What does the soothsayer tell Portia?

In Julius Caesar, the soothsayer tells Portia that he fears harm may come to Caesar. When Portia encounters him outside the Capitol, he explains that although he does not know for sure what will happen, he worries that Caesar is in danger. He is trying to find a place in the crowd where he can warn Caesar directly, before it is too late.

This moment heightens the tension surrounding Caesar’s assassination. Portia is already anxious about Brutus’s involvement in the conspiracy, and the soothsayer’s warning deepens her fear that events are moving toward disaster. The scene also reinforces the play’s ongoing uncertainty about fate. The soothsayer keeps trying to prevent Caesar’s death, which suggests that the future is not entirely fixed, even though the omens throughout the play seem to point toward an unavoidable outcome.