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Antony and Cleopatra

Act III, Scene 1

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
           ,        ,    2   ,            ,          ,
      Now dar|ting Par|thia art | thou struck,| and now
         ,     ,                 ,        ,         ,
      Pleased for/tune does^|of Mar|cus Cras|sus' death
        ,    2    ,         T   .     T     T      ,
      Make me re|venger.| Bear the king's son's | body
          ,         ,   2     ,   3  3  ,
      Before | our^ar|my thy Pa|corus Oro|des,
      <-  ,         2     ,        ,
        Pays || this for Mar|cus Cras|sus.
 
SILIUS
                                            ,      ,   ,  2
                                           No|ble Ven|tidius,
              ,          ,     2    ,           ,          ,
      Whilst yet | with Par|thian blood | thy sword | is warm,
           ,   2     ,     2    ,         ,             ,   2  ->
      The fu|gitive Par|thians fol|low. Spur | through Me||dia,
       ,   2  ,  2    ,          ,         ,       2->
      Me|sopota|mia, and | the shel|ters, whi||ther
           ,       ,      2      ,      ,         ,  2
      The rou|ted fly.| So thy grand | captain | Antony
             ,          ,       ,        ,    2     ,
      Shall set | thee on | trium|phant cha|riots, and
           ,         ,         ,
      Put gar|lands on | thy head.
 
VENTIDIUS
          ,   2    ,   ,
      Oh Si|lius, Si|lius,  (tri with prev?)
       2       ,       ,         x       T     T    T
      I have done | enough.| A lower | place note well,
             ,          ,         ,          ,           ,    2  ->
      May* make | too great | an act:| for learn | this^Si||lius,
       ,     2     ,         ,          ,         ,
      Bet|ter to leave | undone,| than by | our deed
          ,           ,        ,          ,          ,        ,
      Acquire | too high | a fame,| when him | we serve's | away.
       ,            ,    ,        ,      ,
      Caesar | and An|tony | have e|ver won
        ,    2         ,    ,          ,        ,   2
      More in their | offi|cer than | person.| Sossius
       ,    2       ,         ,       ,        ,
      One of my | place in | Syria,| his lieu|tenant,
            ,        ,    ,       ,       ,
      For quick | accu|mula|tion of | renown,
        ,     2     ,      2       ,         ,         ,
      Which he a|chieved by the | minute,| lost his | favor.
            ,      2      ,      ,              ,        ,
      Who does | in the wars | more than | his cap|tain can,
          ,          ,          ,         ,       ,      2->
      Becomes | his cap|tain's cap|tain: and | ambi||tion
            ,          ,        ,                ,          ,
      (The sol|dier's vir|tue) rather | makes^choice | of loss,
             ,           ,        ,
      Than gain | which dar|kens him.  \\
          ,          ,        ,      ,   2    ,
      I could | do more | to do | Anto|nius good,
              ,         ,          ,        ,        ,
      But 'twould | offend | him. And | in his | offense,
              ,       ,         ,       o   oo
      Should my | perfor|mance pe|rish.   |
 
SILIUS
Thou hast Ventidius that without the which a soldier and his sword grants scarce distinction. Thou wilt write to Antony.
 
VENTIDIUS
            ,       ,     ,              ,    ,
      I'll hum|bly sig|nify | what in / his name,
            ,   2     ,        ,     ,     2    ,
      That ma|gical word | of war | we have ef|fected;
       ,      2       ,         ,          T    T    T
      How with his | banners | and his | well-paid ranks,
            ,        ,        ,         ,     ,
      The nere-|yet-bea|ten horse | of Par|thia
        2      ,      ,      2      ,
      We have ja|ded out | of the field.
 
SILIUS
                                           ,            ,
                                         Where is | he now?
 
VENTIDIUS
          ,      ,       ,         ,                ,    ,
      He pur|poseth | to A|thens, whi|ther with / what haste ????
             ,          ,        ,        2      ,        ,
      The weight | we must | convey | with us, will | permit,
       ,      2     ,       ,         T   T      T       ,
      We shall ap|pear be|fore him.| On there, pass | along.  ????
 
[Exeunt]

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