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Enter AGRIPPA at one door, ENOBARBUS at another
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Enter AGRIPPA at one door, ENOBARBUS at another
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AGRIPPA What, are the brothers parted?
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AGRIPPA What, are the brothers parted?
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ENOBARBUS They have dispatched with Pompey; he is gone.
The other three are sealing. Octavia weeps
To part from Rome. Caesar is sad, and Lepidus,
With the greensickness.
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ENOBARBUS They have dispatched with Pompey; he is gone.
The other three are sealing. Octavia weeps
To part from Rome. Caesar is sad, and Lepidus,
With the greensickness.
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AGRIPPA ’Tis a noble Lepidus.
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AGRIPPA ’Tis a noble Lepidus.
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ENOBARBUS A very fine one. Oh, how he loves Caesar!
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ENOBARBUS A very fine one. Oh, how he loves Caesar!
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AGRIPPA Nay, but how dearly he adores Mark Antony!
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AGRIPPA Nay, but how dearly he adores Mark Antony!
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ENOBARBUS Caesar? Why, he’s the Jupiter of men.
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ENOBARBUS Caesar? Why, he’s the Jupiter of men.
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AGRIPPA 10 What’s Antony? The god of Jupiter.
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AGRIPPA What’s Antony? The god of Jupiter.
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ENOBARBUS Spake you of Caesar? How, the nonpareil!
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ENOBARBUS Spake you of Caesar? How, the nonpareil!
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AGRIPPA O Antony, O thou Arabian bird!
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AGRIPPA O Antony, O thou Arabian bird!
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ENOBARBUS Would you praise Caesar, say “Caesar.” Go no further.
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ENOBARBUS Would you praise Caesar, say “Caesar.” Go no further.
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AGRIPPA Indeed, he plied them both with excellent praises.
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AGRIPPA Indeed, he plied them both with excellent praises.
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ENOBARBUS 15 But he loves Caesar best; yet he loves Antony.
Hoo! Hearts, tongues, figures, scribes, bards, poets, cannot
Think, speak, cast, write, sing, number—hoo!—
His love to Antony. But as for Caesar,
Kneel down, kneel down, and wonder.
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ENOBARBUS But he loves Caesar best; yet he loves Antony.
Hoo! Hearts, tongues, figures, scribes, bards, poets, cannot
Think, speak, cast, write, sing, number—hoo!—
His love to Antony. But as for Caesar,
Kneel down, kneel down, and wonder.
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AGRIPPA Both he loves.
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AGRIPPA Both he loves.
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ENOBARBUS their beetleShard-beetles make their home in dung heaps. |
ENOBARBUS their beetleShard-beetles make their home in dung heaps. |
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Trumpets within
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Trumpets within
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So,
This is to horse. Adieu, noble Agrippa.
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So,
This is to horse. Adieu, noble Agrippa.
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AGRIPPA Good fortune, worthy soldier, and farewell.
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AGRIPPA Good fortune, worthy soldier, and farewell.
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Enter CAESAR , ANTONY , LEPIDUS , and OCTAVIA
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Enter CAESAR , ANTONY , LEPIDUS , and OCTAVIA
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ANTONY No further, sir.
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ANTONY No further, sir.
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CAESAR You take from me a great part of myself;
25 Use me well in ’t.—Sister, prove such a wife
As my thoughts make thee, and as my farthest bond
Shall pass on thy approof.—Most noble Antony,
Let not the piece of virtue, which is set
Betwixt us as the cement of our love,
30 To keep it builded, be the ram to batter
The fortress of it. For better might we
Have loved without this mean, if on both parts
This be not cherished.
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CAESAR You take from me a great part of myself;
Use me well in ’t.—Sister, prove such a wife
As my thoughts make thee, and as my farthest bond
Shall pass on thy approof.—Most noble Antony,
Let not the piece of virtue, which is set
Betwixt us as the cement of our love,
To keep it builded, be the ram to batter
The fortress of it. For better might we
Have loved without this mean, if on both parts
This be not cherished.
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ANTONY Make me not offended
In your distrust.
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ANTONY Make me not offended
In your distrust.
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CAESAR I have said.
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CAESAR I have said.
