The people have heard that Caesar had been killed and they meet in the city square where first Brutus and then Antony speaks to them.
Brutus stood and told the crowd of Caesar’s great ambition
Of how they feared that had he lived, he’d scorn Rome’s proud tradition.
He told them, too, had Caesar reigned, their rights would be undone
And when at last his speech was through, the people’s trust he’d won.
Brutus left, and Antony walked slowly through the streets
And in the square, he laid the corpse, still dripping at his feet.
“Good friends and Romans,” he began, "Brutus you have heard
And Brutus is a noble man, we should not doubt his word.
Brutus said, ambition’s drive made Caesar want a crown
Yet… was it not but yesterday, thrice, he turned one down?
And Brutus said, had Caesar lived, your freedoms he’d undo
Yet, in his will, this bleeding soul leaves all he owns… to YOU.
Good friends and Romans, was this act a deed of true-felt reason?
Nay, hear not Brutus, this I say… ’twas naught but bloody TREASON!"
With skilful words, Mark Antony had slowly turned the crowd
And as he to his army went, foul mutiny stirred loud.
End of Scene 2.