[^Exami  Cmfpiratoru
Manet  Animy*

Ant,  O,  pardon  me,  thou  bleeding  piece  of  earth.
That  I  am  meek  and  geiule  with  tbefo  butdiers !
Thou  art  the  ruins  of  the  noUeft  mao^
That  ever  lived  in  the  tide  ^  of  times.
Woe  to  Che  hand  that  Ihed  this  cuftly  blood  !
Over  thy  wounds -now  do  I  prophefy, —
Which,  like  dumb  moutlis*  do  ope  their  niby  lips.
To  beg  the  iroico  and  utterance  of  my  tockgne  9—
A  curfe  ihall  light  upon  the  limbs  >  of  men  ;
Domel\ick  fury,  and  fierce  civil  ibrife,
Slxall  cumber  all  the  parts  of  Italy :
Blood  and  deftru^ion  ihall  be  fo  in  ufe^
And  dreadful  obje^  fo  familiar.
That  mothers  ihall  but  fmilc,  when  they  behold
Their  intuits  quartered  with  the  hands  of  war ;
All  pity  chuak'd  with  cuilom  of  fell  deeds  s
And  Casl'ar's  fpirit,  ranging  for  revenge,
With  Ate  by  his  fide,  come  hot  from  liell.
Shall  in  thcfe  con&nes,  %\  iih  a  monarch's  voice.
Cry,  Havoci  *,  and  let  flip  the  dogs  of  war ;
That  this  foul  deed  ihall  fmell  above  cbs  eaxtfa
With  carrion  men,  groaning  for  bariaL

Enttr  a  Strvant.
You  fervc  Odlavius  Caefar,  do  you  net }

Serv.  I  do,  Mark  Antony.
A*it.  Caefar  did  write  for  him,  to  come  to  Ronfi.
Serv.  He  did  receive  his  kttei^  and  is  camiDg :
And  bid  me  fay  to  you  by  word  of  nxMith, —
O  Ca:;ar  !—  [Setimg  the  htJy.
Ant.  Tliy  heart  is  big ;  get  thee  apart  and  weep.
Paiijon,  I  lee,  is  catching  ;  for  mine  eyes.
