patrick henry got excited, and said in an early speech, "cæsar had his brutus, charles the first his cromwell, and george the third  " here he paused and took a long swig of pure water, and added, looking at the newspaper reporters, "if this be treason, make the most of it." he also said that george the third might profit by their example. a good many would like to know what he started out to say, but it is too hard to determine.