Eno, Not he, that himself is not so; which is Mark Antony. He will to his Egyptian dish again: then shall the sighs of Octavia blow the fire up in Cæsar; and, as I said before, that which is the strength of their amity, shall prove the immediate author of their variance. Antony will use his affection where it is; he married but his occasion here. Men. And thus it may be. Come, sir, will you aboard? I have a health for you. Eno. I shall take it, sir: we have used our throats [Exeunt. SCENE VII. On board Pompey's Galley, lying near Misenum. Musick. Enter two or three Servants, with a Banquet. 1 Serv. Here they'll be, man: Some o' their plants 9 are ill-rooted already; the least wind i' the world will blow them down. 2 Serv. Lepidus is high-coloured. 1 Serv. They have made him drink alms-drink. 2 Serv. As they pinch one another by the disposition, he cries out, No more; reconciles them to his entreaty, and himself to the drink. 1 Serv. But it raises the greater war between him and his discretion. 2 Serv. Why this it is to have a name in great men's fellowship: I had as lief have a reed that will do me no service, as a partizan I could not heave. 1 Serv. To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen to move in't, are the holes where eyes should be, which pitifully disaster the cheeks. A Sennet sounded. Enter CESAR, ANTONY, POMPEY, LEPIDUS, AGRIPPA, MECENAS, ENOBARBUS, MENAS, with other Captains. Ant. Thus do they, sir: [To CESAR.] They take the flow o' the Nile By certain scales i' the pyramid; they know, Lep. You have strange serpents there. Lep. Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun: so is your crocodile. Ant. They are so. A health to nourisheth it; and the elements once out of it, it transmigrates. Lep. What colour is it of? Ant. 'Tis so. And the tears of it are wet. Pom. [To MENAS aside.] Go, hang, sir, hang! Tell me of that? away! Do as I bid you. Where's this cup I called for? Men. If for the sake of merit thou wilt hear me, Rise from thy stool. Pom. [Aside. I think, thou'rt mad. The matter? [Rises, and walks aside. Men. I have ever held my cap off to thy fortunes. Pom. Thou hast serv'd me with much faith: What's else to say? Be jolly, lords. Ant. These quick-sands, Lepidus, Keep off them, for you sink. Men. Wilt thou be lord of all the world? Pom. That's twice. Hast thou drunk well? Men. No, Pompey, I have kept me from the cup. Thou art, if thou dar'st be, the earthly Jove: Whate'er the ocean pales 3, or sky inclips*, Is thine, if thou wilt have't. Pom. Show me which way. Men. These three world-sharers, these competitors, Are in thy vessel: Let me cut the cable; Pom. Pom. Ant. Bear him ashore. Pompey. Eno. Here's to thee, Menas. Men. Enobarbus, welcome. Pom. Fill, till the cup be hid. Men. Eno. The third part of the world, man; Seest not? Men. The third part then is drunk: 'Would it were all, That it might go on wheels! Eno. Drink thou; increase the reels. 3 Encompasses. Embraces. 5 Confederates. Cloyed. SCENE I.-A Plain in Syria. Becomes his captain's captain; and ambition, Enter VENTIDIUS, as after Conquest, with SILIUS, I could do more to do Antonius good, I have done enough: A lower place, note well, Which he achiev'd by the minute, lost his favour: 7 Understand. 9 Eyes. Sil. Thou hast, Ventidius, Ven. I'll humbly signify what in his name, Sil. Where is he now? Ven. He purposeth to Athens: whither with what Since Pompey's feast, as Menas says, is troubled With the green-sickness. Agr. Eno. Cæsar, why he's the Jupiter of men. Agr. Indeed, he ply'd them both with excellent praises. Eno. But he loves Cæsar best; Yet he loves Antony: Ho! hearts, tongues, figures, scribes, bards, poets, This is to horse. Adieu, noble Agrippa. Enter CESAR, ANTONY, LEPIDUS, and OCTAVIA. Cas. You take from me a great part of myself; Use me well in it.. Sister, prove such a wife As my thoughts make thee, and as my furthest band 5 Shall pass on thy approof. - Most noble Antony, Let not the piece of virtue 6, which is set Betwixt us, as the cement of our love, To keep it builded, be the ram, to batter The fortress of it: for better might we Have loved without this mean, if on both parts Cas. Ant. Farewell, farewell! [Kisses OCTAVIA. Farewell! [Trumpets sound. Exeunt. SCENE III.