_Ant._ Let us seize on him then:
And leave her to her fortune.
_Dol._ If he have power
Use it to your security, and let
His honesty acquit him: if he be false
It is too great an honour he should dye
By your victorious hand.
_Caesar_. He comes: and I
Shall do as I find cause.
_Enter_ Ptolomy, Achoreus, Apollodorus.
_Ptol._ Let not great _Caesar_
Impute the breach of hospitality,
To you (my guest) to me; I am contemn'd,
And my rebellious subjects lift their hands
Against my head: and would they aim'd no farther,
Provided that I fell a sacrifice
To gain you safety: that this is not feign'd,
The boldness of my innocence may confirm you:
Had I been privy to their bloody plot,
I now had led them on, and given fair gloss
To their bad cause, by being present with them:
But I that yet taste of the punishment,
In being false to _Pompey_, will not make
A second fault to _Caesar_ uncompel'd
With such as have not yet shook off obedience,
I yield my self to you, and will take part
In all your dangers.
_Caesar_. This pleads your excuse,
And I receive it.
_Ach._ If they have any touch
Of justice, or religion, I will use
The authority of our Gods, to call them back
From their bad purpose.
_Apo._ This part of the palace
Is yet defensible: we may make it good,
Till your powers rescue us.
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