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Antony and Cleopatra

Act III, Scene 11

Alexandria. CLEOPATRA'S palace.
 
[Enter MARK ANTONY with Attendants]
 
MARK ANTONY
        T    .    T    T         ,          ,        x
      Hark, the land bids | me tread | no more | upon it,
       ,   2     ,          ,          ,            ,
      It is a|shamed to | bear me.| Friends, come^|hither,
         ,       ,      ,         ,          ,
      I am | so lat|ed in | the world,| that I
             ,        ,       ,      ,       2    ,
      Have lost | my way | forev|er. I | have a ship,
       ,   2         T     T    T        ,         ,
      Laden with | gold, take that,| divide | it: fly,
            ,           ,           ,
      And make | your peace | with Cae|sar.
 
ALL
                                             ,         ,
                                            Fly?| Not^we.
 
MARK ANTONY
       2       ,        ,     ,      2     ,         ,
      I have fled | myself,| and have in|structed | cowards
          ,          ,             ,           ,           ,
      To run,| and show | their should|ers. Friends | be gone,
          ,        ,         ,       ,         ,
      I have | myself | resolved | upon | a course,
             ,         ,        ,    __    __
      Which has | no need | of you.| Be | gone,
           ,          ,        ,         ,         ,
      My treas|ure's in | the har|bor. Take | it: Oh,
         ,          ,        ,          ,      ,
      I fol|lowed that | I blush | to look | upon,
          ,      ,         ,    ,      2      ,
      My ve|ry hairs | do mut|iny:| for the white
          ,           ,           ,                ,    ,
      Reprove | the brown | for rash|ness, and / they them
            ,         ,          ,           ,          ,
      For fear,| and dot|ing. Friends | be gone,| you shall
            ,         ,        ,            ,        ,
      Have let|ters from | me to | some* friends,| that will
        ,           ,               ,          ,         ,
      Sweep your | way for | you. Pray | you look | not sad,
            ,        ,          ,           ,          ,
      Nor make | replies | of loath|ness, take | the hint
             ,       ,           ,           ,         ,
      Which^my | despair | proclaims.| Let^that | be left
               ,         ,      2     ,     T     T     T
      Which leaves | itself,| to the sea-|side straightway;
      ,     2      ,         ,          ,          ,
      I will pos|sess you | of that | ship and | treasure.
        ,            ,       ,         ,         ,
      Leave me,| I pray | a lit|tle: pray | you now,
            ,    ,            ,     2       ,         ,
      Nay* do | so: for | indeed | I have lost | command,
        ,      2      ,              ,         ,        ,
      Therefore I | pray you,| I'll see | you by | and by.
 
[Sits down. Enter CLEOPATRA led by CHARMIAN and IRAS; EROS following]
 
EROS
       T    Tx    T       ,         ,        ,
      Nay gentle mad|am, to | him, com|fort him.
 
IRAS
       ,         T    T
      Do most^|dear queen.
 
CHARMIAN
                           T    T     T    T
                          Do,| why, what else?
 
CLEOPATRA
       T   T  T      T    T  T    o
      Let me sit | down: Oh Jun|o.
 
MARK ANTONY
      __   __   __   __   __
      No,| no,| no,| no,| no.
 
EROS
       T   T    T
      See you here,| sir?
 
MARK ANTONY
                           ,    T    T    T
                           O | fie, fie, fie.
 
CHARMIAN
       ,
      Madam.
 
IRAS
             ,           ,     ,
            Madam,| oh good | empress.
 
EROS
                                              ,
                                       Sir*, sir.
 
MARK ANTONY
       ,         T    T    T     2    ,       ,
      Yes my | lord, yes; he | at Philip|pi kept
            ,       T    T  .   T        ,          ,
      His sword | eene like a danc|er, while | I struck
            ,          ,        ,         ,         ,
      The lean | and wrink|led Cas|sius, and |'twas I
                  ,    ,      ,       ,      ,
      That the / mad Brut|us end|ed: he | alone
        ,             ,     ,       2     ,        ,
      Dealt on | lieuten|antry,| and no prac|tice had
        2      ,        ,          ,          ,         ,
      In the brave | squares of | war: yet | now: no*| matter.
 
