Julius Caesar
Act II Scene i
Meaning of the following lines
Act II Scene I (Lines 261-278)
BRUTUS I am not well in health, and that is all.
PORTIA Brutus is wise, and were he not in health, He would embrace the means to come by it.
BRUTUS Why, so I do. Good Portia, go to bed.
PORTIA Is Brutus sick? And is it physical To walk unbracèd and suck up the humors Of the dank morning? What, is Brutus sick, And will he steal out of his wholesome bed, To dare the vile contagion of the night And tempt the rheumy and unpurgèd air To add unto his sickness? No, my Brutus. You have some sick offense within your mind, Which by the right and virtue of my place I ought to know of.