Ant.
These many ^note then shall die; their names are prick'd.

Oct.
Your brother too must die; consent you, Lepidus?

Lep.
I do consent— ^note

Oct.
Prick him down, Antony.

Lep.
Upon condition Publius ^note shall not live,
Who is your ^note sister's son, Mark Antony.

Ant.
He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn ^note him.
But, Lepidus, go you to Cæsar's house;
Fetch the will hither, and we shall ^note determine
How to cut off some charge in legacies.

Lep.
What, shall I find you here?

Oct.
Or here, or at the Capitol. [Exit Lepidus.

Ant.
This is a slight unmeritable man,
Meet to be sent on errands: is it fit,
The three-fold world divided, he should stand
One of the three to share it?

Oct.
So you thought him,
And took his voice who should be prick'd to die
In our black sentence and proscription.

Ant.
Octavius, I have seen more days than you:
And though we lay these honours on this man,
To ease ourselves of divers slanderous loads,
He shall but bear them as the ass bears gold,
To groan and sweat under the business,
Either ^note led or driven, as we point ^note the way;
And having brought our treasure where we will,
Then take we down his load and turn him off,
Like to the empty ass, to shake his ears
And graze in commons ^note.

Oct.
You may do your will:
But he's a tried and valiant soldier.

Ant.
So is my horse, Octavius, and for that
I do appoint him store of provender:
It is a creature that I teach to fight,
To wind, to stop, to run directly on,

His corporal motion govern'd ^note by my spirit.
And, in some taste, is Lepidus but so;
He must be taught, and train'd, and bid go forth;
A barren-spirited ^note fellow; one that feeds
On abjects, orts ^note and imitations, ^note
Which, out of use and staled ^note by other men,
Begin his fashion: do not talk of him
But as a property. And now, Octavius,
Listen great things: Brutus and Cassius
Are levying powers: we must straight make head:
Therefore let our alliance be combined,
Our best friends made, our ^note means stretch'd ^note;
And let us presently go sit in council,
How covert matters may be best disclosed,
And open perils surest answered.

Oct.
Let us do so: for we are at the stake,
And bay'd ^note about with many enemies;
And some that smile have in their hearts, I fear,
Millions of mischiefs ^note. [Exeunt. ^note

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