Enter ANTONY and ENOBARBUS. Ant. Set we our squadrons on yon' side o'the hill, In eye of Cæsar's battle; from which place We may the number of the ships behold, And so proceed accordingly. [Exeunt. Enter CANIDIUS, marching with his Land Army one Way over the Stage; and TAURUS, the Lieutenant of Caesar, the other Way. After their going in, is heard the Noise of a Sea-Fight. Alarum. Re-enter ENOBARBUS. Eno. Naught, naught, all naught! I can behold no longer : The Antoniad,' the Egyptian admiral, With all their sixty, fly, and turn the rudder ; Scar. The greater cantle of the world is lost With very ignorance; we have kiss'd away Kingdoms and provinces. Eno. How appears the fight? 8 Scar. On our side like the token'd' pestilence, Where death is sure. Yon' ribald-rid nag of Egypt, Whom leprosy o'ertake! i' the midst o'the fight, 4 Sight. Name of Cleopatra's ship. 6 Corner. When vantage like a pair of twins appear'd, Eno. That I beheld: mine eyes Did sicken at the sight on't, and could not Endure a further view. Scar. She once being loof'd," The noble ruin of her magick, Antony, Claps on his sea-wing, and like a doting mallard, Can. Our fortune on the sea is out of breath, And sinks most lamentably. Had our general Been what he knew himself, it had gone well: O, he has given example for our flight, Most grossly, by his own. Eno. Ay, are you thereabouts? Why then, good night Indeed. [Aside. Can. Towards Peloponnesus are they fled. Scar. 'Tis easy to't; and there I will attend What further comes. Can. To Cæsar will I render My legions, and my horse; six kings already Show me the way of yielding. 9 Better. The gad fly that stings cattle. 2 Brought close to the wind. Eno. I'll yet follow The wounded chance of Antony, though my reason Sits in the wind against me. [Exeunt. SCENE IX. Alexandria. A Room in the Palace. Enter ANTONY, and Attendants. Ant. Hark, the land bids me tread no more upon't, Have lost my way for ever:-I have a ship Att. Fly! not we. My treasure's in the harbour, take it.-0, My very hairs do mutiny; for the white Reprove the brown for rashness, and they them 3 Belated, benighted. Leave me, I pray, a little: 'pray you now :- [Sits down. Enter EROS, and CLEOPATRA, led by CHARMIAN and IRAS. Eros. Nay, gentle madam, to him :-Comfort him. Iras. Do, most dear queen. Char. Do! Why, what else? Cleo. Let me sit down. O Juno! Ant. No, no, no, no, no. Eros. See you here, sir? Ant. O fye, fye, fye. Char. Madam, Iras. Madam; O good empress !— Eros. Sir, sir, Ant. Yes, my lord, yes;-He, at Philippi, kept Hi's sword even like a dancer; while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius; and 'twas I, That the mad Brutus ended: he alone Dealt on lieutenantry, and no practice had In the brave squares of war: Yet now-No matter. Cleo. Ah, stand by. Eros. The queen, my lord, the queen. Iras. Go to him, madam, speak to him; He is unqualitied with very shame. Cleo. Well then,-Sustain me:-O! Eros. Most noble sir, arise; the queen approaches; Her head's declin'd, and death will seize her; but 5 Fought by his officers. 4 Cæsar. Your comfort makes the rescue. Ant. I have offended reputation; A most unnoble swerving. Eros. Sir, the queen. Ant. O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt? See, How I convey my shame out of thine eyes By looking back on what I have left behind 'Stroy'd in dishonour. Cleo. O my lord, my lord! Forgive my fearful sails! I little thought, · Ant. Egypt, thou knew'st too well, My heart was to thy rudder tied by the strings, Cleo. Ant. O, my pardon. Now I must To the young man send humble treaties, dodge Cleo. O pardon, pardon. Ant. Fall not a tear, I say; one of them rates 8 Values. |