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The same. Another room.
[Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, IRAS, and ALEXAS]
CLEOPATRA
T T T
Where is he?
CHARMIAN
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I did | not see | him since.
CLEOPATRA
T T
. T
See where he is,|
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Who's^with | him, what | he
does:
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I did | not^send | you. If | you find | him sad,
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Say I | am dan|cing: if | in mirth,| report
,
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That I | am sud|den sick.| Quick, and | return.
[Exit ALEXAS]
CHARMIAN
, ,
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, ->
Madam,| methinks | if you | did love | him
dear||ly,
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,
You | do not hold | the meth|od, to | enforce
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The like | from him.
CLEOPATRA
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,
What should I | do, I | do* not?
CHARMIAN
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T ,
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In each | thing give him way,| cross him |
nothing.
CLEOPATRA
,
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Thou teachst | like a | fool: the | way to | lose
him.
CHARMIAN
,
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Tempt him | not^so | too* far.| I wish | forbear,
,
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In time | we hate | that which^|we of|ten fear.
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But here | comes^Ant|ony.
[Enter MARK ANTONY]
CLEOPATRA
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x
I | am sick | and sullen.
MARK ANTONY
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I am sor|ry to give | breathing | to my |
purpose.
CLEOPATRA
,
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, ,
Help me | away | dear* Char|mian, I | shall fall,
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2->
It can|not be | thus^long,| the sides | of na||ture
, ,
Will not | sustain | it.
MARK ANTONY
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Now | my dear|est queen.
CLEOPATRA
,
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Pray you | stand^farth|er from me.
MARK ANTONY
, ,
What's the | matter?
CLEOPATRA
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I know | by that / same eye | there's some / good
news.
,
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What says | the mar|ried wom|an you | may go?
,
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Would she | had nev|er given | you leave | to
come.
,
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,
Let her | not^say |'tis I | that keep | you here,
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I have | no power | upon | you: hers | you are.
MARK ANTONY
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T
The gods best know.
CLEOPATRA
, , ,
Oh nev|er was | there queen
, ,
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So might|ily | betrayed:| yet^at | the first
,
, ,
I saw | the treas|ons plant|ed.
MARK ANTONY
, , ->
Cle|opat||ra.
CLEOPATRA
, 2 ,
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Why | should I think | you can | be mine,| and
true,
,
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(Though you | in swear|ing shake | the thron|ed
gods)
, 2
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Who have been | false to | Fulvia?
, 2 ,
Riotous |
madness,
, 2 ,
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T T
To be en|tangled | with those | mouth-made vows,
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Which break | themselves | in swear|ing.
MARK ANTONY
, ,
Most^/sweet queen.
CLEOPATRA
, ,
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Nay* pray | you seek | no col/or for your |
going,
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But bid | farewell,| and go:| when you sued |
staying,
,
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,
Then was | the time | for words:| no* go|ing
then,
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,
Etern|ity | was in | our lips,| and eyes,
, 2
T T T
, ,
Bliss in our | brows' bent: none | our parts | so
poor,
,
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,
But was | a race | of heaven.| They are | so
still,
, ,
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Or thou | the great|est sol|dier of | the world,
,
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Art turned | the great|est liar.
MARK ANTONY
, ,
How* now | lady?
CLEOPATRA
,
, ,
, ,
I would | I had | thy inch|es, thou |
shouldst^know
,
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There were | a heart | in Eg|ypt.
MARK ANTONY
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Hear | me queen:
,
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The strong | neces|sity | of time,| commands
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Our serv|ices | awhile:| but my / full heart
,
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,
Remains | in use | with you.| Our^It|aly,
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x
Shines^ore | with civ|il swords:| Sextus |
Pompeius
,
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Makes his | approach|es to | the port | of Rome,
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Equal|ity | of two | domest|ic powers,
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Breed scrupulous faction: the hated grown to
strength ????