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ANTONY You shall not find,
35 Though you be therein curious, the least cause
For what you seem to fear. So the gods keep you
And make the hearts of Romans serve your ends.
We will here part.
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ANTONY You shall not find,
Though you be therein curious, the least cause
For what you seem to fear. So the gods keep you
And make the hearts of Romans serve your ends.
We will here part.
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CAESAR Farewell, my dearest sister, fare thee well.
40 The elements be kind to thee and make
Thy spirits all of comfort! Fare thee well.
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CAESAR Farewell, my dearest sister, fare thee well.
The elements be kind to thee and make
Thy spirits all of comfort! Fare thee well.
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OCTAVIA My noble brother!
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OCTAVIA My noble brother!
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She weeps
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She weeps
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ANTONY The April’s in her eyes; it is love’s spring,
And these the showers to bring it on. (to OCTAVIA) Be cheerful.
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ANTONY The April’s in her eyes; it is love’s spring,
And these the showers to bring it on. (to OCTAVIA) Be cheerful.
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OCTAVIA |
OCTAVIA |
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CAESAR What, Octavia?
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CAESAR What, Octavia?
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OCTAVIA I’ll tell you in your ear.
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OCTAVIA I’ll tell you in your ear.
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She and CAESAR walk aside
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She and CAESAR walk aside
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ANTONY Her tongue will not obey her heart, nor can
Her heart inform her tongue—the swan’s-down feather
That stands upon the swell at the full of tide
50 And neither way inclines.
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ANTONY Her tongue will not obey her heart, nor can
Her heart inform her tongue—the swan’s-down feather
That stands upon the swell at the full of tide
And neither way inclines.
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ENOBARBUS (aside to AGRIPPA) Will Caesar weep?
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ENOBARBUS (aside to AGRIPPA) Will Caesar weep?
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AGRIPPA (aside to ENOBARBUS) He has a cloud in ’s face.
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AGRIPPA (aside to ENOBARBUS) He has a cloud in ’s face.
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ENOBARBUS (aside to AGRIPPA) He were the worse for that, were he a horse;
So is he, being a man.
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ENOBARBUS (aside to AGRIPPA) He were the worse for that, were he a horse;
So is he, being a man.
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AGRIPPA (aside to ENOBARBUS) Why, Enobarbus,
55 When Antony found Julius Caesar dead,
He cried almost to roaring, and he wept
When at Philippi he found Brutus slain.
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AGRIPPA (aside to ENOBARBUS) Why, Enobarbus,
When Antony found Julius Caesar dead,
He cried almost to roaring, and he wept
When at Philippi he found Brutus slain.
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ENOBARBUS (aside to AGRIPPA) That year indeed he was troubled with a rheum.
What willingly he did confound he wailed,
60 Believe ’t, till I wept too.
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ENOBARBUS (aside to AGRIPPA) That year indeed he was troubled with a rheum.
What willingly he did confound he wailed,
Believe ’t, till I wept too.
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CAESAR (coming forward with OCTAVIA ) No, sweet Octavia,
You shall hear from me still. The time shall not
Outgo my thinking on you.
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CAESAR (coming forward with OCTAVIA ) No, sweet Octavia,
You shall hear from me still. The time shall not
Outgo my thinking on you.
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ANTONY Come, sir, come,
I’ll wrestle with you in my strength of love.
Look, here I have you.
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ANTONY Come, sir, come,
I’ll wrestle with you in my strength of love.
Look, here I have you.
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Embraces him
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Embraces him
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Thus I let you go
65 And give you to the gods.
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Thus I let you go
And give you to the gods.
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CAESAR Adieu. Be happy.
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CAESAR Adieu. Be happy.
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LEPIDUS (to ANTONY) Let all the number of the stars give light
To thy fair way.
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LEPIDUS (to ANTONY) Let all the number of the stars give light
To thy fair way.
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CAESAR Farewell, farewell.
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CAESAR Farewell, farewell.
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Kisses OCTAVIA
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Kisses OCTAVIA
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ANTONY Farewell.
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ANTONY Farewell.
