Upper Cilicia Paphlagonia Of Cappadocia Pontus Palaestine Of rich Arabia and Galatia Our strength at Sea five hundred fighting ships Well rigg'd and mann'd our treasuries are full And twenty thousand talents to the warre Does Cleopatra freely contribute Why speak I more the Crown of all my strength our loves and spirits are The injuries On which we ground our just and lawfull warre Are briefly these Caesar unjustly holds Those Provinces and armies all that late Dio. Plutarch Belong'd to Pompey and to Lepidus Refusing to divide them or deliver The moity which appertains to me Though oft demanded by my friends at Rome And letters from my self besides he levies Both men and money ore all Italy Which country as you know by our agreement Belongs to both and should be held in common TI. Most true CA. These wrongs are past all sufferance Thy warre is but defensive to regain Thine own unjustly taken DOM. The warre 's just SOSS. And Caesar the beginner of these broyls From whom the wrong first sprung most justly may Be judg'd an enemy to the peace of Rome AN. If Fortune aid us in a cause so just And we return victorious noble Romans I make a vow and let it be recorded Within two moneths after the warre is ended Dio I will lay down the government I hold And freely then resigne my power again Unto the Senate and the people of Rome SOSS. Let it be six moneths rather for two moneths Dio. Will be too short a time to settle it DOM. Sossius speaks well my Lord ANT. Let it be so And all the Gods assist me as I mean A just and true performance CA. All the Gods Preserve Antonius father of his Country OMN. Author and Champion of our liberty Exeunt manent TITIUS PLANCUS TI. Let them believe that list for me I think The resignation of a power so great Will be a temperance too great for him Ere to expresse PLA. Or if he would he must Take leave of Cleopatra and her pride Will hardly grant him that TI. Nor will I fight To make her Mistris of the world and him Have you consider'd noble friend of what We lately spake PLA. And am resolved Marcus The friends and followers we shall bring with us Will make us welcome guests to Caesars side It seems the City favours Caesar much That both the Consuls fled from Rome for fear Nor is our action base the scorns and wrongs We have endur'd at Cleopatraes hands Plutarch Would tempt a moyle to fury and both sides Stand equall yet TI. Come let 's away t is time Dio. PLA. Egypt farewell TI. Farewell Antonius Exeunt SELEUCUS GLAUCUS SE. How suddenly the Scene is changed here From love and banquets to the rough alarms And threatning noise of warre GLA. The change Seleucus Is not so suddain as you speak this storm Has been expected long the two great Lords Of all the Roman world Antonius And Caesar have in heart been enemies These many yeers and every man has wonder'd 'T has been withheld so long considering How much complaining has been daily made By them their friends and factions 'gainst each other Whose cause is justest let the Gods determine SE. No other justice then ambition Makes them to draw their swords no other cause Then that the world cannot endure two Suns GLA. The thing that troubles me Seleucus is I hear it spoken in the Court the Queen Her self in person will associate Antonius to the warre SE. I hear that rumour But hope it is not true how nakedly And in what great confusion would this land Be left and what addition can her person Among so many Roman Legions Bring to Antonius GLA. Let us enquire The certainty I fain would be resolv'd SE. I necessity must know before The Queen can go that order may be taken About the Fort I keep what strength she means To leave within it in her absence GLA. True That reason will excuse thee for enquiring Exeunt CLEOPATRA CANIDIUS CLE. Noble Canidius I 'll entrust no more Nor use more circumstances for I know To whom I have referr'd my businesse And trust your wisdome CA. Royall Cleopatra I am so fortify'd with reasons now Plutarch That maugre Sossius and Domitius With all their best perswasions I 'll prevaile You shall not stay behinde fear it not Madam CLE, Brave Roman wear this jewell for my sake And be possest of Cleopatraes love Second my suit there lies not in my power A thing to grant I should deny Canidius CA. The favours Madam you can give have power T' oblige the greatest Monarchs of the World CLE. Be ready worthy friend he 'll straight be here Exit Can None but Canidius has the power to work Antonius in this action which the rest Will all oppose I know a thing on which My state my hopes and fortunes all depend He must perswade Antonius to take Me with him to the warre for if I stay Behinde him here I run a desperate hazard For should Octavia enterpose her self In this great warre as once before she did And make her brother and her husband friends Wher 's Cleopatra then but here he comes ANTONIUS CLEOPATRA AN. Sweet Cleopatra I should plead excuse For leaving thee awhile but that the cause Is of a nature so immense and high And brings effects of such advantage home That thou I know art pleas'd it should be so And with a patience canst resolve to bear So small an absence that my wish'd return May call thee mistris of the subject world CLE. Cannot Antonius then be fortunate If Cleopatra go Is there in me So bad an Omen did I think there were Not for the world would I desire to bear You company but rather die at home AN. Farre are my thoughts from giving entertainment To such fond dreams I would not venture thee CLE. My life and fortunes both depend on yours As much in Aegypt will my danger be As in your army and my torment more To die each houre for feare and to remain In sad suspence till messengers can bring The news so farre but if my company Distast my Lord I cannot wish his grief AN. Can Cleopatra think her heavenly presence Can be distastfull or not valued more Then all joys else parted from thee I think All places sad all lands disconsolate Before this life I prize thy company But must not have it now do not entreat I have deny'd it to my self already And in the Camp should be asham'd to rise From Cleopatraes arms when wars rough noise Shakes all the world when Kings and Senators Are venturing lives and fortunes in my service Oh stay behinde and let thy presence make Egypt a place to which I would desire Of Caesar's fortune conquer to retire CLE. If that should happen which the Gods avert What land alas could comfort me or lend A safe retreat to vanquish'd Antony Thou would'st disdain to draw a wretched breath And I as much should scorn captivity But I had thought