,
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, ,
Are new|ly grown | to love:| the condemned |
Pompey*,
,
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Rich in | his fath|er's hon|or, creeps | apace
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Into | the hearts | of such,| as have | not
thrived
,
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Upon | the pres|ent state,| whose num|bers
threaten,
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And quiet|ness grown | sick of | rest, would |
purge
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By || any | desperate | change: my | more
part|icular*,
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And that | which most | with you | should safe |
my going,
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Is Fulv|ia's death. \\
CLEOPATRA
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Though age | from fol|ly could not | give me |
freedom
, , ,
, 2 ,
It does | from child|ishness.| Can Fulv|ia die?
MARK ANTONY
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,
She's dead | my queen. \\
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Look^here,| and at | thy sove|reign leis|ure read
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The gar|boils she | awaked:| at the / last, best,
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See when,| and where | she died. \\
CLEOPATRA
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O | most | false | love!|
,
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Where be | the sac|red vi|als thou | shouldst
fill
, 2 ,
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With sor|rowful wat|er? Now | I see,| I see,
, 2 , ,
, ,
In Fulv|ia's death,| how mine | received | shall
be.
MARK ANTONY
,
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Quarrel | no more,| but be | prepared | to know
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The pur|poses | I bear:| which are,| or cease,
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As you | shall give | the ad/vice. By | the fire
,
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That quick|ens Nil|us' slime,| I go | from hence
, , , ,
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Thy sol|dier, serv|ant, mak|ing peace | or war,
2 ,
As thou af/fects.
CLEOPATRA
, , ,
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Cut | my lace,| Charmi|an come,
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But let | it be,| I am quick|ly ill,| and well,
, 2 ,
So Ant|ony loves.
MARK ANTONY
, , ,
My pre|cious queen | forbear,
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2 , ,
And give | true ev/idence | to his love,| which
stands
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An hon|orable trial.
CLEOPATRA
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So Fulv/ia | told me.
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I prith|ee turn | aside,| and weep | for her,
,
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Then bid | adieu | to me,| and say | the tears
,
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Belong | to Eg|ypt. Good*/ now, play | one* scene
??
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Of ex|cellent | dissem|bling, and | let it look
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2
Like^per|fect hon|or.
MARK ANTONY
,
, ,
You'll heat | my blood | no* more?
CLEOPATRA
, 2
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You can do | better | yet: but | this is |
meetly.
MARK ANTONY
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,
Now by | sword.
CLEOPATRA
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And | target.| Still he | mends.
,
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, 2 ->
But this | is not | the best.| Look* prith|ee
Char||mian,
,
2 , 2 ,
, ,
How | this Hercul|ean Rom|an does | become
,
, ,
The car|riage of | his chafe.
MARK ANTONY
, , o ->
I'll leave | you la||dy.
CLEOPATRA
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T T oo
Courteous | lord, one word:|
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Sir, you | and I | must part,| but that's | not
it:
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Sir, you | and I | have loved,| but there's | not
it:
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That you | know^well,| something | it is | I
would:
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2
Oh, my o|blivion | is a | very | Antony,
, ,
, 2
And I | am all | forgot|ten.
MARK ANTONY
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2 ->
But that | your roy||alty
, , 2 ,
, 2 ,
Holds | idleness | your sub|ject, I should | take
you
, ,
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For id|leness | itself.
CLEOPATRA
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2->
'Tis sweat|ing lab||or,
, ,
, ,
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To bear | such^id|leness | so near | the heart
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->
As Cle|opat|ra this.| But sir,| forgive || me,
,
2 , ,
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Since | my becom|ings kill | me, when | they do
not
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Eye well / to you:| your hon|or calls | you
hence,
, 2
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Therefore be | deaf to | my un|pitied | folly,
, ,
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And all | the gods | go with | you. Upon | your
sword
,
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Sit laur|el vict|ory,| and smooth | success
,
, ,
Be strewed | before | your feet.
MARK ANTONY
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Let us | go.
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2 , ,
Come: Our | sepa|ration | so abides | and flies,
,
, , ,
,
That thou,| resid|ing here,| goes^yet | with me,
, , ,
, ,
And I | hence fleet/ing, here | remain | with
thee.
,
Away. \\
[Exeunt]