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Cef. I have eyes upon him,

And his affairs come to me on the wind:
Where, fay you, he is now ?

Oa. My lord, in Athens.

Caf. No, my moft wrong'd fifter; Cleopatra
Hath nodded him to her. He hath given his empire
Up to a whore; who now are levying

The kings o'the earth for war: he hath affembl'd
Bocchus, the king of Lybia; Archelaus,

Of Cappadocia ; Philadelphos, king

Of Paphlagonia the Thracian king, Adallas:
King Malchus of Arabia; king of Medes;
Herod of Jewry; Mithridates, king

Of Comagene; Polemon and Amintás,
The kings of Pont and Lycaonia ;
With a larger lift of scepters.

Oa. Ah me moft wretched!

That have my heart parted betwixt two friends,
That do afflict each other.

Caf. Welcome hither:

Your letters did withold our breaking forth;
'Till we perceiv'd, both how you were wrong'd,
And we in negligent danger. Cheer your heart :
Be you not troubl'd with the time, which drives
O'er your content these ftrong neceffities;
But let determin'd things to deftiny

Hold unbewail'd their way. Welcome to Rome.
Nothing more dear to me. You are abus'd
Beyond the mark of thought: and the high gods,
To do you justice, make them minifters

Of us, and those that love you. Be of comfort;
And ever welcome to.us.

Agr. Welcome, lady.

Mec. Welcome, dear madam.

Each heart in Rome does love and pity you :
Only the adulterous Antony, moft large
In his abominations, turns you off;
And gives his potent regiment to a trull,
That noifes it against us.

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Oa. Is it fo, fir?

Caf. Most certain. Sifter, welcome: pray you, now Be ever known to patience: my dear'ft fifter! SCENE VII. Near A&tium. Antony's Camp. Enter Cleopatra, and Enobarbus.

Cle. I will be even with thee, doubt it not
Eno. But why, why, why?

Cle. Thou haft forespoke my being in these wars;
And fay'ft, it is not fit.

Eno. Well, is it, is it?

Cle. Is't not denounc'd 'gainst us? Why should not we Be there in perfon?

"Eno. Well, I could reply:

"If we should serve with horfe and marestogether, "The horse were merely loft; the mares would bear "A foldier, and his horse.

"Cle. What is't you say?

"Eno. Your prefence needs muft puzzle Antony; "Take from his heart, take from his brain, from his time, "What should not then be fpar'd. He is already "Traduc'd for levity; and 'tis faid in Rome,

"That Photinus an eunuch, and your maids,

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Manage this war.

"Cle. Sink Rome; and their tongues rot,

"That fpeak against us! A charge we bear i'the war, "And, as the prefident of my kingdom, will

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Appear there for a man.

"I will not ftay behind.

"Eno. Nay, I have done. "Here comes the emperor.

Speak not against it;

Enter Antony, and Canidius.

Ant. Is't not ftrange, Canidius,

That from Tarentum, and Brundufium,

He could fo quickly cut the Ionian sea,

And take in Toryne ?-You have heard on't, sweet?
Cle. Celerity is never more admir'd,

Than by the negligent *.

This is a very fenfible obfervation; for indolence is very apt, upon the most probable events, produced by itself, to cry out, 6 Who "would have thought it?" though common fenfe mus easily ha foreseen the confequences in their true shape.

Ant. A good rebuke,

Which might have well becom❜d the best of men,
To taunt at flackness.-My Canidius, we
Will fight with him by sea.

Cle. By fea! What else?

Can. Why will my lord do fo?

Ant. For that he dares us to't...

Eno. So hath my lord dar'd him to fingle fight.
Can. Ay, and to wage this battle at Pharfalia,
Where Cafar fought with Pompey but thefe offers,
Which ferve not for his vantage, he shakes off;
And fo fhould you.

Eno. Your fhips are not well mann'd;
Your mariners are múliteers, reapers, people
Ingroft by swift impress; in Cafar's fleet

Are thofe, that often have 'gainft Pompey fought =
Their fhips are yare; yours, heavy; no difgrace
Can fall you for refufing him at fea,
Being prepar'd for land.

