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| | and people. Caesar was so offended withall, that he deprived | IULIUS |
| Marullus and Flavius of their Tribuneshippes, and accusing | CÆSAR |
| them, he spake also against the people, and called them | |
| Bruti, and Cumani, to witte, beastes, and fooles. Hereuppon | |
| the people went straight unto Marcus Brutus, who from his | |
| father came of the first Brutus, and by his mother, of the | |
| house of the Servilians, a noble house as any was in Rome, | |
| and was also nephew and sonne in law of Marcus Cato. | |
| Notwithstanding, the great honors and favor Caesar shewed | |
| unto him, kept him backe that of him selfe alone, he did not | |
| conspire nor consent to depose him of his kingdom. For | |
| Caesar did not onely save his life, after the battell of Pharsalia | Caesar saved |
| when Pompey fled, and did at his request also save many | Marcus |
| more of his frendes besides: but furthermore, he put a | Brutus life, |
| marvelous confidence in him. For he had already preferred | after the |
| him to the Praetorshippe for that yeare, and furthermore was | battell of |
| appointed to be Consul, the fourth yeare after that, having | Pharsalia. |
| through Caesars frendshippe, obtained it before Cassius, who | |
| likewise made sute for the same: and Caesar also, as it is | |
| reported, sayd in this contention, In deede Cassius hath | |
| alleaged best reason, but yet shall be not be chosen before | |
| Brutus. Some one day accusing Brutus while he practised | Brutus |
| this conspiracy, Caesar would not heare, of it, but clapping | conspireth |
| his hande on his bodie, told them, Brutus will looke for this | against |
| skinne: meaning thereby, that Brutus for his vertue, deserved | Caesar. |
| to rule after him, but yet, that for ambitions sake, he woulde | |
| not shewe him selfe unthankefull nor dishonorable. Nowe | |
| they that desired chaunge, and wished Brutus only their | |
| Prince and Governour above all other: they durst not come | |
| to him them selves to tell him what they woulde have him to | |
| doe, but in the night did cast sundrie papers into the Praetors | |
| seate where he gave audience, and the most of them to this | |
| effect: Thou sleepest Brutus, and art not Brutus in deede. | |
| Cassius finding Brutus ambition sturred up the more by | Cassius |
| these seditious billes, did pricke him forwarde, and egge him | stirreth up |
| on the more, for a private quarrell be had conceived against | Brutus |
| Caesar: the circumstance whereof, we have sette downe more | against |
| at large in Brutus life. Caesar also had Cassius in great | Caesar. |
| gelouzie, and suspected him much; whereuppon he sayd on | |
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