Act 4 — [Scene II.][1501]

Mac. Return’d so soon! Renew’d in trust and grace! Is Caesar then so weak, or hath the place But wrought this alteration with the air; And he, on next remove, will all repair? Macro, thou art engag’d: and what before5 Was public, now must be thy private more. The weal of Caesar, fitness did imply; But thine own fate confers necessity On thy employment; and the thoughts borne nearest9 Unto ourselves, move swiftest still, and dearest. If he recover, thou art lost; yea, all The weight of preparation to his fall Will turn on thee, and crush thee: therefore strike Before he settle, to prevent the like Upon thyself. He doth his vantage know,15 That makes it home,[1502] and gives the foremost blow. [Exit.]