Ant. By fea, by fea.

Eno. Moft worthy fir, you therein throw away
The abfolute foldiership you have by land;
Diftract your army, which doth most confist
Of war-mark'd footmen; leave unexecuted
Your own renowned knowledge; quite forego
The
way which promises affurance; and
Give up yourself merely to chance and hazard,
From firm fecurity.

Ant. Pll fight at fea.

Cle. I have fixty fails, Cæfar none better.
Ant. Come:

Our over-plus of shipping will we burn ;

And, with the rest full-mann'd, from the head of A&i«m

Beat the approaching Cafar. But if we fail,

Enter a Meffenger.

We then can do't at land.-Thy business?

Mef The news is true, my lord; he is defcry'd; Cafar has taken Toryne.

Ant. Can he be there in perfon? 'tis impoffible; Strange, that his power fhould be.-Canidius,

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Our nineteen legions thou shalt hold by land,
And our twelve thousand horse:-we'll to our ship;
Enter a Soldier.

Away, my Thetis.-How now, worthy foldier?
Sol. O noble emperor, do not fight by fea;
Truft not to rotten planks: do you mifdoubt
This sword, and these my wounds? Let the Egyptians,
And the Phenicians, go a ducking; we

Have us'd to conquer, ftanding on the earth,
And fighting foot to foot.

Ant. Well, well, away*.

[Exeunt Antóny, Cleopatra, and Enobarbus.

"Sol. By Hercules, I think I am i'the right.

"Can. Soldier, thou art; but this whole action grows "Not in the power on't: fo our leader's led.

"And we are women's men.

"Sol. You keep by land

"The legions and the horse whole, do you not? "Can. Marcus Octavius, Marcus Jufteius,

"Publicola, and Cælius, are for fea:

"But we keep whole by land. This speed of Cafar's "Carries beyond belief.

"Sol. While he was yet in Rome,

"His power went out in fuch diftractions, as

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Beguil'd all fpies.

"Can. Who's his lieutenant, hear you?

"Sol. They fay, one Taurus.

"Can. Well I know the man.

"Enter a Meffenger.

"Mef. The emperor calls Canidius.

"Can. With news the time's with labour; and throws forth,

"Each minute, fome.

[Exeunt.

The prejudiced obftinacy, confequently the folly, fhowed by Antony, is one out of many thousand inftances, that a man of very eminent abilities, is occafionally capable of most glaring errors.

SCENE VIII. The fame. Plain between both Camps Enter Cæfar, Taurus, Officers, and others.

Caf. Taurus,

Tau. My lord.

Caf. Strike not by land; keep whole: provoke nor battle,

'Till we have done at fea. Do not exceed

The prefcript of this scrowl: 'our fortune lies

Upon this jump.

Enter Antony, Enobarbas, and others.

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Ant. Set we our fquadrons on yon' fide o'the hill,
In eye of Cæfar's battle; from which place
We may the number of the ships behold,
And fo proceed accordingly.

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Enter Canidius, marching with his land Army, one Way y and Taurus, the Lieutenant of Cæfar, with his, the other Way. After their going in, is beard the Noife of a Sea-fight.

Alarums. Enter Enobarbus.

Eno. Naught, naught, all naught! I can behold no longer :

The Antoniad, the Egyptian admiral,

With all their fixty, fly, and turn the rudder;

To fee't, mine eyes are blasted.

"Enter Scarus.

"Sca. Gods, and goddeffes,

"All the whole fynod of them!

"Ene. What's thy paffion?

"Sca. The greater cantle of the world is loft

"With very ignorance; we have kiss'd away

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Kingdoms and provinces.

"Eno. How appears the fight?

"Sca. On our fide like the token'd peftilence, "Where death is fure. Yon' ribbald nag of Egypt, (Whom leprofy o'er-take!) i'the mid'ft o'the fight,"When vantage like a pair of twins appear'd,

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