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Egypt. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's camp.
[Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, DOLABELLA, THIDIAS, with others]
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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Let him | appear | that's come | from Ant|ony.
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Know you | him.
DOLABELLA
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Cae/sar, 'tis | his school|master,
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An arg|ument | that he | is plucked,| when
hith|er
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He sends | so poor | a pin|ion off | his wing,
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Which^had | super|fluous kings | for mes|sengers,
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Not many | moons gone by.
[Enter EUPHRONIUS, ambassador from MARK ANTONY]
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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Approach,| and speak.
EUPHRONIUS
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Such as | I am,| I come | from Ant|ony:
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I was | of late | as pet|ty to | his ends,
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As is | the morn-|dew on | the myr|tle-leaf
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To his grand | sea.
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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Be it | so, de|clare thine^|office.
EUPHRONIUS
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Lord of | his for|tunes he | salutes | thee, and
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Requires | to live | in Eg|ypt, which not
gran||ted
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He les|sens his | requests,| and to | thee sues
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To let | him breathe | between | the heav|ens and
earth
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A priv|ate man | in A|thens: this | for him.
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Next, *Cleo|patra | does con|fess thy |
greatness,
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Submits | her to | thy might,| and of | thee
craves
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The cir|cle of | the Ptole|mies for | her heirs,
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Now haz/arded | to thy | grace.
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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For | Antony,
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I have | no ears | to his | request.| The queen,
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Of aud|ience, nor | desire | shall fail,| so she
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From Eg|ypt drive | her all-|disgra|ced friend,
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Or take | his life | there. This^|if she |
perform,
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She shall | not sue | unheard.| So to | them
both.
EUPHRONIUS
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Fortune | pursue | thee.
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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Bring | him through | the bands:
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To try | thy el|oquence*, now |'tis time,|
dispatch,
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From Ant|ony win | Cleo|patra:| promise
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And in | our name,| what she re|quires, add more
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From thine | invent|ion, of|fers. wom|en are not
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In their best | fortunes | strong; but | want
will | perjure
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The nere-touched ves|tal. Try | thy cun|ning
Thi||dias,
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Make | thine own | edict | for thy pains,| which
we
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Will ans|wer as | a law.
THIDIAS
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Caesar,| I go.
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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Observe | how Ant|ony | becomes | his flaw,
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And what | thou thinkst | his ve|ry ac|tion
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In eve|ry power | that moves.
THIDIAS
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Caesar,| I shall.
[Exeunt]