![]() ![]() 'Tis not the purple robe,The curule chair, the lictors' keen-edg'd axInforcing homage, which e'er drew one thoughtOf mine aside. Rome.BRUTUS and COLLATINUS as Consuls with Lictors, VA|LERIUS, LUCRETIUS, and, my noble friends, you judge me rightly These honours little move the mind of Brutus.Ne'er did I covet gew-gaws, or the farceOf wind-blown pomp. ![]() The realms of heaven above, and earth below.[ furies, glut yourselves! if there are gods,Who bend so much from their prerogative,To league with rebel subjects 'gainst their kings Make sure your work! strike here! blast me at once!Use me, as I would use the Roman people,Were they all as one worm beneath my feet!Thus would I trample them, and thus.-I leave thee,High-towering city, keep thy bulwarks firm,With double strength cement thy stones together:For if I err not, I'll raise such a flameThroughout Hetruria, as shall not be quench'dTill thou and all thy sons be burnt as stubbleFired with one general blaze should to their aidTheir traitors' guardian gods descend, I'll bearThe hurrying storm along the troubled air,By vengeance rais'd, impell'd by brave despair.[Exit.SCENE VI. Rome.BRUTUS and COLLATINUS as Consuls with Lictors, VALERIUS, LUCRETIUS, and, my noble friends, you judge me rightly. ![]()
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