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Julius Caesar :   Act 5, Scene 3

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	Alarums. Enter CASSIUS and TITINIUS.	Alarums calls to battle
	CASSIUS
	O, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly!	villains i.e., Cassius' troops | fly run away
	Myself have to mine own turn'd enemy:	mine own i.e., my own soldiers
	This ensign here of mine was turning back;	ensign standard, also, standard-bearer >>>
	I slew the coward, and did take it from him.
	TITINIUS
5.3.5	O Cassius, Brutus gave the word too early;
	Who, having some advantage on Octavius,
	Took it too eagerly: his soldiers fell to spoil,	spoil looting
	Whilst we by Antony are all enclosed.	enclosed surrounded
	Enter PINDARUS
	PINDARUS
	Fly further off, my lord, fly further off;	Fly retreat
5.3.10	Mark Antony is in your tents, my lord	is in your tents i.e., has over-run your camp
	Fly, therefore, noble Cassius, fly far off.
	CASSIUS
	This hill is far enough. Look, look, Titinius;
	Are those my tents where I perceive the fire?
	TITINIUS
	They are, my lord.
	CASSIUS
	Titinius, if thou lovest me,
5.3.15	Mount thou my horse, and hide thy spurs in him,	hide thy spurs i.e., dig the spurs in deep
	Till he have brought thee up to yonder troops,
	And here again; that I may rest assured
	Whether yond troops are friend or enemy.
	TITINIUS
	I will be here again, even with a thought.	even with a thought as quick as thought
	Exit.
	CASSIUS
5.3.20	Go, Pindarus, get higher on that hill;
	My sight was ever thick; regard Titinius,	thick dim | regard observe
	And tell me what thou notest about the field.	notest about the field see of the situation on
		the field of battle
	[PINDARUS goes up.]	goes up (to the gallery above the stage) >>>
	This day I breathed first: time is come round,	This . . . first i.e., today is my birthday
	And where I did begin, there shall I end;
5.3.25	My life is run his compass. Sirrah, what news?	his compass its full circle | Sirrah (This is a
		word used to address an inferior; Cassius uses
	PINDARUS (Above.)	it here without contempt.)
	O my lord!
	CASSIUS
	What news?
	PINDARUS
	Titinius is enclosed round about
	With horsemen, that make to him on the spur;	make . . . spur ride rapidly towards him
5.3.30	Yet he spurs on. Now they are almost on him.	spurs on continues to ride as fast as ever
	Now, Titinius! Now some light. O, he lights too.	light alight; get off their horses
	He's ta'en.	ta'en taken; captured
	(Shout.)
	And, hark! they shout for joy.
	CASSIUS
	Come down, behold no more.
	O, coward that I am, to live so long,
5.3.35	To see my best friend ta'en before my face!
	Enter PINDARUS [below].
	Come hither, sirrah:
	In Parthia did I take thee prisoner;	Parthia (In present-day northern Iran.)
	And then I swore thee, saving of thy life,	swore thee made you swear
	That whatsoever I did bid thee do,	saving of thy life because I spared your life
5.3.40	Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath;
	Now be a freeman: and with this good sword,	Now be a freeman (Upon the death of Cassius,
	That ran through Caesar's bowels, search this bosom.	his bondman, Pindarus, will be free.)
	Stand not to answer: here, take thou the hilts;	search penetrate | this bosom i.e., Cassius'
	And, when my face is cover'd, as 'tis now,	heart | Stand not to answer don't pause to ask
5.3.45	Guide thou the sword.	questions | the hilts the handle of the sword
	[PINDARUS stabs him.]
	Caesar, thou art revenged,
	Even with the sword that kill'd thee.
	[Dies.]
	PINDARUS
	So, I am free; yet would not so have been,	So by this means
	Durst I have done my will. O Cassius,	Durst . . . will if I had dared to do what I
	Far from this country Pindarus shall run,	wanted to
5.3.50	Where never Roman shall take note of him.
	[Exit PINDARUS.]
	Enter TITINIUS and MESSALA.
	MESSALA
	It is but change, Titinius; for Octavius	change exchange (of advantage)
	Is overthrown by noble Brutus' power,
	As Cassius' legions are by Antony.
