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ACT V SCENE IV Setting: Another part of the field.
Alarum. Enter fighting, Soldiers of both armies; then BRUTUS, CATO, LUCILIUS, and others.
| BRUTUS | Yet, countrymen, O, yet hold up your heads! | |
| CATO | 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; | 5 | |
| I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho! | ||
| BRUTUS | And I am Brutus, Marcus Brutus, I; | |
| Brutus, my country's friend; know me for Brutus! | ||
| Exit | ||
| LUCILIUS | O young and noble Cato, art thou down? | |
| Why, now thou diest as bravely as Titinius; | 10 | |
| And mayst be honour'd, being Cato's son. | ||
| First Soldier | Yield, or thou diest. | |
| LUCILIUS | Only I yield to die: | |
| There is so much that thou wilt kill me straight; | ||
| Offering money | ||
| Kill Brutus, and be honour'd in his death. | ||
| First Soldier | We must not. A noble prisoner! | 15 |
| Second Soldier | Room, ho! Tell Antony, Brutus is ta'en. | |
| First Soldier | I'll tell the news. Here comes the general. | |
| Enter ANTONY | ||
| Brutus is ta'en, Brutus is ta'en, my lord. | ||
| ANTONY | Where is he? | |
| LUCILIUS | Safe, Antony; Brutus is safe enough: | 20 |
| 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. | 25 | |
| ANTONY | 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 whether Brutus be alive or dead; | 30 | |
| And bring us word unto Octavius' tent | ||
| How every thing is chanced. | ||
| Exeunt |