Be near me, that I may remember you.
Treb. Cæsar, I will:—[Aside.] and so near will I be,124
That your best friends shall wish I had been further.
Cæs. Good friends, go in, and taste some wine with me;
And we, like friends, will straightway go together.
Bru. [Aside.] That every 'like' is not 'the same,' O Cæsar,128
The heart of Brutus yearns to think upon.Exeunt.
Scene Three
[A Street near the Capitol]
Enter Artemidorus [reading a paper].
Art. 'Cæsar, beware of Brutus; take heed of
Cassius; come not near Casca; have an eye to
Cinna; trust not Trebonius; mark well Metel-
lus Cimber; Decius Brutus loves thee not; thou
hast wronged Caius Ligarius. There is but one
mind in all these men, and it is bent against
Cæsar. If thou beest not immortal, look about
you: security gives way to conspiracy. The
mighty gods defend thee! Thy lover,9
Artemidorus.'
Here will I stand till Cæsar pass along,
And as a suitor will I give him this.12
My heart laments that virtue cannot live
Out of the teeth of emulation.
If thou read this, O Cæsar, thou mayest live;
If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive.Exit.
128 Cf. n.
129 yearns: grieves
8 security gives way: unguardedness yields opportunity
9 lover: friend
14 Out . . . teeth: free from the bite
emulation: grudging jealousy
