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Thunder and lightning. Enter JULIUS CAESAR,
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in his night-gown
| night-gown dressing gown |
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CAESAR
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Nor heaven nor earth have been at peace to-night:
| Nor neither |
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Thrice hath Calpurnia in her sleep cried out,
| Thrice three times |
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"Help, ho! they murder Caesar!" —Who's within?
| Who's within? (He's calling for whatever |
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Enter a Servant.
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Servant
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My lord?
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CAESAR
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| 2.2.5 |
Go bid the priests do present sacrifice
| present immediate | do . . . sacrifice sacrifice an |
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And bring me their opinions of success.
| animal and examine its entrails in order to |
| | | predict the future |
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Servant
| success the outcome (of current events) |
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I will, my lord.
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Exit [Servant].
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Enter CALPURNIA.
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CALPURNIA
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What mean you, Caesar? think you to walk forth?
| What mean you . . . ? what are you thinking of |
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You shall not stir out of your house to-day.
| doing? |
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CAESAR
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| 2.2.10 |
Caesar shall forth: the things that threaten'd me
| shall forth shall go forth |
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Ne'er look'd but on my back; when they shall see
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The face of Caesar, they are vanished.
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CALPURNIA
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Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies,
| stood on ceremonies paid heed to omens |
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Yet now they fright me. There is one within,
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| 2.2.15 |
Besides the things that we have heard and seen,
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Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch.
| the watch corps of night watchmen (This is an |
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A lioness hath whelped in the streets;
| anachronism.) | whelped given birth |
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And graves have yawn'd, and yielded up their dead;
| yawn'd opened wide |
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Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds,
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| 2.2.20 |
In ranks and squadrons and right form of war,
| right form of war regular military formations |
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Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol;
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The noise of battle hurtled in the air,
| hurtled clashed |
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Horses did neigh, and dying men did groan,
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And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets.
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| 2.2.25 |
O Caesar! these things are beyond all use,
| beyond all use uncanny, beyond the boundaries |
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And I do fear them.
| of all usual experience |
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CAESAR
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What can be avoided
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Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods?
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Yet Caesar shall go forth; for these predictions
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Are to the world in general as to Caesar.
| to as applicable to |
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CALPURNIA
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| 2.2.30 |
When beggars die, there are no comets seen;
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The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
| blaze forth announce with a blaze of light |
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CAESAR
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
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The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
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| 2.2.35 |
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
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Seeing that death, a necessary end,
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Will come when it will come.
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Enter a Servant.
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What say the augurers?
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Servant
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They would not have you to stir forth to-day.
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Plucking the entrails of an offering forth,
| Plucking . . . forth pulling out |
| 2.2.40 |
They could not find a heart within the beast.
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CAESAR
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The gods do this in shame of cowardice:
| in shame of cowardice i.e., to teach us to be |
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Caesar should be a beast without a heart,
| ashamed of cowardice |
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If he should stay at home to-day for fear.
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No, Caesar shall not: danger knows full well
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| 2.2.45 |
That Caesar is more dangerous than he:
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We are two lions litter'd in one day,
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And I the elder and more terrible:
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And Caesar shall go forth.
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CALPURNIA
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Alas, my lord,
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Your wisdom is consumed in confidence.
| consumed in confidence eaten up by over- |
| 2.250 |
Do not go forth to-day: call it my fear
| confidence |
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That keeps you in the house, and not your own.
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We'll send Mark Antony to the Senate-house:
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And he shall say you are not well to-day:
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Let me, upon my knee, prevail in this.
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CAESAR
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| 2.2.55 |
Mark Antony shall say I am not well,
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And, for thy humour, I will stay at home.
| for thy humour because of your whim |
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Enter DECIUS.
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Here's Decius Brutus, he shall tell them so.
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DECIUS
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Caesar, all hail! good morrow, worthy Caesar:
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I come to fetch you to the Senate-house.
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CAESAR
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| 2.2.60 |
And you are come in very happy time
| in very happy time at just the right moment |
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To bear my greeting to the senators
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And tell them that I will not come to-day:
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Cannot, is false, and that I dare not, falser:
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I will not come to-day: tell them so, Decius.
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CALPURNIA
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| 2.2.65 |
Say he is sick.
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CAESAR
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Shall Caesar send a lie?
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Have I in conquest stretch'd mine arm so far,
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To be afraid to tell graybeards the truth?
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Decius, go tell them Caesar will not come.
