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Antony and Cleopatra

Act III, Scene 7

Near Actium. MARK ANTONY's camp.
 
[Enter CLEOPATRA and DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS]
 
CLEOPATRA
          ,       ,       ,            ,         ,
      I will | be ev|en with | thee, doubt | it not.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
      ___   ___   ___   ___   oo
      But | why,| why,| why?|
 
CLEOPATRA
        ,              ,         ,      ,           ,
      Thou hast | forspoke | my be|ing in | these^wars,
            ,              ,   ,
      And sayst | it is / not fit.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
                                      T    Tx      Tx
                                    Well: is it, is it.
 
CLEOPATRA
If not, denounced against us, why should not we be there in person.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
Well, I could reply: if we should serve with horse and mares together, the horse were merely lost; the mares would bear a soldier and his horse.
 
CLEOPATRA
What is it you say?
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
            ,          ,           ,       ,    ,
      Your pres|ence needs | must^puz|zle Ant|ony,
        ,               ,       ,               ,         2      ,
      Take from | his heart,| take from | his brain,| from his time,
              ,           ,          ,      ,   2    ,
      What should | not then | be spared.| He is al|ready
           ,          ,    ,      2       ,         ,
      Traduced | for lev|ity,| and 'tis said | in Rome,
            ,     ,       ,        ,           ,
      That Phot|inus | a eun|uch, and | your maids
       ,    2        T
      Manage this | war.
 
CLEOPATRA
                           T    T                   ,     ,
                         Sink Rome,| and their / tongues rot
             ,            x          ,          ,      2     ,
      That speak | against us.| A charge | we bear | in the war,
           ,        ,      ,      2     ,        ,
      And as | the pres|ident | of my king|dom will
          ,      ,      2     T     T    T           x
      Appear | there for a | man. Speak not | against it,
          ,          ,        ,
      I will | not stay | behind.  \\
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
          ,          ,      T    T    .   T    ,
      Nay^I | have done,| here comes the emp|eror.
 
[Enter MARK ANTONY and CANIDIUS]
 
MARK ANTONY
               ,     ,         ,    ,   oo
      Is it / not strange | Canid|ius,|
             ,       ,        ,         ,    ,
      That from | Taren|tum, and | Brundus|ium,
           ,          ,       ,         x   2   ,
      He could | so quick|ly cut | the Ion|ian sea,
            ,          ,      ,           ,              ,
      And take | in Troyne?| You have | heard on | it (sweet)?
 
CLEOPATRA
         ,    ,       ,       ,        ,
      Celer|ity | is nev|er more | admired,
            ,        ,      ,
      Than by | the neg|ligent.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                    ,        ,
                                A good | rebuke,
              ,            ,        ,           ,        ,
      Which might | have well | becomed | the best | of men
           ,          ,          ,  ,        ,
      To taunt | at slack|ness. Can|idi|us, we
             ,           ,        ,
      Will fight | with him | by sea.
 
CLEOPATRA
                                          ,           ,
                                      By sea,| what else?
 
CANIDIUS
       ,              ,     ,
      Why will | my lord,| do so?
 
MARK ANTONY
            ,         ,          x
      For that | he dares | us to it.   (tri with prev)
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
           ,         ,      ,             ,        ,
      So hath | my lord,| dared him | to sing|le fight.
 
CANIDIUS
       ,              ,           x       ,       , 2
      Aye, and | to wage | this battle | at Phar|salia.
             ,         ,           ,        ,           ,      2->
      Where Cae|sar fought | with Pom|pey. But | these of||fers
              ,      ,             ,                ,    ,
      Which serve | not for | his vant|age, he / shakes off,
           ,           ,
      And so | should you.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
                                 ,      .   T    T     T
                          Your ships | are not well manned,
            ,     ,          ,          ,        ,      2->
      Your mar|iners | are mule|ters, reap|ers, peo||ple
           ,           ,         ,         ,          ,
      Ingrossed | by swift | impress.| In Cae|sar's fleet,
            ,           ,       ,     2       ,         ,
      Are those,| that of|ten have | against^Pom|pey fought,
              ,      .    T     T    T       ,        ,
      Their ships | are yare, yours hea|vy: no | disgrace
              ,     ,           ,       ,        ,
      Shall fall | you for | refus|ing him | at sea,
       ,           ,           ,
      Being | prepared | for land.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                       ,        ,
                                   By sea,| by sea.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
             ,      ,          ,        ,       ,
      Most^worth|y sir,| you there|in throw | away
           ,   2      ,        ,          ,         ,
      The abs|olute* sol|diership | you have | by land,
           ,           ,       ,            ,         ,
      Distract | your ar|my, which | doth^most | consist
       .  T     T     T         ,        ,   ,     2->
      Of war-marked foot|men, leave | unex|ecut||ed
            ,        ,       ,           ,          ,
      Your own | renown|ed know|ledge, quite | forego
           ,            ,    ,       ,         ,
      The way | which prom|ises | assur|ance, and
            ,         ,      ,   2        ,          ,
      Give^up | yourself | merely to | chance and | hazard,
             ,       ,    ,
      From firm | secur|ity.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                    ,         ,
                             I'll fight | at sea.
 
