The New Hudson Shakespeare · William Shakespeare
SCENE II. _Before_ BRUTUS'S _tent, in the camp near Sardis_
_Drum._ _Enter_ BRUTUS, TITINIUS, LUCIUS, _and_ Soldiers; LUCILIUS _and_ PINDARUS _meet them_ BRUTUS. Stand, ho! LUCILIUS. Give the word, ho! and stand. BRUTUS. What now, Lucilius! is Cassius near? LUCILIUS. He is at hand; and Pindarus is come To do you salutation from his master. 5 [PINDARUS _gives a letter to_ BRUTUS] BRUTUS. He greets me well. Your master, Pindarus, In his own change, or by ill officers, Hath given me some worthy cause to wish Things done undone: but, if he be at hand, I shall be satisfied. PINDARUS. I do not doubt 10 But that my noble master will appear Such as he is, full of regard and honour. [Note: SCENE II. _Before ... Sardis_ Rowe | Ff omit.] [Note: _Enter_ BRUTUS ... _meet them_ | Enter Brutus, Lucillius, and the Army. Titinius and Pindarus meet them Ff.] [Note 5: [PINDARUS _gives_ ...] | Ff omit.] [Note 7: /change/ Ff | charge Hanmer.] [Note: SCENE II. This scene is separated from the foregoing by about a year. The remaining events take place in the autumn, B.C. 42.] [Note 6: /He greets me well./ A dignified return of the salutation.] [Note 7: If the Folio reading be retained, 'change' will mean 'altered disposition,' 'change in his own feelings towards me.' Warburton's suggestion 'charge,' adopted by Hanmer and in previous editions of Hudson's Shakespeare, would give as the meaning of the line, Either by his own command, or by officers, subordinates, who have abused their trust, prostituting it to the ends of private gain.]
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