TAURUS, lieutenant-general to Cæsar. CANIDIUS, lieutenant-general to Antony. SILIUS, an officer in Ventidius's army. EUPHRONIUS, an ambassador from Antony to Cæsar. ALEXAS, MARDIAN, SELEUCUS, and DIOMEDES; attendants on Cleopatra. A Soothsayer. A Clown. CLEOPATRA, queen of Egypt. OCTAVIA, sister to Caesar, and wife to Antony. IRAS, } attendants on Cleopatra. Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Attendants. SCENE, dispersed; in several parts of the Roman empire. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. ACT THE FIRST. SCENE I. Alexandria. A Room in Cleopatra's Palace. Enter DEMETRIUS and PHILO. Philo. NAY, but this dotage of our general's, Upon a tawny front: his captain's heart, Flourish. Enter ANTONY and CLEOPATRA, with their Trains; Eunuchs fanning her. Take but good note, and you shall see in him 1 Renounces. Cleo. If it be love indeed, tell me how much. Ant. There's beggary in the love that can be reckon❜d. Cleo. I'll set a bourn how far to be belov'd. Ant. Then must thou needs find out new heaven, new earth. Enter an Attendant. Att. News, my good lord, from Rome. Ant. Grates3 me: Cleo. Nay, hear them, Antony : The sum. Fulvia, perchance, is angry; Or, who knows Ant. Cleo. Perchance, How, my love! nay, and most like, Call in the messengers. As I am Egypt's queen, sengers. Ant. Let Rome in Tyber melt! and the wide arch Of the rang'd empire fall! Here is my space; [Embracing And such a twain can do 't, in which, I bind 2 Bound or limit. ✦ Subdue, conquer. 3 Offends. 5 Summons. |