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Antony and Cleopatra

Act III, Scene 6

Rome. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's house.
 
[Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, AGRIPPA, and MECAENAS]
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
          ,         ,      2      ,          ,          ,
      Contem|ning Rome | he has done | all^this,| and more
          ,    ,   2      ,          ,        x
      In Al|exand|ria: here's | the man|ner of it:  ??
        2      ,       ,      ,  2      ,       ,
      In the mark|et-place,| on a *tri|bunal | silvered,
       ,    ,         2     ,          ,          ,
      Cleo|patra | and himself | in chairs | of gold
            ,      ,        ,                 ,    ,
      Were pub|licly | enthroned:| at the / feet, sat
          ,   2    ,           ,         ,        ,
      Caesar|ion whom | they call | my fath|er's son,
           ,       2   ,       ,        ,            ,
      And all | the unlaw|ful is|sue, that | their lust
              ,           ,        ,            ,     ,
      Since^then | hath made | between | them. Un|to her,
           ,       2   ,        ,        ,        ,        2->
      He gave | the estab|lishment | of Eg|ypt, made || her
          ,      ,   2   ,        ,   2   ,      ,      ,   ->
      Of low|er Syr|ia, Cyp|rus, Lyd|ia, ab||solute | queen.
 
MECAENAS
        ,              ,        ,
      This / in the | public | eye?
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
      <-  2        ,         T    T      T           ,     ,
        In the || common | show-place, where | they ex|ercise,
            ,         ,           ,            ,          ,
      His sons | he there | proclaimed | the kings | of kings,
        ,    ,        ,   2     ,      , 2
      Great Med/ia,| Parthia,| and Ar|menia
           ,      3 3  ,        ,       ,   3  3     ,
      He gave | to Alexand|er. To | Ptolem|y he assigned,  ??
       , 2       ,   2   ,        ,  2    ,
      Syria,| Cilic|ia, and | Phoni|cia: she
       ,    2    ,     ,     2       ,        ,
      In the ha|bili|ments of the | goddess | Isis
            ,         ,          ,        ,          ,     2   ->
      That day | appeared,| and oft | before | gave^aud||ience,
       ,      2   ,       ,
      As |'tis repor|ted so.
 
MECAENAS
            ,         ,         ,
      Let Rome | be thus | informed.  (tri with prev)
 
AGRIPPA
       ,    ,         2       ,     ,       ,
      Who quea/sy with his | inso|lence al|ready,
                      ,      ,        ,            2
      Will* their / good thoughts | call from | him.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                                                         ,          x
                                                    The peo|ple know it,
         2      ,         ,          ,    ,
      And have now | received | his ac|cusa|tions.
 
AGRIPPA
      <- ,       ,           ,
        Who || does he | accuse?
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                                 ,          2      ,     2    ,    2 ->
                                Caesar,| and that hav|ing in Sic||ily
       ,     2    ,        ,        2     ,     ,   2
      Sex|tus Pompei|us spoiled,| we had not | rated him
            ,      2      ,      ,      2      ,          ,
      His part | of the isle.| Then does^he | say, he | lent me
             ,        ,      ,      ,            ,
      Some ship|ping un|restored.| Lastly,| he frets
          2   ,      ,      2    ,   2        ,       2    ,
      That Lepid|us of | the trium|virate, should | be deposed,
           ,       ,      2    ,     ,         ,    ___ ->
      And be|ing that,| we detain | all his | reve||nue.
 
AGRIPPA
       T     T     T         ,         o
      Sir, this should | be ans|wered.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
             ,       ,       ,         ,     2     ,
      'Tis done | alrea|dy, and | the mes|senger gone:
       2       ,       2   ,      ,      T    T    T
      I have told | him Lepid|us was | grown too cruel,
            ,         ,        ,    ,      ,
      That he | his high | author|ity | abused,
           ,        ,            ,           ,     2      ,         2->
      And did | deserve | his change:| for what | I have con||quered,
          ,           ,          ,     ,    2    ,  2
      I grant | him part:| but then | in his Ar|menia,
           ,      ,        ,           ,        ,        ,          ,  ->
      And oth|er of | his con|quered king|doms, I || demand | the like.
 
MECAENAS
             ,       ,          ,
      He'll nev|er yield | to that.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
            ,          ,         ,       ,        ,
      Nor must | not then | be yield|ed to | in this.
 
[Enter OCTAVIA with her train]
 
OCTAVIA
        ,   ,               ,     ,         ,
      Hail Caesar, and my lord, hail most dear Caesar.  ????
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
            ,    ,            ,           ,    ,
      That ev|er I | should call | thee cast|away.
 
