In Cleopatra's sails their nest: the augurers And dare not speak their knowledge. Antony Alarum afar off, as at a Sea Fight. и Re-enter ANTONY. Ant. All is lost; This foul Egyptian hath betrayed me: 'tis thou Hast sold me to this novice; and my heart O sun, thy uprise shall I see no more: hearts That spaniel'd me at heels, to whom I gave Whose bosom was my crownet, my chief end, 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 Cesar'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 Subdue my worthiest self. The witch shall die; [Exit. SCENE XI.—Alexandria.-A Room in the Palace. Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, IRAs, and Cleo. Help me, my women! O, he is more Cleopatra first belonged to Julius Cesar, then to Antony, and now, as Antony supposes, to Augustus. +Deadly piece of witchcraft. 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. Was never so emboss'd.† Than Telamon* for his shield; the boar of [Thessaly There lock yourself, and send him word you Char. To the monument; are dead. The soul and body rivet not more in parting, Than greatness going off. Cleo. To the monument: Mardian, go tell him I have slain myself; [Exeunt. SCENE XII-The same.-Another Room. Enter ANTONY and EROS. Ant. Eros, thou yet behold'st me? Ant. Sometime, we see a cloud that's dra- A vapour, sometime, like a bear, or lion, A forked mountain, or blue promontory Ant. That, which is now a horse, even with a thought, " The racks dislimns ; and makes it indistinct, As water is in water. Eros. It does, my lord. Ant. My good knave,|| Eros, now thy captain Even such a body: here I am Antony; Yet cannot hold this visible shape, my knave. [in I made these wars for Egypt; and the queen,Whose heart, I thought, I had, for she had mine; Which, whilst it was mine, had annex'd unto't She has robb'd me of my sword. Mar. No, Antony; The battery from my heart. O, cleave, my sides! Heart, once be stronger than thy continent,* Crack thy frail case!-Apace, Eros, apace.No more a soldier:-Bruised pieces, go; You have been nobly borne.-From me a while.[Exit EROS. I will o'ertake thee, Cleopatra, and Weep for my pardon. So it must be, for now All length is torture:-Since the torch is out, Lie down, and stray no further: Now all labour Mars what it does; yea, very force entangles Itself with strength: Seal then,t and all is done.[me: Eros!-I come, my queen-Eros!-Stay for Where souls do couch on flowers, we'll hand in hand, [gaze: And with our sprightly port make the ghosts Dido and her Eneas shall want troops, And all the haunt be ours.-Come, Eros, Eros! Re-enter EROS. Eros. What would my lord? Ant. Since Cleopatra died, back I have liv'd in such dishonour, that the gods come: me Thou strik'st not me, 'tis Cesar thou defeatst. Put colour in thy cheek. Eros. The gods withhold me! Shall I do that, which all the Parthian darts, His corrigibles neck, his face subdued Eros. I would not see't. Ant. Come then; for with a wound I must be cur'd. [worn Draw that thy honest sword, which thou hast Most useful for thy country. Eros. O, Sir, pardon me. Ant. When I did make thee free, swor'st thou not then To do this when I bade thee? Do it at once; Wherein the worship** of the whole world lies. Eros. My sword is drawn. The thing why thou hast drawn it. Eros. My dear master, My captain, and my emperor! let me say, 1. e. The thing that contains thee. Folded. Followed. rage Would not be purg'd, she sent you word she was dead; [sent But, fearing since how it might work, hath Me to proclaim the truth; and I am come, I dread, too late. Ant. Too late, good Diomed:-Call my guard, I prythee. Dio. What ho! the emperor's guard! The guard, what, ho! Come, your lord calls. Enter some of the GUARD. Ant. Bear me, good friends, where Cleopatra bides; 'Tis the last service that I shall command you. 1 Guard. Woe are we, Sir, you may not live to wear +Sealing com- All your true followers out. Corrected. **Dignity. * Settled. All. Most heavy day! Ant. Nay, good my fellows, do not please sharp fate [come To grace it with your sorrows: bid that welWhich comes to punish us, and we punish it Seeming to bear it lightly. Take me up: I have led you oft; carry me now, good friends, And have my thanks for all. [Exeunt bearing ANTONY. SCENE XIII.-The sume.-A Monument. Enter above, CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, and IRAS. Cleo. Charmian, I will never go from hence. Char. Be comforted, dear madam. All strange and terrible events are welcome, Enter DIOMEDES. As that which makes it.-How now? is he dead? Enter ANTONY, borne by the GUARD. Burn the great sphere thou mov'st in !-darkling stand The varying shore o'the world!-O Antony! Antony, Antony!-Charmian, help; help, Iras; Help, friends below; let's draw him hither. Ant. Peace: Not Cesar's valour hath o'erthrown Antony, But Antony's hath triumphed on itself. Cleo. So it should be, that none but Antony Should conquer Antony; but woe 'tis so! Ant. I am dying, Egypt, dying; only I here impórtune death a while, until Of many thousand kisses the poor last I lay upon thy lips. Cleo. I dare not, dear (Dear my lord, pardon,) I dare not, Lest I be taken: not the imperious show Of the full-fortun'd Cesar ever shall Be brooch'd with me; if knife, drugs, serpents, have Edge, sting, or operation, I am safe: Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes, And still conclusion,‡ shall acquire no honour Demuring upon me.