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A plain in Syria.
[Enter VENTIDIUS as it were in triumph, with SILIUS, and other Romans,
Officers, and Soldiers; the dead body of PACORUS borne before him.]
VENTIDIUS
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Now dart|ing parth|ia art | thou struck,| and now
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Pleased for/tune does^|of Marc|us Cras|sus' death
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Make me re|venger.| Bear the king's son's | body,
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Before | our^ar|my thy Pac|orus Oro|des,
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Pays || this for Mar|cus Cras|sus.
SILIUS
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nob|le vent|idius,
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Whilst yet | with parth|ian blood | thy sword |
is warm,
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The fug|itive parth|ians fol|low. Spur | through
Med||ia,
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Mes|opotam|ia, and | the shelt|ers, whith|er
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The rout|ed fly.| So thy grand | captain | Antony
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Shall set | thee on | triumph|ant char|iots, and
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Put garl|ands on | thy head.
VENTIDIUS
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Oh Sil|ius, Sil|ius, (tri with prev)
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I have done | enough.| A lower | place note well
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May* make | too great | an act.| For learn |
this^Sil||ius,
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Bet|ter to leave | undone,| than by | our deed
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Acquire | too high | a fame,| when him | we
serve's | away.
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Caesar | and Ant|ony,| have ev|er won
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More in their | offi|cer, than | person.| Sossius
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One of my | place in | Syria,| his lieu|tenant,
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For quick | accum|ula|tion of | renown,
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Which he a|chieved by the | minute,| lost his |
favor.
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Who does | in the wars | more than | his cap|tain
can,
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Becomes | his cap|tain's cap|tain: and |
ambi||tion
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(The sol|dier's vir|tue) rath|er makes^choice |
of loss
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Than gain,| which dark|ens him. \\
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I could | do more | to do | Anton|ius good,
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But 'twould | offend | him. And | in his |
offense,
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Should my | perform|ance per|ish. \\
SILIUS
Thou hast Ventidius that, without the which a soldier and his sword grants
scarce distinction: thou wilt write to Antony.
VENTIDIUS
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I'll hum|bly sig|nify | what in / his name,
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That mag|ical word | of war | we have ef|fected,
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How with his | banners,| and his | well-paid
ranks,
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The nere-|yet-beat|en horse | of part|hia,
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We have jad|ed out | of the field.
SILIUS
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Where is | he now?
VENTIDIUS
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He pur|poseth | to Ath|ens, whith|er with / what haste ????
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The weight | we must | convey | with us, will |
permit:
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We shall ap|pear be|fore him.| On there, pass |
along. ????
[Exeunt]