ANTONY                     Now I must To the young man send humble treaties, dodge And palter in the shifts of lowness, who With half the bulk o’th’ world played as I pleased, Making and marring fortunes. You did know How much you were my conqueror, and that My sword, made weak by my affection, would Obey it […]

CLEOPATRA  O, my lord, my lord, Forgive my fearful sails! I little thought You would have followed. ANTONY         Egypt, thou knew’st too well My heart was to thy rudder tied by th’ strings, And thou shouldst tow me after. O’er my spirit Thy full supremacy thou knew’st, and that Thy beck might from the bidding […]

EROS   Most noble sir, arise. The Queen approaches. Her head’s declined, and death will seize her but Your comfort makes the rescue. ANTONY         I have offended reputation; A most unnoble swerving. EROS   Sir, the Queen. ANTONY         O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt? See How I convey my shame out of thine eyes By looking […]

ANTONY         Yes, my lord, yes. He at Philippi kept His sword e’en like a dancer, while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius; and ’twas I That the mad Brutus ended. He alone Dealt on lieutenantry, and no practice had In the brave squares of war. Yet now—no matter. CLEOPATRA  [rising, to Charmian and Iras] Ah, […]

[He] sits down Enter Cleopatra led by Charmian[, Iras,] and Eros EROS   Nay, gentle madam, to him. Comfort him. IRAS    Do, most dear Queen. CHARMIAN    Do. Why, what else? CLEOPATRA  Let me sit down. O, Juno! [She sits down] ANTONY         No, no, no, no, no. EROS   [to Antony] See you here, sir? ANTONY         O fie, fie, […]

ANTONY         Friends, be gone. You shall Have letters from me to some friends that will Sweep your way for you. Pray you, look not sad, Nor make replies of loathness. Take the hint Which my despair proclaims. Let that be left Which leaves itself. To the seaside straightway! I will possess you of that ship […]

ANTONY         I have fled myself, and have instructed cowards To run and show their shoulders. Friends, be gone. I have myself resolved upon a course Which has no need of you. Be gone. My treasure’s in the harbour. Take it. O, I followed that I blush to look upon. My very hairs do mutiny, for […]

Enter Antony with Attendants ANTONY         Hark, the land bids me tread no more upon’t, It is ashamed to bear me. Friends, come hither. I am so lated in the world that I Have lost my way for ever. I have a ship Laden with gold. Take that, divide it, fly, And make your peace with […]

Enter Canidius CANIDIUS      Our fortune on the sea is out of breath, And sinks most lamentably. Had our general Been what he knew himself, it had gone well. O, he has given example for our flight Most grossly by his own. ENOBARBUS  Ay, are you thereabouts? Why then, good night indeed! CANIDIUS      Toward Peloponnesus are […]

SCARUS                                  She once being luffed, The noble ruin of her magic, Antony, Claps on his sea-wing and, like a doting mallard, Leaving the fight in height, flies after her. I never saw an action of such shame. Experience, manhood, honour, ne’er before Did violate so itself. ENOBARBUS              Alack, alack!   (3.10.17-23)   Luffed or loofed […]