And fet thee by Jove's fide. Yet come a little, [They draw Antony up to Cleopatra. All. Oh heavy fight! Ant. I am dying, Egypt, dying. Give me fome wine, and let me speak a little. Ant. One word, fweet Queen. Of Cæfar feek your honour, with your safety. Ant. Gentle, hear me ; None about Cæfar truft, but Proculeius. Cleo. My refolution and my hands I'll truft, Ant. The miserable change now at my end, My countryman; a Roman, by a Roman Cleo. Nobleft of men! woo't die? [Antony die, Haft thou no care of me? fhall I abide Oh, wither'd is the garland of the war, The foldier's pole is fall'n: young boys and girls Are level now with men; the odds is gone, And there is nothing left remarkable, Beneath the vifiting moon. Char. Oh quietnefs, Lady. Iras. She is dead too, our Sovereign. [She faint Char Char. Lady! Iras. Madam! Char. Oh Madam, Madam! Iras. Royal Egypt! Empress! Cleo. Peace, peace, Iras. No more but a meer woman, and commanded Ere death dare come to us? how do you, women? good Sirs, take heart, We'll bury him: and then what's brave, what's noble, Let's do it after the high Roman fashion, And make death proud to take us. Come away, This cafe of that huge fpirit now is cold. Ah, women, women! come, we have no friend, But refolution, and the briefeft end. [Exeunt bearing off Antony's body. ACT V. SCENE I. Cæfar's Camp. Enter Cæfar, Agrippa, Dolabella, Mecænas, Proculeius, Gallus, and Train. Caf. G Being to fruftrate, tell him, he but mocks O to him, Dolabella, bid him yield, The paufes that he makes. Dol. Cæfar, I fhall. [Exit Dolabella. Enter Dercetas with the fword of Antony. Caf. Wherefore is that? and what art thou that dar'ft Appear thus to us? Der. I am call'd Dercetas, Mark Antony I ferv'd, who beft was worthy Beft to be ferv'd; whilst he stood up, and spoke, VOL. VII, E e H He was my mafter, and I wore my life Caf. What is't thou fay'ft? Der. I fay, oh Cæfar, Antony is dead. Caf. The breaking of fo great a thing should make A greater crack in nature. The round world Should have shook lions into civil ftreets, And citizens to their dens. The death of Antony Der. He is dead, Cæfar, Not by a publick minifter of juftice, Caf. Look you fad, friends? The Gods rebuke me but it is a tiding To wash the eyes of Kings. Agr. And ftrange it is, That nature muft compel us to lament Our most perfifted deeds. Mec. His taints and honours Weigh'd equal in him. Agr. A rarer fpirit never Did fteer humanity; but you, Some faults to make us men. Mec. When fuch a spacious He needs muft fee himself. Caf. O Antony! Gods, will give us Cæfar is touch'd. mirror's fet before him, - but we do launce I've follow'd thee to this- With tears as fovereign as the blood of hearts, Our equalness to this. Hear me, good friends The bufinefs of this man looks out of him, We'll hear him what he fays. Now whence are you? Egypt. A poor Egyptian yet; the Queen my mistress Confin'd in all the has (her monument) Of thy intents defires inftruction, That the preparedly may frame her felf Caf. Bid her have good heart; She foon fhall know of us, by fome of ours, Determine for her. For Cæfar cannot live Egypt. May the Gods preferve thee! We purpose her no fhame; give her what comforts And with your speedieft bring us what the fays, And how you find of her. Pro. Cæfar, I hall. [Exit [Exit Pro Caf. Gallus, go you along; where's Dolabella, Exit Gal To fecond Proculeius? All. Dolabella! Caf. Let him alone; for I remember now In all my writings. Go with me, and fee SCENE II. The Monument. [Exeunt Enter Cleopatra, Charmian, Iras, Mardian, and Cleo. My defolation does begin to make Enter Proculeius, and Gallus, below. Thou mean'ft to have him grant thee. Cleo. What's thy name? Pro. My name is Proculeius. Cleo. Antony Did tell me of you, bad me truft you, but I do not greatly care to be deceiv'd, That have no ufe for trufting. If your master No lef beg than a kingdom: if he please Pro. Be of good cheer: You're fall'n into a princely hand, fear nothing; Praving in aid is a Law-term ufed for a petition made in a Court of Justice for the calling in of help from another that hath an intereft in the cause in queftion. Clea |