Act 4
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Flourish. Enter AGRIPPA, and
CAESAR, with ENOBARBUS and
DOLABELLA
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Trumpet fanfare. AGRIPPA and
CAESAR enter with ENOBARBUS and
DOLABELLA.
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CAESAR Go forth, Agrippa, and begin the fight.
Our will is Antony be took alive.
Make it so known.
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CAESAR Agrippa, go start the battle. We want Antony taken alive. Make
sure everyone knows that.
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AGRIPPA Caesar, I shall.
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AGRIPPA I will, Caesar.
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Exit
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He exits.
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CAESAR
5The time of universal peace is near.
Prove this a prosp’rous day, the three-nooked world
Shall bear the olive freely.
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CAESAR An era of universal peace is about to start. If this battle goes
well for us, there will be peace in all
three corners of the worldAfrica, Asia, and Europe, which were all under Roman rule three corners of the world . |
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Enter a
MESSENGER
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A MESSENGER
enters.
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MESSENGER Antony
Is come into the field.
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MESSENGER Antony has come onto the battlefield.
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CAESAR Go charge
Agrippa
Plant those that have revolted in the vant,
10That Antony may seem to spend his fury
Upon himself.
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CAESAR Go order Agrippa to put the men who deserted Antony’s army at the
front. That way Antony will feel like he’s fighting his own men.
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Exeunt all but
ENOBARBUS
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Everyone exits except
ENOBARBUS.
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ENOBARBUS Alexas did revolt and went to Jewry on
Affairs of Antony, there did dissuade
Great Herod to incline himself to Caesar
15And leave his master Antony. For this pains
Caesar hath hanged him. Canidius and the rest
That fell away have entertainment but
No honorable trust. I have done ill,
Of which I do accuse myself so sorely
20That I will joy no more.
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ENOBARBUS Alexas deserted. He went to Judea as if on Antony’s business, but
he persuaded Herod to support Caesar instead. Caesar hanged him for
this service. Canidius and the others that left Antony are given
hospitality here but no positions of trust. I’ve done a bad thing,
for which I will blame myself so much that I’ll never be happy
again.
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