	TITINIUS
	These tidings will well comfort Cassius.
	MESSALA
5.3.55	Where did you leave him?
	TITINIUS
	All disconsolate,
	With Pindarus his bondman, on this hill.
	MESSALA
	Is not that he that lies upon the ground?
	TITINIUS
	He lies not like the living. O my heart!
	MESSALA
	Is not that he?
	TITINIUS
	No, this was he, Messala,
5.3.60	But Cassius is no more. O setting sun,
	As in thy red rays thou dost sink to-night,
	So in his red blood Cassius' day is set;
	The sun of Rome is set! Our day is gone;
	Clouds, dews, and dangers come; our deeds are done!	Clouds, dews (Damp weather was thought to
5.3.65	Mistrust of my success hath done this deed.	produce disease.)
		Mistrust of my success doubts about the out-
	MESSALA	come of my mission
	Mistrust of good success hath done this deed.	Mistrust of good success i.e., despair >>>
	O hateful error, melancholy's child,
	Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men	apt impressionable
	The things that are not? O error, soon conceived,
5.3.70	Thou never comest unto a happy birth,
	But kill'st the mother that engender'd thee!	the mother that engender'd the melancholy
		person who gave you birth (In this case, it's
	TITINIUS	Cassius.)
	What, Pindarus! where art thou, Pindarus?
	MESSALA
	Seek him, Titinius, whilst I go to meet
	The noble Brutus, thrusting this report
5.3.75	Into his ears; I may say, "thrusting" it;
	For piercing steel and darts envenomed	darts envenomed poisoned spears
	Shall be as welcome to the ears of Brutus
	As tidings of this sight.
	TITINIUS
	Hie you, Messala,	Hie hurry
	And I will seek for Pindarus the while.
	[Exit MESSALA.]
5.3.80	Why didst thou send me forth, brave Cassius?
	Did I not meet thy friends? and did not they
	Put on my brows this wreath of victory,
	And bid me give it thee? Didst thou not hear their shouts?
	Alas, thou hast misconstrued every thing!
5.3.85	But, hold thee, take this garland on thy brow;	hold thee wait
	Thy Brutus bid me give it thee, and I
	Will do his bidding. Brutus, come apace,	apace quickly
	And see how I regarded Caius Cassius.
	By your leave, gods!—this is a Roman's part.	this is a Roman's part i.e., committing suicide
5.3.90	Come, Cassius' sword, and find Titinius' heart.	is to act like a true Roman
	Dies.
	Alarum. Enter BRUTUS, MESSALA, young CATO,
	STRATO, VOLUMNIUS, and LUCILIUS.
	BRUTUS
	Where, where, Messala, doth his body lie?
	MESSALA
	Lo, yonder, and Titinius mourning it.
	BRUTUS
	Titinius' face is upward.
	CATO
	He is slain.
	BRUTUS
	O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!
5.3.95	Thy spirit walks abroad and turns our swords
	In our own proper entrails.	In our own proper entrails towards our
		very own guts
	Low alarums.	Low alarums faint (distant) calls to battle
	CATO
	Brave Titinius!
	Look, whe'er he have not crown'd dead Cassius!	whe'er whether | whe'er he have not (An
		expression of amazement, like "if he hasn't.")
	BRUTUS
	Are yet two Romans living such as these?
	The last of all the Romans, fare thee well!
5.3.100	It is impossible that ever Rome
	Should breed thy fellow. Friends, I owe more tears	breed thy fellow produce your equals
	To this dead man than you shall see me pay.
	I shall find time, Cassius, I shall find time.
	Come, therefore, and to Thasos send his body:	Thasos (An island near Philippi.)
5.3.105	His funerals shall not be in our camp,
	Lest it discomfort us. Lucilius, come;	discomfort demoralize
	And come, young Cato; let us to the field.
	Labeo and Flavius, set our battles on:	set our battles on send our troops forward
	'Tis three o'clock; and, Romans, yet ere night
5.3.110	We shall try fortune in a second fight.	try fortune test our chances
	Exeunt

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