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