Cas. Go, Pindarus, get higher on that hill;
My sight was ever thick; regard Titinius,21
And tell me what thou not'st about the field.
[Pindarus ascends the hill.]
This day I breathed first; time is come round,
And where I did begin, there shall I end;24
My life is run his compass. Sirrah, what news?
Pin. [Above.] O my lord!
Cas. What news?
Pin. [Above.] Titinius is enclosed round about28
With horsemen, that make to him on the spur;
Yet he spurs on. Now they are almost on him:
Now, Titinius! Now some light; O, he lights too:
He's ta'en.Shout.
And hark, they shout for joy.32
Cas. Come down; behold no more.
O, coward that I am, to live so long,
To see my best friend ta'en before my face!
Enter Pindarus [below].
Come hither, sirrah:36
In Parthia did I take thee prisoner;
And then I swore thee, saving of thy life,
That whatsoever I did bid thee do,
Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath;40
Now be a freeman; and with this good sword,
That ran through Cæsar's bowels, search this bosom.
Stand not to answer; here, take thou the hilts;
And, when my face is cover'd, as 'tis now,44
21 thick: dull, imperfect
25 is . . . compass: has completed its cycle
31 light: alight, dismount
37 Parthia: in Crassus' disastrous campaign, in 53 B. C.
38 swore thee: made thee swear
saving of: in return for my sparing
41 freeman: Cassius' death will free him from slavery
42 search: probe
