Eno. To be sure of that, [Aside. I will ask Antony.-Sir, sir, thou'rt so leaky, Thy dearest quit thee. Thyr. [Erit ENOBARBUS. Shall I say to Cæsar What you require of him? for he partly begs And put yourself under his shrowd, Cleo. What's your name ? Thyr. My name is Thyreus. Cleo. Most kind messenger, Say to great Cæsar this, In disputation 2 I kiss his conqu'ring hand: tell him, I am prompt To lay my crown at his feet, and there to kneel: Tell him, from his all-obeying 3 breath I hear The doom of Egypt. Thyr. "Tis your noblest course. Wisdom and fortune combating together,, If that the former dare but what it can, No chance may shake it. Give me grace4 to lay Cleo. Your Cæsar's father Oft, when he hath mus'd of taking kingdoms in," As it rain'd kisses. 2 Supposed to be an error for deputation, i. e. by proxy. The bidding of the fullest man, and worthiest To have command obey'd. Eno. You will be whipp'd. Ant. Approach, there:-Ay, you kite!-Now gods and devils! Authority melts from me: Of late, when I cry'd, ho! Like boys unto a muss,7 kings would start forth, And cry, Your will? Have you no ears? I am Enter Attendants. 8 Antony yet. Take hence this Jack, and whip him. Eno. 'Tis better playing with a lion's whelp, Than with an old one dying. Moon and stars! Ant. Whip him :-Were't twenty of the greatest tributaries That do acknowledge Cæsar, should I find them So saucy with the hand of she here, (What's her name, Since she was Cleopatra ?)-Whip him, fellows, Till, like a boy, you see him cringe his face, And whine aloud for mercy: Take him hence. Thyr. Mark Antony, Ant. Tug him away: being whipp'd, Bring him again :-This Jack of Cæsar's shall Bear us an errand to him. [Exeunt Attend. with THYREUS. Most complete and perfect. 7 Scramble. A term of contempt. You were half blasted ere I knew you :-Ha! Cleo. Good my lord, Ant. You have been a boggler ever : But when we in our viciousness grow hard, (O misery on't!) the wise gods seel' our eyes; In our own filth drop our clear judgments; make us Adore our errors; laugh at us, while we strut To our confusion. Cleo. O, is it come to this? Ant. I found you as a morsel, cold upon Dead Cæsar's trencher: nay, you were a fragment Of Cneius Pompey's; besides what hotter hours, Unregister'd in vulgar fame, you have 2 Luxuriously pick'd out :-For, I am sure, Though you can guess what temperance should be, You know not what it is. Cleo. Wherefore is this? The horned herd! for I have savage cause; A halter'd neck, which does the hangman thank For being yare • Servants. 1 Close up. 3 Ready, handy. 2 Wantonly. Re-enter Attendants, with THYREUS. 1 Att. Soundly, my lord. Ant. Cry'd he? and begg'd he pardon? 1 Att. He did ask favour. Ant. If that thy father live, let him repent Thou wast not made his daughter; and be thou sorry To follow Cæsar in his triumph, since Thou hast been whipp'd for following him: henceforth, The white hand of a lady fever thee, Shake thou to look on't.-Get thee back to Cæsar, My speech, and what is done; tell him, he has 4 Cleo. Have you done yet? Ant. [Exit THYREUS. Alack, our terrene moon Is now eclips'd; and it portends alone The fall of Antony! Cleo. I must stay his time. Ant. To flatter Cæsar, would you mingle eyes With one that ties his points? 4 Requite. 5 Earthly. Cleo. Not know me yet? Ant. Cold-hearted toward me? Ah, dear, if I be so, Cleo. Ant. I am satisfied. Cæsar sits down in Alexandria; where I will oppose his fate. Our force by land Have knit again, and fleet," threat'ning most sealike. lady? If from the field I shall return once more To kiss these lips, I will appear in blood; Cleo. That's my brave lord! Ant. I will be treble-sinew'd, hearted, breath'd, And fight maliciously for when mine hours. : Were nice and lucky, men did ransome lives • Dissolves. 7 Her son by Julius Cæsar. 8 Melting. 2 Feasting |