-But come, come, Antony,[up; Help me, my women,-we must draw thee Assist, good friends. Ant. O, quick, or I am gone. Cleo. Here's sport, indeed!- How heavy weighs my lord! power, Our strength is all gone into heaviness, That makes the weight: Had I great Juno's [up, The strong-wing'd Mercury should fetch thee And set thee by Jove's side. Yet come a little,Wishers were ever fools;-0, come, come, come; [They draw ANTONY up. And welcome, welcome! die where thou hast liv'd: Quickens with kissing; had my lips that power, Thus would I wear them out. All. A heavy sight! Ant. I am dying, Egypt, dying: Give me some wine, and let me speak a little. Cleo. No, let me speak; and let me rail so high, That the false housewife Fortune break her Provok'd by my offence. [wheel, [0 Ant. One word, sweet queen: None about Cesar trust, but Proculeius. Ant. The miserable change now at my end, Lament nor sorrow at: but please your thoughts, In feeding them with those my former fortunes Wherein I liv'd, the greatest prince o'the world, The noblest and do now not basely die, [Dies. Cleo. Noblest of men, woo't die? Are level now with men: the odds is gone, Char. O, quietness, lady! [She faints. Iras. She is dead too, our sovereign. Char. Lady, Iras. Madam, Char. O madam, madam, madam! Iras. Royal Egypt! Empress! Char. Peace, peace, Iras. Cleo. No more, but e'en a woman; and com manded 740 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Being so frustrate, tell him, he mocks us by [Exit DOLABELLA. Enter DERCETAS, with the Sword of ANTONY. Ces, Wherefore is that? and what art thou, that dar'st Appear thus to us? Der. I am call'd Dercetas; Mark Antony I serv'd, who best was worthy Ces. What is't thou say'st? Der. I say, O Cesar, Antony is dead. Ces. The breaking of so great a thing should make A greater crack: The round world should have shook Lions into civil streets, Der. He is dead, Cesar; [tony of An Not by a public minister of justice, Splitted the heart.-This is his sword, Ces. Look you, sad friends? The gods rebuke me, but it is a tidings Agr. And strange it is, That nature must compel us to lament Mec. His taints and honours Waged equal with him. Agr. A rarer spirit never [us Did steer humanity: but you, gods, will give Some faults to make us men. Cesar is touch'd. Mec. When such a spacious mirror's set before him, He needs must see himself. Ces. O Antony! I have follow'd thee to this;-But we do lance [ACT F. To second Proculeius? Agr. Mec. Dolabella! [Exit GALLES. Ces. Let him alone, for I remember now How he's employed; he shall in time be ready. Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, and IRAS. And bids thee study on what fair demands Did tell me of you, bade me trust you; but [him, Pro. Be of good cheer; [thing: You are fallen into a princely hand, fear noMake your full reference freely to my lord, Who is so full of grace, that it flows over On all that need: Let me report to him Your sweet dependancy; and you shall find A conqueror, that will pray in aid for kindWhere be for grace is kneel'd to. [ness, Cleo. [Within.] Pray you, tell him I am his fortune's vassal, and I send him The greatness he has got. I hourly learn A doctrine of obedience; and would gladly Look him i'the face. Pro. This I'll report, dear lady. * Servant. Have comfort; for, I know, your plight is piti- |O, such another sleep, that I might see [ed Gal. You see how easily she may be surpriz'd: [Here PROCULEIUS, and two of the Guard. Guard her till Cesar come. [To PROCULEIUS and the Guard. Erit Iras. Royal queen! [Drawing a Dagger. Pro. Hold, worthy lady, bold : [Seizes and disarms her. Do not yourself such wrong, who are in this Cleo. What, of death too That rids our dogs of languish? Do not abuse my master's bounty, by. The undoing of yourself: let the world see Cleo. His face was as the heavens; and therein stuck A sun and noon; which kept their course. and lighted The little O, the earth. Dol. Most sovereign creature, Cleo. His legs bestrid the ocean: his rear'd arm Crested the world: his voice was propertied He was as ratling thunder. For his bounty, The element they liv'd in: In his livery As platest dropp'd from his pocket. Cleo. Think you, there was, or might be, [queen | As this I dream'd of f Cleo. Where art thou, death? Pro. O, temperance, lady ! Cleo. Sir, I will eat no meat, I'll not drink, Do Cesar what he can. Know, Sir, that I court ; Nor once be chástis'd with the sober eye Pro. You do extend These thoughts of horror further than you shall You laugh, when boys, or women, tell their Dol. I understand not, madam. Dol. Gentle madam, no. Cleo. You lie, up to the hearing of the gods. stuff Dol. Hear me, good madam: never By the rebound of yours, a grief that shoots Cleo. I thank you, Sir. Know you what Cesar means to do with me? knew. Of Egypt? Dol. 'Tis the emperor, madam. Ces. Arise, [CLEOPATRA kneels. I pray you, rise; rise, Egypt. Ces. Take to you no hard thoughts: Cleo. Sole Sir o'the world, I cannot project mine own canse so well [ber Cleo. I dream'd, there was an emperor An- Been laden with like frailties, which before tony; Bound, confined. |