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The same. Another room.
[Enter MARK ANTONY and EROS]
MARK ANTONY
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Eros,| thou yet be|holdst me?
EROS
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Aye noble lord.
MARK ANTONY
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Sometime | we see | a cloud | that's drag|onish,
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A vap|or some|time, like a bear,| or lion,
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A tow|ered cit|adel,| a pen|dant rock,
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A fork|ed mount|ain, or / blue prom|ontory
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With trees | upon it,| that nod | unto | the
world,
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And mock | our eyes | with air.
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Thou hast | seen these signs, (tri with prev)
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They are black | vesper's | pageants.
EROS
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Aye | my lord.
MARK ANTONY
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That which | is now | a horse,| even with | a
thought
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The rack | dislimns,| and makes | it in|distinct,
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As wat|er is | in wat|er.
EROS
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It does | my lord.
MARK ANTONY
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My good | knave^Er|os, now | thy cap/tain is
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Even | such a | body:| here I am | Antony,
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Yet can|not hold | this vis|ible shape |(my
knave)
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I made | these wars | for Eg|ypt, and | the
queen,
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Whose^heart | I thought | I had,| for she | had
mine:
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Which whilst | it was | mine, had | annexed |
unto it
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A mil|lion more,| (now* lost):| she Er/os has
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Packed | cards with | Caesar,| and false-|played
my || glory
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Unto | an en|emy's | triumph.
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Nay, weep not | gentle | Eros,| there is left us
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Ourselves | to end | ourselves. \\
[Enter MARDIAN]
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Oh thy vile | lady,| she has robbed | me of | my
sword.
MARDIAN
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No Ant/ony, \\ ????
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My mist|ress loved | thee, and her | fortunes |
mingled
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With thine | entire|ly. \\
MARK ANTONY
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Hence saucy eun|uch peace,| she hath be|trayed
me,
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And shall | die the | death.\\
MARDIAN
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Death of one pers|on, can | be paid | but once,
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And that | she has | discharged.| What thou |
wouldst^do
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Is done | unto | thy hand:| the last | she spake
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Was Ant|ony,| most noble Ant|ony:
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Then in | the midst | a tear|ing groan | did
break
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The name | of Ant|ony:| it was di|vided
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Between | her heart,| and lips:| she rend|ered
life
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Thy name | so bur|ied in | her.
MARK ANTONY
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Dead | then?
MARDIAN
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Dead.
MARK ANTONY
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Unarm | Eros, | the long | day's task is done,
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And we | must sleep:| that thou de|partst hence
safe
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Does pay | thy lab|or rich|ly: go.|
[Exit MARDIAN]
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Off, pluck off: \\
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The seven-fold shield | of A|jax^can|not keep
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The bat|tery from | my heart.| Oh cleave | my
sides.
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Heart, once be strong|er than | thy cont|inent,
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Crack thy frail | case. Apace Er|os, apace,
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No more | a sol|dier: bruis|ed pie|ces go,
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You have | been nob|ly borne.| From me | awhile.
[Exit EROS]
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I will | oretake | thee Cle|opat|ra, and
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Weep for | my pard|on. So it | must be,| for now
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All^length | is tor|ture: since | the torch | is out,
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Lie down and stray | no farth|er. Now |
all^labor
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Mars what | it does:| yea, very | force
en|tangles
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Itself | with strength:| seal then | and all | is
done.
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Eros?| I come | my queen.| Eros?| Stay for me,
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Where souls | do couch | on flowers,| we'll hand
| in hand,
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And with | our spright|ly port | make the ghosts
gaze:
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Dido,| and her | Aene|as shall want | troops,
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And || all the | haunt be | ours. Come^|Eros,|
Eros.
[Enter EROS]
EROS
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What would | my lord?
MARK ANTONY
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Since^Cle|opat|ra died,
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I have lived | in such | dishon|or, that | the
gods
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Detest | my base|ness. I,| that with | my sword,
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Quartered the | world, and | ore* green |
Neptune's back
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With ships | made cit/ies, con|demn my|self to ||
lack
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The | courage | of a woman,| less noble mind
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Than she | which^by | her death,| our Cae|sar
tells
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I am con|queror of | myself.| Thou art sworn |
Eros,
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That when | the ex|igent | should come,|
which^now
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Is come | indeed:| when I should | see be|hind me
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The ine|vitable pro|secu|tion of disgrace | and
hor||ror,
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That | on my com|mand, thou | then wouldst | kill
me.
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Do it,| the time | is come:| thou strikst | not
me,
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'Tis Cae|sar thou | defeatst.| Put* col|or in thy
cheek.
EROS
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The gods withhold me, ????
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Shall^I | do that | which^all | the parth|ian
darts,
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(Though^en|emy)| lost^aim,| and could not.
MARK ANTONY
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Eros,
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Wouldst thou | be wind|owed in / great Rome,| and
see
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Thy mast|er thus | with pleach|ed arms,| bending
|| down
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His | corrigi|ble neck,| his face | subdued
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To pen|etrat|ive shame;| whilst the wheeled
seat
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Of for|tunate Cae|sar drawn | before | him,
brand||ed
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His base|ness that | ensued.
