Ant.
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 ^note a ship
Laden with gold; take that, divide it; fly,
And make your peace with Cæsar.

All. ^note
Fly! not we.

Ant.
I have ^note 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 ^note:
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
Reprove the brown for rashness, and they them
For fear and doting. Friends ^note, 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 ^note that be left
Which leaves itself ^note: to the ^note sea-side straightway: ^note
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 ^note lost command,
Therefore I pray you: I'll see you by and by. [Sits down. ^note Enter Cleopatra led by Charmian and Iras; Eros following. ^note

Eros.
Nay, gentle madam, to him, comfort him.

Iras.
Do, most dear queen.

Char.
Do! why, what else?

Cleo.
Let me sit down. O Juno! ^note

Ant.
No, no, no, no, no.

Eros.
See you here, sir?

Ant.
O fie, fie, fie!

Char.
Madam!

Iras.
Madam, O good empress!

Eros.
Sir, sir! ^note

Ant.
Yes, my lord, ^note yes; he at Philippi kept
His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck ^note

The lean and wrinkled Cassius; and 'twas I
That the mad ^note Brutus ended: he alone
Dealt on lieutenantry and no practice had
In the brave squares of war: yet now— ^noteNo matter. ^note

Cleo.
Ah ^note! stand by.

Eros.
The queen, my lord, the queen. ^note

Iras.
Go to him, madam, speak to him:
He is ^note unqualitied ^{note note} with very shame.

Cleo.
Well then, sustain me: O!

Eros.
Most noble sir, arise; the queen approaches:
Her head's declined, and death will seize ^note her, but
Your comfort makes ^note the rescue.

Ant.
I have offended reputation,
A most ^note unnoble swerving. ^note

Eros.
Sir, the queen. ^note

Ant.
O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt? See,
How I convey my shame out of thine eyes
By looking back what ^note I have ^note left behind
Stroy'd ^note in dishonour.

Cleo.
O my lord, my lord,
Forgive my fearful sails! I little thought
You would have follow'd ^note.

Ant.
Egypt, thou knew'st too well
My heart was to thy rudder tied by the strings ^note,
And thou shouldst tow ^note me after: o'er my spirit
Thy full ^note supremacy thou knew'st, and that
Thy beck might from the bidding of the gods

Command me.

Cleo.
O, my pardon!

Ant.
Now I must
To the young man send humble treaties ^note, dodge
And palter in the shifts of lowness; who
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 ^note all cause ^note.

Cleo.
Pardon ^note, pardon!

Ant.
Fall not a tear, I say; one of them rates
All that is won and lost: give me a kiss;
Even this repays me ^note. We sent our schoolmaster;
Is he ^note come back? Love, I am full of lead.
Some wine, within ^note there, and our viands! Fortune knows ^note
We scorn her most when most she offers blows. [Exeunt. ^note

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