Original text | Modern text | Key line |
Heere my Lord. | Here, my lord. | JC I.ii.2 |
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What mean you Casar? Think you to walk forth? | What mean you, Caesar? Think you to walk forth? | JC II.ii.8 |
You shall not stirre out of your house to day. | You shall not stir out of your house today. | JC II.ii.9 |
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Casar, I neuer stood on Ceremonies, | Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, | JC II.ii.13 |
Yet now they fright me: There is one within, | Yet now they fright me. There is one within, | JC II.ii.14 |
Besides the things that we haue heard and seene, | Besides the things that we have heard and seen, | JC II.ii.15 |
Recounts most horrid sights seene by the Watch. | Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch. | JC II.ii.16 |
A Lionnesse hath whelped in the streets, | A lioness hath whelped in the streets, | JC II.ii.17 |
And Graues haue yawn'd, and yeelded vp their dead; | And graves have yawned and yielded up their dead; | JC II.ii.18 |
Fierce fiery Warriours fight vpon the Clouds | Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds | JC II.ii.19 |
In Rankes and Squadrons, and right forme of Warre | In ranks and squadrons and right form of war, | JC II.ii.20 |
Which drizel'd blood vpon the Capitoll: | Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol; | JC II.ii.21 |
The noise of Battell hurtled in the Ayre: | The noise of battle hurtled in the air, | JC II.ii.22 |
Horsses do neigh, and dying men did grone, | Horses did neigh, and dying men did groan, | JC II.ii.23 |
And Ghosts did shrieke and squeale about the streets. | And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets. | JC II.ii.24 |
O Casar, these things are beyond all vse, | O Caesar, these things are beyond all use, | JC II.ii.25 |
And I do feare them. | And I do fear them. | JC II.ii.26.1 |
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When Beggers dye, there are no Comets seen, | When beggars die, there are no comets seen; | JC II.ii.30 |
The Heauens themselues blaze forth the death of Princes | The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes. | JC II.ii.31 |
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Alas my Lord, | Alas, my lord, | JC II.ii.48.2 |
Your wisedome is consum'd in confidence: | Your wisdom is consumed in confidence. | JC II.ii.49 |
Do not go forth to day: Call it my feare, | Do not go forth today: call it my fear | JC II.ii.50 |
That keepes you in the house, and not your owne. | That keeps you in the house, and not your own. | JC II.ii.51 |
Wee'l send Mark Antony to the Senate house, | We'll send Mark Antony to the Senate House, | JC II.ii.52 |
And he shall say, you are not well to day: | And he shall say you are not well today. | JC II.ii.53 |
Let me vpon my knee, preuaile in this. | Let me upon my knee prevail in this. | JC II.ii.54 |
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Say he is sicke. | Say he is sick. | JC II.ii.65.1 |