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| <H3>SCENE VII. On board POMPEY's galley, off Misenum.</h3> | |
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| <i>Music plays. Enter two or three Servants with a banquet</i> | |
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| <A NAME=speech1><b>First Servant</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=1>Here they'll be, man. Some o' their plants are</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=2>ill-rooted already: the least wind i' the world</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=3>will blow them down.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech2><b>Second Servant</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=4>Lepidus is high-coloured.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech3><b>First Servant</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=5>They have made him drink alms-drink.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech4><b>Second Servant</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=6>As they pinch one another by the disposition, he</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>cries out 'No more;' reconciles them to his</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=8>entreaty, and himself to the drink.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech5><b>First Servant</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=9>But it raises the greater war between him and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>his discretion.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>Second Servant</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=11>Why, this is to have a name in great men's</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>fellowship: I had as lief have a reed that will do</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>me no service as a partisan I could not heave.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>First Servant</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=14>To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>to move in't, are the holes where eyes should be,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>which pitifully disaster the cheeks.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>A sennet sounded. Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, MARK ANTONY, LEPIDUS, POMPEY, AGRIPPA, MECAENAS, DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS, MENAS, with other captains</i></p> | |
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| <A NAME=speech8><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=17>[To OCTAVIUS CAESAR] Thus do they, sir: they take</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=18>the flow o' the Nile</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>By certain scales i' the pyramid; they know,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=20>By the height, the lowness, or the mean, if dearth</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=21>Or foison follow: the higher Nilus swells,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>The more it promises: as it ebbs, the seedsman</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>And shortly comes to harvest.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>LEPIDUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=25>You've strange serpents there.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=26>Ay, Lepidus.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>LEPIDUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=27>Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=28>operation of your sun: so is your crocodile.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=29>They are so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=30>Sit,--and some wine! A health to Lepidus!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>LEPIDUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=31>I am not so well as I should be, but I'll ne'er out.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=32>Not till you have slept; I fear me you'll be in till then.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech16><b>LEPIDUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=33>Nay, certainly, I have heard the Ptolemies'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=34>pyramises are very goodly things; without</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=35>contradiction, I have heard that.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=36>[Aside to POMPEY] Pompey, a word.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=37>[Aside to MENAS] Say in mine ear:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=38>what is't?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=39>[Aside to POMPEY] Forsake thy seat, I do beseech</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=40>thee, captain,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=41>And hear me speak a word.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=42>[Aside to MENAS] Forbear me till anon.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=43>This wine for Lepidus!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>LEPIDUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=44>What manner o' thing is your crocodile?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=45>It is shaped, sir, like itself; and it is as broad</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=46>as it hath breadth: it is just so high as it is,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=47>and moves with its own organs: it lives by that</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=48>which nourisheth it; and the elements once out of</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>it, it transmigrates.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>LEPIDUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=50>What colour is it of?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech24><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=51>Of it own colour too.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>LEPIDUS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=52>'Tis a strange serpent.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=53>'Tis so. And the tears of it are wet.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>OCTAVIUS CAESAR</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=54>Will this description satisfy him?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=55>With the health that Pompey gives him, else he is a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=56>very epicure.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=57>[Aside to MENAS] Go hang, sir, hang! Tell me of</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=58>that? away!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=59>Do as I bid you. Where's this cup I call'd for?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=60>[Aside to POMPEY] If for the sake of merit thou</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=61>wilt hear me,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=62>Rise from thy stool.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=63>[Aside to MENAS] I think thou'rt mad.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>The matter?</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Rises, and walks aside</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=65>I have ever held my cap off to thy fortunes.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=66>Thou hast served me with much faith. What's else to say?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=67>Be jolly, lords.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech34><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=68> These quick-sands, Lepidus,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=69>Keep off them, for you sink.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech35><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=70>Wilt thou be lord of all the world?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech36><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=71>What say'st thou?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech37><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=72>Wilt thou be lord of the whole world? That's twice.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech38><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=73>How should that be?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=74>But entertain it,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=75>And, though thou think me poor, I am the man</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>Will give thee all the world.