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Antony and Cleopatra

Act III, Scene 2

Rome. An ante-chamber in OCTAVIUS CAESAR's house.
 
[Enter AGRIPPA at one door, DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS at another]
 
AGRIPPA
What are the brothers parted?
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
        ,               ,            ,        ,        ,
      They have | dispatched | with Pom|pey, he | is gone,
         x          ,          ,           ,   2   ,
      The other | three are | sealing.|*Octav|ia weeps
           ,           ,     ,    2      ,      2    ,
      To part | from Rome:| Caesar is | sad, and Le|pidus
             ,          ,         ,       ,         ,       ->
      Since^Pom|pey's feast,| as Men|as says,| is troub||led
          2        ,     ,
      With the / green sick|ness.
 
AGRIPPA
                                   ,        x        ,     2->
                                 'Tis | a noble | Lepid||us.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
         ,     ,   ,    ,           ,    ,
      A very fine one: oh, how he loves Caesar.  ????
 
AGRIPPA
       ,              ,       2    ,     ,     ,  2
      Nay but | how dear|ly he a/dores Mark | Antony.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
       ,              ,         ,    ,        ,
      Caesar?| Why* he's | the Jup|iter | of men.
 
AGRIPPA
              ,    ,        ,        ,    ,
      What's^Ant|ony,| the god | of Jup|iter?
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
        ,             ,        ,         ,       ,
      Spake you | of Cae|sar? How,| the non-|pareil?
 
AGRIPPA
         ,   2    ,     ,     ,        ,
      O Ant|ony, oh | thou A|rabi|an bird!
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
                  ,     ,       ,   ,       ,     ,
      Would you praise Caesar, say Caesar: go no further. ????
 
AGRIPPA
          ,         ,            ,        ,          ,
      Indeed | he plied | them both with excellent praises.  ????
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
         2     ,      ,         ,          ,         ,  2
      But he loves | Caesar | best, yet | he loves^|Antony:
       T      T       T       ,
      Hoo, hearts, tongues,| figure,
         T       T      Tx        ,
      Scribes, bards, poets,| cannot  (tri with prev)
        T     T      T       T     T    T        ,
      Think speak, cast,| write, sing, num|ber: hoo,
            ,        ,   2    ,     ,        ,
      His love | to Ant|ony. But | as for | Caesar,
        T     T     T       ,          ,       oo
      Kneel down, kneel | down, and | wonder.|
 
AGRIPPA
Both he loves.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
They are his shards, and he their beetle, for this is to horse: Adieu, noble Agrippa.
 
AGRIPPA
Good fortune worthy soldier, and farewell.
 
[Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, MARK ANTONY, LEPIDUS, and OCTAVIA]
 
MARK ANTONY
No further sir.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
            ,          ,       ,       ,           ,
      You take | from me | a great | part of | myself:
       ,         ,    2      ,         T     T  .   T
      Use me | well in it.| Sister,| prove such a wife
                  ,      ,           ,      2     ,         ,
      As my / thoughts make | thee, and | as my farth|est band
              ,     ,    2     ,           ,       ,  2
      Shall pass | on thy ap|proof: most^|noble | Antony,
           ,          ,         ,        ,         ,
      Let^not | the piece | of vir|tue which | is set
          ,          ,            ,   ,         ,
      Betwixt | us, as | the ce/ment of | our love
           ,         ,        ,        ,         x
      To keep | it build|ed, be | the ram | to batter
            ,        ,        ,     ,         ,
      The fort|ress of | it: for | better | might we
             ,         ,            ,              ,    ,
      Have loved | without | this mean,| if on / both parts
            ,         ,
      This be | not cher|ished.  \\
 
MARK ANTONY
        ,        ,      ,        ,             ,
      Make me | not of|fended,| in your | distrust.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
       2       ,
      I have said.   ????
 
MARK ANTONY
            ,           ,
      You shall | not find,  ????
         ,              ,       ,   2            ,     ,
      Though you | be there|in cur|ious, the / least cause
            ,          ,         ,      2      ,      ,
      For what | you seem | to fear,| so the gods | keep you,
            ,           ,         ,        ,            ,
      And make | the hearts | of Rom|ans serve | your ends:
                  ,    ,
      We will / here part.  \\
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
            ,        ,        ,         ,           ,
      Farewell | my dear|est sis|ter, fare | thee well,
           ,    ,          ,         ,          ,
      The el|ements | be kind | to thee,| and make
           ,        ,        ,          ,           ,
      Thy spir|its all | of com|fort: fare | thee well.
 
OCTAVIA
          ,      ,        o
      My nob|le broth|er.     \\
 
MARK ANTONY
           ,        ,         ,               ,      ,
      The Ap|ril's^in | her eyes:| it is / love's spring,
            ,            x              x      ,         ,
      And these | the showers | to bring it | on: Be | cheerful.
 
OCTAVIA
       T     T    T      2    ,           ,     ___
      Sir, look well | to my hus|band's house:| and--
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
        ,      , 2
      What Oc|tavia?
 
OCTAVIA
                            ,         ,         ,
                     I'll tell | you in | your ear.
 
MARK ANTONY
             ,           ,      ,          ,      ,
      Her tongue | will not | obey | her heart,| nor can
            ,         ,           ,
      Her heart | inform | her tongue.
                                        .     T     T     Tx
                                       The swan's down feather
              ,       ,          ,       2      ,         ,
      That stands | upon | the swell | at the full | of tide:
           ,        ,         ,
      And neith|er way | inclines.  \\
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
            ,        ,
      Will Cae|sar weep?
 
AGRIPPA
                             ,        ,       2      ,
                         He has | a cloud | in his face.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
He were the worse for that were he a horse, so is he being a man.
 
AGRIPPA
Why Enobarbus:
            ,   2    ,      ,       ,        ,
      When Ant|ony found | Juli|us Cae|sar dead,
           ,      ,            ,        ,         ,
      He cried | almost | to roar|ing: and | he wept,
        ,           ,            ,     ,       ,
      When at | Philip|pi he / found Brut|us slain.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
             ,        ,      2      ,         ,        ,
      That year | indeed,| he was troub|led with | a rheum,
            ,       ,       ,         ,           ,
      What wil|lingly | he did | confound,| he wailed,
             x          ,         ,
      Believe it | till^I | weep^too.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                                       ,      2    , 2
                                      No sweet Oc|tavia,
       ,            ,              ,           ,           ,
      You shall | hear from | me still:| the time | shall not
           ,        ,        ,
      Out-go | my think|ing on | you.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                        ,           ,
                                      Come | sir, come,
             ,        ,         ,          ,           ,
      I'll wrest|le with | you in | my strength | of love,
             ,        ,           ,       ,         ,
      Look^here | I have | you, thus | I let | you go,
            ,     ,    2        ,
      And give | you to the | gods.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                                        ,         ,
                                    A|dieu, be | happy.
 
LEPIDUS
           ,         ,                  ,     ,    ,
      Let^all | the num|ber of the // stars give light
       .  T    T   T
      To thy fair way.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                             ,          ,
                       Farewell,| farewell.
 
[Kisses OCTAVIA]
 
MARK ANTONY
                                                 ,
                                           Farewell.
 
[Trumpets sound. Exeunt]

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