Prescanned Shakespeare.com
presented by Acoustic Learning
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]