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DECIUS
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Most mighty Caesar, let me know some cause,
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| 2.2.70 |
Lest I be laugh'd at when I tell them so.
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CAESAR
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The cause is in my will: I will not come;
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That is enough to satisfy the senate.
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But for your private satisfaction,
| for your private satisfaction to satisfy your |
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Because I love you, I will let you know:
| personal curiosity |
| 2.2.75 |
Calpurnia here, my wife, stays me at home:
| stays keeps, detains |
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She dreamt to-night she saw my statue,
| to-night last night |
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Which, like a fountain with an hundred spouts,
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Did run pure blood: and many lusty Romans
| lusty lively, joyful |
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Came smiling, and did bathe their hands in it:
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| 2.2.80 |
And these does she apply for warnings and portents,
| apply for interpret as |
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And evils imminent; and on her knee
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Hath begg'd that I will stay at home to-day.
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DECIUS
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This dream is all amiss interpreted;
| amiss interpreted misinterpreted |
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It was a vision fair and fortunate:
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| 2.2.85 |
Your statue spouting blood in many pipes,
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In which so many smiling Romans bathed,
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Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck
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Reviving blood, and that great men shall press
| press crowd around (you), importune |
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For tinctures, stains, relics and cognizance.
| tinctures . . . cognizance (All are signs of |
| 2.2.90 |
This by Calpurnia's dream is signified.
| allegiance.) >>>
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CAESAR
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And this way have you well expounded it.
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DECIUS
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I have, when you have heard what I can say;
| what I can say i.e., what more I can say |
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And know it now: the Senate have concluded
| know it now i.e., and now you will know that |
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To give this day a crown to mighty Caesar.
| the Romans are devoted to you |
| 2.2.95 |
If you shall send them word you will not come,
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Their minds may change. Besides, it were a mock
| a mock / Apt to be render'd a sarcastic |
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Apt to be render'd, for some one to say
| comment likely to be made |
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"Break up the Senate till another time,
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When Caesar's wife shall meet with better dreams."
| shall meet with will happen to have |
| 2.2.100 |
If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper
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"Lo, Caesar is afraid"?
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Pardon me, Caesar; for my dear dear love
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To our proceeding bids me tell you this;
| proceeding advancement >>>
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And reason to my love is liable.
| liable subservient >>>
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CAESAR
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| 2.2.105 |
How foolish do your fears seem now, Calpurnia!
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I am ashamed I did yield to them.
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Give me my robe, for I will go.
| robe (It would be his most impressive garment.) |
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Enter BRUTUS, LIGARIUS, METELLUS,
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CASCA, TREBONIUS, CINNA, and PUBLIUS.
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And look where Publius is come to fetch me.
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PUBLIUS
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Good morrow, Caesar.
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CAESAR
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Welcome, Publius.
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| 2.2.110 |
What, Brutus, are you stirr'd so early too?
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Good morrow, Casca. Caius Ligarius,
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Caesar was ne'er so much your enemy
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As that same ague which hath made you lean.
| same ague chronic disease |
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What is 't o'clock?
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BRUTUS
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Caesar, 'tis strucken eight.
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CAESAR
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| 2.2.115 |
I thank you for your pains and courtesy.
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Enter ANTONY.
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See! Antony, that revels long o' nights,
| revels parties hard |
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Is notwithstanding up. Good morrow, Antony.
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ANTONY
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So to most noble Caesar.
| So to i.e., good morning to you, too |
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CAESAR
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Bid them prepare within:
| Bid them prepare within (Addressed to the |
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I am to blame to be thus waited for.
| servant, who is supposed to go tell other |
| 2.2.120 |
Now, Cinna: now, Metellus: what, Trebonius!
| servants to prepare for Caesar's departure.) |
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I have an hour's talk in store for you;
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Remember that you call on me to-day:
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Be near me, that I may remember you.
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TREBONIUS
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Caesar, I will; [Aside] and so near will I be,
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| 2.2.125 |
That your best friends shall wish I had been further.
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CAESAR
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Good friends, go in, and taste some wine with me;
| taste some wine with me (As a pledge of |
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And we, like friends, will straightway go together.
| friendship.) | like as becomes (Caesar does not |
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BRUTUS [Aside]
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That every like is not the same, O Caesar,
| every like is not the same i.e., not everything is |
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The heart of Brutus earns to think upon!
| as it seems (A proverb.) | earns grieves |
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Exeunt
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