Julius Caesar
Act II, Scene 3
Rome. A street near the capitol.
Oneirocritica (The Interpretation of Dreams) by Artemidorus
1603 edition by Lutetiae, Apud Marcum Orry
Daldianus Artemidorus, Ahmad ibn Sīrīn, Astrampsychus, Nicolas Rigault, Janus Cornarius, Johannes Leunclavius, Johannes Opsopäus
- Enter Artemidorus reading a paper.
Artemidorus
1 - 13- “Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius; come not
- near Casca; have an eye to Cinna; trust not Trebonius; mark
- well Metellus Cimber; Decius Brutus loves thee not; thou
- hast wrong’d Caius Ligarius. There is but one mind in all
- these men, and it is bent against Caesar. If thou beest not
- immortal, look about you; security gives way to conspiracy.
- The mighty gods defend thee! Thy lover, Artemidorus.”
- Here will I stand till Caesar pass along,
- And as a suitor will I give him this.
- My heart laments that virtue cannot live
- Out of the teeth of emulation.
- If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayest live;
- If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive.
- Exit.
Here will I stand till Caesar pass along
From: Cassell's Illustrated Shakespeare
Charles Cowden Clarke, Mary Cowden Clarke, 1866