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40  Be near me, that I may remember you.

Treb. Cæsar, I will:—[Aside.] and so near will I be, That your best friends shall wish I had been further.

Cæs. Good friends, go in, and taste some wine with me; And we, like friends, will straightway go together.

Bru. [Aside.] That every 'like' is not 'the same,' O Cæsar, The heart of Brutus yearns to think upon.

Art. 'Cæsar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius; come not near Casca; have an eye to Cinna; trust not Trebonius; mark well Metel- lus 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 Cæsar. If thou beest not immortal, look about you: security gives way to conspiracy. The mighty gods defend thee! Thy lover, Here will I stand till Cæsar 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 Cæsar, thou mayest live; If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive.  128 Cf. n. 129 yearns: grieves  8 security gives way: unguardedness yields opportunity 9 lover: friend 14 Out teeth: free from the bite emulation: grudging jealousy