First folio
| Modern text
| Definitions
| Key line
| |
| Enter Casar, Agrippa, & Mecenas with his | Enter Caesar, Agrippa, and Maecenas, with their | | AC IV.i.1.1 | |
| Army, Casar reading a Letter. | army, Caesar reading a letter | | AC IV.i.1.2 | |
| Cas. | CAESAR | | | |
| He calles me Boy, and chides as he had power | He calls me boy, and chides as he had power | chide (v.), past form chid scold, rebuke, reprove | AC IV.i.1 | |
| To beate me out of Egypt. My Messenger | To beat me out of Egypt. My messenger | | AC IV.i.2 | |
| He hath whipt with Rods, dares me to personal Combat. | He hath whipped with rods; dares me to personal combat, | | AC IV.i.3 | |
| Casar to Anthony: let the old Russian know, | Caesar to Antony. Let the old ruffian know | | AC IV.i.4 | |
| I haue many other wayes to dye: meane time | I have many other ways to die; meantime | | AC IV.i.5 | |
| Laugh at his Challenge. | Laugh at his challenge. | | AC IV.i.6.1 | |
| Mece. | MAECENAS | | | |
| Casar must thinke, | Caesar must think, | | AC IV.i.6.2 | |
| When one so great begins to rage, hee's hunted | When one so great begins to rage, he's hunted | | AC IV.i.7 | |
| Euen to falling. Giue him no breath, but now | Even to falling. Give him no breath, but now | | AC IV.i.8 | |
| Make boote of his distraction: Neuer anger | Make boot of his distraction. Never anger | distraction (n.)perturbation, agitation, frenzied state | AC IV.i.9 | |
| | boot (n.)good, advantage, profit | | |
| Made good guard for it selfe. | Made good guard for itself. | | AC IV.i.10.1 | |
| Cas. | CAESAR | | | |
| Let our best heads | Let our best heads | head (n.)commander, officer, captain | AC IV.i.10.2 | |
| know, / That to morrow, the last of many Battailes | Know that tomorrow the last of many battles | | AC IV.i.11 | |
| We meane to fight. Within our Files there are, | We mean to fight. Within our files there are, | file (n.)rank of soldiers, formation | AC IV.i.12 | |
| Of those that seru'd Marke Anthony but late, | Of those that served Mark Antony but late, | | AC IV.i.13 | |
| Enough to fetch him in. See it done, | Enough to fetch him in. See it done, | fetch in (v.)surround, close in upon, capture | AC IV.i.14 | |
| And Feast the Army, we haue store to doo't, | And feast the army; we have store to do't, | | AC IV.i.15 | |
| And they haue earn'd the waste. Poore Anthony. | And they have earned the waste. Poor Antony! | waste (n.)lavish spending, extra expenditure | AC IV.i.16 | |
| Exeunt | Exeunt | | AC IV.i.16 | |