To excuse their after wrath: Husband, I come: [Kisses them. Iras falls and dies. say, The gods themselves do weep! Cleo. This proves me base: If she first meet the curled Antony, He'll make demand of her;* and spend that kiss, Which is my heaven to have. Come, mortal wretch, [To the Asp, which she applies to her Breast. With thy sharp teeth this knot intrinsicate Of life at once untie: poor venomous fool, and despatch. O, could'st thou speak ! That I might hear thee call great Cæsar, ass Unpolicied! Be angry, 3 ? Have I the aspick in my lips?] Are my lips poison’d by the aspick, that my kiss has destroyed thee? Dost fall?] Iras must be supposed to have applied an asp to her arm while her mistress was settling her dress, or I know not why she should fall so soon. STEEVENS. + He'll make demand of her;] He will enquire of her concerning me, and kiss her for giving him intelligence. Unpolicies !] i. e. an ass without more policy than to leave the means of death within my reach, and thereby deprive his triumph of its noblest decoration. 5 ass Act v.Sc.11./a room in the Monument, enter guards, rushing in, 1.Guard. Where is the Queen? not Charmian.- Speak rofily wake her Publishid by C&F Rington. London Marz. 1304. Char. O eastern star ! Peace, peace! O, break! O, break! Cleo. As sweet as balm, as soft as air, as gen tle,O Antony!--Nay, I will take thee too : [ Applying another Asp to her Arm. What should I stay- Falls on a Bed, and dies. Char. In this wild world?-So, fare thee well.Now boast thee, death! in thy possession lies A lass unparallel'd.—Downy windows, close;" And golden Phoebus never be beheld Of eyes again so royal! Your crown's awry; I'll mend it, and then play? Enter the Guard, rushing in. i Guard. Where is the queen ? Char. Speak softly, wake her not. i Guard. Cæsar hath sentChar. Too slow a messenger. [Applies the Asp. O, come; apace, despatch: I partly feel thee. 1 Guard. Approach, ho! All's not well: Cæsar's beguild. 2 Guard. There's Dolabella sent from Cæsar ; call him. Downy windows, close ;] Charmian, in saying this must be conceived to close Cleopatra's eyes; one of the first ceremonies performed toward a dead body. 7- and then play.) i. e. play her part in this tragick scene by destroying herself: or she may mean, that having performed ber last office for her mistress, she will ac the permission given her before, to “play till doomsday.” ܢ ܐ i Guard. What work is here?-Charmian, is this well done? Char. It is well done, and fitting for a princess Descended of so many royal kings. Ah, soldier ! [Dies. Enter DOLABELLA. Dol. How goes it here? 2 Guard. All dead. Dol. Cæsar, thy thoughts Touch their effects in this: Thyself art coming To see perform’d the dreaded act, which thou So sought'st to hinder. Within. A way there, way for Cæsar ! Enter CÆSAR, and Attendants. Dol. O, sir, you are too sure an augurer ; That you did fear, is done. Cæs. Bravest at the last: She levell’d at our purposes, and, being royal, Took her own way.—The manner of their deaths ? I do not see them bleed. Dol. Who was last with them? i Guard. A simple countryman, that brought her figs; This was his basket. Cæs. Poison'd then. 1 Guard. O Cæsar, This Charmian lived but now; she stood, and spake: I found her trimming up the diadem On her dead mistress; tremblingly she stood, And on the sudden dropp'd. Cæs. O noble weakness! If they had swallow'd poison, 'twould appear |