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Antony and Cleopatra

Act II, Scene 3

The same. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's house.
 
[Enter MARK ANTONY, OCTAVIUS CAESAR, OCTAVIA between them, and Attendants]
 
MARK ANTONY
            ,                ,    ,                ,   ,
      The world,| and my / great of|fice, will / sometimes
          ,         ,          ,
      Divide | me from | your bos|om.
 
OCTAVIA
All which time, before the gods my knee shall bow my prayers to them for you.
 
MARK ANTONY
                           ,    ,            2    , 2
                         Good night / sir. My Oc|tavia
            ,        ,      ,      2       ,          ,
      Read^not | my blem|ishes | in the world's | report:
          ,          ,          ,           ,         ,
      I have | not kept | my square,| but that | to come
             ,         ,      2      ,           ,            ,     ->
      Shall all | be done | by the rule:| good night | dear* la||dy:
        ,      ,
      Good | night sir.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                              ,
                       Good^night.  \\
 
[Exeunt OCTAVIUS CAESAR and OCTAVIA. Enter Soothsayer]
 
MARK ANTONY
       ,   ,          2       ,         ,        ,
      Now sir/rah: you do | wish your|self in | Egypt?
 
SOOTHSAYER
        ,            ,       ,            ,          ,      ,      ->
      Would I | had nev|er come | from thence,| nor you || thither.
 
MARK ANTONY
       ,        ,           ,        oo
      If you | can, your | reason?|
 
SOOTHSAYER
           x       2    ,         ,        ,      2      ,
      I see it | in my mo|tion: have | it not | in my tongue,
           ,     ,            ,    2   ,
      But yet | hie you | to Eg|ypt again.
 
MARK ANTONY
      <- ,    2             ,                  ,    ,      ->
        Say to me,|| whose^for||tunes shall / rise hig|her
       ,       2     ,
      Cae|sar's or mine?
 
SOOTHSAYER
       ,          ,            ,        ,   ,           ,
      Caesar's. Therefore (oh Antony) stay not by his side  ????
           ,       ,           x             ,       ,
      Thy de|mon that | thy spirit | which keeps | thee, is
       ,          ,          ,        ,     ,
      Noble,| courag|eous, high | unmatch|able,
             ,       2    ,          ,     ,          ,
      Where Cae|sar's is not.| But near | him, thy | angel
          ,         ,         x           x             ,
      Becomes | a fear:| as being | orepowered,| therefore
             ,        ,         ,
      Make space | enough | between | you.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                            ,         2     ,
                                          Speak | this no more.
 
SOOTHSAYER
           ,          ,         ,            ,         ,
      To none | but thee | no more | but*: when | to thee,
           ,           ,          ,       ,      ,
      If thou | dost play | with him | at an|y game,
          2      ,         ,         ,         ,   2     ,
      Thou art sure | to lose:| and of | that nat|ural luck,
           ,         2    ,           ,         ,        ,       ->
      He beats | thee against | the odds.| thy lust|er thick||ens,
              ,    ,      ,         2   ,           x
      When / he shines | by: I*| say^again,| thy spirit  ??
          ,       ,         ,               ,   ,
      Is all | afraid | to gov|ern thee / near him;
       ,         ,          ,
      But he | away | 'tis nob|le.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                    ,           ,
                                   Get | thee gone:
       ,           ,   2  ,           ,           ,
      Say to | Ventid|ius I | would speak | with him.
           ,          ,   2    ,       ,        ,
      He shall | to parth|ia, be | it art | or hap,
                   x     ,         ,      ,        x
      He hath / spoken true.| The ve|ry dice | obey him,
           ,          ,         ,       ,          ,
      And in | our sports | my bet|ter cun|ning faints,
       ,             ,         ,          ,          ,
      Under | his chance,| if we | draw^lots | he speeds,
            ,         ,         ,         ,          ,
      His cocks | do win | the bat|tle, still | of mine,
        ,    2      ,          ,                 ,     ,
      When it is | all to | naught: and | his quails | ever
             ,         ,          ,    ,     2     ,
      Beat^mine |(inhooped)| at odds.| I will to | Egypt:
             ,         ,          ,         ,         ,
      And though | I make | this mar|riage for | my peace,
        2      ,         ,         ,         ,        ,    2  ->
      In the east | my pleas|ure lies.| Oh come | Ventid||ius.
 
[Enter VENTIDIUS]
       ,        2     ,    2     ,        ,         ,      ->
      You | must to parth|ia, your | commis|sion's rea||dy:
       ,       ,    ,       ,        oo
      Fol|low me,| and re|ceive it.|
 
[Exeunt]

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