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Calpurnia, Lines 13-26a
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Act 2,
Scene 2
Lines 13-26a

Calpurnia performs a speech from Act 2, Scene 2 of myShakespeare's Julius Caesar. 

Calpurnia

Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies,
Yet now they fright me. There is one within,
Besides the things that we have heard and seen,
Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch.
A lioness hath whelpèd in the streets,
And graves have yawned and yielded up their dead.
Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds
In ranks and squadrons and right form of war,
Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol.
The noise of battle hurtled in the air,
Horses did neigh, and dying men did groan,
And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets.
O Caesar, these things are beyond all use,
And I do fear them.

Caesar

Calpurnia

Caesar

[Re-enter Servant.]

Servant

Caesar

Calpurnia

Caesar

[Enter Decius Brutus.]

Decius Brutus

Caesar

Calpurnia

Caesar

Decius Brutus

Caesar

Decius Brutus

Caesar

Decius Brutus

Caesar

[Enter Publius, Brutus, Ligarius, Metellus, Casca, Trebonius, and Cinna.]

Publius

Caesar

Brutus

Caesar

[Enter Antony.]

Antony

Caesar

[Exit Calpurnia.]

Trebonius

Caesar

Brutus

[Exit.]