Caf. The time of univerfal peace is near;
Prove this a profp'rous day, the three-nook'd World
Shall bear the Olive freely.

Enter a Meffenger.

Mef. Antony is come into the Field.

Caf. Go charge Agrippa,

Plant thofe that have revolted in the Van,
That Antony may seem to spend his Fury
Upon himself.

Eno. Alexas did revolt, and went to Jewry on
Affairs of Antony; there did perfwade
Great Herod to incline himself to Cafar,
And leave his Mafter Antony. For this pains
Cafar hath hang'd him: Canidius and the reft
That fell away, have entertainment, but
No honourable truft: I have done ill,
Of which I do accuse my felf fo forely,
That I will joy no more.

Enter a Soldier of Cæfar's.

Sold Enobarbus, Antony

Hath after thee fent all thy Treasure, with
His bounty over-plus. The Messenger
Came on my Guard, and at thy Tent is now
Unloading of his Mules.

Eno. I give it you.

Sold. Mock not, Enobarbus,

I tell you true: Beft you fafe't the bringer
Out of the Hoaft, I must attend mine Office,
Or would have done't my felf. Your Emperor
Continues ftill a Jove.

Eno. I am alone the Villain of the Earth,
And feel I am so most. Oh Antony,

[Exeunt.

Thou Mine of Bounty, how wouldst thou have paid
My better Service, when my Turpitude

[Exit.

Thou doft fo crown with Gold. This bows my Heart;
If fwift Thought break it not, a fwifted mean

Shall out-ftrike Thought; but Thought will do't, I feel.
I fight against thee!No, I will go feek
Some Ditch, where I may die; the foul'ft beft fits
My latter part of Life.

[Exit.

SCENE

SCENE IV. Before the Walls of
Alexandria.

Alarum. Drums and Trumpets. Enter Agrippa.
Agr. Retire, we have engag'd our felves too far:
Cafar himself has work, and our oppreffion
Exceeds what we expected.

Alarums. Enter Antony, and Scarus wounded. Scar. O my brave Emperor, this is fought indeed, Had we done fo at firft, we had droven them home With Clouts about their Head..

Ant. Thou bleed'ft apace.

Scar. I had a wound here that was like a T, But now 'tis made an H.

Ant. They do retire.

[Exit.

[Far off.

Scar. We'll beat 'em into Bench-holes, I have yet Rome for fix fcotches more.

Enter Eros.

Eros. They are beaten, Sir, and our advantage serves For a fair Victory.

Scar. Let us fcore their Backs,

And fnatch 'em up, as we take Hares behind,

'Tis fport to maul a Runner.

Ant. I will reward thee

Once for thy fprightly comfort, and ten-fold
For thy good Valour. Come thee on.

Scar. I'll hilt after.

[Exeunt.

Alarum. Enier Artony again in a march, Scarus, with

others.

Ant. We have beat him to his Camp; run one before. And let the Queen know of our Guests; to morrow Before the Sun fhall fee's, we'll fpill the Blood That has to day efcap'd. I thank you all, For doughty handed are you, and have fought Not as you ferv'd the Cause, but as't had been Each Man's like mine; you have fhewn all Hectors. Enter the City, clip your Wives, your Friends, Tell them your Feats, whilft they with joyful Tears

Waih

Wafh the congealment from your Wounds, and kifs
The honour'd gafhes whole. Give me thy Hand. [To Scarus.
Enter Cleopatra.

To this great Faiery, I'll commend thy a&s,

Make her thanks blefs thee. O thou day o'th' World,
Chain mine arm'd Neck, leap thou, Attire and all
Through proof of Harnefs to my Heart, and there
Ride on the pants triumphing

Cleo. Lord of Lords,

Oh infinite Virtue, com'ft thou fmiling from
The World's great Snare uncaught.

Ant.. My Nightingale,

We have beat them to their Beds. What, Girl, though gray
Do fomething mingle with our younger brown, yet ha'we
A brain that nourishes our Nerves, and can

Get gole for gole of Youth. Behold this Man,
Commend unto his Lips thy favouring Hand,
Kifs it my Warrior: He hath fought to day,
As if a God in hate of Mankind, had
Destroyed in such a shape.

