_Cas._ I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus, 90 As well as I do know your outward favour. Well, honour is the subject of my story. I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self,[2876] I had as lief not be as live to be 95 In awe of such a thing as I myself. I was born free as Cæsar; so were you: We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he: For once, upon a raw and gusty day, 100 The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores,[2877] Cæsar said to me 'Darest thou, Cassius, now[2878] Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point?' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in[2879] 105 And bade him follow: so indeed he did.[2880] The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it[2881] With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy; But ere we could arrive the point proposed,[2882] 110 Cæsar cried 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink!' I, as Æneas our great ancestor[2883] Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder[2884] The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber[2884][2885] Did I the tired Cæsar: and this man 115 Is now become a god, and Cassius is A wretched creature, and must bend his body If Cæsar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain,[2886] And when the fit was on him, I did mark 120 How he did shake: 'tis true, this god did shake; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre: I did hear him groan:[2887] Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans 125 Mark him and write his speeches in their books,[2888] Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,'[2889] As a sick girl. Ye gods! it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world 130 And bear the palm alone. [_Shout. Flourish._[2890] _Bru._ Another general shout![2891] I do believe that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Cæsar.