Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
Englished by Sir Thomas North. Trans. Sir Thomas North. Vol. 5 (1579; London: David Nutt, 1896) 66.

LIVES OF THE NOBLE 
   
IULIUS     enemies and ill willers say, and how could they like of his 
CÆSAR     frendes wordes? And who could perswade them otherwise, 
      but that they would thinke his dominion a slaverie unto 
      them, and tirannicall in him selfe? And yet if it be so, 
      sayd he, that you utterly mislike of this day, it is better 
      that you goe your selfe in person, and saluting the Senate, 
Decius Brutus     to dismisse them till an other time. Therewithall he tooke 
brought     Caesar by the hand, and brought him out of his house. 
Caesar into the     Caesar was not gone farre from his house, but a bondman, a 
Senate house.     straunger, did what he could to speake with him: and when 
      he sawe he was put backe by the great prease and multitude 
The tokens of     of people that followed him, he went straight unto his house, 
the conspiracy     and put him selfe into Calpurniaes handes to be kept, till 
against Caesar.     Caesar came backe againe, telling her that he had great 
      matters to imparte unto him. And one Artemidorus also 
      borne in the Ile of Gnidos, a Doctor of Rethoricke in the 
      Greeke tongue, who by meanes of his profession was verie 
      familliar with certaine of Brutus confederates, and therefore 
      knew the most parte of all their practises against Caesar: 
      came and brought him a litle bill wrytten with his owne 
      hand, of all that he ment to tell him. He marking howe 
      Caesar received all the supplications that were offered him, 
      and that he gave them straight to his men that were about 
      him, pressed neerer to him, and sayed: Caesar, reade this 
      memoriall to your selfe, and that quickely, for they be 
      matters of great waight and touche you neerely. Caesar 
      tooke it of him, but coulde never reade it, though he many 
      times attempted it, for the number of people that did salute 
      him: but holding it still in his hande, keeping it to him 
      selfe, went on withall into the Senate house. Howbeit other 
      are of opinion, that it was some man else that gave him that 
      memoriall, and not Artemidorus, who did what he could all 
      the way as he went to geve it Caesar, but he was alwayes 
      repulsed by the people. For these things, they may seeme 
The place     to come by chaunce: but the place where the murther was 
where Caesar     prepared, and where the Senate were assembled, and where 
was slaine.     also there stoode up an image of Pompey dedicated by him 
      selfe amongest other ornamentes which he gave unto the 
      Theater: all these were manifest proofes that it was the 
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