Cleo. I'll give thee, Friend,

An Armour all of God; it was a King's.

Ant. He has deferv'd it, were it Carbunkled

Like holy Phabus Car. Give me thy Hand,
Through Alexandria make a jolly march,

Bear our hackt Targets, like the Men that owe them,
Had our great Palace the capacity

To camp this Hoaft, we all would fup together,
And drink Carowses to the next Day's Fate
Which promifes Royal Peril. Trumpeters
With brazen dia blaft you the Cities Ear.
Make mingle with our ratling Tabourines,

That Heav'n and Earth may ftrike their founds together,
Applauding our approach.

SCENE V. Cæfar's Camp.

[Exeunt.

Enter a Century, and his Company, Enobarbus follows.
Cent. If we be not reliev'd within this hour,

We must return to th'Court of Guard; the Night
In fhiny, and they fay, we fhall embattel

By

By th' fecond Hour i'th' Morn.

I Watch. This laft day was a fhrewd one to's.
Eno. Oh bear me witnefs Night.

2 Watch. What Man is this?

1 Watch. Stand close, and lift him.

Eno. Be witness to me, O thou bleffed Moon,
When Men revolted shall upon Record

Bear hateful memory; poor Enorbarbus did
Before thy Face repent.

Cent. Enobarbus?

3 Watch. Peace; hark further.

Eno. Oh Sovereign Mistress of true Melancholy,
The poisonous damp of Night difpunge upon me,
That Life, a very Rebel to my Will,

May hang no longer on me. Throw my Heart
Against the flint and hardness of my Fault,
Which being dried with Grief, will break to Powder,
And finish all foul Thoughts. Oh Antony,
Nobler than my revolt is infamous,

Forgive me in thine own particular,

But let the World rank me in Register
A Master-leaver, and a Fugitive:
Oh Antony! Oh Antony !

1 Watch. Let's speak to him.

[Dies.

Cent. Let's hear him, for the things he speaks May concern Cafar.

2 Watch. Let's do fo, but he fleeps.

Cet. Swoons rather, for fo bad a Prayer as his Was never yet for fleep.

I Watch. Go we to him.

2 Watch. Awake, Sir, awake, fpeak to us. 1 Watch. Hear you, Sir?

Cent. The Hand of death hath caught him.

[Drums afar off.

Hark how the Drums demurely wake the Sleepers:
Let us bear him to th' Court of Guard; he is of note.
Our Hour is fully out.

2 Watch. Come on then, he may recover yet. [Exeunt.

SCENE

SCENE VI.

Between the two Camps.

Enter Antony, and Scarus, with their Army.

Ant. Their preparation is to day by Sea, We please them not by Land.

Scar. For both, my Lord.

Ant. I would they'd fight i'th' Fire, or in the Air, We'd fight there too. But this it is, our Foot Upon the Hills adjoining to the City

Shall ftay with us.

Order for Sea is given,

They have put forth the Haven: Further on,
Where their appointment we may best discover,
And look on their endeavour.

Enter Cæfar, and his Army.

Cef. But being charg'd, we will be still by Land, Which as I take't we hall; for his best force

Is forth to Man his Gallies. To the Vales,

[Exeunt.

[Exeunt.

Alarum afar off, as at a Sea-fight.

And hold our best Advantage.

Enter Antony, and Scarus.

Caf. Yet they are not join❜d:

Where yond Pine ftands, I fhall difcover all.

I'll bring thee word ftraight, how 'tis like to go. [Exit.

Scar. Swallows have built

In Cleopatra's Sails their Nefts. The Auguries

Say, they know not

they cannot tell-look grimly,

Antony

And dare not speak their Knowledge.
Is valiant, and dejected, and by starts,
His fretted Fortunes give him hope and fear
Of what he has, and has not.

SCENE VII.

Ant. All is loft!

Enter Antony.

This foul Egyptian hath betray'd me!

[Exit.

Aelxandria.

My Fleet hath yielded to the Foe, and yonder,
They caft their Caps up, and Caroufe together
Like Friends long loft.

Triple-turn'd Whore! 'tis thou

Haft