A crowd of people in the street leading to the Capitol. Flourish. Enter Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Decius, Metellus, Trebonius, Cinna, Antony, Lepidus, Artemidorus, Publius, Popilius and the Soothsayer.

Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Decius, Metellus, Trebonius, Cinna, Antony, Lepidus, Artemidorus, Publius, Popilius

Soothsayer

CAESAR. The Ides of March are come. 

SOOTHSAYER. Ay, Caesar; but not gone. 

ARTEMIDORUS. Hail, Caesar! Read this schedule. 

DECIUS. Trebonius doth desire you to o’er-read, At your best leisure, this his humble suit. 

ARTEMIDORUS. O Caesar, read mine first; for mine’s a suit That touches Caesar nearer. Read it, great Caesar. 

CAESAR. What touches us ourself shall be last serv’d. 

ARTEMIDORUS. Delay not, Caesar. Read it instantly. 

CAESAR. What, is the fellow mad? 

PUBLIUS. Sirrah, give place. 

CASSIUS. What, urge you your petitions in the street? Come to the Capitol. 

Caesar enters the Capitol, the rest following. All the Senators rise.

Caesar

POPILIUS. I wish your enterprise today may thrive. 

CASSIUS. What enterprise, Popilius? 

POPILIUS. Fare you well. 

 [Advances to Caesar.]

Caesar

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