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Caesar should be a beast without a heart If he should stay at home today for fear. (45)  No, Caesar shall not. Danger knows full well That Caesar is more dangerous than he. We are two lions litter'd in one day, And I the elder and more terrible. And Caesar shall go forth. (50) || ** CAESAR: **The gods do this in shame of cowardice. Caesar should be a beast without a heart, If he stays at home today because he’s afraid. No, Caesar shall not. Danger knows full well That Caesar is more dangerous than he. We are two lions born on the same day, And I am older and more terrible; And Caesar shall go out. || Your wisdom is consumed in confidence. Do not go forth today. Call it my fear That keeps you in the house and not your own. We'll send Mark Antony to the Senate-house, (55) And he shall say you are not well today. Let me, upon my knee, prevail in this. || ** CALPURNIA: **Alas, my lord, Your wisdom is consumed in confidence! Don’t go out today. Call it my fear That keeps you in the house, and not your own.We'll send Mark Antony to the Senate-house, And he shall say you’re not well today. Let me, on my knee, win this argument. || And, for thy humor, I will stay at home. // Enter Decius. // Here's Decius Brutus, he shall tell them so. (60) || ** CAESAR: **Mark Antony shall say I’m not well, And, to make you happy, I’ll stay home. Here's Decius Brutus, he shall tell them so. || I come to fetch you to the Senate-house. || ** DECIUS: **Caesar, all hail! Good morning, worthy Caesar. I come to go get you to the Senate-house. || To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come today. (65)  Cannot, is false, and that I dare not, falser: I will not come today. Tell them so, Decius. || ** CAESAR: **And you’ve come at a very happy time To bear my greeting to the Senators, And tell them that I can’t come today. “Can’t” is false, and I don’t dare make a falser excuse. I’ll not come today. Tell them so, Decius. || Have I in conquest stretch'd mine arm so far (70) To be afeard to tell greybeards the truth? Decius, go tell them Caesar will not come. || ** CAESAR: **Shall Caesar send a lie? Have I fought so hard in battle, To be afraid to tell grey-beards the truth?— Decius, go tell them Caesar will not come. || Lest I be laugh'd at when I tell them so. || ** DECIUS: **Most mighty Caesar, let me know some reason, In case I’m laughed at when I tell them so. || That is enough to satisfy the Senate. But, for your private satisfaction, Because I love you, I will let you know. Calpurnia here, my wife, stays me at home; She dreamt tonight she saw my statue, (80) Which like a fountain with an hundred spouts, Did run pure blood, and many lusty Romans Came smiling and did bathe their hands in it. And these does she apply for warnings and [|portents] And evils imminent, and on her knee (85) Hath begg'd that I will stay at home today. || ** CAESAR: **The cause is my will; I’ll not come. That is enough to satisfy the Senate. But, for your private satisfaction, Because I love you, I’ll let you know. Calpurnia here, my wife, wants me to stay home. She dreamed tonight that she saw my statue, Which, like a fountain with an hundred spouts, Ran with pure blood, and many lusty Romans Came smiling and bathed their hands in it. And these she interprets for warnings and portents And imminent evil, and on her knee, Has begged me to stay home today. || It was a vision fair and fortunate. Your statue spouting blood in many pipes, 90 In which so many smiling Romans bathed, (90) Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck Reviving blood, and that great men shall press For tinctures, stains, relics, and [|cognizance.] This by Calpurnia's dream is signified. || ** DECIUS: **This dream is interpreted all wrong. It was a fair and fortunate vision. Your statue spouting blood in many pipes, In which so many smiling Romans bathed, Signifies that, from you, great Rome shall suck Reviving blood, and that great men shall ask For tinctures, stains, relics, and recognition. This is what Calpurnia’s dream means. ||
 * ** CAESAR: ** The gods do this in shame of cowardice.
 * ** CALPURNIA: ** Alas, my lord,
 * ** CAESAR: ** Mark Antony shall say I am not well,
 * ** DECIUS: ** Caesar, all hail! Good morrow, worthy Caesar!
 * ** CAESAR: ** And you are come in very happy time,
 * ** CALPURNIA: ** Say he is sick. || ** CALPURNIA: **Say he’s sick. ||
 * ** CAESAR: ** Shall Caesar send a lie?
 * ** DECIUS: ** Most mighty Caesar, let me know some cause,
 * ** CAESAR: ** The cause is in my will: I will not come, (75)
 * ** DECIUS: ** This dream is all [|amiss] interpreted;