And he will fill thy wishes to the brim Cleo. Ant. To him again. Tell him, he wears the rose Of youth upon him, from which the world should note Something particular: his coin, ships, legions, May be a coward's; whose ministers would prevail As i' the command of Cæsar: I dare him, therefore, And answer me declin'd; sword against sword, [Exeunt ANTONY and EUPHRONIUS. Enter an Attendant. Att. A messenger from Cæsar. Cleo. What no more ceremony?-See, my women!— Against the blown rose may they stop their nose, That kneel'd unto the buds.-Admit him, sir. Eno. Mine honesty and I begin to square'. [Aside. The loyalty well held to fools does make Our faith mere folly: yet he, that can endure 1 - begin to SQUARE.] i. e. begin to quarrel. See this Vol. p. 28. VOL. VIII. G Cleo. Enter THYREUS. Thyr. Hear it apart. Cleo. Cæsar's will? None but friends: say boldly. Thyr. So, haply, are they friends to Antony. Eno. He needs as many, sir, as Cæsar has, Or needs not us. If Cæsar please, our master Will leap to be his friend: for us, you know, Whose he is, we are, and that's Cæsar's. Thyr. So. Thus then, thou most renown'd: Cæsar entreats, Farther than he is Cæsar's. Cleo. Go on right royal. Thyr. He knows, that you embrace not Antony As you did love, but as you fear'd him. Cleo. O! Thyr. The scars upon your honour, therefore, he Does pity, as constrained blemishes, Not as deserv'd. Cleo. He is a god, and knows What is most right. Mine honour was not yielded, But conquer'd merely. Eno. I will ask Antony.-Sir, sir, thou'rt so leaky, [Aside.] To be sure of that, [Exit ENOBARbus. Shall I say to Cæsar Thy dearest quit thee. What you require of him? for he partly begs And put yourself under his shroud, The universal landlord. Cleo. What's your name? Thyr. My name is Thyreus. Cleo. Most kind messenger, Say to great Cæsar this: In disputation2 I kiss his conqu❜ring hand: tell him, I am prompt Thyr. If that the former dare but what it can, No chance may shake it. Give me grace to lay Cleo. Your Cæsar's father oft, When he hath mus'd of taking kingdoms in, You will be whipp'd. The bidding of the fullest man, and worthiest To have command obey'd. Eno. Ant. Approach, there.-Ay, you kite!-Now gods and devils! Authority melts from me: of late, when I cry'd, "ho!" Enter Attendants. I am Antony yet. Take hence this Jack, and whip him. 2 IN DISPUTATION] Warburton read deputation; but as a clear meaning is afforded by “disputation," in the sense of controversy, or contest, we adhere to the text of all the old editions, At the same time the plausibility of Warburton's change is not to be disputed. Eno. 'Tis better playing with a lion's whelp, Than with an old one dying. Ant. Moon and stars! Whip him.-Were't twenty of the greatest tributaries Till, like a boy, you see him cringe his face, Tug him away: being whipp'd, Ant. [Exeunt Attend. with THYREUS. You were half blasted ere I knew you: ha! Cleo. Good my lord, Ant. You have been a boggler ever :— In our own filth drop our clear judgments; make us Cleo. O! is it come to this? Ant. I found you as a morsel, cold upon Dead Cæsar's trencher: nay, you were a fragment Though you can guess what temperance should be, - the wise gods SEEL our eyes ;] To "seel" the eyes of a hawk was a term in falconry. See Vol. vii. p. 141. It was perhaps only another form of seal, and it is sometimes doubtful which form should be preserved. Cleo. Wherefore is this? Ant. To let a fellow that will take rewards, And plighter of high hearts!—O! that I were The horned herd, for I have savage cause; A halter'd neck, which does the hangman thank Re-enter Attendants, with THYREUS. Is he whipp'd? 1 Att. Soundly, my lord. Ant. Cry'd he? and begg'd he pardon? 1 Att. He did ask favour. Ant. If that thy father live, let him repent Thou wast not made his daughter; and be thou sorry To follow Cæsar in his triumph, since Thou hast been whipp'd for following him: henceforth, The white hand of a lady fever thee; Shake thou to look on't.-Get thee back to Cæsar, Cleo. Have you done yet? |