This excerpt shows the moment when Brutus knows that his enemies are following him. Brutus is afraid of being tortured by his enemies, but he was an honorable man and despite the fear, he speaks the above phrases to show that he will maintain his honor even in the face of his defeat.
The people's relationship with the colonists were dissent, thinking that they were dirty fools living in their own garbage. they thought they deserved to be persecuted and could not be tolerated
