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.CASSIUSChastisement!BRUTUSRemember March, the ides of March remember:Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake?What villain touch'd his body, that did stab,And not for justice? What, shall one of usThat struck the foremost man of all this worldBut for supporting robbers, shall we nowContaminate our fingers with base bribes,And sell the mighty space of our large honoursFor so much trash as may be grasped thus?I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon,Than such a Roman.CASSIUSBrutus, bay not me;I'll not endure it: you forget yourself,To hedge me in; I am a soldier, I,Older in practise, abler than yourselfTo make conditions.BRUTUSGo to; you are not, Cassius.CASSIUSI am.BRUTUSI say you are not.CASSIUSUrge me no more, I shall forget myself;Have mind upon your health, tempt me no further.BRUTUSAway, slight man!CASSIUSIs't possible?BRUTUSHear me, for I will speak.Must I give way and room to your rash choler?Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?CASSIUSO ye gods, ye gods! must I endure all this?BRUTUSAll this! ay, more: fret till your proud heart break;Go show your slaves how choleric you are,And make your bondmen tremble.Must I budge?Must I observe you? must I stand and crouchUnder your testy humour? By the godsYou shall digest the venom of your spleen,Though it do split you; for, from this day forth,I'll use you for my mirth, yea, for my laughter,When you are waspish.CASSIUSIs it come to this?BRUTUSYou say you are a better soldier:Let it appear so; make your vaunting true,And it shall please me well: for mine own part,I shall be glad to learn of noble men.CASSIUSYou wrong me every way; you wrong me, Brutus;I said, an elder soldier, not a better:Did I say 'better'?BRUTUSIf you did, I care not.CASSIUSWhen Caesar lived, he durst not thus have moved me.BRUTUSPeace, peace! you durst not so have tempted him.CASSIUSI durst not!BRUTUSNo.CASSIUSWhat, durst not tempt him!BRUTUSFor your life you durst not!CASSIUSDo not presume too much upon my love;I may do that I shall be sorry for.BRUTUSYou have done that you should be sorry for.There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats,For I am arm'd so strong in honestyThat they pass by me as the idle wind,Which I respect not.I did send to youFor certain sums of gold, which you denied me:For I can raise no money by vile means:By heaven, I had rather coin my heart,And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wringFrom the hard hands of peasants their vile trashBy any indirection: I did sendTo you for gold to pay my legions,Which you denied me: was that done like Cassius?Should I have answer'd Caius Cassius so?When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous,To lock such rascal counters from his friends,Be ready, gods, with all your thunderbolts;Dash him to pieces!CASSIUSI denied you not.BRUTUSYou did.CASSIUSI did not: he was but a fool that broughtMy answer back.Brutus hath rived my heart:A friend should bear his friend's infirmities,But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.BRUTUSI do not, till you practise them on me.CASSIUSYou love me not.BRUTUSI do not like your faults.CASSIUSA friendly eye could never see such faults.BRUTUSA flatterer's would not, though they do appearAs huge as high Olympus.CASSIUSCome, Antony, and young Octavius, come,Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius,For Cassius is aweary of the world;Hated by one he loves; braved by his brother;Cheque'd like a bondman; all his faults observed,Set in a note-book, learn'd, and conn'd by rote,To cast into my teeth.O, I could weepMy spirit from mine eyes! There is my dagger,And here my naked breast; within, a heartDearer than Plutus' mine, richer than gold:If that thou be'st a Roman, take it forth;I, that denied thee gold, will give my heart:Strike, as thou didst at Caesar; for, I know,When thou didst hate him worst, thou lovedst him betterThan ever thou lovedst Cassius.BRUTUSSheathe your dagger:Be angry when you will, it shall have scope;Do what you will, dishonour shall be humour.O Cassius, you are yoked with a lambThat carries anger as the flint bears fire;Who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark,And straight is cold again [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]