fight. |
| [Exeunt.] |
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