He has not with him.

Ant.

Sold.

Is he gone?

Most certain.

Ant. Go, Eros, send his treasure after; do it; Detain no jot, I charge thee: write to him (I will subscribe) gentle adieus, and greetings: Say, that I wish he never find more cause To change a master. O, my fortunes have Corrupted honest men:- Eros, despatch. [Exeunt.

SCENE VI.

Cæsar's Camp before Alexandria.

Flourish. Enter CÆSAR with AGRIPPA, ENOBARBUS, and others.

Cas. Go forth, Agrippa, and begin the fight: Our will is, Antony be took alive;

Make it so known.

Agr. Cæsar, I shall.

[Exit AGRIPPA.

Cæs. The time of universal peace is near:

Prove this a prosperous day, the three-nook'd world Shall bear the olive freely.

Mess.

Enter a Messenger.

Is come into the field.

Cæs.

Antony

Go, charge Agrippa

Plant those that have revolted in the van,

That Antony may seem to spend his fury
Upon himself. [Exeunt CESAR and his Train.
Eno. Alexas did revolt; and went to Jewry,
On affairs of Antony; there did persuade
Great Herod to incline himself to Cæsar,
And leave his master Antony: for this pains,
Cæsar hath hang'd him. Canidius, and the rest

That fell away, have entertainment, but
No honourable trust. I have done ill;
Of which I do accuse myself so sorely,
That I will joy no more.

Sold.

Enter a Soldier of Cæsar's,

Enobarbus, Antony
Hath after thee sent all thy treasure, with
His bounty overplus: The messenger
Came on my guard, and at thy tent is now,
Unloading of his mules.

Eno. I give it you.

Sold. Mock me not, Enobarbus. I tell you true: Best that you saf'd the bringer Out of the host; I must attend mine office, Or would have done 't myself. Your emperor Continues still a Jove. [Exit Soldier. Eno. I am alone the villain of the earth, And feel I am so most. O Antony,

Thou mine of bounty, how wouldst thou have paid My better service, when my turpitude

Thou dost so crown with gold! This blows 3

heart:

my

If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean,
Shall outstrike thought: but thought will do 't,
I feel.

I fight against thee! No: I will go seek
Some ditch, wherein to die; the foul'st best fits
My latter part of life.

[Exit.

3 Swells.

SCENE VII.

Field of Battle between the Camps.

Alarum. Drums and Trumpets. Enter AGRIPPA, and others.

Agr. Retire, we have engag'd ourselves too far: Cæsar himself has work, and our oppression Exceeds what we expected.

Alarum.

[Exeunt.

Enter ANTONY and SCARUS, wounded.

Scar. O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed! Had we done so at first, we had driven them home With clouts about their heads.

Ant.

Thou bleed'st apace. Scar. I had a wound here that was like a T,

But now 'tis made an H.

Ant.

They do retire.

Scar. We'll beat 'em into bench-holes; I have

Eros. They are beaten, sir; and our advantage

serves

For a fair victory.

Scar.

Let us score their backs,

And snatch 'em up, as we take hares, behind;

'Tis sport to maul a runner.

Ant.

Once for thy spritely comfort, and ten-fold

I will reward thee

For thy good valour.

Come thee on.

Scar.

4 Cuts.

I'll halt after. [Exeunt.

SCENE VIII.

Under the Walls of Alexandria.

Alarum. Enter ANTONY, marching; SCARUS, and Forces.

Ant. We have beat him to his camp; Run one

before,

And let the queen know of our guests.

morrow

you

all;

To

Before the sun shall see us, we 'll spill the blood
That has to-day escap'd. I thank
For doughty-handed are you; and have fought
Not as you serv'd the cause, but as it had been
Each man's like mine; you have shown all Hectors.
Enter the city, clasp your wives, your friends,
Tell them your feats; whilst they with joyful tears
Wash the congealment from your wounds, and kiss
The honour'd gashes whole. Give me thy hand;
[To SCARUS.

Enter CLEOPATRA, attended.

To this great fairy' I 'll commend thy acts,
Make her thanks bless thee.

world,

7

O thou day o' the

Chain mine arm'd neck; leap thou, attire and all, Through proof of harness to my heart, and there Ride on the pants triumphing.

Cleo.

Lord of lords!

O infinite virtue! com'st thou smiling from
The world's great snare uncaught?

s Brave.

6 Beauty united with power, was the popular character

istick of fairies.

7 Armour of proof.

Ant.

My nightingale,

We have beat them to their beds. What, girl?

though grey

Do something mingle with our brown; yet have we
A brain that nourishes our nerves, and can
Get goal for goal of youth. Behold this man;
Commend unto his lips thy favouring hand;
Kiss it, my warrior: He hath fought to-day,
As if a god, in hate of mankind, had
Destroy'd in such a shape.

Cleo.

I'll give thee, friend,

An armour all of gold; it was a king's.

Ant. He has deserv'd it, were it carbuncled Like holy Phœbus' car.

Give me thy hand; Through Alexandria make a jolly march;

Bear our hack'd targets like the men that owe them.

Had our great palace the capacity

To camp this host, we all would sup together;
And drink carouses to the next day's fate,
Which promises royal peril,- Trumpeters,
With brazen din blast you the city's ear;
Make mingle with our rattling tabourines;
That heaven and earth may strike their sounds
together,

Applauding our approach.

[Exeunt.

SCENE IX.

Cæsar's Camp.

Sentinels on their Post. Enter ENOBarbus.

1 Sold. If we be not reliev'd within this hour, We must return to the court of guard: The night Is shiny; and, they say, we shall embattle

By the second hour i' the morn.