Caf. I have eyes upon him, And his affairs come to me on the wind. Where is he now? Оa. My lord, in Athens. Caf. No, my most wronged 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 affembled Of Paphlagonia; the Thracian king Adallas; Of Comagene; Polemon and Amintas, That have my heart parted betwixt two friends, Caf. Welcome hither: Your letters did with-hold our breaking forth, Hold unbewail'd their way. Welcome to Rome: him; this is abfurd. We must read, Being an obftruct 'tween bis luft and him. i. e. his wife being an obftruction, a bar to the profecution of his wanton pleafures with Cleopatra. 6 WARBURTON. Mr. Upton remarks, that there are fome errours in this enu. meration of the auxiliary kings; but it is probable that the au thour did not much wish to be accurate. JOHNSON. To do you justice, make their ministers 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: And gives his potent regiment to a trull, Qa. Is it fo, fir? Caf. It is most certain. Sifter, welcome : Pray you, Be ever known to patience, my dearest fifter! SCENE VII. [Exeunt. Antony's camp near the promontory of Altium. Cleo. I will be even with thee, doubt it not. Cleo. Thou haft forefpoke my being in these wars; And fay'st, it is not fit. Eno. Well, is it, is it? Cleo. Is't not denounc'd against us? Why should not we Be there in person? Eno. [Afide.] Well, I could reply: If we should ferve with horfe and mares together, 7-potent regiment-] Regiment, is government, authority; he puts his power and his empire into the hands of a false woman. It may be obferved, that trull was not, in our author's time, a term of mere infamy, but a word of flight contempt, as wench is JOHNSON. -forefpoke my being-] To forefpeak, is to contradic, to speak againfi, as forbid is to order negatively. now. 8 JOHNSON. The The horse were merely loft; the mares would bear Cleo. What is't you say? Eno. Your prefence needs must puzzle Antony; Take from his heart, take from his brain, from his time, What should not then be fpared. He is already Cleo. Sink Rome; and their tongues rot That speak against us! A charge we bear i' the war ; Appear there for a man. Speak not against it; Enter Antony and Canidius. Eno. Nay, I have done here comes the emperor. Ant. Is it not strange, Canidius, That from Tarentum, and Brundufium, He could fo quickly cut the Ionian sea, And take in Toryne?-You have heard on't, fweet? Cleo. Celerity is never more admired Than by the negligent. Ant. A good rebuke, Which might have well becom'd the best of men To taunt at flackness. Canidius, we Will fight with him by fea. Cleo. 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 Cæfar fought with Pompey: But thefe offers, Which ferve not for his vantage, he shakes off, And fo fhould you. Eno. Eno. Your fhips are not well mann'd : Ant. By fea, by sea. Eno. Moft worthy fir, you therein throw away Ant. I'll fight at fea. Cleo. I have fixty fails, Cæfar none better. Beat the approaching Cæfar. But if we fail, Thy business? Enter a Messenger. Mef. The news is true, my lord; he is defcried: Cæfar has taken Toryne. Ant. Can he be there in perfon? 'tis impoffible. Strange, that his power fhould be.-Canidius, Our nineteen legions thou fhalt hold by land, Their fhips are yare; your's heavy-] So in fir Tho. North's Plutarch. Cæfar's fhips were not built for pomp, high and great, &c. but they were light of yarage." Yare generally fignifies, dextrous, manageable. STEEVENS And And our twelve thousand horfe. We'll to our ship; Away, my Thetis ! Enter a Soldier. How now, worthy foldier? Sold. Oh noble emperor, do not fight by sea; Have us'd to conquer standing on the earth, Ant. Well, well, away. I [Exeunt Antony, Cleopatra, and Enobarbus. Sold. By Hercules, I think, I am i' the right. Can. Soldier, thou art: but his whole action grows Not in the power on't: So our leader's led, And we are women's men. Sold. You keep by land The legions and the horfe whole, do you not? But we keep whole by land. This speed of Cæfar's His Sold. While he was yet in Rome, 2 power went out in such distractions, as Beguil'd all spies. Can. Who's his lieutenant, hear you? Sold. They fay, one Taurus. Can. Well I know the man. 'By Hercules, I think, I am i' the right. Can. Soldier, thou art; but his whole action grows Not in the power on't :-] That is, his whole conduct becomes, ungoverned by the right, or by reafon. JOHNSON. 2-diftractions-] Detachments; feparate bodies. JOHNSON. Enter |