Enter Cinna, the poet, and after him the citizens. [CINNA]: I dreamt tonight that I did feast with Caesar, And things unluckily charge my fantasy. I have no will to wander forth of doors, Yet something leads me forth. [FIRST CITIZEN]: What is your name? [SECOND CITIZEN]: Whither are you going? [THIRD CITIZEN]: Where do you dwell? [FOURTH CITIZEN]: Are you a married man or a bachelor? [SECOND CITIZEN]: Answer every man directly. [FIRST CITIZEN]: Ay, and briefly. [FOURTH CITIZEN]: Ay, and wisely. [THIRD CITIZEN]: Ay, and truly, you were best. [CINNA]: What is my name? Whither am I going? Where do I dwell? Am I a married man or a bachelor? Then, to answer every man directly and briefly, wisely and truly. Wisely I say I am a bachelor. [SECOND CITIZEN]: That’s as much as to say they are fools that marry; you’ll bear me a bang for that, I fear. Proceed, directly. [CINNA]: Directly, I am going to Caesar’s funeral. [FIRST CITIZEN]: As a friend, or an enemy? [CINNA]: As a friend. [SECOND CITIZEN]: That matter is answered directly. [FOURTH CITIZEN]: For your dwelling, briefly. [CINNA]: Briefly, I dwell by the Capitol. [THIRD CITIZEN]: Your name, sir, truly. [CINNA]: Truly, my name is Cinna. [FIRST CITIZEN]: Tear him to pieces! He’s a conspirator. [CINNA]: I am Cinna the poet, I am Cinna the poet. [FOURTH CITIZEN]: Tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad verses. [CINNA]: I am not Cinna the conspirator. [FOURTH CITIZEN]: It is no matter, his name’s Cinna; pluck but his name out of his heart, and turn him going. [THIRD CITIZEN]: Tear him, tear him! Come; brands, ho! firebrands. To Brutus’, to Cassius’; burn all. Some to Decius’ house, and some to Casca’s, some to Ligarius’. Away, go! [_Exeunt._]