Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 18 (salic, caius, flewellen, coronel, mamon, crimes…). Matches are highlighted.
If all reports be true, yet, Caius Caesar, The time hath need of such a watch, and spirit: " Those States be wretched, that are forced to buy " Their Rulers fame, with their own infamy. Here comes
Full speech
If all reports be true, yet, Caius Caesar, The time hath need of such a watch, and spirit: " Those States be wretched, that are forced to buy " Their Rulers fame, with their own infamy. Here comes Catiline. How do's he brook his late repulse? Who's that come? Lentulus? You bear it rightly, Lucius; and, it glads, me, To find your thoughts so even. Oh, let me kiss your forehead, Lucius. How are you wronged! Public report. That gives you out, to stomach your repulse; And brook it deadly. I know it. And I could be angry with it. Most noble Sergius! This your temper melts me. I wait, when he will go. Be still your self. He wants no state, or honours, that hath virtue, If you prove This practice; what should let the Commonwealth To take endue vengeance? I never saw a morn more full of horror. Ambassadors, from the Allobroges, I take them, by their habits. If Cato leave him. I'll not keep aside. Catiline be silent. Away, thou impudent head. Parricide. Not guiltier then thou art. Speak thy imperfect thoughts. See, that the Commonwealth receive no lose. What the Consul shall think meet.
Plot summary
Plot — Catiline His Conspiracy
Piqued at his rejection for a military command, Catiline has assembled a group of ambitious and malcontented men, and plans to take over the Roman state: some ~ are motivated by envy of those in authority, and by the prospect of wealth, power, and the opportunity for unlimited self-indulgence; another, Lentulus, believes that a prophecy has named him as a future ruler of Rome — an interpretation commissioned by Catiline himself. At a clandestine meeting, the conspirators drink blood to mark their commitment to the plot. Meanwhile Aurelia recruits a network of powerful women supporters. Curius visits his mistress Fulvia, whose resistance to his advances provokes a rape attempt. He excites her curiosity and she wheedles details of the conspiracy out of him. Catiline stands in the consular election, but is defeated by Cicero. When Cicero speaks of the need to protect the Roman state, Caesar and Crassus suspect that he may secure his position by manufacturing a threat for himself to overcome; they set the other consul, Antonius, to keep an eye on him, but Cicero turns him by bribery. Upset that Sempronia has been given pre-eminence in the conspiracy, Fulvia leaks to Cicero what she knows about it; Cicero confronts Curius with the information and recruits him as a double agent inside the plot. The conspirators plan to burn the city, having first assassinated Cicero; the plot is secretly backed by Crassus and Caesar. Curius sends Fulvia to warn Cicero of the attempt on his life, and he makes arrangements for his own security: the would-be killers are unable to gain access to his house. Alarmed at the prospect of civil unrest, people flee from Rome. Cicero exposes the plot in an extended address to the Senate. Catiline protests his innocence, but is forced out of the Senate, and leaves Rome to muster his forces. Lentulus has treated with the ambassadors of the Allobroges, a discontented neighbouring tribe seeking redress from the Senate. These dealings are relayed to Cicero, who persuades the Allobroges to procure letters from the conspirators, which will provide documentary evidence of the plot. When they leave Rome, the Allobroges are arrested as arranged, and deliver up the letters; their escort, Volturcius, offers information in exchange for his life. Seeing that the conspiracy is doomed, Crassus and Caesar quietly withdraw their support. Cicero presents his evidence to the Senate, but refuses to consider allegations implicating Caesar and Crassus. The…