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Antony and Cleopatra

Act III, Scene 7

Near Actium. MARK ANTONY's camp.
 
[Enter CLEOPATRA and DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS]
 
CLEOPATRA
          ,       ,              ,     ,         ,
      I will | be e|ven with / thee, doubt | it not.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
      ___   ___   ___   ___   oo
      But | why,| why,| why?|
 
CLEOPATRA
        ,            ,       ,     ,         ,
      Thou hast forspoke my being in these wars,
            ,       ,      ,
      And sayst it is not fit.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
                                 T    Tx      Tx
                               Well: is it, is it.
 
CLEOPATRA
If not denounced against us, why should not we be there in person?
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS [Aside]
Well, I could reply: if we should serve with horse and mares together, the horse were merely lost; the mares would bear a soldier and his horse.
 
CLEOPATRA
What is it you say?
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
            ,          ,           ,       ,    ,
      Your pre|sence needs | must^puz|zle An|tony,
        ,               ,       ,               ,         2      ,
      Take from | his heart,| take from | his brain,| from his time,
              ,           ,          ,      ,   2    ,
      What should | not then | be spared.| He is al|ready
           ,          ,    ,      2       ,         ,
      Traduced | for le|vity,| and 'tis said | in Rome,
            ,     ,       ,        ,           ,
      That Pho|tinus | a eu|nuch, and | your maids
       ,    2        T
      Manage this | war.
 
CLEOPATRA
                           T    T                   ,     ,
                         Sink Rome,| and their / tongues rot
             ,            x          ,          ,      2     ,
      That speak | against us.| A charge | we bear | in the war,
           ,        ,      ,      2     ,        ,
      And as | the pre|sident | of my king|dom will
          ,      ,      2     T     T    T           x
      Appear | there for a | man. Speak not | against it:
          ,          ,        ,
      I will | not stay | behind.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
                                   ,             ,
                                  Nay I | have done.
             ,          ,    ,
      Here comes | the em|peror.  \\
 
[Enter MARK ANTONY and CANIDIUS]
 
MARK ANTONY
       T  T  T       ,        ,   __
      Is it not | strange Ca|nidi|us,
             ,       ,       ,         ,    ,
      That from | Taren|tum and | Brundu|sium
           ,          ,       ,       2 ,   2   ,
      He could | so quick|ly cut | the Io|nian sea,
            ,          ,      ,           ,              ,
      And take | in Troyne?| You have | heard on | it (sweet)?
 
CLEOPATRA
         ,    ,       ,       ,        ,
      Cele|rity | is ne|ver more | admired,
            ,        ,      ,
      Than by | the neg|ligent.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                    ,        ,
                                A good | rebuke,
              ,            ,        ,           ,        ,
      Which might | have well | becomed | the best | of men
           ,          ,          ,  ,        ,
      To taunt | at slack|ness. Can|idi|us, we
             ,           ,        ,
      Will fight | with him | by sea.
 
CLEOPATRA
                                          ,           ,
                                      By sea,| what else?
 
CANIDIUS
       ,              ,     ,
      Why will | my lord,| do so?
 
MARK ANTONY
            ,         ,          x
      For that | he dares | us to it.   (tri with prev)
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
           ,         ,      ,             ,        ,
      So hath | my lord | dared him | to sin|gle fight.
 
CANIDIUS
       ,              ,          ,     2     ,   , 2
      Aye, and | to wage | this bat|tle at Phar|salia.
             ,         ,           ,        ,           ,      2->
      Where Cae|sar fought | with Pom|pey. But | these of||fers
              ,      ,             ,                ,    ,
      Which serve | not for | his van|tage, he / shakes off,
           ,           ,
      And so | should you.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
                                 ,      .   T    T     T
                          Your ships | are not well manned;
            ,     ,          ,         ,         ,      2->
      Your ma|riners | are mule|ters, rea|pers, peo||ple
           ,           ,         ,         ,          ,
      Ingrossed | by swift | impress.| In Cae|sar's fleet,
            ,           ,       ,     2       ,         ,
      Are those,| that of|ten have | against^Pom|pey fought,
              ,           ,           ,       ,        ,
      Their ships | are yare,| yours^hea|vy: no | disgrace
              ,         ,       ,       ,        ,
      Shall fall | you for | refu|sing him | at sea,
       ,           ,           ,
      Being | prepared | for land.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                       ,        ,
                                   By sea,| by sea.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
            ,       ,          ,        ,       ,
      Most^wor|thy sir,| you there|in throw | away
           ,   2      ,        ,          ,         ,
      The ab|solute* sol|diership | you have | by land,
           ,           ,       ,            ,         ,
      Distract | your ar|my, which | doth^most | consist
       .  T     T     T         ,        ,   ,     2->
      Of war-marked foot|men, leave | unex|ecu||ted
            ,       ,        ,           ,          ,
      Your own | renow|ned know|ledge, quite | forego
           ,           ,     ,       ,         ,
      The way | which pro|mises | assu|rance; and
            ,         ,      ,   2        ,          ,
      Give^up | yourself | merely to | chance and | hazard,
             ,       ,    ,
      From firm | secu|rity.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                    ,         ,
                             I'll fight | at sea.
 
