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Under the walls of Alexandria.
[Alarum. Enter MARK ANTONY, in a march; SCARUS, with others]
MARK ANTONY
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We have beat | him to | his camp:| run^one
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Before,|| and let | the queen | know of our |
guests: to|morrow
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Before | the sun | shall see us,| we'll spill |
the blood
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That has | today | escaped.| I thank | you all,
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For dough|ty-han|ded are | you, and | have fought
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Not as | you served | the cause,| but as it | had
been
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Each^man's | like^mine:| you have / shown all |
Hectors.
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Enter | the ci|ty, clip | your wives,| your
friends,
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Tell them | your feats,| whilst they | with
joy|ful tears
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Wash the | congeal|ment from | your wounds,| and
kiss
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The ho|nored gash|es whole.| Give me | thy hand,
[Enter CLEOPATRA, attended]
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To this / great fai|ry I'll | commend | thy acts,
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Make^her / thanks bless | thee. Oh | thou day |
of the world,
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Chain mine^|armed neck; leap | thou attire | and
all
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Through* proof | of har|ness to | my heart,| and
there
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Ride on | the pants | trium|phing.
CLEOPATRA
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Lord | of lords,
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Oh^in|finite vir|tue, comst | thou smi|ling from
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The world's great snare | uncaught.
MARK ANTONY
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Mine^night|ingale,
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We have beat | them to | their beds.| What girl,| though gray
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Do some|thing mingle | with our young|er brown,|
yet have || we
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A brain | that nou|rishes | our nerves,| and can
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Get goal | for goal | of youth.| Behold |
this^man,
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Commend | unto | his lips | thy fa|voring hand,
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Kiss it | my war|rior: he | hath fought | today,
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As if | a god | in hate | of man|kind, had
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Destroyed | in such | a shape.
CLEOPATRA
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I'll give | thee friend
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An ar|mor all | of gold:| it was | a king's.
MARK ANTONY
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He has | deserved | it, were | it car|buncled
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Like^ho|ly Phoe|bus' car.| Give me | thy hand,
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Through^A|lexan|dria make | a jol|ly march,
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Bear our | hacked targets, like | the men | that
owe || them.
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Had | our great | palace | the capa|city
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To camp | this host,| we all* would | sup
to|gether,
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And drink | carou|ses to the // next day's fate
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Which pro|mises roy|al pe|ril. Trum|peters
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With bra|zen din | blast you | the ci|ty's ear,
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Make min/gle with | our rat|tling ta|bourines,
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That heaven | and earth | may strike | their
sounds | toge||ther,
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Applau|ding our | approach.|
[Exeunt]