ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Or did it from his teeth. Otta. O my good lord,. Believe not all; or, if you must believe, 57 Praying for both parts: The good gods will mock me presently, When I shall pray, O, bless my lord and busband 'Twixt these extremes at all. Ant. Gentle Octavia, Let your beft love draw to that point, which seeks Belt to preferve it: If I lose mine honour, Than yours so branchlefs. But, as you requested, Shall stain your brother; Make your fooneft haste; So your defires are yours. Oda. Thanks to my lord. The Jove of power make me most weak, most weak, Your reconciler! Wars 'twixt you twain would be As if the world should cleave, and that flain men Should folder up the rift. Ant. When it appears to you where this begins, Can equally move with them. Provide your going; F [Exeunt. SCENE SCENE V. The fame. Enter ENOBARBUS, and EROS, meeting. Eno. How now, friend Eros? Eros. There's strange news come, fir. Eros. Cæfar and Lepidus have made wars upon Pompey. Eno. This is old; What is the fuccess? Eros. Cæfar, having made use of him in the wars 'gainft Pompey, presently denied him rivality; 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, seizes him: So the poor third is up, 'till death enlarge his confine. Eno. Then, world, thou haft 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! And threats the throat of that his officer, That murder'd Pompey. Eno. Our great navy's rigg'd. Eros. For Italy, and Cæfar. More, Domitius; My lord defires you presently: my news Eno. 'Twill be naught: But let it be. Bring me to Antony. [Exeunt. SCENE ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. 59 SCENE VI. Rome. CÆSAR's house. Enter CÆSAR, AGRIPPA, and MECENAS. Caf. Contemning Rome, he has done all this: And In Alexandria, here's the manner of it,- [more; I' the market-place, on a tribunal silver'd, Cleopatra and himself in chairs of gold Were publicly enthron'd: at the feet, fat Cæfarion, whom they call my father's fon; And all the unlawful issue, that their lust Since then hath made between them. Unto her He gave the 'stablishment of Egypt; made her Of Lower Syria, Cyprus, Lydia, Absolute queen. Mec. This in the public eye? Caf. I' the common shew-place, where they exercise. His fons he there proclaim'd, The kings of kings: Great Media, Parthia, and Armenia, He gave to Alexander; to Ptolemy he affign'd Syria, Cilicia, and Phœnicia: She In the habiliments of the goddess Isis That day appear'd; and oft before gave audience, As'tis reported, so. Mec. Let Rome be thus Inform'd. Agr. Who, queasy with his insolence 1 Caf. The people know it; and have now receiv'd His accufations. Agr, Whom does he accuse? Caf. Cæfar: and that, having in Sicily Sextus Pompeius fpoil'd, we had not rated him F2 Some Some shipping unrestor'd: lastly, he frets, Should be depos'd; and, being, that we detain Agr. Sir, this should be answer'd. Caf.. 'Tis done already, and the messenger gone. I have told him, Lepidus was grown too cruel; That he his high authority abus'd, Anddid deserve his change; for what I haveconquer'd, I grant him part; but then, in his Armenia, And other of his conquer'd kingdoms, I Demand the like. Mec. He'll never yield to that. Caf. Nor must not then be yielded to in this. Enter OCTAVIA. Ola. Hail, Cæfar, and my lord! hail, most dear Cæfar! [not Like Cæfar's fister: The wife of Antony With an augmented greeting. To To come thus was I not constrain'd, but did it Caf. Which foon he granted, Being an obstruct 'tween his luft and him, Caf. I have eyes upon him, And his affairs come to me on the wind. Ola. My lord, in Athens. Cef. No, my wronged fifter; Cleopatra Hath nodded him to her. He hath given his empire Up to a whore; who now are levying The kings o' the earth for war: He hath assembled Of Paphlagonia; the Thracian king, Adallas: King Malchus of Arabia; king of Pont; That do afflict each other! Caf. Welcome hither : 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 F3 Hold |