ACT THIRD
Scene One
[Before the Capitol]
Flourish. Enter Cæsar, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Decius, Metellus, Trebonius, Cinna, Antony, Lepidus, Artemidorus, [Popilius,] Publius, the Soothsayer [and Others].
Cæs. [To the Soothsayer.] The ides of March are come.
Sooth. Ay, Cæsar; but not gone.
Art. Hail, Cæsar! Read this schedule.
Dec. Trebonius doth desire you to o'er-read,4
At your best leisure, this his humble suit.
Art. O Cæsar, read mine first; for mine's a suit
That touches Cæsar nearer. Read it, great Cæsar.
Cæs. What touches us ourself shall be last serv'd.8
Art. Delay not, Cæsar; read it instantly.
Cæs. What, is the fellow mad?
Pub.Sirrah, give place.
Cæs. What, urge you your petitions in the street?
Come to the Capitol.12
[Cæsar goes up to the Senate-House, the rest following.]
Pop. I wish your enterprise to-day may thrive.
Cas. What enterprise, Popilius?
Pop.Fare you well.
Bru. What said Popilius Lena?
Scene One S. d. Before . . . Capitol; cf. n.
3 schedule: written scroll
8 serv'd: attended to
