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Rome. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's house.
[Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, AGRIPPA, and MECAENAS]
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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Contem|ning Rome,| he has done | all^this,| and
more
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In A|lexan|dria: here's | the man|ner of it:
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In the mar|ket-place,| on a *tri|bunal |
silvered,
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Cleo|patra | and himself | in chairs | of gold
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Were pub|licly | enthroned:| at the / feet, sat
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Caesa|rion whom | they call | my fa|ther's son,
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And all | the unlaw|ful is|sue that | their lust
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Since^then | hath made | between | them. Un|to
her,
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He gave | the esta|blishment | of E|gypt, made ||
her
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Of low|er Syr|ia, Cy|prus, Lyd|ia, ab||solute |
queen.
MECAENAS
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This / in the | public | eye?
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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In the || common | show-place, where | they
ex|ercise.
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His sons | he there | proclaimed | the kings | of
kings,
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Great Me/dia,| Parthia,| and Ar|menia
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He gave | to Alexan|der. To | Ptole|my he
assigned, ??
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Syria,| Cili|cia, and | Phoni|cia: she
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In the ha|bili|ments of the | goddess | Isis
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That day | appeared,| and oft | before |
gave^au||dience,
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As |'tis repor|ted so.
MECAENAS
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Let Rome | be thus | informed. (tri with
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AGRIPPA
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Who quea/sy with his | inso|lence al|ready,
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Will* their / good thoughts | call from | him.
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The peo|ple know it,
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And have now | received | his ac|cusa|tions.
AGRIPPA
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Who || does he | accuse?
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Caesar,| and that ha|ving in Sic||ily
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Sex|tus Pompei|us spoiled,| we had not | rated
him
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His part | of the isle.| Then does^he | say, he |
lent me
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Some ship|ping un|restored.| Lastly,| he frets
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That Lepi|dus of | the trium|virate, should | be
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And be|ing that,| we detain | all his |
reve||nue.
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Sir, this should | be an|swered.
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'Tis done | alrea|dy, and | the mes|senger gone:
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I have told | him Lepi|dus was | grown too cruel,
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That he | his high | autho|rity | abused,
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And did | deserve | his change:| for what | I
have con||quered,
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I grant | him part:| but then | in his Ar|menia,
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And o|ther of | his con|quered king|doms, I ||
demand | the like.
MECAENAS
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He'll ne|ver yield | to that.
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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Nor must | not then | be yiel|ded to | in this.
[Enter OCTAVIA with her train]
OCTAVIA
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Hail Caesar, and my lord, hail most dear Caesar.
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OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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That e|ver I | should call | thee cas|taway.
OCTAVIA
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You have | not called | me so,| nor have | you
cause.
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Why have | you stolen | upon | us thus?| You come
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Like^Cae|sar's sis|ter, | the wife | of An|tony
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Should have | an ar|my for | an ush|er, and
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The neighs | of horse | to tell | of her |
approach
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Long^ere | she did | appear.| The trees | by the
way
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Should have borne | men, and | expec|tation |
fainted,
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Longing | for what | it had / not. Nay,| the dust
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Should have | ascen|ded to | the roof | of
heaven,
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Raised by | your pop|ulous troops:| but you | are
come
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A mar|ket-maid | to Rome,| and have | preven||ted
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The os|tenta|tion of our love;| which^left |
unshown,
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Is of|ten left | unloved:| we should have | met
you
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By sea,| and land,| supply|ing ev|ery stage
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With an / augmen|ted gree|ting.
OCTAVIA
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Good | my lord,
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To come | thus was | I not | constrained,| but
did it
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On my / free will.| My lord | Mark^An|tony,
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Hearing that | you pre|pared for | war,
ac|quainted
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My grie|ved ear | withal:| whereon | I begged
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His par|don for | return.
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Which^soon | he gran||ted,
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Being | an ob|struct 'tween^|his lust | and him.
OCTAVIA
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Do not | say so*,| my lord.
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I have eyes | upon || him,
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And | his affairs | come to | me on | the wind.
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Where is | he now?
OCTAVIA
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My lord,| in A|thens.
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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No || my most | wronged | sister,| Cleo|patra
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Hath nod|ded him | to her.| He hath given | his
em||pire^
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Up | to a whore;| who now | are le|vying
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The kings | of the earth | for war.| He hath
as|sembled,
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Bocchus the | king of | Libya;| Arche|laus,
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Of Cap|pado|cia; Phi|ladel|phos king
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Of Pa|phlago|nia: the Thracian king, Adallas,
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King^Mal|chus of | Ara|bia, King | of Pont,
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Herod | of Jew|ry, Mi|thrida|tes king
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Of Co|magene,| Pole|mon and A|myntas,
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The kings | of Me|de, and | Lyca|onia,
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With a more | larger | list of | sceptres.|
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Aye | me | most | wretched,|
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That have | my heart | parted be|twixt two
friends,
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That do af|flict each^|other.
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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Welcome | hither:
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Your let|ters did | withhold | our brea|king
forth
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Till we per|ceived both how | you were / wrong
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And we | in neg|ligent dan|ger. Cheer | your
heart,
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Be you | not trou|bled with | the time,|
which^drives
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Ore your | content,| these strong | neces|sities,
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But let | deter|mined things | to des|tiny
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Hold^un|bewailed | their way.| Welcome | to Rome,
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Nothing | more dear / to me.| You^are | abused
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Beyond | the mark | of thought:| and the / high
gods
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To do | you jus|tice, make | them mi|nisters
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Of us,| and those | that love | you. Best | of
com||fort,
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And | ever | welcome | to us.
AGRIPPA
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Welcome || lady.
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Welcome | dear ma|dam,|
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Each^heart | in Rome | does^love | and pi|ty you,
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Only | the adul|terous An|tony,/ most large
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In his | abo|mina|tions, turns | you off,
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And gives | his po|tent re|giment | to a trull
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That noi|ses it | against | us.
OCTAVIA
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Is it / so sir?
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
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Most^cer|tain: Sis|ter wel|come: pray | you
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Be e||ver known | to pa|tience: | my dearst |
sister.
[Exeunt]