Anthony and Cleopatra (Modern)

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 4.15.12823[4.15]
 4.15.2Enter Antony and Eros.
 4.15.32824Antony
 Eros, thou yet behold'st me?
 2825Eros
 Eros, thou yet behold'st me?  Ay, noble lord.
 4.15.42826Antony
 Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish,
 4.15.52827A vapor sometime like a bear, or lion,
 4.15.62828A towered citadel, a pendant rock,
 4.15.72829A forked mountain, or blue promontory
 4.15.82830With trees upon't that nod unto the world,
 4.15.92831And mock our eyes with air. 2832Thou hast seen these signs;
 4.15.102833They are black vesper's pageants.
 2834Eros
 They are black vesper's pageants.  Ay, my lord.
 4.15.112835Antony
 That which is now a horse, even with a thought
 4.15.122836The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct
 4.15.132837As water is in water.
 2838Eros
 As water is in water.  It does, my lord.
 4.15.142839Antony
 My good knave Eros, now thy captain is
 4.15.152840Even such a body. Here I am Antony,
 4.15.162841Yet cannot hold this visible shape, my knave.
 4.15.172842I made these wars for Egypt, and the queen
 4.15.182843Whose heart I thought I had, for she had mine;
 4.15.192844Which whilst it was mine had annexed unto't
 4.15.202845A million more, now lost. She, Eros, has
 4.15.212846Packed cards with Caesar, and false played my glory
 4.15.222847Unto an enemy's triumph.
 4.15.232848Nay, weep not, gentle Eros. There is left us
 4.15.242849Ourselves to end ourselves.
 2850Enter Mardian.
 Ourselves to end ourselves.  2851O thy vile lady,
 4.15.25She has robbed me of my sword!
 2852Mardian
 She has robbed me of my sword!  No, Antony.
 4.15.262853My mistress loved thee, and her fortunes mingled
 4.15.272854With thine entirely.
 2855Antony
 With thine entirely.  Hence, saucy eunuch! Peace!
 4.15.28She hath betrayed me, 2856and shall die the death.
 4.15.292857Mardian
 Death of one person can be paid but once,
 4.15.302858And that she has discharged. What thou wouldst do
 4.15.312859Is done unto thy hand. The last she spake
 4.15.322860Was "Antony, most noble Antony."
 4.15.332861Then in the midst a tearing groan did break
 4.15.342862The name of Antony; it was divided
 4.15.352863Between her heart and lips. She rendered life
 4.15.362864Thy name so buried in her.
 2865Antony
 Thy name so buried in her.  Dead then?
 2866Mardian
 Thy name so buried in her. Dead then?  Dead.
 4.15.372867Antony
 Unarm, Eros. The long day's task is done,
 4.15.382868And we must sleep. [To Mardian] That thou depart'st hence safe
 4.15.392969Does pay thy labor richly. Go.
 Exit Mardian.
 Does pay thy labor richly. Go.  2870Off, pluck off! 
 4.15.40[Eros unarms him.]
 4.15.412871The seven-fold shield of Ajax cannot keep
 4.15.422872The battery from my heart. Oh cleave my sides!
 4.15.432873Heart, once be stronger than thy continent;
 4.15.442874Crack thy frail case! Apace, Eros, apace;
 4.15.452875No more a soldier. Bruisèd pieces, go;
 4.15.462876You have been nobly borne.--From me awhile.
 4.15.47Exit Eros.
 4.15.482877I will o'ertake thee, Cleopatra, and
 4.15.492878Weep for my pardon. So it must be, for now
 4.15.502879All length is torture. Since the torch is out,
 4.15.512880Lie down and stray no farther. Now all labor
 4.15.522881Mars what it does. Yea, very force entangles
 4.15.532882Itself with strength. Seal then, and all is done.--
 4.15.542883Eros!--I come, my queen.--Eros!--Stay for me;
 4.15.552884Where souls do couch on flowers we'll hand in hand,
 4.15.562885And with our sprightly port make the ghosts gaze.
 4.15.572886Dido and her Aeneas shall want troops,
 4.15.58And all the haunt be ours.--Come, Eros! Eros!
 4.15.592888Enter Eros.
 4.15.602889Eros
 What would my lord?
 Antony
 What would my lord?  Since Cleopatra died,
 4.15.612891I have lived in such dishonor that the gods
 4.15.622892Detest my baseness. I, that with my sword
 4.15.632893Quartered the world, and o'er green Neptune's back
 4.15.642894With ships made cities, condemn myself to lack
 4.15.652895The courage of a woman, less noble mind
 4.15.662896Than she which by her death our Caesar tells
 4.15.672897"I am conqueror of myself". Thou art sworn, Eros,
 4.15.682898That when the exigent should come which now
 4.15.692899Is come indeed--when I should see behind me
 4.15.702900Th'inevitable prosecution of
 4.15.71Disgrace and horror--2901that on my command
 4.15.72Thou then wouldst kill me. 2902Do't. The time is come.
 4.15.73Thou strik'st not me, 2903'tis Caesar thou defeat'st.
 4.15.74Put color in thy cheek.
 2904Eros
 Put color in thy cheek.  The gods withhold me!
 4.15.752905Shall I do that which all the Parthian darts,
 4.15.762906Though enemy, lost aim and could not?
 2907Antony
 Though enemy, lost aim and could not?  Eros,
 4.15.772908Would'st thou be window'd in great Rome, and see
 4.15.782909Thy master thus, with pleached arms bending down
 4.15.792910His corrigible neck, his face subdued
 4.15.802911To penetrative shame whilst the wheeled seat
 4.15.812912Of fortunate Caesar drawn before him branded
 4.15.822913His baseness that ensued?
