Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
Englished by Sir Thomas North. Trans. Sir Thomas North. Vol. 5 (1579; London: David Nutt, 1896) 68.

LIVES OF THE NOBLE 
   
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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