| LIVES OF THE NOBLE | | |
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MARCUS | litle while after, naming his frendes that he had seene slaine | |
BRUTUS | in battell before his eyes, he fetched a greater sigh then | |
| before: specially, when be came to name Labio, and Flavius, | |
| of the which the one was his Lieutenant, and the other, | |
| Captaine of the pioners of his campe. In the meane time, | |
| one of the companie being a thirst, and seeing Brutus a | |
| thirst also: he ranne to the river for water, and brought it | |
| in his sallet.* At the selfe same time they heard a noyse on | |
| the other side of the river. Whereupon Volumnius tooke | |
| Dardanus, Brutus servaunt with him, to see what it was: | |
| and returning straight algaine, asked if there were any water | |
| left. Brutus smiling, gentlie tolde them all was dronke, but | |
| they shall bring you some more. Thereuppon he sent him | |
| againe that went for water before, who was in great daunger | |
| of being taken by the enemies, and hardly scaped, being sore | |
| hurt. Furthermore, Brutus thought that there was no great | |
| number of men slaine in battell, and to know the trueth | |
| of it, there was one called Statilius, that promised to goe | |
| through his enemies (for otherwise it was impossible to goe | |
| see their campe) and from thence if all were well, that he | |
| woulde lift up a torche light in the ayer, and then returne | |
| againe with speede to him. The torche light was lift up as | |
| he had promised, for Statilius went thither. Nowe Brutus seeing | |
| Statilius tarie long after that, and that he came not | |
| againe, he sayd: If Statilius be alive, he will come againe. | |
| But his evill fortune was suche, that as he came backe, he | |
The death of | lighted in his enemies hands, and was slaine. Now, the | |
Statilius. | night being farre spent, Brutus as he sate bowed towards | |
| Clitus one of his men, and told him somwhat in his eare, | |
| the other aunswered him not, but fell a weeping. There- | |
| upon he proved* Dardanus, and sayd somwhat also to him: | |
| at length he came to Volumnius him selfe, and speaking to | |
| him in Graeke, prayed him for the studies sake which brought | |
| them acquainted together, that he woulde helpe him to put | |
| his hande to his sword, to thrust it in him to kill him. | |
Brutus saying | Volumnius denied his request, and so did many others: and | |
of flying with | amongest the rest, one of them sayd, there was no tarying | |
hands, and | for them there, but that they must needes flie. Then Brutus | |
not with feete. | rising up, We must flie in deede sayd he, but it must be with | |
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