Speak, Strike, Redress!

"Beware the Ides of March."

- Ruth Kudlick, 1998 

Thus must I piece it out:
"Shall Rome stand under one man's awe?” What, Rome?
My ancestors did from the streets of Rome
The Tarquin drive when he was called a king.
“Speak, strike, redress!” Am I entreated
To speak and strike? O Rome, I make thee promise,
If the redress will follow, thou receivest
Thy full petition at the hand of Brutus!

                                             - Some Bard, 1599