- Alexandria. A Room in the Palace. Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, IRAs, and ALEXAS, Mess. Ay, dread queen. Cleo. Mess. Come thou Didst thou behold Where? Madam, in Rome I look'd her in the face, and saw her led She is not, madam. Cleo. Didst hear her speak? is she shrill-tongu'd, or low? Mess. Madam, I heard her speak; she is lowvoic'd. Cleo. That's not so good:- He cannot like her long. Char. Like her! O Isis! 'tis impossible. Cleo. Is this certain? Three in Egypt Cannot make better note. Char. Excellent. Mess. She was a widow. Cleo. Madam, Widow? - Charmian, hark. Mess. And I do think, she's thirty. As if the world should cleave, and that slain men Ant. When it appears to you where this begins, Cleo. Bear'st thou her face in mind? is it long, Can never be so equal, that your love SCENE IV. — Athens. House. [Exeunt. SCENE V. - Another Room in the same. Enter ENOBARBUS and EROS, meeting. Eno. How now, friend Eros? Eros. There's strange news come, sir. Eros. Cæsar and Lepidus have made wars upon Pompey. Eno. This is old; What is the success? 6 Eros. Cæsar, having made use of him 7 in the wars 'gainst Pompey, presently denied him rivality 8; would not let him partake in the glory of the action: and not resting here, accuses him of letters he had formerly wrote to Pompey; upon his own appeal 9, seizes him: So the poor third is up, till death enlarge his confine. Eno. Then, world, thou hast a pair of chaps, no more; And throw between them all the food thou hast, They'll grind the one the other. Where's Antony? Eros. He's walking in the garden-thus; and spurns The rush that lies before him; cries, Fool, Lepidus! A Room in Antony's And threats the throat of that his officer, Enter ANTONY and OCTAVIA. Ant. Nay, nay, Octavia, not only that, Spoke scantly of me: when perforce he could not Octa. And the good gods will mock me presently, Eno. Our great navy's rigged. Eros. For Italy, and Cæsar. More, Domitius; My lord desires you presently: my news I might have told hereafter. Eno. 'Twill be naught: But let it be. - Bring me to Antony. Eros. Come, sir. [Exeunt. SCENE VI.-Rome. A Room in Cæsar's House. Enter CESAR, AGRIPPA, and MECENAS. In Alexandria, - here's the manner of it, Cæs. Cæsar: and that, having in Sicily Should be depos'd; and, being, that we detain Agr. Sir, this should be answer'd. And did deserve his change; for what I have conquer'd, I grant him part; but then, in his Armenia, Octa. Hail, Cæsar, and my lord! hail, most dear Cæsar! Cæs. That ever I should call thee, cast-away! Octa. You have not call'd me so, nor have you cause. Welcome hither: Cæs. Your letters did withhold our breaking forth; Till we perceiv'd both how you were wrong led, And we in negligent danger. Cheer your heart: Be you not troubled with the time, which drives O'er your content these strong necessities; But let determin'd things to destiny Hold unbewail'd their way. Welcome to Rome: Nothing more dear to me. You are abus'd Beyond the mark of thought: and the high gods, To do you justice, make them ministers Of us, and those that love you. Best of comfort; And ever welcome to us. Is it so, sir? Octa. Cas. Why have you stol'n upon us thus? You SCENE VII. - Antony's Camp near the Pro montory of Actium. What is't you say? Eno. Your presence needs must puzzle Antony; Take from his heart, take from his brain, from his time, What should not then be spar'd. He is already Cleo. Octa. Do not say so, my lord. Eno. Here comes the emperor. Nay, I have done : 3 Show, token. |