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Antony and Cleopatra

Act IV, Scene 7

Field of battle between the camps.
 
[Alarum. Drums and trumpets. Enter AGRIPPA and others]
 
AGRIPPA
          ,     ,     2     ,          T    T   T
      Retire,| we have en|gaged our|selves too far:
       ,            ,          ,         ,        ,       2->
      Caesar | himself | has work,| and our | oppres||sion
          ,           ,      ,
      Exceeds | what we | expect|ed.  \\
 
[Exeunt. Alarums. Enter MARK ANTONY and SCARUS wounded]
 
SCARUS
      ,         ,   ,   2                 ,         ,
      O my | brave emp/eror, this | is fought | indeed,
       ,         ,    2       ,                x            ,
      Had we | done so at | first, we | had driven | them home
              ,        ,            ,
      With clouts | about | their heads.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                                 ,         ,
                                         Thou bleedst | apace.
 
SCARUS
         ,        ,       ,               ,      ,
      I had | a wound | here that | was like | a T,
           ,          ,       ,
      But now |'tis made | an H.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                       ,       ,
                                 They do | retire.
 
SCARUS
              ,        ,      ,      ,          ,
      We'll beat |'em in|to bench-|holes, I | have yet
        ,         T     Tx      T
      Room for | six scotches more.   \\
 
[Enter EROS]
 
EROS
                    x    ,         ,       ,          ,
      They are / beaten sir,| and our | advant|age serves
         2    ,     ,   
      For a fair | victo|ry.
 
SCARUS
                              ,         ,             ,
                             Let | us score | their backs,
             ,         ,       ,          ,         ,
      And snatch |'em up,| as we | take^hares | behind,
             ,          ,       ,
      'Tis sport | to maul | a run|ner.
 
MARK ANTONY
                                        ,       2   ,          ->
                                        I | will reward || thee
        ,       2      ,        ,               ,    ,
      Once | for thy sprite|ly com|fort, and / ten-fold
                ,   ,       ,        ,
      For thy good valor. Come thee on.
 
SCARUS
                                              ,   ,
                                       I'll halt after.  ????
 
[Exeunt]

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