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Like Gallus! [He shouts through the window.] Help, help! Fly, my Caesar! Fly, fly! ''Wild cries are heard without. Soldiers of the Roman legions, Batavian auxiliaries, and other allies, climb in through the window. At the same time, others swarm in by the door at the back. Amongst the foremost is the Standard-Bearer ; women, some with children in their arms, follow the intruders.''

Caesar, Caesar

Caesar, why have you betrayed us?

Down with the faithless Cæsar.

[''Casts himself with outstretched arms into the midst of the soldiers, crying'':] Fellow-soldiers, brothers in arms,—save me from my enemies!

Ah, what is this?

Down with Caesar! Strike him down!

Close round me in a circle; draw your swords!