But yesterday the word of Caesar might 130 Have stood against the world.
ANTONY
But yesterday the word of Caesar might 130
Have stood against the world. Now lies he there, 131
And none so poor to do him reverence. 132
O masters, if I were disposed to stir 133
Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, 134
I should do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong, 135
Who, you all know, are honorable men. 136
I will not do them wrong. I rather choose 137
To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, 138
Than I will wrong such honorable men. 139
But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar. 140
I found it in his closet. ’Tis his will. 141
Let but the commons hear this testament, 142
Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read, 143
And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds 144
And dip their napkins in his sacred blood—145
Yea, beg a hair of him for memory 146
And, dying, mention it within their wills, 147
Bequeathing it as a rich legacy 148
Unto their issue. 149
