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| Enter | Enter Artemidorus reading a paper | | JC II.iii.1 | |
| Artemidorus. | ARTEMIDORUS | | | |
| Casar, beware of Brutus, take heede of | Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of | | JC II.iii.1 | |
| Cassius; come not neere Caska, haue an eye to Cynna, trust | Cassius; come not near Casca; have an eye to Cinna; trust | | JC II.iii.2 | |
| not Trebonius, marke well Metellus Cymber, Decius Brutus | not Trebonius; mark well Metellus Cimber; Decius Brutus | mark (v.) note, pay attention [to], take notice [of] | JC II.iii.3 | |
| loues thee not: Thou hast wrong'd Caius Ligarius. There is | loves thee not; thou hast wronged Caius Ligarius. There is | | JC II.iii.4 | |
| but one minde in all these men, and it is bent against Casar: | but one mind in all these men, and it is bent against Caesar. | bend (v.)aim, direct, level, turn | JC II.iii.5 | |
| If thou beest not Immortall, looke about you: Security giues | If thou beest not immortal, look about you: security gives | security (n.)over-confidence, carelessness | JC II.iii.6 | |
| way to Conspiracie. The mighty Gods defend thee. | way to conspiracy. The mighty gods defend thee! | | JC II.iii.7 | |
| Thy Louer, | Thy lover, | lover (n.)companion, comrade, dear friend | JC II.iii.8 | |
| Artemidorus. | Artemidorus. | | JC II.iii.9 | |
| Heere will I stand, till Casar passe along, | Here will I stand till Caesar pass along, | | JC II.iii.10 | |
| And as a Sutor will I giue him this: | And as a suitor will I give him this. | suitor (n.)petitioner, supplicant, entreater | JC II.iii.11 | |
| My heart laments, that Vertue cannot liue | My heart laments that virtue cannot live | | JC II.iii.12 | |
| Out of the teeth of Emulation. | Out of the teeth of emulation. | emulation (n.)ambitious rivalry, contention, conflict | JC II.iii.13 | |
| If thou reade this, O Casar, thou mayest liue; | If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayst live; | | JC II.iii.14 | |
| If not, the Fates with Traitors do contriue. | If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive. | Fates (n.)trio of goddesses who control human destiny: Atropos (‘the inflexible’) cuts the thread of life allotted and spun by Lachesis (‘the distributor’) and Clotho (‘the spinner’) | JC II.iii.15 | |
| | contrive (v.)scheme, plot, conspire | | |
| Exit. | Exit | | JC II.iii.15 | |