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Alexandria. CLEOPATRA'S palace.
[Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, IRAS, and MARDIAN]
CLEOPATRA
Charmian.
CHARMIAN
Madam.
CLEOPATRA
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2
Ha, ha, give | me to | drink man|dragora.
CHARMIAN
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Why | madam? \\
CLEOPATRA
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T T . T
That I | might sleep | out this | great gap of
time:
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My Ant|ony is | away.
CHARMIAN
,
, ,
You think | of him | too much. (tri with
prev)
CLEOPATRA
, ,
O 'tis | treason.
CHARMIAN
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Madam,| I trust | not so.
CLEOPATRA
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Thou,| eunuch | Mardian?
MARDIAN
,
, ,
What's your | highness' | pleasure? (tri
with prev)
CLEOPATRA
T T . T
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2->
Not now to hear | thee sing.| I take | no
plea||sure
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, ,
In aught | a eun|uch has:| 'tis well | for thee,
x ,
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That being | unsem|inared,| thy fre|er thoughts
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T . T ,
2 , ->
May not | fly forth of Eg|ypt. Hast | thou
affec||tions?
MARDIAN
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Yes | gracious | madam.
CLEOPATRA
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Indeed?
MARDIAN
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Not in || deed mad/am, for | I can do | nothing
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But what | indeed | is hon|est to | be done:
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Yet have | I fierce | affec|tions, | and think
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What Ven|us did | with Mars.
CLEOPATRA
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O Charm/ian:
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->
Where thinkst thou | he is now?| Stands he, | or
sits || he?
, 2
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Or | does he walk?| Or is he | on his | horse?
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O || happy | horse to | bear the | weight of |
Antony!
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Do brave|ly horse,| for wotst | thou whom | thou
movst,
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The dem|i-At|las of | this^earth,| the arm
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And burg|onet | of men.| He's speak|ing now,
, 2 ,
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Or mur|muring, where's | my serp|ent of / old
Nile,
,
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(For so | he calls | me:) now | I feed | myself
,
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With most | deli|cious pois|on. Think | on me
, ,
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That am | with Phoeb|us' am|orous pinch|es black,
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->
And wrink|led deep | in time.| Broad-fronted
Cae||sar,
,
2 , ,
, ,
When | thou wast here | above | the ground,| I
was
,
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,
A mor|sel for a / monarch:| and great | Pompey
, ,
, ,
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Would stand | and make | his eyes | grow in | my
brow,
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,
There would | he anch|or his / aspect,| and die
,
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With look|ing on | his life. \\
[Enter ALEXAS, from OCTAVIUS CAESAR]
ALEXAS
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Sovereign | of Eg|ypt, hail. \\
CLEOPATRA
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,
How much^|unlike | art^thou | Mark^Ant|ony?
,
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,
Yet com|ing from | him, that / great med|icine
hath
2 ,
, 2
With his tinct | gilded thee. \\
, ,
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How goes | it with | my brave | Mark^Ant|ony?
ALEXAS
T T T
T T T oo
Last thing he | did (dear queen)|
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, ,
x
He kissed | the last | of ma|ny doub|led
kisses
x
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,
This ori|ent pearl.| His speech | sticks in
| my heart.
CLEOPATRA
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Mine ear | must pluck it | thence.
ALEXAS
T T ,
Good friend,| quoth^he:
T . T
T , , ,
Say the firm Rom|an to / great Eg|ypt sends
,
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This treas|ure of | an oy|ster: at / whose foot
,
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To mend | the pet|ty pres|ent, I | will piece
, 2
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, ,
Her op|ulent throne | with king|doms. All | the
east,
, ,
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(Say* thou)| shall call | her mist|ress. So he |
nodded,
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T
And sob|erly | did mount | an arm-gaunt steed,
,
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,
Who neighed | so* high,| that what | I would |
have spoke
, ,
,
Was beast|ly dumbed | by him.
CLEOPATRA
, 2
, ,
What, was he | sad, or | merry? (tri with
prev)
ALEXAS
, 2
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,
Like to the | time of the | year, be|tween the |
extremes
, ,
, ,
, 2->
Of hot | and cold,| he was | nor sad,| nor
mer||ry.
CLEOPATRA
, ,
, , x
Oh well-|divid|ed dis|posi|tion; Note him,
, ,
, 2
, x
Note him | good Char/mian, 'tis | the man;| but
note him:
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, ,
He was / not sad,| for he | would shine | on
those
, ,
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That make | their looks | by his.| He was not |
merry,
,
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Which seemed | to tell | them, his | remem|brance
lay
,
, ,
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In Eg|ypt with | his joy,| but be/tween both.
x
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O heaven|ly mingle!| Beest thou | sad, or |
merry,
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The vi|olence | of eith|er thee | becomes,
,
, ,
, ,
So does | it no | man^else.| Metst thou | my
posts?
ALEXAS
Aye madam, twenty several messengers. Why do you send so thick?
CLEOPATRA
Who's born that day, when I forget to send to Antony, shall die a beggar.
Ink and paper Charmian. Welcome my good Alexas. Did I Charmian, ever love
Caesar so?
CHARMIAN
O that brave Caesar!
CLEOPATRA
, ,
, , ,
Be choked | with such | anoth|er em|phasis,
,
, , 2
Say the | brave Ant/ony.
CHARMIAN
, 2 ,
The | valiant | Caesar.
CLEOPATRA
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By Is|is, I | will give | thee bloo|dy teeth,
, ,
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If thou | with Cae|sar par|agon | again:
,
,
My man | of men.
CHARMIAN
, 2 ,
,
By your most^|gracious | pardon,
,
, ,
I sing | but aft|er you.
CLEOPATRA
, ,
My sal|ad days,
,
, , ,
,
When I | was green | in judg|ment, cold | in
blood,
, , ,
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To say,| as I / said then.| But come,| away,
, ,
,
Get me ink and paper, \\
He shall have every day a several greeting, or I'll unpeople Egypt.
[Exeunt]