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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 An|tony | be took | alive:
        ,             ,
      Make it | so* known.
 
AGRIPPA
                            ,           ,     oo
                           Caesar,| I shall.|
 
[Exit]
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
            ,       ,    ,        ,          ,
      The time | of u|niver|sal peace | is near:
        ,       2      ,   2       ,           T      T     T
      Prove this a | prosperous | day, the | three-nooked world
              ,        ,        ,
      Shall bear | the o|live free|ly.
 
[Enter a MESSENGER]
 
MESSENGER
      <- ,   3 3     ,      ,  2        T
        An|tony is come || into the | field.
 
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
                                              T    T        ,
                                             Go charge | Agrip|pa,
      <-  ,        ,            ,      ,         2      ,
        Plant || those that | have re|volted | in the vant,
      <-      ,    3  3     ,         ,          ,   2->
        That An||tony may seem | to spend | his fu|ry
        ,         ,
      Upon | himself.
 
[Exeunt all but DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS]
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
        ,      ,        ,          ,        ,     3  3->
      Alex|as did | revolt,| and went | to Jew||ry on
          ,         ,          ,    ,         ,
      Affairs | of An|tony,/ there did | dissuade
        ,    ,       2     ,         ,        ,
      Great He/rod to in|cline him|self to | Caesar,
            ,          ,       ,   2    ,           ,
      And leave | his mas|ter An|tony. For | this pains,
       ,    2          ,            ,   2   ,          ,
      Caesar hath | hanged him:| Cani|dius and | the rest
             ,      ,          ,      ,         ,
      That fell | away,| have en|tertain|ment, but
          ,    ,       ,                ,   ,
      No^ho|nora|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, An||tony
           ,        ,          ,          ,          ,
      Hath a|fter thee | sent^all | thy trea|sure, with
            ,     ,      ,         ,      ,
      His boun|ty o|verplus.| The mes|senger
        ,            ,          ,         ,        ,
      Came on | my guard,| and at | thy tent | is now
         ,        ,         ,
      Unloa|ding of | his mules.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
                                     ,        ,
                                 I give | it you.
 
SOLDIER
        T   T  T    ,       o   oo
      Mock not E|nobar|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 em|peror
          ,        ,         ,
      Contin|ues still | a Jove.  \\
 
[Exit]
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
      ,         ,         ,        ,         ,
      I am | alone | the vil|lain of | the earth,
            ,       ,        ,        ,    ,
      And feel | I am | so most.| Oh An|tony,
             ,         ,       ,       ,                  ,
      Thou mine | of boun|ty, how | wouldst thou | have paid
          ,       ,          ,        ,      ,
      My bet|ter ser|vice, when | my tur|pitude
             ,         ,            ,           ,          ,
      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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