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James Boswell [1821], The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending A Life of the Poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by the late Edmond Malone. With a new glossarial index (J. Deighton and Sons, Cambridge) [word count] [S10201].

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SCENE VII. Field of Battle between the Camps. Alarum. Drums and Trumpets. Enter Agrippa, and Others.

Agr.
Retire, we have engag'd ourselves too far:
Cæsar himself has work, and our oppression² ^note

Exceeds what we expected. [Exeunt. Alarum. Enter Antony and Scarus, wounded.

Scar.
O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed!
Had we done so at first, we had driven them home
With clouts about their heads.

Ant.
Thou bleed'st apace.

Scar.
I had a wound here that was like a T,
But now 'tis made an H.

Ant.
They do retire.

-- 353 --

Scar.
We'll beat 'em into bench-holes³ ^note; I have yet
Room for six scotches more. Enter Eros.

Eros.
They are beaten, sir; and our advantage serves
For a fair victory.

Scar.
Let us score their backs,
And snatch 'em up, as we take hares, behind;
'Tis sport to maul a runner.

Ant.
I will reward thee
Once for thy spritely comfort, and ten-fold
For thy good valour. Come thee on.

Scar.
I'll halt after. [Exeunt.
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