190 For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms, Quite vanquished him. Then burst his mighty heart, And, in his mantle muffling up his face, Even at the base of Pompey’s statue, Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourished over us. Oh, now you weep, and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity. These are gracious drops. Kind souls, what, weep you when you but behold Our Caesar’s vesture wounded? Look you here, Here is himself, marred, as you see, with traitors. (lifts up CAESAR's mantle) Act 3, Scene 2, Page 9 Original Text Modern Text FIRST PLEBEIAN FIRST PLEBEIAN O piteous spectacle! Oh, what a sad sight! SECOND PLEBEIAN SECOND PLEBEIAN O noble Caesar! Oh, noble Caesar! THIRD PLEBEIAN THIRD PLEBEIAN 195 O woeful day! Oh, sad day! FOURTH PLEBEIAN FOURTH PLEBEIAN O traitors, villains! Oh, traitors, villains! FIRST PLEBEIAN FIRST PLEBEIAN O most bloody sight! Oh, most bloody sight! SECOND PLEBEIAN SECOND PLEBEIAN We will be revenged. We will get revenge.
190 For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms, Quite vanquished him. Then burst his mighty heart, And, in his mantle muffling up his face, Even at the base of Pompey’s statue, Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourished over us. Oh, now you weep, and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity. These are gracious drops. Kind souls, what, weep you when you but behold Our Caesar’s vesture wounded? Look you here, Here is himself, marred, as you see, with traitors. (lifts up CAESAR's mantle) Act 3, Scene 2, Page 9 Original Text Modern Text FIRST PLEBEIAN O piteous spectacle! FIRST PLEBEIAN Oh, what a sad sight! SECOND PLEBEIAN O noble Caesar! SECOND PLEBEIAN Oh, noble Caesar! 195 THIRD PLEBEIAN O woeful day! THIRD PLEBEIAN Oh, sad day! FOURTH PLEBEIAN O traitors, villains! FOURTH PLEBEIAN Oh, traitors, villains! FIRST PLEBEIAN O most bloody sight! FIRST PLEBEIAN Oh, most bloody sight! SECOND PLEBEIAN We will be revenged. SECOND PLEBEIAN We will get revenge.