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| them, as if they had bene of the conspiracie, and falsely | IULIUS |
| chalenged parte of the honor with them: among them was | CÆSAR |
| Caius Octavius, and Lentulus Spinther. But both of them | |
| were afterwards put to death, for their vaine covetousnes of | |
| honor, by Antonius, and Octavius Caesar the younger: and | |
| yet had no parte of that honor for the which they were put | |
| to death, neither did any man beleve that they were any of | |
| the confederates, or of counsell with them. For they that | |
| did put them to death, tooke revenge rather of the will they | |
| had to offend, then of any fact they had committed. The | |
| next morning, Brutus and his confederates came into the | |
| market place to speake unto the people, who gave them such | |
| audience, that it seemed they neither greatly reproved, nor | |
| allowed the fact: for by their great silence they showed, that | |
| they were sory for Caesars death, and also that they did rever- | |
| ence Brutus. Nowe the Senate graunted generall pardonne | |
| for all that was paste, and to pacifie every man, ordained | |
| besides, that Caesars funeralls shoulde bee honored as a god, | Caesars |
| and established all thinges that he had done: and gave cer- | funeralls. |
| taine provinces also, and convenient honors unto Brutus and | |
| his confederates, whereby every man thought all things were | |
| brought to good peace and quietnes againe. But when they | |
| had opened Caesars testament, and found a liberall legacie of | |
| money, bequeathed unto every citizen of Rome, and that | |
| they saw his body (which was brought into the market place) | |
| al bemangled with gashes of swordes: then there was no | |
| order to keepe the multitude and common people quiet, but | |
| they plucked up formes, tables, and stooles, and layed them | |
| all about the body, and setting them a fire, burnt the corse. | |
| Then when the fire was well kindled, they tooke the fire- | |
| brandes, and went unto their houses that had slaine Caesar, | |
| to set them a fire. Other also ranne up and downe the citie | |
| to see if they could meete with any of them, to cut them | |
| in peeces: howbeit they could meete with never a man of | |
| them, bicause they had locked them selves up safely in their | |
| houses. There was one of Caesars frends called Cinna, that | Cinnaes |
| had a marvelous straunge and terrible dreame the night | dreame of |
| before. He dreamed that Caesar bad him to supper, and | Caesar. |
| that he refused, and would not goe: then that Caesar tooke | |
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