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Alexandria. CLEOPATRA'S palace.
[Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, IRAS, and ALEXAS]
CLEOPATRA
Give me some music: music, moody food of us that trade in love.
ATTENDANTS
The music, ho.
[Enter MARDIAN]
CLEOPATRA
Let it alone, let's to billiards: come Charmian.
CHARMIAN
My arm is sore, best play with Mardian.
CLEOPATRA
As well a woman with a eunuch played, as with a woman. Come you'll play
with me sir?
MARDIAN
As well as I can madam.
CLEOPATRA
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And when good will | is showed,
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Though it
come | too short
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The ac|tor may plead | pardon.| I'll none now,
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Give me | mine ang|le, we'll | to the riv|er
there
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My mus|ic playing | far^off.| I will | betray
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Tawny-fin*| fishes,| my bend|ed hook | shall
pierce
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Their sli|my jaws:| and as | I draw | them up,
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I'll think | them eve|ry one | an Ant|ony,
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And say,| ah ha;| you're caught. \\
CHARMIAN
'Twas merry when you wagered on your angling, when your diver did hang a
salt-fish on his hook which he with fervency drew up.
CLEOPATRA
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That^time?| Oh* times: \\
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I laughed | him out | of pa|tience: and / that
night
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I laughed | him in|to pa|tience, and / next morn,
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Ere* the / ninth hour,| I drunk | him to | his
bed:
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Then put | my tires | and mant|les on | him,
whilst
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I wore | his sword | Philip|pan. Oh | from
It||aly,
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Ram | thou thy fruit|ful tid|ings in | mine^ears,
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2 ,
That long | time have been | barren.
[Enter a Messenger]
MESSENGER
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Madam,| madam.
CLEOPATRA
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Anto|nio's dead. \\
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If thou | say so | villain, thou | killst thy
| mistress:
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But well | and free,| if thou so | yield him.
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There is gold,| and here \\
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My blu|est veins | to kiss:| a hand | that
kings
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Have lipped,| and trem|bled kiss|ing.
MESSENGER
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First^madam,| he is well. ??
CLEOPATRA
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Why there's*/ more gold.
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But sir|rah mark,| we
use
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To say,| the dead | are well:| bring it | to
that,
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The gold | I give | thee, will | I melt | and pour
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Down thy ill-|utter|ing throat.|
MESSENGER
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Good* mad|am hear | me.
CLEOPATRA
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Well,| go to | I will:
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But there's no | goodness | in thy | face if |
Antony
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Be free | and health|ful; so | tart a | favor
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To trump|et such^/good tid|ings. If / not well,
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Thou shouldst | come^like | a Fu|ry crowned | with
snakes,
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Not like a | formal | man.
MESSENGER
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Wilt | please you | hear me?
CLEOPATRA
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I have | a mind | to strike | thee ere | thou
speakst:
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Yet if | thou say | Anto|ny lives,| tis well,
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Or friends | with Cae|sar, or / not cap|tive to
|| him,
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I'll / set thee | in a shower | of gold,| and
hail
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Rich pearls upon | thee.
MESSENGER
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mad|am, he's well.
CLEOPATRA
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Well* said.
MESSENGER
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And friends | with Cae|sar.
CLEOPATRA
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Thou'rt | an hon|est man.
MESSENGER
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Caesar, and | he, are | greater | friends than |
ever.
CLEOPATRA
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Make thee a | fortune | from me.
MESSENGER
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But yet | madam.
CLEOPATRA
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I do | not like | but yet,| it does | allay
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The good | prece|dence, fie | upon | but yet,
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But yet | is as | a jail|er to / bring forth
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Some monst|rous mal|efact|or. prith|ee friend,
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Pour^out | the pack | of mat|ter to | mine^ear,
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, 2->
The good | and bad | together:| he's friends
| with Cae||sar, ??
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In state | of health | thou sayst,| and thou /
sayst, free.
MESSENGER
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Free madam, no:| I made^/no such | report,
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He's bound | unto Oc|tavia.
CLEOPATRA
T T T
For | what good turn?
MESSENGER
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For the / best turn | in the bed.
CLEOPATRA
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I am pale | Charmian.
MESSENGER
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Madam,| he's mar|ried to | Octav|ia.
CLEOPATRA
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The most | infec|tious pest|ilence | upon ||
thee.
