Author: William ShakespeareEditor: Randall MartinNot Peer Reviewed
Anthony and Cleopatra (Folio 1, 1623)
350The Tragedie of
1267Foure Fea
sts are toward.
1268Pom. Let me
shake thy hand,
1269I neuer hated thee: I haue
seene thee
fight,
1270When I haue enuied thy behauiour.
1271Enob. Sir, I neuer lou'd you much, but I ha'prais'd ye,
1272When you haue well de
seru'd ten times as much,
1273As I haue
said you did.
1274Pom. Inioy thy plainne
sse,
1275It nothing ill becomes thee:
1276Aboord my Gally, I inuite you all.
1277Will you leade Lords?
1278All. Shew's the way,
sir.
1279Pom. Come.
Exeunt. Manet Enob. & Menas 1280Men. Thy Father
Pompey would ne're haue made this
1281Treaty. You, and I haue knowne
sir.
1282Enob. At Sea, I thinke.
1284Enob. You haue done well by water.
1285Men. And you by Land.
1286Enob. I will prai
se any man that will prai
se me, thogh
1287it cannot be denied what I haue done by Land.
1288Men. Nor what I haue done by water.
1289Enob. Yes
some-thing you can deny for your owne
1290safety: you haue bin a great Theefe by Sea.
1291Men. And you by Land.
1292Enob. There I deny my Land
seruice: but giue mee
1293your hand
Menas, if our eyes had authority, heere they
1294might take two Theeues ki
ssing.
1295Men. All mens faces are true, what
somere their hands
1297Enob. But there is neuer a fayre Woman, ha's a true
1299Men. No
slander, they
steale hearts.
1300Enob. We came hither to
fight with you.
1301Men. For my part, I am
sorry it is turn'd to a Drink
- 1302ing.
Pompey doth this day laugh away his Fortune.
1303Enob. If he do,
sure he cannot weep't backe againe.
1304Men. Y'haue
said Sir, we look'd not for
Marke An- 1305thony heere, pray you, is he married to
Cleopatra?
1306Enob. Caesars Si
ster is call'd
Octauia.
1307Men. True Sir,
she was the wife of
Caius Marcellus.
1308Enob. But
she is now the wife of
Marcus Anthonius.
1311Men. Then is
Caesar and he, for euer knit together.
1312Enob. If I were bound to Diuine of this vnity, I wold
1314Men. I thinke the policy of that purpo
se, made more
1315in the Marriage, then the loue of the parties.
1316Enob. I thinke
so too. But you
shall
finde the band
1317that
seemes to tye their friend
ship together, will bee the
1318very
strangler of their Amity:
Octauia is of a holy, cold,
1319and
still conuer
sation.
1320Men. Who would not haue his wife
so?
1321Eno. Not he that him
selfe is not
so: which is
Marke 1322Anthony: he will to his Egyptian di
sh againe: then
shall
1323the
sighes of
Octauia blow the
fire vp in
Caesar, and (as I
1324said before) that which is the
strength of their Amity,
1325shall proue the immediate Author of their variance.
An- 1326thony will v
se his a
ffe
ction where it is. Hee married but
1328Men. And thus it may be. Come Sir, will you aboord?
1329I haue a health for you.
1330Enob. I
shall take it
sir: we haue vs'd our Throats in
1332Men. Come, let's away.
Exeunt.
1334Enter two or three Seruants with a Banket.
13351 Heere they'l be man:
some o'th'their Plants are ill
1336rooted already, the lea
st winde i'th'world wil blow them
13382 Lepidus is high Conlord.
13391 They haue made him drinke Almes drinke.
13402 As they pinch one another by the di
spo
sition, hee
1341cries out, no more; reconciles them to his entreatie, and
1342him
selfe to'th'drinke.
13431 But it rai
ses the greatet warre betweene him & his
13452 Why this it is to haue a name in great mens Fel
- 1346low
ship: I had as liue haue a Reede that will doe me no
1347seruice, as a Partizan I could not heaue.
13481 To be call'd into a huge Sphere, and not to be
seene
1349to moue in't, are the holes where eyes
should bee, which
1350pittifully di
sa
ster the cheekes.
1352 Enter Caesar, Anthony, Pompey, Lepidus, Agrippa, Mecenas, 1353Enobarbus, Menes, with other Captaines.
1354Ant. Thus do they Sir: they take the
flow o'th'Nyle
1355By certaine
scales i'th' Pyramid
: they know
1356By'th'height, the lowne
sse, or the meane: If dearth
1357Or Foizon follow. The higher Nilus
swels,
1358The more it promi
ses: as it ebbes, the Seed
sman
1359Vpon the
slime and Ooze
scatters his graine,
1360And
shortly comes to Harue
st.
1361Lep. Y'haue
strange Serpents there?
1363Lep. Your Serpent of Egypt, is bred now of your mud
1364by the operation of your Sun:
so is your Crocodile.
1366Pom. Sit, and
some Wine: A health to
Lepidus.
1367Lep. I am not
so well as I
should be:
1369Enob. Not till you haue
slept: I feare me you'l bee in
1371Lep. Nay certainly, I haue heard the
Ptolomies Pyra
- 1372mi
sis are very goodly things: without contradi
ction I
1374Menas. Pompey, a word.
1375Pomp. Say in mine eare, what is't.
1376Men. For
sake thy
seate I do be
seech thee Captaine,
1377And heare me
speake a word.
1378Pom. Forbeare me till anon.
Whispers in's Eare. 1379This Wine for
Lepidus.
1380Lep. Whar manner o'thing is your Crocodile?
1381Ant. It is
shap'd
sir like it
selfe, and it is as broad as it
1382hath bredth; It is iu
st so high as it is, and mooues with it
1383owne organs. It liues by that which nouri
sheth it, and
1384the Elements once out of it, it Tran
smigrates.
1385Lep. What colour is it of?
1386Ant. Of it owne colour too.
1387Lep. 'Tis a
strange Serpent.
1388Ant. 'Tis
so, and the teares of it are wet.
1389Caes. Will this de
scription
sati
sfie him?
1390Ant. With the Health that
Pompey giues him, el
se he
1392Pomp. Go hang
sir, hang: tell me of that
? Away:
1393Do as I bid you. Where's this Cup I call'd for?
1394Men. If for the
sake of Merit thou wilt heare mee,
Rise