Enter CASSIUS [unbraced] The addition of "unbraced" to Shakespeare's stage direction is justified by Cassius' boast, a little later, that "unbraced" he has "bared [his] bosom to the thunder-stone." Cassius' point is that the wild weather is an omen, but one which threatens those with "faults" (by which he means Caesar and his supporters), not "honest men" such as himself and Casca.