EROS
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I would / not see it.
MARK ANTONY
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Come then: for | with a wound | I must | be
cured.
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Draw that thy^hon|est sword,| which thou | hast
worn
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Most^use|ful for | thy count|ry.
EROS
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Oh sir,| pardon me.
MARK ANTONY
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When I | did make | thee* free,| sworst thou*|
not^then
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To do | this when | I bade | thee? Do it | at
once,
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Or thy | prece|dent serv|ices | are all
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But ac|cidents | unpur|posed. Draw,| and come.
EROS
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Turn from | me then | that nob|le count|enance,
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Wherein | the wor|ship of the | whole world lies.
MARK ANTONY
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Lo thee. \\
EROS
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My sword | is drawn.
MARK ANTONY
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Then let | it do | at
once
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The thing | why thou | hast drawn it.
EROS
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My dear | master,
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My cap|tain, and | my emp|eror. Let | me say
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Before | I strike | this bloo|dy stroke,|
farewell.
MARK ANTONY
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'Tis said | man, and | farewell. \\
EROS
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Farewell | great | chief.| Shall I / strike now?
MARK ANTONY
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Now | Eros.
EROS
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Why there |
then:
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Thus I || do e|scape the | sorrow | of
Ant|ony's death.
[Kills himself]
MARK ANTONY
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Thrice-|nobler | than my|self,|
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Thou teach|est me:| O val|iant Er|os, what
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I should,| and thou | couldst not,| my queen |
and Er||os
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Have | by their brave | instruc|tion got | upon
|| me
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A nob|leness | in rec|ord. But | I will || be
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A bride|groom^in | my death,| and run | into it
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As to a | lover's | bed. Come / then, and | Eros,
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Thy mast|er dies | thy schol|ar; to / do thus
[Falling on his sword]
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I learned | of thee.| How,| not^dead?| not^dead?
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The guard,| how? Oh* | dispatch | me.
[Enter DECRETAS and Guard]
FIRST GUARD
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What's | the noise?
MARK ANTONY
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I have | done my | work ill friends:|
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Oh* make | an end | of what | I have | begun.
SECOND GUARD
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The star | is fallen.
FIRST GUARD
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And time | is at | his per||iod.
ALL
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Alas,| and woe.
MARK ANTONY
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Let him | that loves | me, strike || me dead.
FIRST GUARD
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Not I.
SECOND GUARD
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Nor I.
THIRD GUARD
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Nor an|y one.
[Exeunt Guard]
DECRETAS
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Thy death | and for|tunes bid | thy fol|lowers
fly.
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This sword | but shown | to Cae|sar with / this
tid||ings,
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Shall | enter | me with | him.
[Enter DIOMEDES]
DIOMEDES
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Where's | Antony?
DECRETAS
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There Di/omed*| there.
DIOMEDES
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Lives he:| wilt thou || not ans|wer man?
[Exit DECRETAS]
MARK ANTONY
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Art thou | there Di/omed*?
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Draw thy | sword, and | give me,
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Suffi|cing strokes | for death. (tri with
prev)
DIOMEDES
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Most^abs|olute | lord: \\
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My mist|ress Cle|opat|ra sent | me to thee.
MARK ANTONY
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When did she | send thee? \\
DIOMEDES
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Now my | lord.
MARK ANTONY
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Where^|is she?
DIOMEDES
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Locked in | her mon||ument:| She had | a
pro|phesy|ing fear
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Of what | hath come | to pass:| for when | she
saw
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(Which nev|er shall | be found)| you did |
suspect
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She had di|sposed with | Caesar,| and that | your
rage
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Would not | be purged,| she sent | you word | she
was dead:
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But fear|ing since | how it | might^work,| hath
sent
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Me to | proclaim | the truth,| and I | am come,
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I dread,| too* late. \\
MARK ANTONY
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Too* late | good^Di|omed*: call | my guard | I
prith||ee.
DIOMEDES
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What ho:| the emp|eror's guard, \\
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The guard,| what ho?| Come, your lord | calls.
[Enter four or five of the Guard of MARK ANTONY]
MARK ANTONY
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Bear me | good* friends | where* Cle|opat|ra
bides,
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'Tis the | last serv/ice that | I shall com|mand
you.
FIRST GUARD
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Woe, woe^are | we sir,| you may | not live | to
wear
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All* your / true fol|lowers out.
ALL
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Most^hea|vy day.
MARK ANTONY
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Nay good*| my fel|lows, do not // please sharp
fate
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To grace it | with your | sorrows.| bid that |
welcome
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Which^comes | to pun|ish us, and / we pun|ish it
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Seeming | to bear | it light|ly. Take | me up,
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I have led | you oft,| carry | me now,| good*
friends,
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And have | my thanks | for all. \\
[Exeunt, bearing MARK ANTONY]