Julius Caesar (Folger Shakespeare Library)

by William Shakespeare

(For Brutus is an honorable man; 91 So are they all, all honorable men), 92 Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. 93 He was my friend, faithful and just to me, 94 But Brutus says he was ambitious, 95 And Brutus is an honorable man. 96 He hath brought many captives home to Rome, 97 Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill. 98 Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? 99 When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; 100 Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. 101 Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, 102 And Brutus is an honorable man. 103 You all did see that on the Lupercal 104 I thrice presented him a kingly crown, 105 Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? 106 Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, 107 And sure he is an honorable man. 108 I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, 109 But here I am to speak what I do know. 110 You all did love him once, not without cause. 111 What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for 112 him?— 113 O judgment, thou <art> fled to brutish beasts,