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| determined to make warre with the Parthians: but when he | MARCUS |
| heard the newes of his death, he returned againe to Rome, | BRUTUS |
| where to begin to curry favor with the common people, | |
| he first of all tooke upon him his adopted fathers name, | |
| and made distribution amonge them of the money which | |
| his father had bequeathed unto them. By this meanes he | |
| troubled Antonius sorely, and by force of money, got a | |
| great number of his fathers souldiers together, that had | |
| served in the warres with him. And Cicero him selfe, for | |
| the great malice he bare Antonius, did favor his proceedings. | |
| But Brutus marvelously reproved him for it, and wrote unto | Brutus |
| him, that he seemed by his doinges not to be sory to have a | reproved |
| Maister, but onely to be affrayd to have one that should | Cicero, for |
| hate him: and that all his doinges in the common wealth did | taking part |
| witnesse, that he chose to be subject to a milde and curteous | with Octavius |
| bondage, sith by his words and writings he did commend | Caesar. |
| this young man Octavius Caesar, to be a good and gentle | |
| Lorde. For our predecessors sayde he, would never abyde to | |
| be subject to any Maisters, how gentle or mild soever they | |
| were: and for his owne part that he had never resolutely | |
| determined with him selfe to make warre, or peace, but other- | |
| wise, that he was certenly minded never to be slave nor sub- | |
| ject. And therefore he wondred much at him, how Cicero | |
| coulde be affrayd of the daunger of civill warres, and would | |
| not be affrayd of a shameful peace: and that to thrust | |
| Antonius out of the usurped tyranny, in recompence he | |
| went about to stablishe younge Octavius Caesar tyranne. | |
| These were the contents of Brutus first letters he wrote | |
| unto Cicero. Now, the citie of Rome being devided in two | |
| factions, some taking part with Antonius, other also leaning | |
| unto Octavius Caesar, and the souldiers making port sale of | |
| their service to him that would give most: Brutus seeing the | |
| state of Rome would be utterly overthrowen, he determined | Porciaes |
| to goe out of Italy, and went a foote through the contry of | sorowfull re- |
| Luke, unto the citie of Elea, standing by the sea. There | turne to Rome |
| Porcia being ready to depart from her husband Brutus, and | for the |
| to returne to Rome, did what she could to dissemble the | absence of |
| griefe and sorow she felt at her hart: but a certaine paynted | her husband |
| table bewrayed her in the ende, although untill that time | Brutus. |
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