SCENE II. A public place.

Flourish. Enter CAESAR;ANTONY, for the course;CALPURNIA, PORTIA, DECIUS BRUTUS,CICERO, BRUTUS, CASSIUS, and CASCA;
a great crowd following,
among them a Soothsayer

CAESAR
Calpurnia!

CASCA
Peace, ho! Caesar speaks.

CAESAR
Calpurnia!

CALPURNIA
Here, my lord.

CAESAR
Stand you directly in Antonius' way,
When he doth run his course. Antonius!

ANTONY
Caesar, my lord?

CAESAR
Forget not, in your speed, Antonius,
To touch Calpurnia; for our elders say,
The barren, touched in this holy chase,
Shake off their sterile curse.