13351 Heere they'l be man: some o'th'their Plants are ill

1336rooted already, the least winde i'th'world wil blow them

1337downe.

13382 Lepidus is high Conlord.

13391 They haue made him drinke Almes drinke.

13402 As they pinch one another by the disposition, hee

1341cries out, no more; reconciles them to his entreatie, and

1342himselfe to'th'drinke.

13431 But it raises the greatet warre betweene him & his

1344discretion.

13452 Why this it is to haue a name in great mens Fel-

1346lowship: 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 disaster the cheekes.

1354Ant. Thus do they Sir: they take the flow o'th'Nyle

1355By certaine scales i'th' Pyramid: they know

1356By'th'height, the lownesse, or the meane: If dearth

1357Or Foizon follow. The higher Nilus swels,

1358The more it promises: as it ebbes, the Seedsman

1359Vpon the slime and Ooze scatters his graine,

1360And shortly comes to Haruest.

1361Lep. Y'haue strange Serpents there?

1362Anth. I Lepidus.

1363Lep. Your Serpent of Egypt, is bred now of your mud

1364by the operation of your Sun: so is your Crocodile.

1365Ant. They are so.

1366Pom. Sit, and some Wine: A health to Lepidus.

1367Lep. I am not so well as I should be:

1368But Ile ne're out.

1369Enob. Not till you haue slept: I feare me you'l bee in

1370till then.

1371Lep. Nay certainly, I haue heard the Ptolomies Pyra-

1372misis are very goodly things: without contradiction I

1373haue heard that.

1374Menas. Pompey, a word.

1375Pomp. Say in mine eare, what is't.

1376Men. Forsake thy seate I do beseech 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 iust so high as it is, and mooues with it

1383owne organs. It liues by that which nourisheth it, and

1384the Elements once out of it, it Transmigrates.

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 description satisfie him?

1390Ant. With the Health that Pompey giues him, else he

1391is a very Epicure.

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,

1395Rise from thy stoole.

1396Pom. I thinke th'art mad: the matter?

1397Men. I haue euer held my cap off to thy Fortunes.

1398Pom. Thou hast seru'd me with much faith: what's

1399else to say? Be iolly Lords.

1400Anth. These Quicke-sands Lepidus,

1401Keepe off, them for you sinke.

1402Men. Wilt thou be Lord of all the world?

1403Pom. What saist thou?

1404Men. Wilt thou be Lord of the whole world?

1405That's twice.

1406Pom. How should that be?

1407Men. But entertaine it, and though thou thinke me

1408poore, I am the man will giue thee all the world.

1409Pom. Hast thou drunke well.

1410Men. No Pompey, I haue kept me from the cup,

1411Thou art if thou dar'st be, the earthly Ioue:

1412What ere the Ocean pales, or skie inclippes,

1413Is thine, if thou wilt ha't.

1414Pom. Shew me which way?

1415Men. These three World-sharers, these Competitors

1416Are in thy vessell. Let me cut the Cable,

1417And when we are put off, fall to their throates:

1418All there is thine.

1419Pom. Ah, this thou shouldst haue done,

1420And not haue spoke on't. In me 'tis villanie,

1421In thee, 't had bin good seruice: thou must know,

1422'Tis not my profit that does lead mine Honour:

1423Mine Honour it, Repent that ere thy tongue,

1424Hath so betraide thine acte. Being done vnknowne,

1425I should haue found it afterwards well done,

1426But must condemne it now: desist, and drinke.

1427Men. For this, Ile neuer follow

1428Thy paul'd Fortunes more,

1429Who seekes and will not take, when once 'tis offer'd,

1430Shall neuer finde it more.

1431Pom. This health to Lepidus.

1432Ant. Beare him ashore,

1433Ile pledge it for him Pompey.

1434Eno. Heere's to thee Menas.

1435Men. Enobarbus, welcome.

1436Pom. Fill till the cup be hid.

1437Eno. There's a strong Fellow Menas.

1438Men. Why?

1439Eno. A beares the third part of the world man: seest

1440not?

1441Men. The third part, then he is drunk: would it were

1442all, that it might go on wheeles.

1443Eno. Drinke thou: encrease the Reeles.

1444Men Come.

1445Pom. This is not yet an Alexandrian Feast.

1446Ant. It ripen's towards it: strike the Vessells hoa.

1447Heere's to Caesar.

1448Caesar. I could well forbear't, it's monstrous labour

1449when I wash my braine, and it grow fouler.

1450Ant. Be a Child o'th'time.

1451Caesar. Possesse it, Ile make answer: but I had rather

1452fast from all, foure dayes, then drinke so much in one.

1453Enob. Ha my braue Emperour, shall we daunce now

1454the Egyptian Backenals, and celebrate our drinke?

1455Pom. Let's ha't good Souldier.

1456Ant. Come, let's all take hands,

1457Till that the conquering Wine hath steep't our sense,

1458In soft and delicate Lethe.

1459Eno. All take hands:

1460Make battery to our eares with the loud Musicke,

1461The while, Ile place you, then the Boy shall sing.

1462The holding euery man shall beate as loud,

1463As his strong sides can volly.

1472Caesar. What would you more?

1473Pompey goodnight. Good Brother

1474Let me request you of our grauer businesse

1475Frownes at this leuitie. Gentle Lords let's part,

1476You see we haue burnt our cheekes. Strong Enobarbe

1477Is weaker then the Wine, and mine owne tongue

1478Spleet's what it speakes: the wilde disguise hath almost

1479Antickt vs all. What needs more words? goodnight.

1480Good Anthony your hand.

1481Pom. Ile try you on the shore.

1482Anth. And shall Sir, giues your hand.

1483Pom. Oh Anthony, you haue my Father house.

1484But what, we are Friends?

1485Come downe into the Boate.

1486Eno. Take heed you fall not Menas: Ile not on shore,

1487No to my Cabin: these Drummes,

1488These Trumpets, Flutes: what

1489Let Neptune heare, we bid aloud farewell

1490To these great Fellowes. Sound and be hang'd, sound out.

1492Enor. Hoo saies a there's my Cap.

1493Men. Hoa, Noble Captaine, come. Exeunt.