(I will subscribe) gentle adieus, and greetings: [Exeunt. SCENE VI. Cæsar's camp before Alexandria. Flourish. Enter Cæsar with Agrippa, Enobarbus, and others. Cas. Go forth, Agrippa, and begin the fight: Our will is, Antony be took alive; Make it so known. Agr. Cæsar, I shall. [Exit Agrippa. Cas. The time of universal peace is near : Prove this a prosperous day, the three-nook'd world Shall bear the olive freely. Mess. Enter a Messenger. Is come into the field. Cæs. Autony Go, charge Agrippa Plant those that have revolted in the van, Sold. Enter a Soldier of Cæsar's. Enobarbus, Antony Hath after thee sent all thy treasure, with Eno. I give it you. Sold. Mock me not, Enobarbus. I tell you true: Best that you saf'd the bringer Out of the host; I must attend mine office, Or would have done't myself. Your emperor Continues still a Jove. [Exit Soldier. Eno. I am alone the villain of the earth, And feel I am so most. O Antony, Thou mine of bounty, how would'st thou have paid My better service, when my turpitude Thou dost so crown with gold! This blows my heart: If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean Some ditch, wherein to die; the foul'st best fits [Exit. SCENE VII. Field of battle between the camps. Alarum. Drums and trumpets. Enter Agrippa, and others. Agr. Retire, we have engag'd ourselves too far: Cæsar himself has work, and our oppression Exceeds what we expected. * Swells. [Exeunt. Alarum. Enter Antony and Scarus, wounded. Scar. O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed! Had we done so at first, we had driven them home. With clouts about their heads. Ant. Thou bleed'st apace. Scar. I had a wound here that was like a T, But now 'tis made an H. Ant. They do retire. Scar. We'll beat 'em into bench-holes; I have yet Room for six scotches more. Enter Eros. Eros. They are beaten, sir; and our advantage serves For a fair victory. Scar. Let us score their backs, And snatch 'em up, as we take hares, behind; 'Tis sport to maul a runner. I will reward thee. Ant. Scar. I'll halt after. [Exeunt. SCENE VIII. Under the walls of Alexandria. Alarum. Enter Antony, marching; Scarus, and forces. Ant. We have beat him to his camp; Run one before, And let the queen know of our guests.-To-morrow, Not as you serv'd the cause, but as it had been Enter Cleopatra, attended. [To Scarus. To this great fairy + I'll commend thy acts, world, Chain mine arm'd neck; leap thou, attire and all, Through proof of harness to my heart, and there Ride on the pants triumphing. Cleo. Lord of lords! O infinite virtue! com'st thou smiling from Ant. My nightingale, We have beat them to their beds. What, girl? though grey Do something mingle with our brown; yet have we Cleo. I'll give thee, friend, An armour all of gold; it was a king's, Ant. He has deserv'd it, were it carbuncled Like holy Phoebus' car.-Give me thy hand; Through Alexandria make a jolly march; Bear our hack'd targets like the men that owe them§: * Embrace. + Beauty united with power, was the popular characteristick of fairies. Armour of proof. As becomes the brave warriors that own them. Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together; That heaven and earth may strike their sounds to gether, Applauding our approach. [Exeunt. SCENE IX. Cæsar's camp. Sentinels on their post. Enter Enobarbus. 1 Sold. If we be not reliev'd within this hour, We must return to the court of guard: The night Is shiny; and, they say, we shall embattle By the second hour i' the morn. 2 Sold. Stand close, and list to him. Eno. Be witness to me, O thou blessed moon, When men revolted shall upon record Bear hateful memory, poor Enobarbus did Before thy face repent! 1 Sold. 3 Sold. Hark further. Enobarbus! Peace; Eno. O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of night disponget upon me; * Small drums. + Discharge, as a sponge when squeezed discharges the moisture it had imbibed. |