Note 379 — ACT V.
Reading edition
This speech is in great measure translated from the 7th Book of Lucan, 1. 560, &c.—
"Hic Cæsar, rabies populi, stimulusque furorum, Ne qua parte sui pereat scelus, agmina circum It vagus, atque ignes animis flagrantibus addit. Inspicit et gladios, qui toti sanguine manent, Qui niteant primo tantum mucrone cruenti, Quæ presso tremat ense manus," &c.—Steevens.