‘…Brutus
Just give the crowd time to calm down,
Which is stirred by fear,
And I will reveal to you why
I killed Caesar, loving him.
…
Antony
Forgive me, O Julius! Here you fell,
The fearless stag! Here nearby
Stand those who slaughtered you. You fell,
But your death will brand them with disgrace.
And they can never wash this blood from themselves. -
Universe! You served this stag
As the forest that he adorned with himself,
And now, struck down by a band of hunters,
He lies motionless…’
‘Julius Caesar’, William Shakespeare