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| Trumpets sound. Exeunt | Trumpets sound. Exeunt |
Original Text |
Modern Text |
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Enter AGRIPPA at one door, ENOBARBUS at another
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Enter AGRIPPA at one door, ENOBARBUS at another
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AGRIPPA What, are the brothers parted?
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AGRIPPA What, are the brothers parted?
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ENOBARBUS They have dispatched with Pompey; he is gone.
The other three are sealing. Octavia weeps
To part from Rome. Caesar is sad, and Lepidus,
With the greensickness.
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ENOBARBUS They have dispatched with Pompey; he is gone.
The other three are sealing. Octavia weeps
To part from Rome. Caesar is sad, and Lepidus,
With the greensickness.
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AGRIPPA ’Tis a noble Lepidus.
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AGRIPPA ’Tis a noble Lepidus.
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ENOBARBUS A very fine one. Oh, how he loves Caesar!
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ENOBARBUS A very fine one. Oh, how he loves Caesar!
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AGRIPPA Nay, but how dearly he adores Mark Antony!
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AGRIPPA Nay, but how dearly he adores Mark Antony!
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ENOBARBUS Caesar? Why, he’s the Jupiter of men.
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ENOBARBUS Caesar? Why, he’s the Jupiter of men.
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AGRIPPA 10 What’s Antony? The god of Jupiter.
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AGRIPPA What’s Antony? The god of Jupiter.
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ENOBARBUS Spake you of Caesar? How, the nonpareil!
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ENOBARBUS Spake you of Caesar? How, the nonpareil!
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AGRIPPA O Antony, O thou Arabian bird!
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AGRIPPA O Antony, O thou Arabian bird!
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ENOBARBUS Would you praise Caesar, say “Caesar.” Go no further.
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ENOBARBUS Would you praise Caesar, say “Caesar.” Go no further.
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AGRIPPA Indeed, he plied them both with excellent praises.
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AGRIPPA Indeed, he plied them both with excellent praises.
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ENOBARBUS 15 But he loves Caesar best; yet he loves Antony.
Hoo! Hearts, tongues, figures, scribes, bards, poets, cannot
Think, speak, cast, write, sing, number—hoo!—
His love to Antony. But as for Caesar,
Kneel down, kneel down, and wonder.
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ENOBARBUS But he loves Caesar best; yet he loves Antony.
Hoo! Hearts, tongues, figures, scribes, bards, poets, cannot
Think, speak, cast, write, sing, number—hoo!—
His love to Antony. But as for Caesar,
Kneel down, kneel down, and wonder.
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AGRIPPA Both he loves.
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AGRIPPA Both he loves.
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ENOBARBUS their beetleShard-beetles make their home in dung heaps. |
ENOBARBUS their beetleShard-beetles make their home in dung heaps. |
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Trumpets within
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Trumpets within
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So,
This is to horse. Adieu, noble Agrippa.
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So,
This is to horse. Adieu, noble Agrippa.
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AGRIPPA Good fortune, worthy soldier, and farewell.
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AGRIPPA Good fortune, worthy soldier, and farewell.
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Enter CAESAR , ANTONY , LEPIDUS , and OCTAVIA
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Enter CAESAR , ANTONY , LEPIDUS , and OCTAVIA
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ANTONY No further, sir.
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ANTONY No further, sir.
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CAESAR You take from me a great part of myself;
25 Use me well in ’t.—Sister, prove such a wife
As my thoughts make thee, and as my farthest bond
Shall pass on thy approof.—Most noble Antony,
Let not the piece of virtue, which is set
Betwixt us as the cement of our love,
30 To keep it builded, be the ram to batter
The fortress of it. For better might we
Have loved without this mean, if on both parts
This be not cherished.
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CAESAR You take from me a great part of myself;
Use me well in ’t.—Sister, prove such a wife
As my thoughts make thee, and as my farthest bond
Shall pass on thy approof.—Most noble Antony,
Let not the piece of virtue, which is set
Betwixt us as the cement of our love,
To keep it builded, be the ram to batter
The fortress of it. For better might we
Have loved without this mean, if on both parts
This be not cherished.
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ANTONY Make me not offended
In your distrust.
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ANTONY Make me not offended
In your distrust.
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CAESAR I have said.
