Enter CESAR, and his forces, marching. Ca. But1 being charged, we will be still by land, Is forth to man his galleys. To the vales, [Exeunt. Re-enter ANTONY and SCArus. 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. Sca. [Exit. Swallows have built In Cleopatra's sails their nests: the augurers Say, they know not, they cannot tell;-look grimly, And dare not speak their knowlege. Antony His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear, [alarum afar off, as at a sea-fight. Re-enter ANTONY. All is lost : Ant. My fleet hath yielded to the foe; and yonder 1 Unless. 1 Like friends long lost.-Triple-turn'd whore!1 'tis 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 Whose bosom was my crownet, my chief end ; Like a right gipsy, hath, at fast and loose,3 Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. What, Eros, Eros! Enter CLEOPATRA. Ah, thou spell! Avaunt. Cle. Why is my lord enraged against his love? 1 Cleopatra first belonged to Julius Cæsar, then to Antony, and now, as Antony supposes, to Augustus. 2 This destructive piece of witchcraft. A cheating game, since known by the name of ' pricking at the belt.' 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 With her prepared nails. [Exit Cleopatra.] 'Tis well thou 'rt gone, If it be well to live: but better 'twere Let me lodge Lichas on the horns o' the moon; Subdue my worthiest self. The witch shall die. fall Under this plot: she dies for 't.-Eros, ho! [Exit. SCENE XI. Alexandria. A room in the palace. Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, IRAS, and MARDIAN. Cle. Help me, my women! O, he is more mad 1 For the smallest piece of money. 2 Mark Antony claimed to be a descendant of Hercules. Than Telamon for his shield: the boar of Thessaly Was never so emboss'd.1 Char. To the monument! There lock yourself, and send him word you are dead. The soul and body rive 2 not more in parting, Cle. death. [Exeunt. Ant. Sometime we see a cloud that 's dragonish ; A vapor, sometime, like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon 't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air. Thou hast seen these signs; Foaming at the mouth. 2 Split. They are black vesper's pageants. Eros. Ay, my lord. Ant. That, which is now a horse, even with a thought, The rack dislimns; 1 and makes it indistinct, As water is in water. Eros. It does, my lord. Ant. My good knave, Eros, now thy captain is Even such a body: here I am Antony; Yet cannot hold this visible shape, my knave. Nay, weep not, gentle Eros; there is left us Enter MARDIAN. She has robb'd me of my sword. Mar. No, Antony; My mistress loved thee, and her fortunes mingled With thine intirely. Ant. Hence, saucy eunuch; peace! She hath betray'd me, and shall die the death. Mar. Death of one person can be paid but once; And that she has discharged: what thou wouldst do, 1 The fleeting away of the clouds destroys the picture. |