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caesar's apostasy.
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Maximus.
[Whispering uneasily, as he shifts his place.] These gliding, clammy shadows! Faugh! The slimy things crawling underfoot! Oribases. [Listening.] The turmoil waxes, Eutherius! It is the soldiers; listen, listen! Eutherius. It is the song in the church Oribases. No, 'tis the soldiers!—here they come! The Knight Sallust appears up in the gallery, surrounded by a great crowd of excited soldiers. The Standard-Bearer Maurus is amongst them.
Sallust.
Be reasonable, I entreat you!
The Soldiers.
Caesar has betrayed us! Caesar shall die!
Sallust.
And what then, madmen!
Maurus.
What then? With Caesar's head we will buy forgiveness
The Soldiers.
Come forth, come forth, Caesar!
