Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . Act V. ^ROM Sardis the armies of Brutus and Cassius marched toPhilippi. On one side of the plains of Philippi were encampedthe armies of Octavius and Antony; the camp of Cassius wasopposite Antonys, and that of Brutus was opposite the youngCaesars. The hostile forces were nearly equal in numbers. Brutus was anxious for immediate battle, that he mightfree his country, and put an end to the toils and expenses ofwar; b
Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . Act V. ^ROM Sardis the armies of Brutus and Cassius marched toPhilippi. On one side of the plains of Philippi were encampedthe armies of Octavius and Antony; the camp of Cassius wasopposite Antonys, and that of Brutus was opposite the youngCaesars. The hostile forces were nearly equal in numbers. Brutus was anxious for immediate battle, that he mightfree his country, and put an end to the toils and expenses ofwar; besides, he felt that the patriot army was as powerful now as it would everbe, and that delays would weaken rather than strengthen it. Cassius, on accountof many bad omens which had disheartened the soldiers, wished to postpone thecontest till a more favorable moment; but the counsel of Brutus prevailed. Thescarlet robes, the signal for battle, were hung out on the tents of Brutus and Cas-sius : the two friends gave each other the farewell embrace in the presence ofthe armies. A brief parley was sounded, and out from the opposing camps came the gen-erals to hold a conference
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