The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra: ACT III
Introduction ACT I ACT II ACT III SCENE I. A plain in Syria. SCENE II. Rome. An ante-chamber in OCTAVIUS CAESAR's house. SCENE III. Alexandria. CLEOPATRA's palace. SCENE IV. Athens. A room in MARK ANTONY's house. SCENE V. The same. Another room. SCENE VI. Rome. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's house. SCENE VII. Near Actium. MARK ANTONY's camp. SCENE VIII. A plain near Actium. SCENE IX. Another part of the plain. SCENE X. Another part of the plain. SCENE XI. Alexandria. CLEOPATRA's palace. SCENE XII. Egypt. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's camp. SCENE XIII. Alexandria. CLEOPATRA's palace. ACT IV ACT V About the Play Feedback			Search: All the plays Hamlet Coriolanus Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Richard II Richard III Titus Andronicus Antony and Cleopatra Timon of Athens Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry the Fifth Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry VIII King John Pericles Troilus and Cressida All's Well... As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline A Midsummer... Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives... Much Ado about Nothing The Merchant of Venice Twelfth Night The Taming of... The Tempest The Two Gentlemen... The Winter's Tale    for: SCENE XI. Alexandria. CLEOPATRA's palace. Enter MARK ANTONY with Attendants MARK 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 5     Laden with gold; take that, divide it; fly,       And make your peace with Caesar. All       Fly! not we. MARK ANTONY       I have fled myself; and have instructed cowards       To run and show their shoulders. Friends, be gone; 10    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 follow'd that I blush to look upon:       My very hairs do mutiny; for the white 15    Reprove the brown for rashness, and they them       For fear and doting. 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 20    Which my despair proclaims; let that be left       Which leaves itself: to the sea-side straightway:       I will possess you of that ship and treasure.       Leave me, I pray, a little: pray you now:       Nay, do so; for, indeed, I have lost command, 25    Therefore I pray you: I'll see you by and by. Sits down Enter CLEOPATRA led by CHARMIAN and IRAS; EROS following 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! MARK ANTONY 30    No, no, no, no, no. EROS       See you here, sir? MARK ANTONY       O fie, fie, fie! CHARMIAN       Madam! IRAS       Madam, O good empress! EROS 35    Sir, sir,-- MARK 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 40    Dealt on lieutenantry, and no practise had       In the brave squares of war: yet now--No matter. CLEOPATRA       Ah, stand by. EROS       The queen, my lord, the queen. IRAS       Go to him, madam, speak to him: 45    He is unqualitied with very shame. CLEOPATRA       Well then, sustain him: O! EROS       Most noble sir, arise; the queen approaches:       Her head's declined, and death will seize her, but       Your comfort makes the rescue. MARK ANTONY 50    I have offended reputation,       A most unnoble swerving. EROS       Sir, the queen. MARK ANTONY       O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt? See,       How I convey my shame out of thine eyes 55    By looking back what I have left behind       'Stroy'd in dishonour. CLEOPATRA       O my lord, my lord,       Forgive my fearful sails! I little thought       You would have follow'd. MARK ANTONY 60    Egypt, thou knew'st too well       My heart was to thy rudder tied by the 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 of the gods 65    Command me. CLEOPATRA       O, my pardon! MARK ANTONY       Now I must       To the young man send humble treaties, dodge       And palter in the shifts of lowness; who 70    With half the bulk o' the world play'd 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 on all cause. CLEOPATRA 75    Pardon, pardon! MARK ANTONY       Fall not a tear, I say; one of them rates       All that is won and lost: give me a kiss;       Even this repays me. We sent our schoolmaster;       Is he come back? Love, I am full of lead. 80    Some wine, within there, and our viands! Fortune knows       We scorn her most when most she offers blows. Exeunt Return to top of page ... or ... Go to next scene