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Antony and Cleopatra

Act IV, Scene 2

Alexandria. CLEOPATRA'S palace.
 
[Enter MARK ANTONY, CLEOPATRA, DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS, CHARMIAN, IRAS, ALEXAS, with others]
 
MARK ANTONY
           ,          ,           ,      ,    ,
      He will | not fight | with me,| Domi|tius?
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
       ,
      No?
 
MARK ANTONY
                 ,         ,
          Why should | he not?
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
      <-      ,      ,         ,        ,         ,        ,
        He thinks,| being || twenty | times of | better | fortune,
      <- ,        ,        ,        ,
        He is || twenty | men to | one.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                            ,        ,
                                        To|morrow | soldier,
          ,          ,           ,        ,          ,
      By sea | and land | I'll fight:| or I | will live,
           ,         ,      ,      ,         ,
      Or bathe | my dy|ing hon|or in | the blood
                x       ,      ,             T    T     T
      Shall make it | live a|gain. Would | thou fight well. ??
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
              ,          ,          ,
      I'll strike,| and cry,| take^all.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                               ,          ,
                                        Well said,| come on:
              ,          ,          ,           ,         ,
      Call* forth | my house|hold* serv|ants, let's | tonight
           ,    2    ,         ,      ,             ,
      Be bount|eous at | our meal.| Give me | thy hand,
 
[Enter three or four Servitors]
             ,           ,       ,        ,          ,
      Thou hast | been right|ly hon|est, so | hast thou,
        ,           ,           ,                 ,          ,
      Thou, and | thou, and | thou: you | have served | me well,
            ,            ,          ,
      And kings | have been | your fel|lows.
 
CLEOPATRA
                                                      ,     ,
                                             What / means this?
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
            ,                ,     ,            ,         ,
      'Tis one | of those / odd tricks | which sor|row shoots
       ,             ,
      Out of | the mind.
 
MARK ANTONY
                               ,         ,       ,
                         And thou | art hon|est too:
          ,        ,          ,        ,     ,
      I wish | I could | be made | so ma|ny men,
           ,                ,     ,      ,        ,
      And all | of you / clapped up | togeth|er, in
          ,   2     ,    ,          ,        ,
      An Ant|ony: that | I might | do you | service,
           ,        ,           ,
      So good | as you | have done.
 
ALL
                                          ,        ,
                                    The gods | forbid.
 
MARK ANTONY
        ,              ,          ,        ,       ,
      Well, my | good fel|lows, wait | on me | tonight:
             ,         ,          ,         ,        ,
      Scant^not | my cups,| and make | as much | of me,
           ,          ,   ,              ,       ,
      As when | mine^em|pire was | your fel|low too,
           ,         ,        ,
      And suf|fered my | command.
 
CLEOPATRA
                                   ,              ,
                                 What does | he mean?
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
           ,         ,    2      ,
      To make | his fol|lowers weep.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                      ,           ,
                                    Tend me | tonight;
            ,    ,   2       ,  2     ,         ,
      May* be,| it is the | period | of your | duty,
       ,            ,          ,         ,        ,
      Haply | you shall | not see | me more,| or if,
          ,        ,       ,     ,       ,
      A mang|led shad|ow. Per|chance to|morrow,
               ,         x       ,          ,        ,
      You'll serve | another | master.| I look | on you, ??
          ,           ,           ,           ,         ,
      As one | that takes | his leave.| Mine^hon|est friends,
          ,         ,      ,          ,        ,     ->
      I turn | you not | away,| but like | a mast||er
       ,      2            ,    ,         ,           ,
      Mar|ried to your / good serv|ice, stay | till death:
        ,           ,           ,        ,         ,
      Tend me | tonight | two^hours,| I ask | no more,
                  ,    ,            x
      And the / gods yield | you for it.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
                                            ,          ,
                                     What mean | you (sir)
           ,           ,        ,          ,           ,
      To give | them this | discom|fort? Look | they weep,
          ,       ,        ,       ,          ,
      And I | an ass,| am on|ion-eyed;| for shame,
               x      ,        ,
      Transform us | not to | women.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                      T   T   T
                                     Ho, ho, ho:
       ,          ,     ,                 ,          ,
      Now the | witch take / me, if | I meant | it thus.
        ,     ,                ,     ,        ,       ,
      Grace grow where those drops fall (my hearty friends)  ????
            ,             ,   ,     ,        ,
      You take | me in / too dol|orous | a sense,
         2    ,         ,       2       ,        ,        ,        2->
      For I spake | to you | for your com|fort, did | desire || you
           ,           ,            ,         ,          ,
      To burn | this night | with torch|es: know |(my hearts)
          ,      ,    2    ,        ,           ,
      I hope | well of to|morrow,| and will | lead you,
              ,       ,        ,        ,   2     ,
      Where rath|er I'll | expect | victor|ious life,
             ,          ,        ,         ,         ,
      Than death,| and hon|or. Let's | to sup|per, come,
            ,         ,    ,
      And drown | consid|era|tion.  \\
 
[Exeunt]

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