Scarus, with their Army.
Ant.
Their preparation is to day by sea,
We please them not by land.
Scar.
For both, my Lord.
Ant.
I would, they'd fight i'th' fire, or in the air,
We'd fight there too. But this it is; our foot
Upon the hills adjoining to the City
Shall stay with us. Order for sea is given;
They have put forth the haven: further on,
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Where their appointment we may best discover,
And look on their endeavour.
[Exeunt.
Enter Cæsar, and his Army.
Cæs.
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But being charg'd, we will be still by land,
Which, as I take't, we shall; for his best force
Is forth to man his Gallies. To the vales,
And hold our best advantage.
[Exeunt.
[Alarum afar off, as at a sea-fight.
Enter Antony and Scarus.
Ant.
Yet they are not join'd:
Where yond pine stands, I shall discover all,
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I'll bring thee word straight, how 'tis like to go.
[Exit.
Scar.
Swallows have built
In Cleopatra's fails their nests. The Augurs
Say, they know not—they cannot tell—look grimly,
And dare not speak their knowledge. Antony
Is valiant, and dejected; and by starts,
His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear
Of what he has, and has not.
[Exit.
Alexander Pope [1747], The works of Shakespear in eight volumes. The Genuine Text (collated with all the former Editions, and then corrected and emended) is here settled: Being restored from the Blunders of the first Editors, and the Interpolations of the two Last: with A Comment and Notes, Critical and Explanatory. By Mr. Pope and Mr. Warburton (Printed for J. and P. Knapton, [and] S. Birt [etc.], London) [word count] [S11301].
