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| suffer the sight of those things before their eyes, the report | MARCUS |
| whereof should onely have grieved them to the hart. Nowe | BRUTUS |
| when Brutus had passed over his army (that was very great) | |
| into Asia, he gave order for the gathering of a great number | |
| of shippes together, aswell in the coast of Bithynia, as also | |
| in the citie of Cyzieum, bicause he would have an army by | |
| sea: and him selfe in the meane time went unto the cities, | |
| taking order for all things, and giving audience unto Princes | |
| and noble men of the contry that had to doe with him. | |
| Afterwards, he sent unto Cassius in Syria, to turne him | |
| from his jorney into Ægypt, telling him that it was not for | |
| the conquest of any kingdom for them selves, that they | |
| wandred up and downe in that sort, but contrarily, that it | |
| was to restore their contry againe to their libertie: and | |
| that the multitude of souldiers they gathered together, was | |
| to subdue the tyrannes that would keepe them in slavery and | |
| subjection. Wherefore regarding their chiefe purpose and | |
| intent, they should not be farre from Italy, as neare as they | |
| could possible, but should rather make all the haste they | |
| could, to helpe their contry men. Cassius beleved him, and | |
| returned. Brutus went to meete him, and they both met | Brutus and |
| at the citie of Smyrna, which was the first time that they | Cassius doe |
| saw together, since they tooke leave eche of other, at the | joyne armies |
| haven of Piraea in Athens: the one going into Syria, | together. |
| and the other into Macedon. So they were marvelous joyfull, | |
| and no lesse coragious, when they saw the great armies | |
| together which they had both leavied: considering that | |
| they departing out of Italy, like naked and poore banished | |
| men, without armor and money, nor having any shippe | |
| ready, nor souldier about them, nor any one towne at their | |
| commaundement: yet notwithstanding, in a short time after | |
| they were now met together, having shippes, money and | |
| souldiers enowe, both footemen and horsemen, to fight for | |
| the Empire of Rome. Now Cassius would have done Brutus | |
| as much honor, as Brutus did unto him: but Brutus most | |
| commonly prevented him, and went first unto him, both | The sharpe |
| bicause he was the elder man, as also for that he was sickly | and cruell |
| of bodye. And men reputed him commonly to be very | condicions |
| skilfull in warres, but otherwise marvelous chollerick and | of Cassius. |
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