Anthony and Cleopatra (Modern)

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 3.7.11858[3.7]
 3.7.2Enter Cleopatra and Enobarbus.
 3.7.31859Cleopatra
 I will be even with thee, doubt it not.
 3.7.41860Enobarbus
 But why, why, why?
 3.7.51861Cleopatra
 Thou hast forspoke my being in these wars,
 3.7.61862And say'st it is not fit.
 1863Enobarbus
 And say'st it is not fit.  Well, is it, is it?
 3.7.71864Cleopatra
 If not denounced against us, why should not 1865we
 3.7.8Be there in person?
 1866Enobarbus
 Be there in person?  [Aside] Well, I could reply:
 3.7.9If we should serve with 1867horse and mares together,
 3.7.10The horse were merely lost; 1868the mares would bear
 3.7.11A soldier and his horse.
 1869Cleopatra
 A soldier and his horse.  What is't you say?
 3.7.121870Enobarbus
 Your presence needs must puzzle Antony,
 3.7.131871Take from his heart, take from his brain, from's time,
 3.7.141872What should not then be spared. He is already
 3.7.151873Traduced for levity, and 'tis said in Rome
 3.7.161874That Photinus, an eunuch, and your maids
 3.7.171875Manage this war.
 1876Cleopatra
 Manage this war.  Sink Rome, and their tongues rot
 3.7.181877That speak against us! A charge we bear i'th'war,
 3.7.191878And as the president of my kingdom will
 3.7.201879Appear there for a man. Speak not against it,
 3.7.211880I will not stay behind.
 1881Enobarbus
 I will not stay behind.  Nay, I have done.
 3.7.221882Enter Antony and Camidius.
 3.7.23Here comes the emperor.
 1883Antony
 Here comes the emperor.  Is it not strange, Camidius,
 3.7.241884That from Tarentum and Brundusium,
 3.7.251885He could so quickly cut the Ionian Sea
 3.7.261886And take in Toryne? You have heard on't, sweet?
 3.7.271887Cleopatra
 Celerity is never more admired
 3.7.281888Than by the negligent.
 1889Antony
 Than by the negligent.  A good rebuke,
 3.7.291890Which might have well becomed the best of men,
 3.7.301891To taunt at slackness. Camidius, we
 3.7.311892Will fight with him by sea.
 1893Cleopatra
 Will fight with him by sea.  By sea, what else?
 3.7.321894Camidius
 Why will my lord do so?
 1895Antony
 Why will my lord do so?  For that he dares us to't.
 3.7.331896Enobarbus
 So hath my lord dared him to single fight.
 3.7.341897Camidius
 Ay, and to wage this battle at Pharsalia,
 3.7.351898Where Caesar fought with Pompey. But these offers,
 3.7.361899Which serve not for his vantage, he shakes off,
 3.7.371900And so should you.
 1901Enobarbus
 And so should you.  Your ships are not well manned.
 3.7.381902Your mariners are muleteers, reapers, people
 3.7.391903Engrossed by swift impress. In Caesar's fleet
 3.7.401904Are those that often have 'gainst Pompey fought;
 3.7.411905Their ships are yare, yours heavy. No disgrace
 3.7.421906Shall fall you for refusing him at sea,
 3.7.431907Being prepared for land.
 1908Antony
 Being prepared for land.  By sea, by sea!
 3.7.441909Enobarbus
 Most worthy sir, you therein throw away
 3.7.451910The absolute soldiership you have by land,
 3.7.461911Distract your army (which doth most consist
 3.7.471912Of war-marked footmen), leave unexecuted
 3.7.481913Your own renowned knowledge, quite forgo
 3.7.491914The way which promises assurance, and
 3.7.501915Give up yourself merely to chance and hazard
 3.7.511916From firm security.
 1917Antony
 From firm security.  I'll fight at sea.
 3.7.521918Cleopatra
 I have sixty sails, Caesar none better.
 3.7.531919Antony
 Our over-plus of shipping will we burn,
 3.7.541920And with the rest full-manned, from th'head of Actium
 3.7.551921Beat th'approaching Caesar. But if we fail,
 3.7.561922We then can do't at land.
 Enter a Messenger.
 We then can do't at land.  1923Thy business?
 3.7.571924Messenger
 The news is true, my lord, he is descried.
 3.7.581925Caesar has taken Toryne.
 3.7.591926Antony
 Can he be there in person? 'Tis impossible;
 3.7.601927Strange that his power should be. Camidius,
 3.7.611928Our nineteen legions thou shalt hold by land,
 3.7.621929And our twelve thousand horse. We'll to our ship.
 3.7.631930Away, my Thetis.
 1931Enter [Scarrus] a Soldier.
 Away, my Thetis.  1932How now, worthy soldier?
 3.7.641933Scarrus
 Oh, noble emperor, do not fight by sea.
 3.7.651934Trust not to rotten planks. Do you misdoubt
 3.7.661935This sword and these my wounds? Let th'Egyptians
 3.7.671936And the Phoenicians go a-ducking; we
 3.7.681937Have used to conquer standing on the earth
 3.7.691938And fighting foot to foot.
 1939Antony
 And fighting foot to foot.  Well, well, away.
 3.7.70Exeunt Antony, Cleopatra, and Enobarbus.
 3.7.711940Scarrus
 By Hercules, I think I am i'th'right.
 3.7.721941Camidius
 Soldier, thou art; but his whole action grows
 3.7.731942Not in the power on't. So our leader's led,
 3.7.741943And we are women's men.
 1944Scarrus
 And we are women's men.  You keep by land
 3.7.75The legions and the horse 1945whole, do you not?
 3.7.761946Camidius
 Marcus Octavius, Marcus Justeius,
 3.7.771947Publicola, and Caelius are for sea;
 3.7.781948But we keep whole by land. This speed of Caesar's
 3.7.791949Carries beyond belief.
 1950Scarrus
 Carries beyond belief.  While he was yet in Rome,
 3.7.801951His power went out in such distractions
 3.7.811952As beguiled all spies.
 1953Camidius
 As beguiled all spies.  Who's his lieutenant, hear you?
 3.7.821954Scarrus
 They say one Taurus.
 1955Camidius
 They say one Taurus.  Well I know the man.
 3.7.831956Enter a Messenger.
 3.7.841957Messenger
 The emperor calls Camidius.
 3.7.851958Camidius
 With news the time's in labor,
 3.7.861959And throws forth each minute some.
 3.7.87Exeunt.
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