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Antony and Cleopatra - Act 4, scene 1
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Antony and Cleopatra - Act 4, scene 1Act 4, scene 1
⌜Scene 1⌝
Synopsis:
Caesar mocks Antony’s challenge to single combat and prepares for battle.
Enter Caesar, Agrippa, and Maecenas, with his army,Caesar reading a letter.
CAESAR
2393 He calls me “boy,” and chides as he had power
2394 To beat me out of Egypt. My messenger
2395 He hath whipped with rods, dares me to personal
2396 combat,
2397 5 Caesar to Antony. Let the old ruffian know
2398 I have many other ways to die; meantime
2399 Laugh at his challenge.
MAECENAS 2400 Caesar must think,
2401 When one so great begins to rage, he’s hunted
2402 10 Even to falling. Give him no breath, but now
2403 Make boot of his distraction. Never anger
2404 Made good guard for itself.
CAESAR 2405 Let our best heads
2406 Know that tomorrow the last of many battles
2407 15 We mean to fight. Within our files there are,
2408 Of those that served Mark Antony but late,
2409 Enough to fetch him in. See it done,
2410 And feast the army; we have store to do ’t,
2411 And they have earned the waste. Poor Antony.
They exit.