Upon the hills adjoining to the city,

Shall stay with us: order for sea is given;
They have put forth the haven: Further on,
Where their appointment we may best discover,
And look on their endeavour."

[Exeunt.

Enter CESAR, and his Forces, marching.

Cas. But being charg'd, we will be still by land, Which, as I take't, we shall; for his best force

Is forth to man his gallies. To the vales,
And hold our best advantage.

Re-enter ANTONY and SCARUS.

[Exeunt.

Ant. Yet they're not join'd: Where yonder pine

does stand,

I shall discover all: I'll bring thee word

Straight, how 'tis like to go.

Scar.

[Exit.

Swallows have built

In Cleopatra's sails their nest: the augurers

Say, they know not,-they cannot tell ;-look grimly, And dare not speak their knowledge. Antony

Is valiant, and dejected; and, by starts,

His fretted fortunes give him hope, and fear,
Of what he has, and has not.

Ant.

Alarum afar off, as at a Sea Fight.

Re-enter ANTONY.

All is lost;

This foul Egyptian hath betrayed me:
My fleet hath yielded to the foe; and yonder

Discover their numbers, and see their motions.

7 Without.

They cast their caps up, and carouse together
Like friends long lost.-Triple-turn'd whore ! 'tis

Hast sold me to this novice; and my heart
Makes only wars on thee.-Bid them all fly;
For when I am reveng'd upon my charm,
I have done all :-Bid them all fly, begone.

[Exit SCARUS.

O sun, thy uprise shall I see no more :
Fortune and Antony part here; even here
Do we shake hands.-All come to this?-The hearts
That spaniel'd me at heels, to whom I
gave
Their wishes, do discandy, melt their sweets
On blossoming Cæsar; and this pine is bark'd,
That overtopp'd them all. Betray'd I am :
O this false soul of Egypt! this grave charm,9
Whose eye beck'd' forth my wars, and call'd them

chief end,

Whose bosom was my crownet,2 my
Like a right gipsy, hath, at fast and loose,3

Beguil'd me to the very heart of loss.-
What, Eros, Eros!

Enter CLEOPATRA.

Ah, thou spell! Avaunt. Cleo. Why is my lord enrag'd against his love? Ant. Vanish; or I shall give thee thy deserving, And blemish Caesar's triumph. Let him take thee, And hoist thee up to the shouting Plebeians :

Cleopatra first belonged to Julius Cæsar, then to Antony, and now as Antony supposes to Augustus.

Deadly piece of witchcraft. I Was the motion for. 2 Finish. 3 A cheating game, at present named pricking at the belt.

Follow his chariot, like the greatest spot

Of all thy sex; most monster-like, be shown
For poor'st diminutives, to dolts ; and let
Patient Octavia plough thy visage up

With her prepared nails. [Exit CLEO.] 'Tis well thou'rt gone,

If it be well to live: But better 'twere

Thou fell'st into my fury, for one death
Might have prevented many.—Eros, ho!—
The shirt of Nessus is upon me: Teach me,
Alcides, thou mine ancestor, thy rage:

Let me lodge Lichas on the horns o'the moon ;
And with those hands, that grasp'd the heaviest club,
Subdue my worthiest self. The witch shall die;
To the Roman boy she hath sold me, and I fall
Under this plot: she dies for't.-Eros, ho!

SCENE XI.

Alexandria. A Room in the Palace.

[Exit.

Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, IRAs, and

MARDIAN.

Cleo. Help me, my women! O, he is more mad Than Telamon7 for his shield; the boar of Thessaly Was never so emboss'd.8

Char.

To the monument;

There lock yourself, and send him word you are dead. The soul and body rive9 not more in parting,

4 For the smallest piece of money to clowns.

s Hercules.

6 The boy that brought the poisoned shirt to Hercules.
7 Ajax Telamon for the shield of Achilles.
8 Foaming at the mouth. 9 Split.

Than greatness going off.

Cleo.

To the monument :

Mardian, go tell him I have slain myself;
Say, that the last I spoke was, Antony,
And word it, pr'ythee, piteously: Hence,
Mardian; and bring me how he takes my death.

Ant. Sometime, we see a cloud that's dragonish;

A vapour, sometime, like a bear, or lion,

A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock,

A forked mountain or blue promontory

With trees upon't, that nod unto the world,

And mock our eyes with air: Thou hast seen these

signs;

They are black vesper's pageants.

Eros.

Ay, my lord.

Ant. That, which is now a horse, even with a

thought,

The rack dislimns; and makes it indistinct,

As water is in water.

Eros

It does, my lord.

Ant. My good knave,' Eros, now thy captain is Even such a body: here I am Antony;

Yet cannot hold this visible shape, my knave.
I made these wars for Egypt; and the queen,—
Whose heart, I thought, I had, for she had mine;
Which, whilst it was mine, had annex'd unto't
A million more, now lost,-she, Eros, has
Pack'd cards with Cæsar, and false play'd my glory
Unto an enemy's triumph.—

Nay, weep not, gentle Eros; there is left us
Ourselves to end ourselves.-O, thy vile lady!

Enter MARDIAN. '

She has robb'd me of my sword.

Mar.

No, Antony;

My mistress lov'd thee, and her fortunes mingled With thine entirely.

Ant.

Hence, saucy eunuch; peace;

She hath betray'd me, and shall die the death.

Mar. Death of one person can be paid but once ; And that she has discharg'd: What thou would'st do, Is done unto thy hand; the last she spake

Was Antony! most noble Antony !

Then in the midst a tearing groan did break
The name of Antony; it was divided

Between her heart and lips: she render'd life,
Thy name so buried in her.

Ant.

Mar.

Dead then?

Dead.

Ant. Eros, unarm; the long day's task is done, And we must sleep :-That thou depart'st hence safe, Does pay thy labour richly; Go.-Off, pluck off;— [Exit MARDIAN.

The seven-fold shield of Ajax cannot keep