Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my
cause, and be silent, that آپ may hear: believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that آپ may believe: censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that آپ may the better judge.
If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer:
--Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved
Rome more. Had آپ rather Caesar were living and
die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to...