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SCENE II.
Antony enters, followed at a distance by some friends and soldiers.Ant.
Hark—the land bids me tread no more upon it—
It is ashamed to bear me!—O, mine eye
Will never look up to a human face,
With firmness any more.—Come hither, fellows!—
I am so lated in the world, that I
Have lost my way for ever—I have a ship
Laden with gold; take that, divide it—Fly—
And make your peace with Cæsar!
Friends.
Fly, my lord?
Not we.
Ant.
I fled myself; and have instructed cowards
To turn, and shew their shoulders—Leave me, friends!
Leave me—pray go!—for, indeed, I have lost command—
Therefore, I pray you!—
[They go out.
O, Cleopatra, thou hast cut me off
From fellowship, for ever!—
My very hairs do mutiny; for the white
Reprove the brown for rashness, and they them
For cowardice and dotage.—O, alone!
As haunts the wild Behemoth in the forest,
Secrete from every eye!—
Down, down, unpillar'd Antony!
Down with thy star-topt greatness!
[Falls.
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