At the end of Act III, Scene I, of "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar", by William Shakespeare, what Mark Antony asks of the conspirators is to carry Caesar's body to the marketplace. He also asks them to allow him to stand in the platform and as a friend give a proper funeral oration. Mark Antony has shaken conspirator's blood-stained hands, and after that, he is allowed by Brutus to deliver a speech, but Brutus is to deliver his own speech first.
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Antony asks that they allow him to take the body to the marketplace and, further, that he be allowed to orate at the funeral.
Here are the lines Antony delivers to the Servant (who is to take the news to the conspirators):
Ant.
Post back with speed, and tell him what hath chanc'd: Here is a mourning Rome, a dangerous Rome, No Rome of safety for Octavius yet; Hie hence and tell him so. Yet, stay awhile; Thou shalt not back till I have borne this corse Into the market-place: there I shall try, In my oration, how the people take the cruel issue of these bloody men; According to the which thou shalt discourse To young Octavius of the state of things. Lend me your hand.
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