JULIUS CAESAR ACT II SCENE III

SCENE

A street near the Capitol.

 

Enter Artemidorus, reading paper.

ARTEMIDORUS

"Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius; come

not near Casca; have an eye to Cinna; trust not Trebonius; mark

well Metellus Cimber; Decius Brutus loves thee not; thou hast

wronged Caius Ligarius. There is but one mind in all these men,

and it is bent against Caesar. If thou beest not immortal, look

about you. Security gives way to conspiracy. The mighty gods

defend thee!

                           Thy lover, Artemidorus."

 

Here will I stand till Caesar pass along,

And as a suitor will I give him this.

My heart laments that virtue cannot live

Out of the teeth of emulation.

If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayest live;

If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive.

Exit.