[Strikes him down]
MESSENGER
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Good | madam | patience.
CLEOPATRA
T T T
What say you?
[Strikes him again]
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Hence hor/rible | villain, or | I'll spurn | thine
eyes
T T . T ,
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Like balls before | me: I'll | unhair | thy
head,
[She hales him up and down]
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Thou shalt | be whipped | with wire,| and stewed
| in brine,
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Smarting in | lingering | pickle.
MESSENGER
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Gracious | madam,
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I that | do bring | the news,| made^not | the
match.
CLEOPATRA
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Say* 'tis | not so,| a prov|ince I will / give
thee,
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And make | thy for|tunes proud:| the blow | thou
hadst
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Shall make | thy peace,| for mov|ing me | to
rage.
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And I | will boot | thee with / what gift |
beside
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Thy mod|esty | can beg.
MESSENGER
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He's mar|ried madam.
CLEOPATRA
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Rogue, thou | hast lived | too* long.
[Draws a knife]
MESSENGER
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Nay then | I'll run:
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What mean | you mad|am, I | have made | no* fault.
[Exit]
CHARMIAN
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Good* mad|am keep | yourself | within | yourself,
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The man | is in|nocent. \\
CLEOPATRA
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Some^in|nocents e/scape not | the thund|erbolt:
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Melt^Eg|ypt in|to Nile:| and kind|ly creat||ures
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Turn^all | to serp|ents. Call | the slave |
again,
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Though^I | am mad,| I will / not bite | him:
call?
CHARMIAN
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He is | afeard | to come.
CLEOPATRA
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I will not | hurt him,
[Exit CHARMIAN]
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These^hands | do lack | nobil|ity, that | they
strike
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A mean|er than | myself:| since I | myself
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Have given | myself | the cause.| Come^hith|er
sir.
[Enter CHARMIAN and Messenger]
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Though^it | be hon|est, it | is nev|er good
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To bring bad news:| give to a | gracious |
message
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A host | of tongues,| but let^/ill tid|ings tell
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Themselves,| when they be | felt.
MESSENGER
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I have | done my | duty.
CLEOPATRA
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Is he | married? \\
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I can|not hate | thee wors|er than | I do,
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If thou a|gain say^|yes.
MESSENGER
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He's | married | madam.
CLEOPATRA
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The gods | confound | thee,
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Dost | thou hold |
there still?
MESSENGER
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Should I / lie mad|am?
CLEOPATRA
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Oh, | I would | thou didst:
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So half | my Eg|ypt were | submerged | and made
,
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A cist|ern for / scaled snakes.| Go* get | thee
hence,
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Hadst thou | Narcis|sus in | thy face | to me,
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Thou wouldst ap|pear most^|ugly:| He is |
married?
MESSENGER
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I crave | your high|ness' pard|on.
CLEOPATRA
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He is | married?
MESSENGER
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Take no offense,| that I would | not of|fend you,
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To pun|ish me | for what | you make | me do
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Seems^much | une|qual, he's | married | to
Octav||ia.
CLEOPATRA
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Oh | that his fault | should make | a knave | of
thee,
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That art | not what | thou'rt sure | of. Get |
thee hence,
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The merch|andise | which thou | hast brought |
from Rome
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Are all | too dear | for me: \\
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Lie they u|pon thy | hand, and | be undone |
by 'em.
[Exit MESSENGER]
CHARMIAN
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Good your | highness | patience. \\
CLEOPATRA
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In prais|ing Ant|ony, I have / dispraised
| Caesar.
CHARMIAN
Many times madam.
CLEOPATRA
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I am | paid for it | now: lead / me from | hence,
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I || faint, oh^|Iras,| Charmian:| 'tis no |
matter.
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Go to the | fellow,| good A|lexas | bid him
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Report | the fea|ture of Oc|tavia:| her years,
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Her in|clina|tion, let | him not | leave^out
, 2 , ,
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The col|or of her / hair. Bring | me word |
quickly,
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Let him for|ever go, let | him not | Charmian,
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Though he be | painted | one way like a |
Gorgon,
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The oth|er way's | a Mars.| Bid you A|lexas
,
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Bring me | word, how | tall she is:| pity me |
Charmian,
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But do | not speak | to me. Lead | me to my |
chamber.
[Exeunt]