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CAESAR I have said.
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ANTONY You shall not find,
35 Though you be therein curious, the least cause
For what you seem to fear. So the gods keep you
And make the hearts of Romans serve your ends.
We will here part.
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ANTONY You shall not find,
Though you be therein curious, the least cause
For what you seem to fear. So the gods keep you
And make the hearts of Romans serve your ends.
We will here part.
|
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CAESAR Farewell, my dearest sister, fare thee well.
40 The elements be kind to thee and make
Thy spirits all of comfort! Fare thee well.
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CAESAR Farewell, my dearest sister, fare thee well.
The elements be kind to thee and make
Thy spirits all of comfort! Fare thee well.
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OCTAVIA My noble brother!
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OCTAVIA My noble brother!
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She weeps
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She weeps
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ANTONY The April’s in her eyes; it is love’s spring,
And these the showers to bring it on. (to OCTAVIA) Be cheerful.
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ANTONY The April’s in her eyes; it is love’s spring,
And these the showers to bring it on. (to OCTAVIA) Be cheerful.
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OCTAVIA |
OCTAVIA |
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CAESAR What, Octavia?
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CAESAR What, Octavia?
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OCTAVIA I’ll tell you in your ear.
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OCTAVIA I’ll tell you in your ear.
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She and CAESAR walk aside
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She and CAESAR walk aside
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ANTONY Her tongue will not obey her heart, nor can
Her heart inform her tongue—the swan’s-down feather
That stands upon the swell at the full of tide
50 And neither way inclines.
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ANTONY Her tongue will not obey her heart, nor can
Her heart inform her tongue—the swan’s-down feather
That stands upon the swell at the full of tide
And neither way inclines.
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ENOBARBUS (aside to AGRIPPA) Will Caesar weep?
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ENOBARBUS (aside to AGRIPPA) Will Caesar weep?
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AGRIPPA (aside to ENOBARBUS) He has a cloud in ’s face.
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AGRIPPA (aside to ENOBARBUS) He has a cloud in ’s face.
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ENOBARBUS (aside to AGRIPPA) He were the worse for that, were he a horse;
So is he, being a man.
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ENOBARBUS (aside to AGRIPPA) He were the worse for that, were he a horse;
So is he, being a man.
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AGRIPPA (aside to ENOBARBUS) Why, Enobarbus,
55 When Antony found Julius Caesar dead,
He cried almost to roaring, and he wept
When at Philippi he found Brutus slain.
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AGRIPPA (aside to ENOBARBUS) Why, Enobarbus,
When Antony found Julius Caesar dead,
He cried almost to roaring, and he wept
When at Philippi he found Brutus slain.
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ENOBARBUS (aside to AGRIPPA) That year indeed he was troubled with a rheum.
What willingly he did confound he wailed,
60 Believe ’t, till I wept too.
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ENOBARBUS (aside to AGRIPPA) That year indeed he was troubled with a rheum.
What willingly he did confound he wailed,
Believe ’t, till I wept too.
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CAESAR (coming forward with OCTAVIA ) No, sweet Octavia,
You shall hear from me still. The time shall not
Outgo my thinking on you.
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CAESAR (coming forward with OCTAVIA ) No, sweet Octavia,
You shall hear from me still. The time shall not
Outgo my thinking on you.
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ANTONY Come, sir, come,
I’ll wrestle with you in my strength of love.
Look, here I have you.
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ANTONY Come, sir, come,
I’ll wrestle with you in my strength of love.
Look, here I have you.
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Embraces him
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Embraces him
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Thus I let you go
65 And give you to the gods.
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Thus I let you go
And give you to the gods.
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CAESAR Adieu. Be happy.
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CAESAR Adieu. Be happy.
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LEPIDUS (to ANTONY) Let all the number of the stars give light
To thy fair way.
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LEPIDUS (to ANTONY) Let all the number of the stars give light
To thy fair way.
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CAESAR Farewell, farewell.
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CAESAR Farewell, farewell.
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Kisses OCTAVIA
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Kisses OCTAVIA
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ANTONY Farewell.
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ANTONY Farewell.
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| Trumpets sound. Exeunt | Trumpets sound. Exeunt |
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