The battery from my heart. O, cleave, my sides! I will o'ertake thee, Cleopatra, and And all the haunt be ours.-Come, Eros, Eros ! Re-enter EROS. Eros. What would my lord? Ant. Since Cleopatra died, I have liv'd in such dishonour, that the gods Detest my baseness. I, that with my sword i. e. The thing that contains thee. 3 Sealing compleats contract. The inevitable prosecution of Disgrace and horror, that, on my command, Thou then would'st kill me: do't; the time is come: Thou strik'st not me, 'tis Cæsar thou defeat'st. Put colour in thy cheek. Eros. The gods withhold me! Shall I do that, which all the Parthian darts, Ant. Eros, Would'st thou be window'd in great Rome, and see Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down His corrigible' neck, his face subdued To penetrative shame; whilst the wheel'd seat Eros. I would not see't. Ant. Come then; for with a wound I must be cur'd. Draw that thy honest sword, which thou hast worn Most useful for thy country. Eros. O, sir, pardon me. Ant. When I did make thee free, swor'st thou not then To do this when I bade thee? Do it at once; Or thy precedent services are all But accidents unpurpos'd. Draw, and come. Eros. Turn from me then that noble countenance, Wherein the worship of the whole world lies. Ant. Lo thee. Eros. My sword is drawn. Aut. [Turning from him. Then let it do at once 4 Folded. 5 Corrected 6 Penetrating. 7 Followed. Dignity. The thing why thou hast drawn it. Eros. My dear master, My captain, and my emperor ! let me say, Ant. "Tis said, man;-and farewell. Eros. Farewell, great chief. Shall I strike now? Thus do I escape the sorrow Of Antony's death. Ant. [Dies. Thrice nobler than myself! Thou teachest me, O valiant Eros, what I should, and thou could'st not. My queen and Eros Have, by their brave instruction, got upon me A nobleness in record: But I will be A bridegroom in my death, and run into't [Falling on his Sword. I learn'd of thee. How! not yet dead? not dead?The guard!-ho!-O, despatch me. 1 Guard. Enter DERCETAS and Guard. What's the noise? Ant. I have done my work ill, friends; O, make an end Of what I have begun. 2 Guard. 1 Guard. And time is at his period. All. The star is fallen. Alas, and woe! Ant. Let him that loves me, strike me dead. 1 Guard. Not I. 2 Guard. Nor I. 3 Guard. Nor any one. [Exeunt Guard. Der. Thy death and fortunes bid thy followers fly. This sword but shown to Cæsar, with this tidings, Ant. Art thou there, Diomed? Draw thy sword, and give me Sufficing strokes for death. Dio. Most absolute lord, My mistress Cleopatra sent me to thee. Ant. When did she send thee? Dio. Ant. Now, my lord. Where is she? Dio. Lock'd in her monument. She had a pro phesying fear Of what hath come to pass: for when she saw dead; But, fearing since how it might work, hath sent I dread, too late. 9 Settled. Ant. Too late, good Diomed :-Call my guard, I pr'ythee. Dio. What, ho! the emperor's guard! The guard, what, ho! Come, your lord calls. Enter some of the Guard. Ant. Bear me, good friends, where Cleopatra bides; "Tis the last service that I shall command you. All 1 Guard. Woe are we, sir, you may not live to wear your true followers out. All. Most heavy day! Ant. Nay, good my fellows, do not please sharp fate To grace it with your sorrows: bid that welcome Which comes to punish us, Seeming to bear it lightly. and we punish it I have led you oft; carry me now, good friends, [Exeunt bearing ANTONY. SCENE XIII. The same. A Monument. Enter above, CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, and IRAS. Cleo. O Charmian, I will never go from hence. No, I will not : Cleo. |