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. Taur. My lord. Cæs. Strike not by land; keep whole: Provoke not battle, till we have done at sea. 8 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. [Exeun Enter CANIDIUS, marching with his Land Army o Way over the Stage; and TAURUS, the Lieutenc of Cæsar, the other Way. After their going is heard the Noise of a Sea-Fight. Alarum. Re-enter ENOBARBUS. Eno. Naught, naught, all naught! I can be no longer: The Antoniad, the Egyptian admiral, Experience, manhood, honour, ne'er before Can. Our fortune on the sea is out of breath, Eno. Ay, are you thereabouts? Why then, good Indeed. night [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 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. Exeunt. 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, 8 [Sits down. 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. I have lost command,] i. e. I entreat you to leave me, because I have lost all power to command your absence. VOL. VIII. G G 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 unqualitied 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. - 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. 1 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ he alone Dealt on lieutenantry,] i. e. fought by proxy, made war by his lieutenants, or on the strength of his lieutenants. He is unqualitied-] Perhaps, unqualitied, signifies unmanned in general, disarmed of his usual faculties. 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. |