Men. I think, the policy of that purpose made more in the marriage, than the love of the parties. Eno. I think so too. But you shall find, the band that seems to tie their friendship together, will be the very strangler of their amity: Octavia is of a holy, cold, and still conversation.8 Men. Who would not have his wife so? Eno. Not he, that himself is not so; which is Mark Antony. He will to his Egyptian dish again : then shall the sighs of Octavia blow the fire up in Cæsar; and, as I said before, that which is the strength of their amity, shall prove the immediate author of their variance. Antony will use his affection where it is; he married but his occasion here. Men. And thus it may be. Come, sir, will aboard? I have a health for you. you Eno. I shall take it, sir: we have used our throats in Egypt. Men. Come; let's away. SCENE VII. [Exeunt. On Board Pompey's Galley, lying near Misenum. Musick. Enter Two or Three Servants, with a Banquet.9 1 Serv. Here they'll be, man: Some o' their plants' are ill-rooted already, the least wind i' the world will blow them down. 2 Serv. Lepidus is high-coloured. 1 Serv. They have made him drink alms-drink. 2 Serv. As they pinch one another by the disposition, he cries out, no more; reconciles them to his entreaty, and himself to the drink. 1 Serv. But it raises the greater war between him and his discretion. 2 Serv. Why, this it is to have a name in great men's fellowship: I had as lief have a reed that will do me no service, as a partizan I could not heave. 1 Serv. To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen to move in't, are the holes where eyes should be, which pitifully disaster the cheeks. A Sennet sounded. Enter CESAR, ANTONY, POMPEY, LEPIDUS, AGRIPPA, MECENAS, ENOBARBUS, MENAS, with other Captains. Ant. Thus do they, sir: [To CÆSAR.] They take By certain scales i' the pyramid; they know, The more it promises: as it ebbs, the seedsman And shortly comes to harvest. Lep. You have strange serpents there. Ant. Ay, Lepidus. Lep. Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun: so is your Ant. They are so. crocodile, Pom. Sit, and some wine.-A health to Lepidus. out. 2 Pike. 3 Middle. 4 Plenty. Eno. Not till you have slept; I fear me, you'll be in, till then. Lep. Nay, certainly, I have heard, the Ptolemies' pyramises are very goodly things; without contradiction, I have heard that. Men. Pompey, a word. Pom. [Aside. Say in mine ear: What is't? Men. Forsake thy seat, I do beseech thee, captain, And hear me speak a word. Pom. This wine for Lepidus. [Aside. Forbear me till anon. Lep. What manner o'thing is your crocodile ? Ant. It is shaped, sir, like itself; and it is as broad as it hath breadth: it is just so high as it is, and moves with its own organs: it lives by that which nourisheth it; and the elements once out of it, it transmigrates. Lep. What colour is it of? Ant. Of its own colour too. Lep. 'Tis a strange serpent. Ant. "Tis so. And the tears of it are wet. Ant. With the health that Pompey gives him, else he is a very epicure. Pom. [To MEN AS aside.] Go, hang, sir, hang! Tell me of that? away! Do as I bid you.-Where's this cup I call'd for? Men. If for the sake of merit thou wilt hear me, Rise from thy stool. Pom. [Aside. I think, thou'rt mad. The matter? [Rises, and walks aside. 5 Pyramids. Men. I have ever held my cap off to thy fortunes. Pom. Thou hast serv'd me with much faith: What's else to say? Be jolly, lords. Ant. These quick-sands, Lepidus, Keep off them, for you sink. Men. Wilt thou be lord of all the world? Pom. What say'st thou ! Men. Wilt thou be lord of the whole world? That's twice. Pom. How should that be? Men. But entertain it, and, Although thou think me poor, I am the man Will give thee all the world. Pom. Hast thou drunk well? Men. No, Pompey, I have kept me from the cup. Thou art, if thou dar'st be, the earthly Jove: Whate'er the ocean pales, or sky inclips,7 Is thine, if thou wilt have 't. Show me which way. Pom. Men. These three world-sharers, these competitors, Are in thy vessel: Let me cut the cable; And, when we are put off, fall to their throats: All there is thine. Pom. Ah, this thou should'st have done, And not have spoke on't! In me, 'tis villainy; In thee, it had been good service. Thou must know, "Tis not my profit that does lead mine honour; Mine honour, it. Repent, that e'er thy tongue Hath so betray'd thine act: Being done unknown, I should have found it afterwards well done; • Encompasses. 7 Embraces. 8 Confederates. [Aside. But must condemn it now. Desist, and drink. Men. For this, I'll never follow thy pall'd9 fortunes more.- Shall never find it more. Pom. This health to Lepidus. Ant. Bear him ashore.-I'll pledge it for him, The third part of the world, man; - See'st not? Men. The third part then is drunk: 'Would it were all, That it might go on wheels! Eno. Drink thou; increase the reels. Men. Come. Pom. This is not yet an Alexandrian feast. Ant. It ripens towards it.-Strike the vessels,' ho! Here is to Cæsar. Cœs. I could well forbear it. It's monstrous labour, when I wash my brain, And it grows fouler. Ant. Be a child o'the time. Caes. Possess it, I'll make answer; but I had rather fast ⚫ Cloyed. Kettle-drums. 2 Understand. |