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Antony and Cleopatra

Act IV, Scene 1

Before Alexandria. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's camp.
 
[Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, AGRIPPA, and MECAENAS, with his Army; OCTAVIUS CAESAR reading a letter]
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
           ,         ,           ,              ,    x
      He calls | me boy,| and chides | as he / had power
           ,        ,       ,        ,    ,    2
      To beat | me out | of Eg|ypt. My | messenger  ??
        2        ,             ,      ,     2      ,   2      ,
      He hath whipped | with rods,| dares me to | personal | combat*,
       ,    2      ,  2                ,   ,    2    ,
      Caesar to | Antony:| let* the / old ruf|fian know,
       2      ,    ,        ,        ,          ,
      I have ma|ny oth|er ways | to die:| meantime,
        ,              ,
      Laugh at | his chal|lenge.
 
MECAENAS
                                 ,        ,      ,
                                Cae|sar must | think,
      <-         ,         ,        ,         ,           ,
        When || one so | great be|gins to | rage, he's | hunted
      ,   2      ,          ,               ,          ,
      Even to | falling.| Give him | no* breath,| but now
        ,    ,      2          ,         ,       ,
      Make boot / of his dis|traction:| never | anger
        T    T    T        2    ,
      Made good guard | for itself.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
       ,          T    T     T
      Let our | best heads know,  (tri with prev)
        ,      ,             ,        ,     ,       2->
      That to|morrow,| the last | of ma|ny bat||tles
           ,         ,         ,          ,            ,
      We mean | to fight.| Within | our files | there are,
           ,             ,           ,    ,         ,
      Of those | that served | Mark^Ant|ony | but late,
         ,          ,          ,    T   T   T
      Enough | to fetch | him in.| See it done,
            ,          ,      ,          ,          x
      And feast | the ar|my, we | have store | to do it,
            ,            ,           ,           ,    ,
      And they | have earned | the waste.| Poor^Ant|ony.
 
[Exeunt]

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