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=77>Hast thou drunk well?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=78>Now, Pompey, I have kept me from the cup.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=79>Thou art, if thou darest be, the earthly Jove:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=80>Whate'er the ocean pales, or sky inclips,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=81>Is thine, if thou wilt ha't.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=82>Show me which way.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=83>These three world-sharers, these competitors,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=84>Are in thy vessel: let me cut the cable;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=85>And, when we are put off, fall to their throats:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=86>All there is thine.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=87>Ah, this thou shouldst have done,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=88>And not have spoke on't! In me 'tis villany;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>In thee't had been good service. Thou must know,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>'Tis not my profit that does lead mine honour;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=91>Mine honour, it. Repent that e'er thy tongue</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>Hath so betray'd thine act: being done unknown,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=93>I should have found it afterwards well done;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=94>But must condemn it now. Desist, and drink.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=95>[Aside] For this,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>I'll never follow thy pall'd fortunes more.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=97>Who seeks, and will not take when once 'tis offer'd,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=98>Shall never find it more.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=99>This health to Lepidus!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=100>Bear him ashore. I'll pledge it for him, Pompey.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=101>Here's to thee, Menas!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=102>Enobarbus, welcome!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=103>Fill till the cup be hid.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=104>There's a strong fellow, Menas.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Pointing to the Attendant who carries off LEPIDUS</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=105>Why?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=106>A' bears the third part of the world, man; see'st</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=107>not?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=108>The third part, then, is drunk: would it were all,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=109>That it might go on wheels!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=110>Drink thou; increase the reels.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=111>Come.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=112>This is not yet an Alexandrian feast.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=113>It ripens towards it. Strike the vessels, ho?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=114>Here is to Caesar!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>OCTAVIUS CAESAR</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=115> I could well forbear't.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=116>It's monstrous labour, when I wash my brain,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>And it grows fouler.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=118>Be a child o' the time.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>OCTAVIUS CAESAR</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=119>Possess it, I'll make answer:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=120>But I had rather fast from all four days</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=121>Than drink so much in one.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=122>Ha, my brave emperor!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>To MARK ANTONY</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=123>Shall we dance now the Egyptian Bacchanals,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=124>And celebrate our drink?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=125>Let's ha't, good soldier.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=126>Come, let's all take hands,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=127>Till that the conquering wine hath steep'd our sense</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=128>In soft and delicate Lethe.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=129>All take hands.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=130>Make battery to our ears with the loud music:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=131>The while I'll place you: then the boy shall sing;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=132>The holding every man shall bear as loud</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=133>As his strong sides can volley.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Music plays. DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS places them hand in hand</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=134>THE SONG.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=135>Come, thou monarch of the vine,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=136>Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=137>In thy fats our cares be drown'd,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=138>With thy grapes our hairs be crown'd:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>Cup us, till the world go round,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=140>Cup us, till the world go round!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>OCTAVIUS CAESAR</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=141>What would you more? Pompey, good night. Good brother,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=142>Let me request you off: our graver business</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=143>Frowns at this levity. Gentle lords, let's part;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=144>You see we have burnt our cheeks: strong Enobarb</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=145>Is weaker than the wine; and mine own tongue</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=146>Splits what it speaks: the wild disguise hath almost</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=147>Antick'd us all. What needs more words? Good night.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=148>Good Antony, your hand.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=149>I'll try you on the shore.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>MARK ANTONY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=150>And shall, sir; give's your hand.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=151>O Antony,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=152>You have my father's house,--But, what? we are friends.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=153>Come, down into the boat.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=154>Take heed you fall not.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt all but DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS and MENAS</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=155>Menas, I'll not on shore.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=156>No, to my cabin.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=157>These drums! these trumpets, flutes! what!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=158>Let Neptune hear we bid a loud farewell</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=159>To these great fellows: sound and be hang'd, sound out!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Sound a flourish, with drums</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=160>Ho! says a' There's my cap.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>MENAS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=161>Ho! Noble captain, come.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
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