CLEOPATRA
       T   T    T
      Ah stand by.
 
EROS
                         ,          ,          ,
                   The queen | my lord,| the queen.
 
IRAS
       T  T  T     ,        T    T  T
      Go to him,| madam,| speak to him,
       T    T  T     ,          ,      ,
      He's unqual|itied | with ver|y shame.
 
CLEOPATRA
             ,        ,          ,
      Well then,| sustain | me: Oh.  \\
 
EROS
             x      ,      ,           ,        ,
      Most noble | sir a|rise, the | queen ap|proaches,
             ,          ,           ,            ,           ,
      Her head's | declined,| and death | will seize | her, but
            ,         ,          ,
      Your com|fort makes | the res|cue.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                             ,       2   ,       ,    ,
                                             I | have offend|ed rep|uta|tion,  ????
          ,       ,       ,
      A most | unnob|le swer|ving.
 
EROS
                                   ,          ,
                                  Sir,| the queen.
 
MARK ANTONY
           ,        ,          ,        ,       ,
      Oh whith|er hast | thou led | me Eg|ypt, see
          ,       ,         ,      ,               ,
      How^I | convey | my shame,| out of | thine^eyes,
           ,        ,         ,          ,        ,
      By look|ing back | what I | have left | behind
         ,             ,
      Stroyed in | dishon|or.
 
CLEOPATRA
                               ,        ,         ,
                              Oh | my lord,| my lord,
           ,         ,        ,        ,         ,
      Forgive | my fear|ful sails,| I lit|tle thought
       ,       2        ,
      You would have | followed.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                 ,               ,           ,
                                 Egypt,| thou knewst | too^well,
           ,          ,        ,        ,      2       ,
      My heart | was to | thy rud|der tied | by the strings,
            ,              ,        ,       ,          x
      And thou | shouldst^tow | me aft|er. Ore | my spirit
            ,        ,    ,           ,           ,
      Thy full | suprem|acy | thou knewst,| and that
            ,      ,               ,        ,         ,
      Thy beck,| might from | the bid|ding of | the gods
           ,
      Command | me.
 
CLEOPATRA
                    ,       ,
                   Oh | my pard|on.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                     ,        ,
                                    Now | I must
        2      ,      T    T   T        ,          ,
      To the young | man send hum|ble treat|ies, dodge
           ,       ,          ,         ,         ,
      And palt|er in | the shifts | of low|ness, who
             ,          ,      2      ,        ,             ,
      With half | the bulk | of the world | played as | I pleased,
       ,    2       ,         ,          T   T    T
      Making and | marring | fortunes.| You did know
            ,          ,        ,      ,          ,
      How much | you were | my con|queror,| and that
           ,       T    T   T     2   ,          ,
      My sword,| made weak by | my affec|tion, would
        ,             ,    ,
      Obey | it on / all cause.
 
CLEOPATRA
                                 ,        ,
                                Pardon,| pardon.
 
MARK ANTONY
        ,            ,       ,     ,              ,
      Fall not | a tear | I say,| one of | them rates
       ,             ,          ,      ,           ,
      All that | is won | and lost:| give me | a kiss,
      ,        ,       ,
      Even | this re|pays me.  \\
           ,           ,    ,                 ,    ,
      We sent | our school|master,| is he / come back?
       __    ,        ,         T     T    T
      Love | I am | full of | lead: some wine
          ,      ,               ,        ,         ,
      Within | there, and | our vi|ands: For|tune knows,
           ,           ,           ,         ,        ,
      We scorn | her most,| when most | she of|fers blows.
 
[Exeunt]

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