Ant. Art thou there, Diomed? Draw thy sword, Dio. Lock'd in her monument. She had a pro phesying fear Of what hath come to pass: for when she saw Me to proclaim the truth; and I am come, I dread, too late. Ant. Too late, good Diomed:-Call my guard, I pr❜ythee. Dio. What, ho! the emperor's guard! The guard, what, ho! Come, your lord calls. Enter some of the Guard. Ant. Bear me, good friends, where Cleopatra bides; 'Tis the last service that I shall command you. 1 Guard. Woe are we, sir, you may not live to wear All your true followers out. All. Most heavy day! Ant. Nay, good my fellows, do not please sharp fate To grace it with your sorrows: bid that welcome [Exeunt, bearing Antony. SCENE XIII. The Same. A Monument. Enter above, CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, and IRAS. Cleo. O Charmian, I will never go from hence. Cleo. Enter DIOMEDES. As that which makes it.-How now? is he dead? Dio. His death's upon him, but not dead. Look out o' the other side your monument, His guard have brought him thither. Cleo. Enter ANTONY, borne by the Guard. O thou sun, Burn the great sphere thou mov'st in!-darkling stand The varying shore o'the world!-O Antony! Ant. Not Cæsar's valour hath o'erthrown Antony, Cleo. So it should be, that none but Antony (Dear my lord, pardon,) I dare not, Lest I be taken: not the imperious show Of the full-fortun'd Cæsar ever shall Peace: Be brooch'd with me 54; if knife, drugs, serpents, have Edge, sting, or operation, I am safe: Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes, And still conclusion, shall acquire no honour Demuring upon me.-But come, come, Antony,Help me, my women, we must draw thee up;― Assist, good friends. Ant. O, quick, or I am gone. Cleo. Here's sport, indeed 55!-How heavy weighs my lord! Our strength is all gone into heaviness, That makes the weight: Had I great Juno's power, All. A heavy sight! Ant. I am dying, Egypt, dying: Give me some wine, and let me speak a little. Ant. offence. One word, sweet queen: Of Cæsar seek your honour, with your safety.—Q! Cleo. They do not go together. Ant. Gentle, hear me: None about Cæsar trust, but Proculeius. Ant. The miserable change now at my end, My countryman, a Roman, by a Roman Valiantly vanquish'd. Now, my spirit is going; I can no more. Cleo. Noblest of men, woo't die? Hast thou no care of me? shall I abide In this dull world, which in thy absence is No better than a stye?-O, see, my women, [dies. The soldier's pole is fallen; young boys, and girls, And there is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon. Char. Iras. She is dead too, our sovereign. Char. Iras. [She faints. O, quietness, lady! Lady, Madam, Royal Egypt! Char. O madam, madam, madam! Iras. Empress! Char. Peace, peace, Iras. Cleo. No more, but e'en a woman; and com manded By such poor passion as the maid that milks, Become a dog that's mad: Then is it sin, |