SCENE III. A street near the Capitol. The Life and Death of Julius Caesar  Shakespeare homepage  |  Julius Caesar  | Act 2, Scene 3 

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 Enter ARTEMIDORUS, reading a paper  ARTEMIDORUS  'Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius; 

 come not near Casca; have an eye to Cinna, trust not 

 Trebonius: mark well Metellus Cimber: Decius Brutus 

 loves thee not: thou hast wronged Caius Ligarius. 

 There is but one mind in all these men, and it is 

 bent against Caesar. If thou beest not immortal, 

 look about you: security gives way to conspiracy. 

 The mighty gods defend thee! Thy lover, 

 'ARTEMIDORUS.' 

 Here will I stand till Caesar pass along, 

 And as a suitor will I give him this. 

 My heart laments that virtue cannot live 

 Out of the teeth of emulation. 

 If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayst live; 

 If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive. 



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