| LIVES OF THE NOBLE | | |
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| MARCUS | the Consul, to put them in hart that were in the Capitoll, | |
| BRUTUS | sent them his sonne for a pledge. Upon this assurance, | |
| Brutus and his companions came downe from the Capitoll, | |
| where every man saluted and imbraced eche other, among | |
| the which, Antonius him selfe did bid Cassius to supper to | |
| him: and Lepidus also bad Brutus, and so one bad another, | |
| as they had friendship and acquaintance together. The | |
| next day following, the Senate being called againe to coun- | |
| sell, did first of all commend Antonius, for that he had | |
| wisely stayed and quenched the beginning of a civill warre: | |
| then they also gave Brutus and his consorts great prayses, | |
| and lastly they appoynted them severall governments of | |
| provinces. For unto Brutus, they appoynted Creta: Africk, | |
| unto Cassius: Asia, unto Trebonius: Bithynia, unto Cimber: | |
| and unto the other Decius Brutus Albinus, Gaule on | |
| this side the Alpes. When this was done, they came to | |
| Caesars will, | talke of Caesars will and testament, and of his funeralls and | |
| and funeralls. | tombe. Then Antonius thinking good his testament should | |
| be red openly, and also that his body should be honorably | |
| buried, and not in hugger mugger, least the people might | |
| thereby take occasion to be worse offended if they did other- | |
| wise: Cassius stowtly spake against it. But Brutus went | |
| with the motion, and agreed unto it: wherein it seemeth he | |
| Brutus com- | committed a second fault. For the first fault he did was, | |
| mitted two | when he would not consent to his fellow conspirators, that | |
| great faults | Antonius should be slayne: and therefore he was justly | |
| after Caesars | accused, that thereby he had saved and strengthened a | |
| death. | stronge and grievous enemy of their conspiracy. The second | |
| fault was, when he agreed that Caesars funeralls should be as | |
| Antonius would have them: the which in deede marred all. | |
| For first of all, when Caesars testament was openly red | |
| amonge them, whereby it appeared that he bequeathed unto | |
| every Citizen of Rome, 75 Drachmas a man, and that he left | |
| his gardens and arbors unto the people, which he had on this | |
| side of the river of Tyber, in the place where now the temple | |
| Antonius | of Fortune is built: the people then loved him, and were | |
| funerall or- | marvelous sory for him. Afterwards when Caesars body was | |
| tion for | brought into the market place, Antonius making his funerall | |
| Caesar. | oration in praise of the dead, according to the auncient | |
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