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Antony and Cleopatra

Act IV, Scene 4

The same. A room in the palace.
 
[Enter MARK ANTONY and CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, and others attending]
 
MARK ANTONY
      ,            ,     ,
      Eros,| mine^arm|or Er|os.
 
CLEOPATRA
                                  ,          x
                                Sleep | a little.
 
MARK ANTONY
       ,        ,    ,          2       ,       ,
      No my | chuck. Er/os, come^mine^|armor | Eros.
        T    T   T        ,          ,     ,
      Come good fel|low, put | mine ir|on on,
          ,        ,         ,       ,        ,
      If for|tune be | not ours | today,| it is
          ,          ,            ,
      Because | we brave | her. Come.  \\
 
CLEOPATRA
       T     T    T     ,    ,         oo
      Nay, I'll help | too, Ant/ony.|
               ,          ,        ,        ,         ,
      What's^this | for? Ah | let^be,| let^be,| thou art
           ,   2    ,        ,       T      T      T       T ->
      The arm|orer of | my heart:| false, false: this,|| this,
        T    T          ,      ,             ,
      Sooth la | I'll help:| thus it | must^be.
 
MARK ANTONY
        T     T    T            ,      T
      Well, well, we | shall thrive | now.
      <-  T     T          ,     ,        ,        ,    2    ,
        Seest thou || my good | fellow.| Go, put^|on thy de|fenses.
 
EROS
Briefly sir.   ??
 
CLEOPATRA
          ,           ,        ,
      Is not | this buck|led well?
 
MARK ANTONY
                                    ,         ,
                                   Rarely,| rarely:
       ,            ,        ,          ,         ,
      He that | unbuck|les this,| till we | do please
           ,         ,        ,            ,        ,
      To daft | for our | repose,| shall hear | a storm.
            ,         ,      ,          ,           ,
      Thou fum|blest Er|os, and | my queen's | a squire
              ,          ,           ,         ,         ,
      More* tight | at this,| than thou:| dispatch.| O love,
             ,             ,         ,       ,           ,
      That thou | couldst^see | my wars | today,| and knewst
           ,      ,    ,         ,              ,
      The roy|al oc|cupa|tion, thou | shouldst see
          ,        x            ,     2     ,     ,
      A work|man in it.| Good* mor|row to thee,| welcome,
 
[Enter an armed Soldier]
              ,           ,           ,     .  T   T     T
      Thou lookst | like him | that knows | a warlike charge:
          ,          ,         ,         ,        ,
      To bus|iness that | we love,| we rise | betime,
           ,     2     ,        ,
      And go | to it with | delight.  \\
 
SOLDIER
A thousand sir, early though it be, have on their riveted trim, and at the port expect you.
 
[Shout. Trumpets flourish. Enter Captains and Soldiers]
 
CAPTAIN
            ,         ,          ,       ,    ,
      The morn | is fair:| good mor|row gen|eral.
 
ALL
            ,        ,
      Good mor|row gene|ral.
 
MARK ANTONY
                             ,      T    T     T
                           'Tis | well blown lads.
             ,         ,         ,       ,       ,
      This morn|ing, like | the spir|it of | a youth
             ,         ,        ,        ,        ,
      That means | to be | of note,| begins | betimes.
            ,          ,         ,           ,            ,
      So*, so:| come give | me that,| this* way,| well* said.
                     ,    ,         ,        ,         ,
      Fare* thee / well dame,| whatere | becomes | of me,
        ,          ,           ,       ,    ,
      This is | a sol|dier's kiss:| rebuk|able,
            ,       ,         ,          ,         ,
      And worth|y shame|ful check | it were,| to stand
           ,        ,       ,      ,           ,          ->
      On more | mechan|ic comp|liment,| I'll leave || thee.
       ,        2   ,         ,      ,                ,
      Now | like a man | of steel,| you that | will fight,
         ,          ,            ,           x        ,
      Follow | me close,| I'll bring | you to it:| adieu.
 
[Exeunt MARK ANTONY, EROS, Captains, and Soldiers]
 
CHARMIAN
         ,             ,     ,          ,
      Please you | retire | to your | chamber?
 
CLEOPATRA
                                                 ,
                                               Lead me:
       .   T    T    T      2     ,      2     ,        ,
      He goes forth gal|lantly: that | he and Cae|sar might
         ,                ,    ,        ,        ,
      Deter|mine this / great war | in sing|le fight;
            ,    ,        ,          ,   oo
      Then Ant|ony;| but now.| Well^on.|
 
[Exeunt]

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