| LIVES OF THE NOBLE | |
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IULIUS | no where, but he was striken at by some, and still had naked | |
CÆSAR | swords in his face, and was hacked and mangeled amonge | |
| them, as a wilde beaste taken of hunters. For it was agreed | |
| among them, that every man should geve him a wound, | |
| bicause all their partes should be in this murther: and then | |
| Brutus him selfe gave him one wounde about his privities. | |
| Men reporte also, that Caesar did still defende him selfe | |
| against the rest, running everie waye with his bodie: but | |
| when he sawe Brutus with his sworde drawen in his hande, | |
| then he pulled his gowne over his heade, and made no | |
| more resistaunce, and was driven either casually, or purposedly, | |
| by the counsell of the conspirators, against the base where- | |
| upon Pompeys image stoode, which ranne all of a goare | |
| bloude, till he was slaine. Thus it seemed, that the image | |
| tooke just revenge of Pompeys enemie, being throwen downe | |
| on the ground at his feete, and yelding up his ghost there, | |
| for the number of wounds he had upon him. For it is | |
Caesar slaine | reported, that he had three and twenty wounds apon his | |
and had 23 | body: and divers of the conspirators did hurt them selves, | |
wounds apon | striking one body with so many blowes. When Caesar was | |
him. | slaine, the Senate (though Brutus stood in the middest | |
| amongest them as though he would have sayd somewhat | |
| touching this fact) presently ran out of the house, and | |
| flying, filled all the city with marvelous feare and tumult. | |
| Insomuch as some did shut to their dores, others forsooke | |
| their shops and warehouses, and others ranne to the place to | |
| see what the matter was: and others also that had seene it, | |
| ran home to their houses againe. But Antonius and Lepidus, | |
| which were two of Cesars chiefest frends, secretly conveying | |
| them selves away, fled into other mens houses, and forsooke | |
The mur- | their owne. Brutus and his confederats on thother side, | |
therers of | being yet hotte with this murther they had committed, | |
Caesar doe | having their swordes drawen in their hands, came all in a | |
goe to the | troupe together out of the Senate, and went into the market | |
Capitoll. | place, not as men that made countenaunce to flie, but other- | |
| wise boldly holding up their heades like men of corage, and | |
| called to the people to defende their libertie, and stayed to | |
| speake with every great personage whome they met in their | |
| way. Of them, some followed this troupe, and went amongest | |
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