With all their fixty, flies and turns the rudder: Enter Scarus. Scar. Gods, and Goddeffes, all the whole fynod of them! Eno. What's thy paffion? Scar. The greater cantle of the world is loft With very ignorance; we have kiss'd away Kingdoms and provinces. Eno. How appears the fight? Scar. On our fide like the token'd peftilence, Where death is fure. 7'Yond ribauld nag of Egypt, (Whom leprofie o'ertake!) i' th' midft o' th' fight, (When vantage like a pair of twins appear'd Both as the fame, or rather ours the elder ;) The brize upon her, like a cow in June, Hoifts fails, and flies. Eno. That I beheld: Mine eyes did ficken at the fight, and could not Scar. She once being looft, The noble ruin of her magick, Antony, Eno. Alack, alack! Enter Canidius. Can. Our fortune on the fea is out of breath, Eno. Ay, are you thereabouts? why then good-night Indeed. 6 flie, and turn 7 Your Can. Can. Toward Peloponnefus are they fled. Can. To Cefar will I render My legions and my horfe; fix Kings already Eno. I'll yet follow The wounded chance of Antony, though my reason [Exeunt feverally. VIII. Enter Antony, with Eros and other Attendants. Ant. Hark, the land bids me tread no more upon't, Have loft my way for ever. I've a ship Omnes. Fly! not we. Ant. I've fled my felf, and have instructed cowards My treasure's in the harbour. Take it - oh, Therefore, I pray you-I'll fee you by and by. [Sits down. Y 2 Enter Enter Cleopatra, led by Charmian and Iras, to Antony. Eros. Nay, gentle Madam, to him, comfort him. Ceo. Do? why, what elfe? let me Sit down; oh Juno!` Ant. No, no, no, no, no. Eros. See you here, Sir? Ant. Oh fie, fie, fie. Iras. Madam, oh good Empress! Ant. 'Yes, yes; he at Philippi kept That the fad Brutus ended; he alone Dealt on lieutenantry, and no practice had In the brave fquares of war; yet now no matter Eros. The Queen, my Lord, the Queen Iras. Go to him, Madam, fpeak to him, He is unqualitied with very fhame. Cleo. Well then, fuftain me: oh! Eros. Most noble Sir, arife, the Queen approaches; Her head's declin'd, and death will feize her, but Your comfort makes the refcue. Ant. I have offended reputation; A most unnoble fwerving Eros. Sir, the Queen. Ant. O whither haft thou led me, Egypt? fee Cleo. Oh, my Lord, my Lord; 8 Char. Do? why what else? You Cleo. Let me fit down? oh Juno! 9 Sir, Sir. You would have follow'd. Ant. Egypt, thou knew'ft too well, My heart was to thy rudder ty'd by th' string, Cieo. Oh, my pardon! Ant. Now I muft To the young man fend humble treaties, dodge With half the bulk o' th' world play'd as I pleas'd, Cleo. Oh! pardon, pardon! Ant. Fall not a tear, I fay; one of them rates All that is won and loft: give me a kifs, Even this repays me. We fent our fchoolmafter, Is he come back? Love, I am full of lead; Some wine there, and our viands: fortune knows, We scorn her moft, when moft fhe offers blows. [Exeunt. Enter Cæfar, Agrippa, Dolabella, Thyrëus, with others. Caf. LET him appear that's come from Antony. Know you him? Dol. Cæfar, 'tis his schoolmaster, An argument that he is pluckt, when hither 3 The Y 3 4 wine, within there, Enter Enter Ambafador from Antony. Caf. Approach and speak. Amb. Such as I am, I come from Antony: As is the morn-dew on the myrtle leaf Caf. Be't fo, declare thine office. Amb. Lord of his fortunes he falutes thee, and To let him breathe between the heav'ns and earth Caf. For Antony, I have no ears to his requeft. The Queen Gef. Bring him through the bands. [Exit Ambaffador. To try thy eloquence now 'tis time, dispatch, From Antony win Cleopatra, promife, [To Thyrëus. And in our name; when the requires, add more "As thine invention offers. Women are not In their best fortunes ftrong; but want will perjure Thyr. Cæfar, I go. Caf. Obferve how Antony becomes his flaw, And what thou think'ft his very action fpeaks 5 his 6 From In |