1 Sold. Let's hear him, for the things he speaks May concern Cæsar. 3 Sold. Let's do so. But he sleeps. 1 Sold. Swoons rather; for so bad a prayer as his Was never yet for sleeping. 2 Sold. 3 Sold. Awake, awake, sir; 2 Sold. 1 Sold. The hand of death Hark, the drums Demurely + wake the sleepers. Go we to him. speak to us. Hear you, sir? him. hath raught To the court of guard; he is of note: our hour Enter Antony and Scarus, with forces, marching. Ant. Their preparation is to-day by sea; We please them not by land. Scar. For both, my lord. Ant. I would, they'd fight i'the fire, or in the air; We'd fight there too. But this it is: Our foot Shall stay with us: order for sea is given; [Exeunt. Enter Cæsar, and his forces, marching. Cæs. But§ being charg'd, we will be still by * Reached. land, Discover their numbers, and see their motions. Which, as I tak't, we shall: for his best force Re-enter Antony and Scarus. [Exeunt. Ant. Yet they're not join'd: Where yonder pine does stand, I shall discover all: I'll bring thee word Straight, how 'tis like to go. Scar. [Exit. Swallows have built His fretted fortunes give him hope, and fear, Ant. Alarum afar off, as at a sea-fight. Re-enter Antony. All is lost; This foul Egyptian hath betrayed me: My fleet hath yielded to the foe; and yonder thou Hast sold me to this novice; and my heart [Exit Scarus. O sun, thy uprise shall I see no more: Do we shake hands.-All come to this?—The hearts * Cleopatra first belonged to Julius Cæsar, then to Antony, and now, as Antony supposes, to Augustus. + Deadly piece of witchcraft. Whose eye beck'd* forth my wars, and call'd them home; Whose bosom was my crownett, my chief end,Like a right gipsy, hath, at fast and loose ‡, Beguil'd me to the very heart of loss. What, Eros, Eros! Enter Cleopatra. Ah, thou spell! Avaunt. Cleo. Why is my lord enrag'd against his love? Ant. Vanish; or I shall give thee thy deserving, And blemish Cæsar's triumph. Let him take thee, And hoist thee up to the shouting plebeians: Follow his chariot, like the greatest spot Of all thy sex; most monster-like, be shown For poor'st diminutives, to dolts §; and let Patient Octavia plough thy visage up With her prepared nails. [Exit Cleo.] 'Tis well thou'rt gone, If it be well to live: But better 'twere Let me lodge Lichas ¶ on the horns o'the moon; And with those hands, that grasp'd the heaviest club, Subdue my worthiest self. The witch shall die ; To the Roman boy she hath sold me, and I fall Under this plot : she dies for't.-Eros, ho! [Exit. Was the motion for. + Finish. A cheating game, at present named pricking at the belt. § For the smallest piece of money, to clowns. || Hercules. ¶The boy that brought the poisoned shirt to Hercules. SCENE XI. Alexandria. A room in the palace. Enter Cleopatra, Charmian, Iras, and Mardian. Cleo. Help me, my women! O, he is more mad Than Telamon* for his shield; the boar of Thessaly Was never so emboss'd†. Char. To the monument; There lock yourself, and send him word you are dead. The soul and body rivet not more in parting, Cleo. Mardian; and bring me how he takes my death.To the monument. [Exeunt. SCENE XII. The same. Another room. Enter Antony and Eros. Ant. Eros, thou yet behold'st me? Eros. Ay, noble lord. Ant. Sometime, we see a cloud that's dragonish; ΤΑ vapour, sometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory And mock our eyes with air: Thou hast seen these signs; * Ajax Telamon for the shield of Achilles. + Foaming at the mouth. + Split. |