1    O, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly!
2    Myself have to mine own turn'd enemy:
3    This ensign here of mine was turning back;
4    I slew the coward, and did take it from him.

5    O Cassius, Brutus gave the word too early;
6    Who, having some advantage on Octavius,
7    Took it too eagerly: his soldiers fell to spoil,
8    Whilst we by Antony are all enclosed.

9    Fly further off, my lord, fly further off;
10   Mark Antony is in your tents, my lord
11   Fly, therefore, noble Cassius, fly far off.

12   This hill is far enough. Look, look, Titinius;
13   Are those my tents where I perceive the fire?

14   They are, my lord.

15   Titinius, if thou lovest me,
16   Mount thou my horse, and hide thy spurs in him,
17   Till he have brought thee up to yonder troops,
18   And here again; that I may rest assured
19   Whether yond troops are friend or enemy.

20   I will be here again, even with a thought.

21   Go, Pindarus, get higher on that hill;
22   My sight was ever thick; regard Titinius,
23   And tell me what thou notest about the field.
PINDARUS ascends the hill
24   This day I breathed first: time is come round,
25   And where I did begin, there shall I end;
26   My life is run his compass. Sirrah, what news?

Above
27    O my lord!

28   What news?

Above
29    Titinius is enclosed round about
30   With horsemen, that make to him on the spur;
31   Yet he spurs on. Now they are almost on him.
32   Now, Titinius! Now some light. O, he lights too.
33   He's ta'en.
Shout
34   And, hark! they shout for joy.

35   Come down, behold no more.
36   O, coward that I am, to live so long,
37   To see my best friend ta'en before my face!
PINDARUS descends
38   Come hither, sirrah:
39   In Parthia did I take thee prisoner;
40   And then I swore thee, saving of thy life,
41   That whatsoever I did bid thee do,
42   Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath;
43   Now be a freeman: and with this good sword,
44   That ran through Caesar's bowels, search this bosom.
45   Stand not to answer: here, take thou the hilts;
46   And, when my face is cover'd, as 'tis now,
47   Guide thou the sword.
PINDARUS stabs him
48   Caesar, thou art revenged,
49   Even with the sword that kill'd thee.

50   So, I am free; yet would not so have been,
51   Durst I have done my will. O Cassius,
52   Far from this country Pindarus shall run,
53   Where never Roman shall take note of him.

54   It is but change, Titinius; for Octavius
55   Is overthrown by noble Brutus' power,
56   As Cassius' legions are by Antony.

57   These tidings will well comfort Cassius.

58   Where did you leave him?

59   All disconsolate,
60   With Pindarus his bondman, on this hill.

61   Is not that he that lies upon the ground?

62   He lies not like the living. O my heart!

63   Is not that he?

64   No, this was he, Messala,
65   But Cassius is no more. O setting sun,
66   As in thy red rays thou dost sink to-night,
67   So in his red blood Cassius' day is set;
68   The sun of Rome is set! Our day is gone;
69   Clouds, dews, and dangers come; our deeds are done!
70   Mistrust of my success hath done this deed.

71   Mistrust of good success hath done this deed.
72   O hateful error, melancholy's child,
73   Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men
74   The things that are not? O error, soon conceived,
75   Thou never comest unto a happy birth,
76   But kill'st the mother that engender'd thee!

77   What, Pindarus! where art thou, Pindarus?

78   Seek him, Titinius, whilst I go to meet
79   The noble Brutus, thrusting this report
80   Into his ears; I may say, thrusting it;
81   For piercing steel and darts envenomed
82   Shall be as welcome to the ears of Brutus
83   As tidings of this sight.

84   Hie you, Messala,
85   And I will seek for Pindarus the while.
Exit MESSALA
86   Why didst thou send me forth, brave Cassius?
87   Did I not meet thy friends? and did not they
88   Put on my brows this wreath of victory,
89   And bid me give it thee? Didst thou not hear their shouts?
90   Alas, thou hast misconstrued every thing!
91   But, hold thee, take this garland on thy brow;
92   Thy Brutus bid me give it thee, and I
93   Will do his bidding. Brutus, come apace,
94   And see how I regarded Caius Cassius.
95   By your leave, gods:--this is a Roman's part
96   Come, Cassius' sword, and find Titinius' heart.

97   Where, where, Messala, doth his body lie?

98   Lo, yonder, and Titinius mourning it.

99   Titinius' face is upward.

100  He is slain.

101  O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!
102  Thy spirit walks abroad and turns our swords
103  In our own proper entrails.

104  Brave Titinius!
105  Look, whether he have not crown'd dead Cassius!

106  Are yet two Romans living such as these?
107  The last of all the Romans, fare thee well!
108  It is impossible that ever Rome
109  Should breed thy fellow. Friends, I owe more tears
110  To this dead man than you shall see me pay.
111  I shall find time, Cassius, I shall find time.
112  Come, therefore, and to Thasos send his body:
113  His funerals shall not be in our camp,
114  Lest it discomfort us. Lucilius, come;
115  And come, young Cato; let us to the field.
116  Labeo and Flavius, set our battles on:
117  'Tis three o'clock; and, Romans, yet ere night
118  We shall try fortune in a second fight.