The second way Antony gave an excellent speech was he followed all of Brutus's rules. Antony was only able to speak at Caesar's funeral under three strict conditions. First of all he is not allowed to blame the conspirators Antony follows this rule by calling all of the conspirators honorable men but sarcastically. His second rule was that Brutus must speak first. Brutus speaks first but makes the poor decision of leaving after his speech and not listening to Antony. The third rule was to tell the audience he got permission from the conspirators which he does by saying “Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest (for Brutus is an honorable man, So are they all honorable men), come I to speak in Caesar's funeral” (Act III, scene ii). The fact