—Gentlemen all, alas, what shall I say?
My credit now stands on such slippery ground
That one of two bad ways you must conceit me,
Either a coward or a flatterer
—That I did love thee, Caesar, O, ’tis true.
If then thy spirit look upon us now,
Shall it not grieve thee dearer than thy death
To see thy Antony making his peace,
Shaking the bloody fingers of thy foes—
Most noble!—in the presence of thy corse?


Explain from 'Shall it not .... ... of thy corse'?

Antony speaks the above words when he stands near the body of Caesar. He says that it would grieve Caesar more than death to know that Antony joined hands with the conspirators of Caesar's death. He says it would not a pleasant sight in front of the corpse (dead body).

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