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| went thither, and tooke them away by force. Octavius | MARCUS |
| Caesar perceiving that no money woulde serve Antonius | ANTONIUS |
| turne, he prayed that they might devide the money betwene | |
| them, and so did they also devide the armie, for them both | |
| to goe into Macedon to make warre against Brutus and | |
| Cassius: and in the meane time they left the government | |
| of the citie of Rome unto Lepidus. When they had passed | |
| over the seas, and that they beganne to make warre, they | |
| being both camped by their enemies, to wit, Antonius | |
| against Cassius, and Caesar against Brutus: Caesar did no | |
| great matter, but Antonius had alway the upper hand, and | |
| did all. For at the first battell Caesar was overthrowen by | The valliant- |
| Brutus, and lost his campe, and verie hardly saved him | nes of Anto- |
| selfe by flying from them that followed him. Howebeit he | nius against |
| writeth him selfe in his Commentaries, that he fled before | Brutus. |
| the charge was geven, bicause of a dreame one of his frends | |
| had. Antonius on the other side overthrewe Cassius in | |
| battell, though some write that he was not there him selfe | |
| at the battell, but that he came after the overthrowe, whilest | |
| his men had the enemies in chase. So Cassius at his earnest | The death |
| request was slaine by a faithfull servaunt of his owne called | of Cassius. |
| Pindarus, whom he had infranchised: bicause he knewe not | |
| in time that Brutus had overcomen Caesar. Shortly after | |
| they fought an other battell againe, in the which Brutus | |
| was overthrowen, who afterwardes also slue him selfe. Thus | Brutus slue |
| Antonius had the chiefest glorie of all this victorie, specially | him selfe. |
| bicause Caesar was sicke at that time. Antonius having | |
| found Brutus body after this battel, blaming him muche | |
| for the murther of his brother Caius, whom he had put to | |
| death in Macedon for revenge of Ciceroes cruell death, and | |
| yet laying the fault more in Hortensius then in him: he made | |
| Hortensius to be slaine on his brothers tumbe. Further- | Antonius |
| more, he cast his coate armor (which was wonderfull rich | gave honor- |
| and sumptuous) upon Brutus bodie, and gave commaunde- | able buriall |
| ment to one of his slaves infranchised, to defray the charge | unto Brutus. |
| of his buriall. But afterwards, Antonius hearing that his | |
| infranchised bondman had not burnt his coate armor with | |
| his bodie, bicause it was verie riche, and worth a great summe | |
| of money, and that he had also kept backe much of the | |
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