CLEOPATRA
      ,         ,        ,     ,             ,
      I have | sixty | sails, Cae/sar none^|better.
 
MARK ANTONY
          ,      ,         ,         ,         ,
      Our ov|erplus | of ship|ping will | we burn,
       ,      2        T    T     T         2      ,        ,    2  ->
      And with the | rest full-manned,| from the head | of Act||ium
        ,       2    ,         ,        ,      2     ,
      Beat | the approach|ing Cae|sar. But | if we fail,
           ,     ,   ,             ,          ,
      We then | can do / it at | land. Thy | business?
 
[enter MESSENGER]

MESSENGER
            ,         ,         ,       ,        ,
      The news | is true,| my lord, he is | descried,
       ,            ,      ,
      Caesar | has tak|en Tor|yne.  \\
 
MARK ANTONY
       ,        T   T    .   Tx       ,      ,   2
      Can he | be there in person?| 'Tis im|possible
         ,             ,              ,      ,    ,
      Strange, that | power | should be.| Canid|ius,
            ,        ,         ,            ,         ,
      Our nine|teen^leg|ions thou | shalt hold | by land,
                   ,     ,         ,       ,              ,
      And our / twelve thous|and horse.| We'll to | our ship,
         ,         x           ,     ,        ,
      Away | my Thetis.| How* now,| worthy | soldier?
 
[enter SOLDIER]

SOLDIER
         ,      ,   2     ,         ,         ,
      O nob|le emp|eror, do | not fight | by sea,
        T    T   .  T         ,      ,            ,
      Trust not to rot|ten planks:| do you | misdoubt
             ,           ,           ,      ,     2   ,
      This sword,| and these | my wounds;| Let the Eg|yptians
       ,             ,        ,       ,        ,
      And the | Phoeni|cians go | a-duck|ing: we
             ,        ,         ,        ,         ,
      Have used | to con|quer stand|ing on | the earth,
            ,         ,         ,
      And fight|ing foot | to foot.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                      T     T   . T
                                    Well, well, away.
 
[Exeunt MARK ANTONY, QUEEN CLEOPATRA, and DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS]
 
SOLDIER
          ,     ,        ,        ,     2      ,
      By Her|cules | I think | I am | in the right.
 
CANIDIUS
       ,              ,                ,    ,        ,
      Soldier | thou art:| but his / whole ac|tion grows
       ,             x       2     ,        ,         ,
      Not in | the power | on it: so | our lead|er's led,
           ,        ,        ,
      And we | are wom|en's men.  \\
 
SOLDIER
You keep by land the legions and the horse whole, do you not?
 
CANIDIUS
       ,          ,   2     ,       ,   ,
      Marcus | Octa|vius, Marc|us Just|eius,
       ,     ,        2    ,      ,         ,
      Public|ola,| and Caeli|us, are | for sea:
           ,          ,          ,           ,         ,        ->
      But we | keep^whole | by land.| This speed | of Cae||sar's
       ,      2    ,        ,
      Car|ries beyond | belief.
 
SOLDIER
        ,             ,         ,
      While he | was yet | in Rome,  (tri with prev)
            x           ,         ,        ,      ,
      His power | went out | in such | distrac|tions,
              ,            ,
      As beguiled | all* spies.
 
CANIDIUS
                                  ,      2      ,         ,
                                Who's his lieu|tenant,| hear you?
 
SOLDIER
            ,          ,
      They say,| one^Taur|us.
 
CANIDIUS
                                ,        ,         ,
                              Well,| I know | the man.
 
[Enter a Messenger]
 
MESSENGER
           ,    ,     ___       ,    ,
      The emp|eror | calls | Canid|ius.
 
CANIDIUS
             ,           ,           ,     o
      With news | the time's | with lab|or,
             ,       T     T   T         ,
      And throws | forth each min|ute, some.  (tetra with prev)
 
[Exeunt]

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