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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07330	The tragedie of Cleopatra Queen of Ægypt. By T.M. Acted 1626	May, Thomas, 1595-1650.	1639 (1639)	STC 17717; ESTC S112548	31,432	84

Lord Plutarch When those unhappy tydings came to her Of your defeat she straight shut up her self Within her tombe and dy'd AN. Oh Cleopatra Why have I lingred thus that thou a woman Should'st teach so old a souldier how to die Fortune I blame not thee I have enjoy'd What thou could'st give and on the envy'd top Of thy proud wheel have long unshaken stood Whom Kings have serv'd and Rome her self obey'd Whom all the Zones of earths diffused Globe That know inhabitants have known and fear'd Nor is my fall so much degenerate My strength no arms but Roman arms subdue Plutarch And none but Monarch of the world succeeds Glutted with life and Empire now I go Free and undaunted to the shades below Here Eros take this sword perform the promise Which thou hast made to kill me whensoere I should command make no reply in words ER. I will be true or die Stand fair your Eros Will be your Usher to th' Elizian fields Kils himself AN. What hast thou done unfaithfull faithfull Eros Dio. Plutarch Too kindly cruell falsly vertuous I 'll trust no more to be no more directed By such examples but we must be speedie The gates ere this time are set ope to Caesar Fair Cleopatra I am comming now To dwell with thee and ever to behold Thy heavenly figure where nor time nor death Shall make divorce of our eternall loves Thus thus I come to thee unfaithfull sword I never knew thee slow in giving death Till this sad houre some friendly hand lend aid And with another wound release my soule Enter MARDIO Where is my Lord Antonius Oh sad sight The Queen enclosed in her tombe desir'd To take her last leave of you AN. Is she living T is welcome news convey me quickly friends Plutarc Dio. Exeunt Oh quickly thither that I may expire That breath that 's left in Cleopatrae's arms AGRIPPA GALLUS EPAPHRODITUS PROCULEIUS Citizens AGR. Go you Epaphroditus and besiege The Palace to surprize Antonius You Proculeius and Cornelius Gallus Go presently to Cleopatraes tombe Wo her with all your art and eloquence With all assurances of Caesar's love To leave that place and yield her person to him Spare no attempts of force or policy To draw her thence for you the Citizens Of Alexandria cheer your fainting hearts I 'll mediate in your behalf to Caesar To spare the City CI. Thanks to the most noble And good Agrippa AGR. Heer he comes himself Enter CAESAR ARIUS TITIUS PLANCUS Cae. The palenesse of your fear declares your guilt But that though nere so great shall not exceed Our clemencie to let you know it was Your happinesse to be subdu'd by us Mercy shall rule our just severitie First for your founder Alexanders sake Plutarch Dio. Next for the love of reverent Arius Our Master heere whose goodnesse far out-weighs All your offences and rebellions CIT. Caesar in goodnesse as in greatnesse bears Equalitie with Jove Enter ACHOREUS ACHO. Hail mighty Caesar Cae. What 's he ARI. Achoreus Osiris Priest A good and holy man Cae. We dare believe thee And therfore welcom him ACHO. Please it great Caesar To give Achoreus leave to wait on him Into the ancient Temples of our Gods To shew th' Aegyptian rites and mysteries And all the Deities that we adore Cae. Most willingly Achoreus I would see Dio. Gods but not Oxen TI. He has blank'd the Priest Cae. I fain would see great Alexander's herse Sueton· The mansion once of so divine a soul A spirit greater then the world it self Whom the world fear'd but could not satisfie ACH. Within the vault of our Pyramides His bodie yet all whole may Caesar see And all the bodies of our Ptolomeys Cae. I 'd see Kings only not dead carcasses Sueton. Dio. But see Epaphroditus is return'd Enter EPAPHRODITUS LVCILIUS ARISTOCRATES Cae. Speak man where is Antonius EP. Slain my Lord Cae. How slain what hand durst do it EPA. His own hand Cae. That was our fear cruell Antonius Too cruell to thy self to Rome and me How white a day have all the people lost How great might Caesar's happinesse have been Had but the fates permitted me to lay These conquering arms aside and once again Embrace thee dear Antonius as a friend Thou worthy aider of my infant fortunes Plutarch Thou brave revenger of great Julius death Witnesse these tears though I were forc'd to warre Whilst thou preferring forreigne love before Caesar's alliance did'st reject my kindred And scorn my love I still could honour thee But since too cruell fate denies to me So great an happinesse as to expresse This love to thee alive let thy dear ghost Behold my Pietie and see the honours Caesar will do to thy sad funerall LU. Most royall Caesar-like dissimulation ARI. I hope how ere 't will serve our turns Lucilius Now is the fittest time Cae. What men are these EPAP. Two of Antonius truest servants Caesar Who bring a letter from their dying Lord Cae. Let me peruse it well it shall be granted Your lives and fortunes both are safe and since We ever lov'd fidelitie you shall If so you like be welcome to our service LU. 