 2914Eros
 His baseness that ensued?  I would not see't.
 4.15.832915Antony
 Come then: for with a wound I must be cured.
 4.15.842916Draw that thy honest sword, which thou hast worn
 4.15.852917Most useful for thy country.
 2918Eros
 Most useful for thy country.  Oh, sir, pardon me.
 4.15.862919Antony
 When I did make thee free, swor'st you not then
 4.15.872920To do this when I bade thee? Do it at once,
 4.15.882921Or thy precedent services are all
 4.15.892922But accidents unpurposed. Draw, and come!
 4.15.902923Eros
 Turn from me then that noble countenance,
 4.15.912924Wherein the worship of the whole world lies.
 4.15.922925Antony
 [Turning away from Eros] Lo, thee!
 4.15.932926Eros
 My sword is drawn.
 2927Antony
 My sword is drawn.  Then let it do at once
 4.15.942928The thing why thou hast drawn it.
 2929Eros
 The thing why thou hast drawn it.  My dear master,
 4.15.952930My captain and my emperor, let me say
 4.15.962931Before I strike this bloody stroke, farewell.
 4.15.972932Antony
 'Tis said, man, and farewell.
 4.15.982933Eros
 Farewell, great chief. Shall I strike now?
 2934Antony
 Farewell, great chief. Shall I strike now?  Now, Eros.
 4.15.99[Eros] kills himself..
 4.15.1002935Eros
 Why there then! 2936Thus I do escape the sorrow
 4.15.101Of Antony's death. 
 [He dies.]
 2937Antony
 Of Antony's death.   Thrice-nobler than myself,
 4.15.1022938Thou teachest me, O valiant Eros, what
 4.15.1032939I should and thou couldst not. My queen and Eros
 4.15.1042940Have by their brave instruction got upon me
 4.15.1052941A nobleness in record. But I will be
 4.15.1062942A bridegroom in my death, and run into't
 4.15.1072943As to a lovers' bed. Come then--and Eros,
 4.15.1082944Thy master dies thy scholar; to do thus
 4.15.1092945I learned of thee.
 I learned of thee.  [He runs on his sword.].
 I learned of thee. [He runs on his sword.].  How, not dead? Not dead?
 4.15.1102946The guard ho! Oh, dispatch me.
 2947Enter a [company of the] Guard, [one of them Dercetus].
 2948First Guard
 The guard ho! Oh, dispatch me.  What's the noise?
 4.15.1112949Antony
 I have done my work ill, friends.
 4.15.1122950Oh make an end of what I have begun.
 4.15.1132951Second Guard
 The star is fall'n.
 2952First Guard
 The star is fall'n.  And time is at his period.
 4.15.1142953All the Guards
 Alas, and woe!
 4.15.1152954Antony
 Let him that loves me strike me dead.
 2955First Guard
 Let him that loves me strike me dead.  Not I.
 4.15.116Second Guard
 Nor I.
 4.15.1172956Third Guard
 Nor any one.
 4.15.118Exeunt [the Guard, Dercetus remains].
 4.15.1192958Dercetus
 Thy death and fortunes bid thy followers fly.
 4.15.1202959This sword but shown to Caesar with this tidings
 4.15.1212960Shall enter me with him.
 4.15.122[He takes Antony's sword.].
 4.15.1232961Enter Diomedes.
 4.15.1242962Diomedes
 Where's Antony?
 2963Dercetus
 Where's Antony?  There, Diomed, there.
 4.15.1252964Diomedes
 Lives he? Wilt thou not answer, man?
 4.15.126[Exit Dercetus].
 4.15.1272965Antony
 Art thou there, Diomed? 2966Draw thy sword, and give me
 4.15.1282967Sufficing strokes for death.
 2968Diomedes
 Sufficing strokes for death.  Most absolute lord,
 4.15.129My mistress Cleopatra sent me to thee.
 4.15.1302970Antony
 When did she send thee?
 2971Diomedes
 When did she send thee?  Now, my lord.
 2972Antony
 When did she send thee? Now, my lord.  Where is she?
 4.15.1312973Diomedes
 Locked in her monument. She had a prophesying fear
 4.15.1322974Of what hath come to pass, for when she saw,
 4.15.1332975Which never shall be found, you did suspect
 4.15.1342976She had disposed with Caesar and that your rage
 4.15.1352977Would not be purged, she sent you word she was dead;
 4.15.1362978But, fearing since how it might work, hath sent
 4.15.1372979Me to proclaim the truth, and I am come,
 4.15.1382980I dread, too late.
 4.15.1392981Antony
 Too late, good Diomed. Call my guard, I prithee.
 4.15.1402982Diomedes
 What ho! The emperor's guard! 2983The guard, what ho! 
 4.15.141Come, your lord calls!
 4.15.1422984Enter four or five of the Guard of Antony.
 4.15.1432985Antony
 Bear me, good friends, where Cleopatra bides.
 4.15.1442986'Tis the last service that I shall command you.
 4.15.1452987First Guard
 Woe, woe are we, sir, you may not live to wear
 4.15.1462988All your true followers out.
 2989All the Guards
 All your true followers out.  Most heavy day!
 4.15.1472990Antony
 Nay, good my fellows, do not please sharp fate
 4.15.1482991To grace it with your sorrows. Bid that welcome
 4.15.1492992Which comes to punish us, and we punish it
 4.15.1502993Seeming to bear it lightly. Take me up.
 4.15.1512994I have led you oft; carry me now, good friends,
 4.15.1522995And have my thanks for all.
 4.15.153Exeunt bearing Antony [and the body of Eros].
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