Can. With news the time's with labour; and throes forth,' Each minute, some. SCENE VIII. A Plain near Actium. [Exeunt. Enter CESAR, TAURUS, Officers, and Others. Cas. Taurus, Taur. My lord. Cæs. Strike not by land; keep whole: Provoke not battle, till we have done at sea. Do not exceed the prescript of this scroll: Enter ANTONY and ENOBARBUS. [Exeunt. Ant. Set we our squadrons on yon' side o'the hill, In eye of Cæsar's battle; from which place We may the number of the ships behold, And so proceed accordingly. [Exeunt. Enter CANIDIUS, marching with his Land Army one Way over the Stage; and TAURUs, the Lieutenant of Cæsar, the other Way. After their going in, is heard the Noise of a Sea-Fight. Alarum. Re-enter ENOBARBUS. Eno. Naught, naught, all naught! I can behold no longer: The Antoniad, the Egyptian admiral, 7 and throes forth,] i. e. emits as in parturition. 8 this jump.] i. e. hazard. The Antoniad, &c.] Which Plutarch says, was the name of Cleopatra's ship. With all their sixty, fly, and turn the rudder; Scar. Enter SCARUS. Gods, and goddesses, What's thy passion? All the whole synod of them! Eno. Scar. The greater cantle' of the world is lost With very ignorance; we have kiss'd away Kingdoms and provinces. Eno. How appears the fight? Scar. On our side like the token'd' pestilence, Where death is sure. Yon' ribald-rid nag3 of Egypt, Whom leprosy o'ertake! i' the midst o'the fight,When vantage like a pair of twins appear'd, 4 Both as the same, or rather ours the elder, Eno. Did sicken at the sight on't, and could not Endure a further view. Scar. - That I beheld: mine eyes She once being loof'd," The noble ruin of her magick, Antony, Claps on his sea-wing, and like a doting mallard, I never saw an action of such shame ; 'The greater cantle-] A piece or lump, or rather a corner. Cæsar, in this play, mentions the three-nook'd world. Of this triangular world every triumvir had a corner. 2 token'd-] Spotted. The death of those visited by the plague was certain, when particular eruptions appeared on the skin; and these were called God's tokens. › ——— Yon ribald-rid nag—] i. e. Yon strumpet, who is common to every wanton fellow. 4 • The brize upon her,] The brize is the gad-fly. being loof'd,] To loof is to bring a ship close to the wind. Experience, manhood, honour, ne'er before Can. Our fortune on the sea is out of breath, Eno. Ay, are you thereabouts? Why then, good night Indeed. [Aside. Can. Towards Peloponnesus are they fled. Scur. 'Tis easy to't; and there I will attend What further comes. Can. To Cæsar will I render Eno. I'll yet follow [Exeunt. The wounded chance of Antony, though my reason Sits in the wind against me. SCENE IX. Alexandria. A Room in the Palace. Enter ANTONY and Attendants. Ant. Hark, the land bids me tread no more upon't, It is asham'd to bear me!-Friends, come hither, I am so lated in the world, that I Have lost my way for ever:-I have a ship The wounded chance of Antony,] i. e. the broken fortunes of Antony. 7 so lated in the world,] Alluding to a benighted traveller. Laden with gold; take that, divide it; fly, Att. Fly! not we. Ant. I have fled myself; and have instructed cowards To run, and show their shoulders.-Friends, be gone; I have myself resolv'd upon a course, Enter EROS, and CLEOPATRA, led by CHARMIAN and IRAS. Eros. Nay, gentle madam, to him:-Comfort him. Iras. Do, most dear queen. Char. Do! Why, what else? Cleo. Let me sit down. O Juno! Ant. No, no, no, no, no. Eros. See you here, sir? I have lost command,] i. e. I entreat you to leave me, because I have lost all power to command your absence. Ant. O fye, fye, fye. Char. Madam, Iras. Madam; O good empress! Eros. Sir, sir, Ant. Yes, my lord, yes;-He, at Philippi, kept His sword even like a dancer; while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius; and 'twas I, That the mad Brutus ended: he alone Dealt on lieutenantry,' and no practice had In the brave squares of war: Yet now-No matter. Cleo. Ah, stand by. Eros. The queen, my lord, the queen. Iras. Go to him, madam, speak to him; He is unqualitied2 with very shame. Cleo. Well then,-Sustain me:-O! Eros. Most noble sir, arise; the queen approaches; Her head's declin'd, and death will seize her; but3 Your comfort makes the rescue. Ant. I have offended reputation; A most unnoble swerving. Eros. Sir, the queen. Ant. O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt? See, How I convey my shame out of thine eyes By looking back on what I have left behind 'Stroy'd in dishonour. 9 He, at Philippi, kept His sword even like a dancer;] i. e. Cæsar never offered to draw his sword, but kept it in the scabbard, like one who dances with a sword on, which was formerly the custom in England. Dealt on lieutenantry,] i. e. fought by proxy, made war by his lieutenants, or on the strength of his lieutenants. 2 He is unqualitied-] Perhaps, unqualitied, signifies unmanned in general, disarmed of his usual faculties. 3 death will seize her; but-] But has here, as once before in this play, the force of except, or unless. How I convey my shame-] How, by looking another way, I withdraw my ignominy from your sight. |