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  • Title: Anthony and Cleopatra (Modern)
  • Editor: Randall Martin

    • ISBN: 978-1-55058-433-2

    Copyright Randall Martin. This text may be freely used for educational, non-profit purposes; for all other uses contact the Editor.
    Author: William Shakespeare
    Editor: Randall Martin
    Not Peer Reviewed

    Anthony and Cleopatra (Modern)

    [4.8]
    Alarums.
    Enter Antony, and Scarrus wounded.
    Scarrus
    O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed!
    Had we done so at first, we had droven them home
    2630With clouts about their heads!
    Antony
    Thou bleed'st apace.
    Scarrus
    I had a wound here that was like a T,
    But now 'tis made an H.
    [Retreat sounded] far off.
    Antony
    They do retire.
    2635Scarrus
    We'll beat 'em into bench-holes. I have yet
    Room for six scotches more.
    Enter Eros.
    Eros
    They are beaten, sir, and our advantage serves
    For a fair victory.
    2640Scarrus
    Let us score their backs,
    And snatch 'em up as we take hares behind!
    'Tis sport to maul a runner.
    Antony
    I will reward thee
    Once for thy sprightly comfort, and ten-fold
    2645For thy good valor. Come thee on.
    Scarrus
    I'll halt after.
    Exeunt.
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