Julius Caesar (Modern)

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 1144Enter Portia and Lucius.
 2.4.11145Portia
 I prithee, boy, run to the Senate House.
 2.4.21146Stay not to answer me, but get thee gone.
 2.4.31147Why dost thou stay?
 1148Lucius
 Why dost thou stay?  To know my errand, madam.
 2.4.41149Portia
 I would have had thee there and here again
 2.4.51150Ere I can tell thee what thou shouldst do there.
 2.4.61151O constancy, be strong upon my side!
 2.4.71152Set a huge mountain 'tween my heart and tongue.
 2.4.81153I have a man's mind, but a woman's might.
 2.4.91154How hard it is for women to keep counsel.
 2.4.101155Art thou here yet?
 1156Lucius
 Art thou here yet?  Madam, what should I do?
 2.4.111157Run to the Capitol, and nothing else?
 2.4.121158And so return to you, and nothing else?
 2.4.131159Portia
 Yes, bring me word, boy, if thy lord look well,
 2.4.141160For he went sickly forth, and take good note
 2.4.151161What Caesar doth, what suitors press to him.
 2.4.161162Hark, boy, what noise is that?
 2.4.171163Lucius
 I hear none, madam.
 1164Portia
 I hear none, madam.  Prithee, listen well:
 2.4.181165I heard a bustling rumor, like a fray,
 2.4.191166And the wind brings it from the Capitol.
 2.4.201167Lucius
 Sooth, madam, I hear nothing.
 2.4.20.11168Enter the Soothsayer.
 2.4.211169Portia
 Come hither, fellow. Which way hast thou been?
 2.4.221170Soothsayer
 At mine own house, good lady.
 2.4.231171Portia
 What is't o'clock?
 1172Soothsayer
 What is't o'clock?  About the ninth hour, lady.
 2.4.241173Portia
 Is Caesar yet gone to the Capitol?
 2.4.251174Soothsayer
 Madam, not yet. I go to take my stand
 2.4.261175To see him pass on to the Capitol.
 2.4.271176Portia
 Thou hast some suit to Caesar, hast thou not?
 2.4.281177Soothsayer
 That I have, lady, if it will please Caesar
 2.4.291178To be so good to Caesar as to hear me:
 2.4.301179I shall beseech him to befriend himself.
 2.4.311180Portia
 Why, know'st thou any harm's intended 1181towards him?
 2.4.321182Soothsayer
 None that I know will be; 1183much that I fear may chance.
 2.4.331184Good morrow to you. Here the street is narrow.
 2.4.341185The throng that follows Caesar at the heels
 2.4.351186Of senators, of praetors, common suitors,
 2.4.361187Will crowd a feeble man almost to death.
 2.4.371188I'll get me to a place more void, and there
 2.4.381189Speak to great Caesar as he comes along.
 2.4.38.1Exit
 2.4.391190Portia
 I must go in. 1191Ay me! How weak a thing
 2.4.401192The heart of woman is! O Brutus,
 2.4.411193The Heavens speed thee in thine enterprise.
 2.4.421194Sure the boy heard me. Brutus hath a suit
 2.4.431195That Caesar will not grant. O, I grow faint!
 2.4.441196Run Lucius, and commend me to my lord!
 2.4.451197Say I am merry. Come to me again,
 2.4.461198And bring me word what he doth say to thee.
 2.4.46.1Exeunt
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