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Antony and Cleopatra

Act III, Scene 2

Rome. An ante-chamber in OCTAVIUS CAESAR's house.
 
[Enter AGRIPPA at one door, DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS at another]
 
AGRIPPA
What are the brothers parted?
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
        ,               ,            ,        ,        ,
      They have | dispatched | with Pom|pey, he | is gone,
         x          ,          ,           ,  2    ,
      The other | three are | sealing.|*Octa|via weeps
           ,           ,     ,    2      ,      2    ,
      To part | from Rome:| Caesar is | sad, and Le|pidus,
             ,          ,         ,       ,         ,       ->
      Since^Pom|pey's feast,| as Me|nas says,| is trou||bled
          2        ,     ,
      With the / green sick|ness.
 
AGRIPPA
                                   ,       ,    2   ,     2->
                                 'Tis | a no|ble Lepi||dus.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
         ,      ,     ,    ,           ,    ,
      A ve|ry fine | one: oh, how he loves Caesar.  ????
 
AGRIPPA
       ,              ,       2    ,     ,     ,  2
      Nay but | how dear|ly he a/dores Mark | Antony.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
       ,              ,         ,    ,        ,
      Caesar?| Why* he's | the Ju|piter | of men.
 
AGRIPPA
              ,    ,        ,        ,    ,
      What's^An|tony,| the god | of Ju|piter?
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
        ,             ,        ,         ,       ,
      Spake you | of Cae|sar? How,| the non-|pareil?
 
AGRIPPA
         ,   2    ,     ,     ,        ,
      O An|tony, oh | thou A|rabi|an bird!
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
           2      ,       ,        ,   ,       ,     ,
      Would you praise | Caesar,| say Caesar: go no further. ????
 
AGRIPPA
          ,         ,            ,        ,          ,
      Indeed,| he plied | them both with excellent praises.  ????
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
         2     ,      ,         ,              ,      ,  2
      But he loves | Caesar | best, yet | he loves | Antony:
       T      T       T       ,
      Hoo, hearts, tongues,| figure,
         T       T      Tx        ,
      Scribes, bards, poets,| cannot  (tri with prev)
        T      T      T       T     T    T        ,
      Think, speak, cast,| write, sing, num|ber: hoo,
            ,        ,   2    ,     ,        ,
      His love | to An|tony. But | as for | Caesar,
        T     T     T       ,          ,       oo
      Kneel down, kneel | down, and | wonder.|
 
AGRIPPA
Both he | loves.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
They are his shards, and he their beetle, for this is to horse. Adieu, noble Agrippa.
 
AGRIPPA
Good fortune worthy soldier, and farewell.
 
[Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, MARK ANTONY, LEPIDUS, and OCTAVIA]
 
MARK ANTONY
No further sir.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
            ,          ,       ,       ,           ,
      You take | from me | a great | part of | myself:
       ,         ,    2      ,         ,             ,
      Use me | well in it.| Sister,| prove such^|a wife
                  ,      ,           ,      2    ,          ,
      As my / thoughts make | thee, and | as my far|thest band
              ,     ,    2     ,           ,       ,  2
      Shall pass | on thy ap|proof: most^|noble | Antony,
           ,          ,         ,         ,         ,
      Let^not | the piece | of vir|tue, which | is set
          ,          ,            ,   ,         ,
      Betwixt | us, as | the ce/ment of | our love
           ,         ,        ,        ,        ,      2->
      To keep | it buil|ded, be | the ram | to bat||ter
           ,         ,        ,     ,         ,
      The for|tress of | it: for | better | might we
             ,         ,            ,              ,    ,
      Have loved | without | this mean,| if on / both parts
            ,        ,
      This be | not che|rished.
 
MARK ANTONY
      <-  ,        ,       ,         ,       2     ,  ->
        Make | me not | offen||ded, in | your distrust.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
       2       ,
      I have said.
 
MARK ANTONY
                         ,           ,
                   You shall | not find,
         ,              ,       ,   2            ,     ,
      Though you | be there|in cu|rious, the / least cause
            ,          ,         ,      2      ,      ,
      For what | you seem | to fear,| so the gods | keep you,
            ,           ,         ,        ,            ,
      And make | the hearts | of Ro|mans serve | your ends:
                  ,    ,
      We will / here part.  (pickup)
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
            ,        ,        ,         ,           ,
      Farewell | my dea|rest sis|ter, fare | thee well,
          ,     ,          ,         ,          ,
      The e|lements | be kind | to thee,| and make
           ,        ,        ,          ,           ,
      Thy spi|rits all | of com|fort: fare | thee well.
 
OCTAVIA
          ,      ,        o
      My no|ble bro|ther.    (picked up)
 
MARK ANTONY
          ,         ,         ,               ,      ,
      The A|pril's^in | her eyes:| it is / love's spring,
            ,            x              x      ,         ,
      And these | the showers | to bring it | on. Be | cheerful.
 
OCTAVIA
       T     T    T      2    ,           ,     ___
      Sir, look well | to my hus|band's house:| and--
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
        ,      , 2
      What Oc|tavia?
 
OCTAVIA
                            ,         ,         ,
                     I'll tell | you in | your ear.
 
MARK ANTONY
             ,           ,      ,          ,      ,
      Her tongue | will not | obey | her heart,| nor can
            ,         ,           ,
      Her heart | inform | her tongue.
      <- .     T     T   T       2->
        The swan's down fea||ther
              ,       ,          ,       2      ,         ,
      That stands | upon | the swell | at the full | of tide:
           ,        ,         ,
      And nei|ther way | inclines.  \\
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
            ,        ,
      Will Cae|sar weep?
 
AGRIPPA
                             ,        ,       2      ,
                         He has | a cloud | in his face.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
He were the worse for that were he a horse, so is he being a man.
 
AGRIPPA
Why Enobarbus:
            ,   2    ,      ,   2   ,        ,
      When An|tony found | Ju|lius Cae|sar dead,
           ,      ,           ,         ,         ,
      He cried | almost | to roa|ring; and | he wept,
        ,           ,            ,    ,        ,
      When at | Philip|pi he / found Bru|tus slain.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
             ,        ,      2      ,         ,        ,
      That year | indeed,| he was trou|bled with | a rheum,
            ,       ,       ,         ,           ,
      What wil|lingly | he did | confound,| he wailed,
             x          ,         ,
      Believe it | till I | wept^too.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                                       ,      2    , 2
                                      No sweet Oc|tavia,
       ,            ,              ,           ,           ,
      You shall | hear from | me still:| the time | shall not
           ,        ,        ,
      Out-go | my thin|king on | you.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                        ,           ,
                                      Come | sir, come,
             ,        ,         ,          ,           ,
      I'll wres|tle with | you in | my strength | of love,
             ,        ,           ,       ,         ,
      Look^here | I have | you, thus | I let | you go,
            ,     ,    2        ,
      And give | you to the | gods.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                                        ,         ,
                                    A|dieu, be | happy.
 
LEPIDUS
           ,         ,                  ,     ,    ,
      Let^all | the num|ber of the // stars give light
       .  T    T   T
      To thy fair way.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                             ,          ,
                       Farewell,| farewell.
 
[Kisses OCTAVIA]
 
MARK ANTONY
                                                 ,
                                           Farewell.
 
[Trumpets sound. Exeunt]

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