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Scene IIA public placeFlourish. Enter Caesar; Antony, for the course; Calpurnia, Portia, Decius Brutus, Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, and Casca; a great crowd following, among them a…
Scene IIIThe same. A streetThunder and lightning. Enter from opposite sides, Casca, with his sword drawn, and CiceroCiceroGood even, Casca: brought you Caesar home?
Why are you breathless?…
Scene IICaesar's houseThunder and lightning. Enter Caesar, in his night-gownCaesarNor heaven nor earth have been at peace to-night:
Thrice hath Calpurnia in her sleep cried out,
'Help, ho!…
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