CLEOPATRA
      ,         ,        ,     ,             ,
      I have | sixty | sails, Cae/sar none^|better.
 
MARK ANTONY
          ,      ,         ,         ,         ,
      Our o|verplus | of ship|ping will | we burn,
       ,      2        T    T     T         2      ,        ,   2  ->
      And with the | rest full-manned,| from the head | of Ac||tium
        ,       2    ,         ,        ,      2     ,
      Beat | the approa|ching Cae|sar. But | if we fail,
           ,     ,   ,             ,          ,
      We then | can do / it at | land. Thy | business?
 
MESSENGER
            ,         ,         ,       ,        ,
      The news | is true,| my lord, he is | descried,
       ,            ,      ,
      Caesar | has ta|ken Tor|yne.
 
MARK ANTONY
      <- ,        ,      ,         ,         T   T T     ,
        Can | he be || there in | person?| 'Tis impos|sible
         ,            ,              ,      ,    ,
      Strange that | power | should be.| Cani|dius,
            ,        ,         ,            ,         ,
      Our nine|teen^le|gions thou | shalt hold | by land,
                   ,     ,         ,       ,              ,
      And our / twelve thou|sand horse.| We'll to | our ship,
         ,         x           ,     ,        ,
      Away | my Thetis.| How* now,| worthy | soldier?
 
SOLDIER
         ,      ,   2     ,         ,         ,
      O no|ble em|peror, do | not fight | by sea;
        T    T   .  T         ,      ,            ,
      Trust not to rot|ten planks:| do you | misdoubt
             ,           ,           ,      ,     2   ,
      This sword,| and these | my wounds;| Let the E|gyptians
       ,             ,        ,       ,        ,
      And the | Phoeni|cians go | a-duck|ing: we
             ,        ,         ,        ,         ,
      Have used | to con|quer stan|ding on | the earth,
            ,         ,         ,
      And figh|ting foot | to foot.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                      T     T   . T
                                    Well, well, away.
 
[Exeunt MARK ANTONY, QUEEN CLEOPATRA, and DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS]
 
SOLDIER
          ,     ,        ,        ,     2      ,
      By Her|cules,| I think | I am | in the right.
 
CANIDIUS
       ,              ,                ,    ,        ,
      Soldier | thou art:| but his / whole ac|tion grows
       ,             x       2     ,        ,         ,
      Not in | the power | on it: so | our lea|der's led,
           ,        ,        ,
      And we | are wo|men's men.
 
SOLDIER
                                       ,         ,
                                 You keep | by land
           ,        ,          ,       ,              ,
      The le|gions and | the horse | whole, do | you not?
 
CANIDIUS
       ,          ,   2    ,       ,   ,
      Marcus | Octa|vius, Mar|cus Jus|teius,
         ,     ,      2    ,      ,         ,
      Publi|cola,| and Caeli|us, are | for sea:
           ,          ,          ,           ,         ,        ->
      But we | keep^whole | by land.| This speed | of Cae||sar's
       ,      2    ,        ,
      Car|ries beyond | belief.
 
SOLDIER
        ,             ,         ,
      While he | was yet | in Rome,  (tri with prev)
            x           ,         ,        ,          ,
      His power | went out | in such | distrac|tions as
           ,            ,
      Beguiled | all* spies.
 
CANIDIUS
                              ,      2      ,         ,
                            Who's his lieu|tenant,| hear you?
 
SOLDIER
            ,         ,
      They say,| one^Tau|rus.
 
CANIDIUS
                                ,        ,         ,
                              Well | I know | the man.
 
[Enter a Messenger]
 
MESSENGER
           ,    ,     ___       ,    ,
      The em|peror | calls | Cani|dius.
 
CANIDIUS
             ,           ,           ,     o
      With news | the time's | with la|bor,
             ,       T     T   T         ,
      And throws | forth each mi|nute, some.  (tetra with prev)
 
[Exeunt]

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