Author: William ShakespeareEditor: Randall MartinNot Peer Reviewed
Anthony and Cleopatra (Folio 1, 1623)
1726Enter Enobarbus, and Eros. 1727Eno. How now Friend
Eros?
1728Eros. Ther's
strange Newes come Sir.
1730Ero. Caesar &
Lepidus haue made warres vpon
Pompey.
1731Eno. This is old, what is the
succe
sse?
1732Eros. Caesar hauing made v
se of him in the warres
1733'gain
st Pompey: pre
sently denied him riuality, would not
1734let him partake in the glory of the a
ction, and not re
sting
1735here, accu
ses him of Letters he had formerly wrote to
1736Pompey. Vpon his owne appeale
seizes him,
so the poore
1737third is vp, till death enlarge his
Con
fine.
1738Eno. Then would thou had
st a paire of chaps
no more,
1739and throw betweene them all the food thou ha
st, they'le
1740grinde the other. Where's
Anthony?
1741Eros. He's walking in the garden thus, and
spurnes
1742The ru
sh that lies before him. Cries Foole
Lepidus,
1743And threats the throate of that his O
fficer,
1745Eno. Our great Nauies rig'd.
1746Eros. For Italy and
Caesar, more
Domitius,
1747My Lord de
sires you pre
sently: my Newes
1748I might haue told heareafter.
1749Eno. 'Twill
be naught, but let it be:
bring me to
Anthony.
1750Eros. Come Sir,
Exeunt.