| LIVES OF THE NOBLE | | |
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| MARCUS | them selves, and leave the middest of their battell. Wherby | |
| BRUTUS | they having weakened them selves, they could not withstande | |
| the force of their enemies, but turned taile straight, and fled. | |
| And those that had put them to flight, came in straight | |
| Brutus | upon it to compasse Brutus behinde, who in the middest of | |
| valliantnes | the conflict, did all that was possible for a skilfull Captaine | |
| and great | and valliant souldier: both for his wisedom, as also for his | |
| skill in | hardinesse, for the obtaining of victorie. But that which | |
| warres. | wanne him the victorie at the first battell, did now lose it | |
| him at the seconde. For at the first time, the enemies that | |
| were broken and fled, were straight cut in peeces: but at | |
| the seconde battell, of Cassius men that were put to flight, | |
| there were fewe slaine: and they that saved them selves by | |
| speede, being affrayed bicause they had bene overcome, did | |
| discourage the rest of the armie when they came to joyne | |
| with them, and filled all the army with feare and disorder. | |
| The death of | There was the sonne of M. Cato slaine, valliantly fighting | |
| the valliant | amongst the lustie youths. For, notwithstanding that he | |
| young man | was verie wearie, and overharried, yet would he not there- | |
| Cato, the | fore flie, but manfully fighting and laying about him, telling | |
| son of | alowde his name, and also his fathers name, at length he was | |
| Marcus Cato. | beaten downe amongest many other dead bodies of his ene- | |
| mies, which he had slaine rounde about him. So there were | |
| slaine in the field, all the chiefest gentlemen and nobilitie | |
| that were in his armie: who valliantlie ranne into any daun- | |
| The fidelitie | ger, to save Brutus life. Amongest them there was one of | |
| of Lucilius | Brutus frendes called Lucilius, who seeing a troupe of bar- | |
| unto Brutus. | barous men making no reckoning of all men else they met in | |
| their way, but going all together right against Brutus, he | |
| determined to stay them with the hazard of his life, and | |
| being left behinde, told them that he was Brutus: and | |
| bicause they should beleve him, he prayed them to bring | |
| him to Antonius, for he sayd he was affrayed of Caesar, and | |
| that he did trust Antonius better. These barbarous men | |
| being very glad of this good happe, and thinking them | |
| selves happie men: they caried him in the night, and sent | |
| some before unto Antonius, to tell him of their comming. | |
| He was marvelous glad of it, and went out to meete them | |
| that brought him. Others also understanding of it, that | |
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