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Noble patricians,
patrons of my right,
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defend the justice
of my cause with arms!
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And, countrymen,
my loving followers,
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plead my successive title
with your swords!
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Romans, friends, followers,
favorers of my right,
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if ever Bassianus, Caesar's son,
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were gracious in the eyes of royal Rome,
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keep, then,
this passage to the capitol!
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I am the born-born son!
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That was the last that wear
the imperial diadem of Rome.
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And suffer not dishonor
to approach the imperial seat:
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to virtue, consecrate...
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to justice, continence, and nobility!
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Then let my father's honors live in me!
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Nor wrong mine age
with this indignity!
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But let desert
in pure election shine,
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and, Romans,
fight for freedom in your choice.