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| up high as it was wont, neither the other tentes of his | MARCUS |
| campe standing as they were before, bicause all the whole | BRUTUS |
| campe had bene spoiled, and the tentes throwen downe, at | |
| the first comming in of the enemies. But they that were | |
| about Brutus, whose sight served them better, tolde him | |
| that they sawe a great glistering of harnes, and a number | |
| of silvered targets, that went and came into Cassius campe, | |
| and were not (as they tooke it) the armors, nor the number | |
| of men that they had left there to gard the campe: and yet | |
| that they saw not such a number of dead bodies, and great | |
| overthrow, as there should have bene, if so many legions had | |
| bene slaine This made Brutus at the first mistrust that | |
| which had hapned. So he appointed a number of men to | |
| keepe the campe of his enemie which he had taken, and | |
| caused his men to be sent for that yet followed the chase, | |
| and gathered them together, thinking to leade them to aide | |
| Cassius, who was in this state as you shall heare. First of | Cassius |
| all he was marvelous angrie, to see how Brutus men ranne to | offended with |
| geve charge upon their enemies, and taried not for the word | the sundrie |
| of the battell, nor commaundement to geve charge: and it | errors Brutus |
| grieved him beside, that after he had overcome them, his | and his men |
| men fell straight to spoyle, and were not carefull to compasse | committed |
| in the rest of the enemies behinde. But with tarying too | in battell. |
| long also, more then through the valliantnesse or foresight | |
| of the Captaines his enemies: Cassius founde him selfe | |
| compassed in with the right wing of his enemies armie. | |
| Whereuppon his horsemen brake immediatly, and fled for | |
| life towardes the sea. Furthermore, perceiving his footemen | Cassius |
| to geve ground, he did what be could to kepe them from | valliantnes |
| flying, and tooke an ensigne from one of the ensigne bearers | in warres. |
| that fled, and stucke it fast at his feete: although with | |
| much a do he could scant keepe his owne gard together. | |
| So Cassius him selfe was at length compelled to flie, with a | |
| few about him, unto a litle hill, from whence they might | |
| easely see what was done in all the plaine: howebeit Cassius | |
| him selfe sawe nothing, for his sight was verie bad, saving | |
| that he saw (and yet with much a doe) how the enemies | |
| spoiled his campe before his eyes. He sawe also a great | |
| troupe of horsemen, whom Brutus sent to aide him, and | |
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