ungry look;
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. 195

ANTONY. Fear him not, Caesar; he's not dangerous;
He is a noble Roman, and well given.

[Note 191: /Caesar/? Theobald | Caesar. Ff.]

[Note 193: /o' nights/ Capeli | a-nights F1 F2.]

[Note 192-195: "Another time when Caesar's friends complained
unto him of Antonius and Dolabella, that they pretended some
mischief towards him, he answered them again, As for those fat
men, and smooth-combed heads, quoth he, I never reckon of
them; but these pale visaged and carrion lean people, I fear
them most; meaning Brutus and Cassius."--Plutarch, _Julius
Caesar_. There are similar passages in Plutarch's _Life of
Brutus_ and in the _Life of Marcus Antonius_. Cf. _Antony and
Cleopatra_, III, xi, 37. Falstaff's famous cry was for 'spare
men.' See _2 Henry IV_, III, ii, 288. 'Sleek-headed' recalls
Lamb's wish that the baby son of the tempestuous Hazlitt
should be "like his father, with something of a better temper
and a smoother head of hair."]

[Note 197: /well given:/ well disposed. So in _2 Henry VI_,
III, i, 72.]

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CAESAR. Would he were fatter! but I fear him not:
Yet if my name were liable to fear,
I do not know the man I should avoid 200
So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much;
He is a great observer, and he looks
Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays,
As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music:
Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort 205
As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit
That could be mov'd to smile at any thing.
Such men as he be never at heart's ease
Whiles they behold a greater than themselves,
And therefore are they very dangerous. 210
I rather tell thee what is to be fear'd
Than what I fear, for always I am Caesar.
Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf,
And tell me truly what thou think'st of him.

[_Sennet. Exeunt_ CAESAR _and all his train but_ CASCA]

CASCA. You pull'd me by the cloak; would you speak with me? 215

BRUTUS. Ay, Casca; tell us what hath chanc'd to-day,
That Caesar looks so sad.

CASCA. Why, you were with him, were you not?

BRUTUS. I should not then ask Casca what had chanc'd.

[Note 215: Scene V Pope.]

[Note 203: /he loves no plays./ "In his house they did nothing
but feast, dance, and masque; and himself passed away the time
in he