Julius Caesar (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: lThe senant turns and sees Calpurnia and stands aside to let her pass. 2CcBsar puts Calpurnia round to the stool C to L, then sits himself on the stool C to R. Note.?- Always avoid two persons sitting down together at the same moment. Cas. Go bid the priests do present sacrifice; And bring me their opinions of success. Sen. I will, my lord.1 Exit R Enter Calpurnia R Cal. (R). What mean you, Cassar? think you to walk forth? You shall not stir out of your house to-day. (Crosses to Re. Cos. (Crosses to e. Caesar shall forth: the things that threaten'd me Ne'er look'd but on my back; when they shall The face of Cassar,2 they are vanished. Cal. (Sits). Caesar, I never stood on cere- monies, Yet now they fright me. Theie is one within, Besides the things that we have heard and seen, Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch. A lioness hath whelped in the streets; And graves have yawn'd, and yielded up their dead; The noise of battle hurtled in the air, Horses did neigh, and dying men did groan, lPuts her hands on him. Ktcesar appeals to the gods with right hand.And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets. (Ccesar sits) O Caesar!1 these things are beyond all use, And I do fear them Coss. What can be avoided Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods?2 Yet Caesar shall go forth; for these predictions Are to the world in general as to Caesar. Cal. When beggars die, there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes, Cces. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. Re-enter S...