Julius Caesar
Act V, Scene 4
The plains of Philippi. Another part of the battlefield.
Brutus and his companions after the battle of Philippi
W. H. Weston, W. Rainey, 1900
- Alarum. Enter Brutus, Messala, young Cato, Lucilius, and
- Flavius.
Brutus
1- Yet, countrymen! O yet, hold up your heads!
- Exit.
Cato
2 - 6- What bastard doth not? Who will go with me?
- I will proclaim my name about the field.
- I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
- A foe to tyrants, and my country’s friend.
- I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho!
- Enter Antony’s Soldiers and fight.
Lucilius
7 - 11- And I am Brutus, Marcus Brutus, I,
- Brutus, my country’s friend; know me for Brutus!
- Young Cato is slain.
- O young and noble Cato, art thou down?
- Why, now thou diest as bravely as Titinius,
- And mayst be honor’d, being Cato’s son.
First Soldier of Antony’s
12- Yield, or thou diest.
Lucilius
13 - 15- Only I yield to die;
- There is so much that thou wilt kill me straight:
- Kill Brutus, and be honor’d in his death.
First Soldier of Antony’s
16- We must not. A noble prisoner!
- Enter Antony.
Second Soldier of Antony’s
17- Room ho! Tell Antony, Brutus is ta’en.
First Soldier of Antony’s
18 - 19- I’ll tell the news. Here comes the general.
- Brutus is ta’en, Brutus is ta’en, my lord!
Mark Antony
20- Where is he?
Lucilius
21 - 26- Safe, Antony, Brutus is safe enough.
- I dare assure thee that no enemy
- Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus;
- The gods defend him from so great a shame!
- When you do find him, or alive or dead,
- He will be found like Brutus, like himself.
Mark Antony
27 - 33- This is not Brutus, friend, but, I assure you,
- A prize no less in worth. Keep this man safe,
- Give him all kindness; I had rather have
- Such men my friends than enemies. Go on,
- And see whe’er Brutus be alive or dead,
- And bring us word unto Octavius’ tent
- How every thing is chanc’d.
- Exeunt.