READ STUDY GUIDE: Act II, scenes ii–iv |
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Act II, Scene iii:
A street near the Capitol.
A street near the Capitol.
| [Enter Artemidorus, reading paper.] |
| ARTEMIDORUS: |
| "Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius; come |
| not near Casca; have an eye to Cinna; trust not Trebonius; mark |
| well Metellus Cimber; Decius Brutus loves thee not; thou hast |
| wrong'd Caius Ligarius. There is but one mind in all these men, |
| and it is bent against Caesar. If thou be'st not immortal, look |
| about you: security gives way to conspiracy. The mighty gods |
| defend thee! |
| Thy lover, Artemidorus." |
| Here will I stand till Caesar pass along, |
| And as a suitor will I give him this. |
| My heart laments that virtue cannot live |
| Out of the teeth of emulation.— |
| If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayest live; |
| If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive. |
| [Exit.] |
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