Act 4 scene 3
BRUTUS

You have done that you should be sorry for.
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats,
For I am arm'd so strong in honesty
That they pass by me as the idle wind,
Which I respect not. I did send to you
For certain sums of gold, which you denied me:
For I can raise no money by vile means:
By heaven, I had rather coin my heart,
And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring
From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash
By any indirection: I did send
To you for gold to pay my legions,
Which you denied me: was that done like Cassius?


My Version:
You have done some things that you should be ashamed of;
I am not afraid of your threats Cassius
My honesty is so strong
that you pass me by like I am nothing at all
I do not respect that
I sent you to collect a sum of gold, which you denied to do
Then I cannot raise any vile money
I would rather coin my heart, by heaven
I shed my blood for drachmas, than to wring
from the hands of the peasants,
By any means, I did send you for gold to pay my legions
You then denied me: Was that how Cassius wanted it done?


I feel that the importance of these lines are to show what it right for him to do. He is denying everything that Brutus asks him to do. At the end Brutus asks, "Was that done like Cassius?" This relates to betrayal because Brutus is asking for gold, and he is not getting it. I feel that this relates to betrayal because when you betray someone you do the opposite of what the person wants.

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