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Antony and Cleopatra

Act IV, Scene 6

Alexandria. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's camp.
 
[Flourish. Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, AGRIPPA, with DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS, and others]
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
            ,        ,       ,       ,          ,
      Go* forth | Agrip|pa, and | begin | the fight:
            ,        ,    ,        ,       ,
      Our will | is Ant|ony | be took | alive:
        ,             ,
      Make it | so* known.
 
AGRIPPA
                            ,           ,     oo
                           Caesar,| I shall.|
 
[Exit]
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
            ,        ,    ,       ,          ,
      The time | of un|ivers|al peace | is near:
        ,       2      ,   2       ,           T      T     T
      Prove this a | prosperous | day, the | three-nooked world
              ,         ,       ,
      Shall bear | the ol|ive free|ly.
 
[Enter a MESSENGER]
 
MESSENGER
      <- ,    ,         ,     ,  2        T
        Ant|ony || is come | into the | field.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                                                T    T        ,     ->
                                               Go charge | Agrip||pa,
        ,       ,            ,      ,         2      ,
      Plant | those that | have re|volted | in the vant,
            ,    ,         ,         ,          ,    2->
      That Ant|ony | may seem | to spend | his fur||y
        ,         ,
      Upon | himself.  \\
 
[Exeunt all but DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS]
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
        ,      ,        ,          ,        ,     3  3->
      Alex|as did | revolt,| and went | to Jew||ry on
          ,         ,          ,    ,         ,
      Affairs | of Ant|ony,/ there did | dissuade
        ,    ,       2     ,         ,        ,
      Great Her/od to in|cline him|self to | Caesar,
            ,          ,       ,   2    ,           ,
      And leave | his mast|er Ant|ony. For | this pains,
       ,    2          ,            ,   2   ,          ,
      Caesar hath | hanged him:| Canid|ius and | the rest
             ,      ,          ,      ,         ,
      That fell | away,| have ent|ertain|ment, but
          ,    ,       ,                ,   ,
      No^hon|ora|ble trust:| I have / done ill,
           ,        ,       ,        ,         ,      ->
      Of which | I do | accuse | myself | so sore||ly,
        ,     2      ,         ,
      That | I will joy | no more.
 
[Enter a Soldier of CAESAR's]
 
SOLDIER
                                    2  ,        ,    3 3->
                                   Enobar|bus, Ant||ony
            ,       ,          ,          ,          ,
      Hath aft|er thee | sent^all | thy treas|ure, with
            ,      ,     ,         ,      ,
      His boun|ty ov|erplus.| The mes|senger
        ,            ,          ,         ,        ,
      Came on | my guard,| and at | thy tent | is now
          ,       ,         ,
      Unload|ing of | his mules.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
                                     ,        ,
                                 I give | it you.
 
SOLDIER
        T   T  T    ,
      Mock not En|obar|bus.   \\
          ,          ,      ,          ,           ,
      I tell | you true:| best you | safed the | bringer
       ,    2        ,   ,             ,         ,
      Out of the | host, I / must at|tend mine^|office,
           ,              x         ,          ,    ,
      Or would | have done it | myself.| Your emp|eror
          ,        ,         ,
      Contin|ues still | a Jove.  \\
 
[Exit]
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
      ,         ,         ,        ,         ,
      I am | alone | the vil|lain of | the earth,
            ,       ,        ,        ,    ,
      And feel | I am | so most.| Oh Ant|ony,
             ,         ,       ,       ,                  ,
      Thou mine | of boun|ty, how | wouldst thou | have paid
          ,       ,          ,         ,     ,
      My bet|ter serv|ice, when | my turp|itude
             ,         ,            ,           ,          ,
      Thou dost | so crown | with gold.| This blows | my heart,
           ,        T      T    .  T        ,        ,
      If swift | thought break it not:| a swif|ter mean
             ,     T      T      .     T             x         ,
      Shall^out|strike thought, but thought | will do it.| I feel
          ,         ,            ,             ,   ,
      I fight | against | thee: No | I will / go seek
             ,           ,       ,     .     T     T    T
      Some^ditch,| wherein | to die:| the foulst best fits
          ,        ,         ,
      My lat|ter part | of life.  \\
 
[Exit]

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