OCTAVIA
            ,           ,         ,         ,          ,
      You have | not called | me so,| nor have | you cause.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
       ,                x       ,         ,     T    T   T
      Why have | you stolen | upon | us thus?| You come not
            ,         ,      o         ,        ,    ,
      Like^Cae|sar's sis|ter,  | the wife | of Ant|ony  (hex with prev)
               ,        ,     ,        ,       ,
      Should have | an ar|my for | an ush|er, and
             ,          ,          ,        ,         ,
      The neighs | of horse | to tell | of her | approach,
            ,         ,        ,          ,       2     ,
      Long^ere | she did | appear.| The trees | by the way
            2       ,      ,          ,     ,         ,
      Should have borne | men, and | expec|tation | fainted,
        ,             ,              ,    ,          ,
      Longing | for what | it had / not. Nay,| the dust
         ,              ,      ,         ,          x
      Should have | ascend|ed to | the roof | of heaven,
         ,              ,    2      ,          ,          ,
      Raised by | your pop|ulous troops:| but you | are come
          ,       ,         ,          ,        ,      2->
      A mark|et-maid | to Rome,| and have | prevent||ed
           ,     ,     3  3      ,            ,        ,
      The os|tenta|tion of our love;| which^left | unshown,
          ,       ,        ,      ,       2        ,
      Is of|ten left | unloved:| we should have | met you
          ,          ,        ,       ,       ,
      By sea,| and land,| supply|ing eve|ry stage
                 ,   ,       ,
      With an / augment|ed greet|ing.
 
OCTAVIA
                                       ,         ,
                                     Good | my lord,
           ,      ,           ,           ,             x
      To come | thus was | I not | constrained,| but did it
                ,    ,         ,          ,    ,
      On my / free will.| My lord | Mark^Ant|ony,
        ,    2        ,        ,          ,        ,
      Hearing that | you pre|pared for | war, ac|quainted
           ,       ,        ,         ,         ,
      My griev|ed ear | withal:| whereon | I begged
           ,       ,        ,
      His pard|on for | return.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                                        ,         ,       ->
                                Which^soon | he grant||ed,
        x         ,    ,                 ,         ,
      Being | an ob|struct 'tween^|his lust,| and him.
 
OCTAVIA
          ,     ,             ,
      Do not | say so*,| my lord.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                                   2       ,        x
                                  I have eyes | upon him,
And his affairs come to me on the wind: where is he now?
 
OCTAVIA
My lord, in Athens.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
       ,              ,       ,        ,    ,
      No my | most wronged | sister,| Cleo|patra
            ,       ,        ,      2       x          ,       ->
      Hath nod|ded him | to her.| He hath given | his em||pire^
       ,     2    ,          ,         ,    ,
      Up | to a whore,| who now | are lev|ying
            ,       2      ,          ,     ,     2    ,
      The kings | of the earth | for war.| He hath as|sembled,
       ,     2        ,        ,  2    ,     ,
      Bocchus the | king of | Libya,| Arche|laus
          ,     ,  2     ,      ,       ,
      Of Cap|pado|cia, Phil|adelph|os king
           ,    ,           ,        ,    ,
      Of Paphlagonia: the Thracian king Adallas,   ????
            ,    ,         ,  2     ,         ,
      King^Mal|chus of | Ara|bia, King | of Pont,
       ,          ,        ,     ,       ,
      Herod | of Jew|ry, Mith|ridat|es king
          ,     ,       ,    2    ,     ,
      Of Com|agene,| Polem|on and Am|yntas,  ??
            ,         ,  ,         ,   , 2
      The kings | of Me|de, and | Lyca|onia,
          2    ,     ,         ,        ,         oo
      With a more | larger | list of | sceptres.|
 
OCTAVIA
      ___   __    __      ,        oo
      Aye | me | most | wretched,|     ????
             ,         ,      ,    2     T    T     T
      That have | my heart | parted be|twixt two friends,
        ,    2     ,         ,
      That do af|flict each^|other.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
      <- ,         ,              ,        ,          ,          ,         ,
        Welcome | hither:|| your let|ters did | withhold | our break|ing forth
        ,    2       T     T   T                 ,    ,
      Till we per|ceived both how | you were / wrong led,
           ,       ,    2     ,         ,            ,
      And we | in neg|ligent dang|er: Cheer | your heart,
          ,          ,         ,          ,             ,
      Be you | not troub|led with | the time,| which^drives
       ,              ,             ,        ,      ,
      Ore your | content,| these strong | neces|sities,
           ,       ,           ,          ,    ,
      But let | deter|mined things | to dest|iny
            ,      ,            ,     ,             ,
      Hold^un|bewailed | their way.| Welcome | to Rome,
       ,          ,    ,                 ,       ,
      Nothing | more dear / to me:| You^are | abused
          ,          ,          ,                  ,    ,
      Beyond | the mark | of thought:| and the / high gods
          ,        ,          ,          ,     ,
      To do | you just|ice, make | them min|isters
          ,         ,            ,           ,        ,       ->
      Of us,| and those | that love | you. Best | of com||fort,
       ,    ,       ,         ,
      And | ever | welcome | to us.
 
AGRIPPA
                                      ,          ,   ->
                                     Welcome || lady.
 
MECAENAS
       ,          ,
      Welcome | dear mad|am,     \\
             ,          ,           ,         ,     ,
      Each^heart | in Rome | does^love | and pi|ty you,
       ,        2   ,    2    ,          ,    ,
      Only | the adult|erous Ant|ony,/ most large
          ,      ,    ,          ,          ,
      In his | abom|ina|tions, turns | you off,
            ,          ,       ,     ,      2    ,
      And gives | his pot|ent reg|iment | to a trull
             ,      ,       ,
      That nois|es it | against | us.
 
OCTAVIA
                                       2      ,  ,
                                     Is it / so sir?
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
            ,         ,       ,          ,
      Most^cert|ain: Sis|ter wel|come: pray | you
      <-2   ,        ,         ,     ,           x      ,
         Be ev||er known | to pa|tience. | My dearest | sister.
 
[Exeunt]

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