Heart, once be stronger than thy continent, You have been nobly borne.-From me a while.- [Exit EROS. Weep for my pardon. So it must be, for now And all the haunt be ours.-Come, Eros, Eros ! Eros. What would my lord? I have lived in such dishonour, that the gods Disgrace and horror, that, on my command, Eros. The gods withhold me! Shall I do that, which all the Parthian darts, Ant. Eros, Wouldst thou be window'd in great Rome, and see To penetrative shame; whilst the wheel'd seat Eros. I would not see't. Ant. Come then; for with a wound I must be cured. Draw that thy honest sword, which thou hast worn 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; I. e. than what contains thee. + Folded. § Corrected. The poor conquered creature that followed. † Protraction of life. Penetrating. Or thy precedent services are all But accidents unpurposed. Draw, and come. Eros. Turn from me then that noble countenance, Wherein the worship* of the whole world lies. Ant. Lo thee. Eros. My sword is drawn. Ant. Then let it do at once The thing why thou hast drawn it. Eros. My dear master, My captain, and my emperor! let me say, [Turning from him. Eros. Farewell, great chief. Shall I strike now? Eros. Why, there then :-[Falls on his Sword]. escape the scrrow Of Antony's death. Ant. Thrice nobler than myself! Thou teachest me, O valiant Eros, what I should, and thou couldst not. My queen and Eros Have, by their brave instruction, got upon me A nobleness in record: but I will be A bridegroom in my death, and run into't As to a lover's bed. Come then; and, Eros, Thus do I [Dies. Thy master dies thy scholar; to do thus [Falling on his Sword. I learn'd of thee. How! not yet dead? not dead ? The guard!-ho!-O, despatch me. Enter DERCETAS and GUARD. 1 Guard. What's the noise ? Ant. have done my work ill, friends; O, make an end Of what I have begun. 2 Guard, The star is fallen. 1 Guard. And time is at his period. All. Alas, and woe! Ant. Let him that loves me, strike me dead. 1 Guard. Not I. 2 Guard. Nor I. 3 Guard. Nor any one. [Exeunt GUARD. Der. Thy death and fortunes bid thy followers fly. This sword but shown to Cæsar, with this tidings, Shall enter me with him. Enter DIOMEDES. Der. There, Diomed, there. Dio. Where's Antony? Dio. Lives he? Wilt thou not answer, man? [Exit DERCETAS. Ant. Art thou there, Diomed? Draw thy sword, and give me Sufficing strokes for death. Dio. Most absolute lord, My mistress Cleopatra sent me to thee. * Dignity. Ant. When did she send thee? Dio. Now, my lord. Ant. Where is she? Dio. Lock'd in her monument. She had a prophesying fear Of what hath come to pass: for when she saw (Which never shall be found) you did suspect * She had disposed with Cæsar, and that your rage Would not be purged, she sent you word she was dead; Me to proclaim the truth; and I am come, I dread, too late. Ant. Too late, good Diomed:-Call my guard, I pr'ythee. 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 All your true followers out. All. Most heavy day! Ant. Nay, good my fellows, do not please sharp fate [Exeunt, bearing ANTONY. SCENE XIII.-The same. A Monument. Cleo. No, I will not. 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. Cleo. O thou sun, Burn the great sphere thou movest in !-darkling stand Antony, Antony !-Charmian, help; help, Iras; Ant. Peace: Not Cæsar's valour hath o'erthrown Antony, * Settled. Cleo. So it should be, that none but Antony Cleo. I dare not, dear (Dear my lord, pardon), I dare not, Be brooch'd* with me; if knife, drugs, serpents, have Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes, And still conclusion,† shall acquire no honour Ant. O quick, or I am gone. Cleo. Here's sport, indeed!-How heavy weighs my lord! That makes the weight: Had I great Juno's power, [They draw ANTONY up And welcome, welcome! die where thou hast lived: 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 wheel, Provoked by my offence. Ant. One word, sweet queen: Of Cæsar seek your honour, with your safety.-O! Ant. Gentle, hear me. None about Cæsar trust, but Proculeius. Cleo. My resolution, and my hands, I'll trust; None about Cæsar. Ant. The miserable change now at my end, Nor cowardly; put off my helmet to Cleo. Noblest of men, woo't die ? Hast thou no care of me? shall I abide * Ornamented. † Sedate determination. [Dies. In this dull world, which in thy absence is The soldier's pole is fallen; young boys, and girls, And there is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon. Char. O, quietness, lady! Iras. She is dead too, our sovereign. Char. Lady, Iras. Madam, Char. Peace, peace, Iras. [She faints. Cleo. No more, but e'en a woman; and commanded And does the meanest chares.*-It were for me Ere death dare come to us ?-How do you, women? [To the guard below 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: Ah, women, women! come; we have no friend But resolution, and the briefest end. [Exeunt: those above bearing off ANTONY's body. ACT V. SCENE I-CESAR'S Camp before Alexandria. Enter CESAR, AGRIPPA, DOLABELLA, MECENAS, GALLUS, PROCULEIUS, and others. Cas. Go to him, Dolabella, bid him yield; Being so frustrate,† tell him, he mocks us by The pauses that he makes. Dol. Cæsar, I shall. [Exit DOLABELLA. Enter DERCETAS, with the Sword of ANTONY. Cas. Wherefore is that? and what art thou, that dar❜st Appear thus to us? |