'T is our desire our lives and fortunes ever Shall do great Caesar true and faithfull service As they before did to Antonius Cae. Where did he die EPA. In Cleopatraes arms By her with ropes let up into the tombe After his deadly wound Cae. Is she there still Enter GALLUS Now I shall know speak Gallus what 's the news GAL. We came and call'd at Cleopatraes tombe Dio. Plutarch Who from above made answer and deny'd To yield herself but upon Caesar's word When I with best persuasions strove to winne her And held her talk awhile whilst Proculeius On tother side the tombe espy'd a place That open stood by which the Queen receiv'd Dying Antonius which he scaling enter'd Behinde the Queen but had he not been speedy She there had slain herself a maid of hers Spy'd Proculeius entring and aloud Cry'd out oh Queen thou art surpriz'd alive She drawing a short poniard was restrain'd By Proculeius who both held her hand And spake her fair at last obtain'd so much By strong persuasions of your clemencie He drew her thence and got her to the Palace Where now she is and Proculeius stays But her desire is still to speak with you Till when from us she will admit no comfort Cae. We will in person presently go see her Protect me Pallas 'gainst false Venus charms Exeunt CLEOPATRA in mourning Known mischiefs have their cure but doubts have none And better is despair then fruitlesse hope Mixt with a killing fear my thoughts are now More black and balefull then this sad attire If Caesar come I do not fear his chiding I have a certain Antidote 'gainst that 'T is not his anger but his love afflicts My doubting soul whether that love will prove Fained or true yet may straight appear He 's not so old nor I so ignorant But that his actions

honour a meer shadow Of Royall state and such a feeble Crown As warre could threaten treason undermine And every puffe of Fortune blow it off My state is constant now my thoughts above The fear of dangers or opposing foes MAR. What new addition has she got off state GLA. I cannot tell nor can I guesse her meaning CLE. Glaucus and Mardio leave the room a while Exeunt Glaucus and Mardio Come hither Girles I will no longer hide My joys from you in such attire as this I go to meet my dear Antonius CHAR. Madam he 's dead CLE. Alas thou art deceiv'd He lives my Charmio in the other world And stays for me I have been too too slack In comming to him this that here lies dead Was but the house that lodg'd my dearest Lord That earthly Mansion that did once contain The kindest noblest and the truest soule That ever liv'd and this our second meeting Is farre more sweet and full of noble love Then when we first met in Cilicia When our magnificence and pomp did fill The world with wonder and astonishment Why weep you girles is it to see your Mistris Greater then ere in Glory if you lov'd me You 'd weep to see great Cleopatra led A wretched captive through the streets of Rome Before proud Caesar's chariot mock'd and flowted And from a Queen become Octaviaes drudge No no my girles I will be still my self And from this seat of state look down in scorn On Rome and Caesar's threats as things below me EI. Nor heer shall my attendance leave you Madam I 'll wait upon you to th' Elisian shades CHAR. Nor will poor Charmio be left behinde CLE. My earthly race is run and I descend As great a ghost as Theban Semele When her ambitious love had sought and met The Thunderers embraces when no Pile Of earthly wood but Jove's celestiall fire Consum'd her beauties reliques and sent down Her soul from that Majestick funerall Farewell thou fading remnant of my Love When I am gone I 'll leave these earthly parts To keep thee company never to part But dwell together and dissolve together Come Aspe possesse thy mansion freely feed On these two hils upon whose snowy tops The winged Cupid oft has taken stand And shot from thence the proudest hearts on earth Corruption now and rottennesse must seize This once admired fabrick and dissolve This flesh to common elements again When skilfull nature were she strictly bound To search through all her store-house would be pos'd To tell which piece was Cleopatra once Sweet Aspe I feel thy touch and life begins From these cold limbs to take her gentle flight A slumber seizes me farewell my girles Thus let the Romans finde me dead and know Maugre the power of Rome and Caesar's spleen That Cleopatra liv'd and di'd a Queen CHAR. She 's dead and Eira too I heare a noise There is no dallying now I must be speedy And use the common and sure way to death She stabs her self Enter CaeSAR AGRIPPA TITIUS PLANCUS GALLUS EPAPHRODITUS PROCULEIUS Cae. We come too late and all in vain I fear Our care has been EPA. Here lies her servant bleeding Not dead speak Charmio how dy'd the Queen CHAR. A death that well beseem'd her royall birth 〈◊〉 AGR. See Caesar see the mark upon her brest And here the fatall authour Cae. 'T was the Aspe Be speedie now and use your utmost power Sueton. Dio. You skilfull Psyls call back this royall soul To her fair seat and take from Caesar's bounty Above your wish suck thou the wounded place And mutter thou thy strongest charms to fright Pale death from thence and you infernall Gods If ere to humane prayers you could lend An exorable eare 't is Caesar begs Caesar whose sword has sent to your black shades A hundred thousand souls and still has power T' enlarge your Empire begs in lieu of all But restitution of one soul alone TI. How royally she dy'd PLA. No conquer'd Prince Did ever finde a nobler way to death Had feeble Perseus known so brave a course He had redeem'd his captive life from shame And not depriv'd the Conquerour of fame Cae. Is there no hope PSY. She 's gone past all recoverie Cae. We will no longer strive 'gainst destiny Though thou art dead yet live renowm'd for ever And let this action speak thee to the world A fo not shaming Caesar's victory No other Crown or Scepter after thine Shall Aegypt honour thou shalt be the last Of all the raigning race of Ptolomey And all and more then what thy letter crav'd Will Caesar grant with dead Antonius In richer state then ere proud Memphis saw Sueton. Dio. Plutarch Her Kings inter'd shall Cleopatra lye Thy dying figure carv'd in fairest stone Shall my triumphant chariot wear for all To gaze and wonder at thy form and worth Aegypt no more a Kingdome now a Province Cornelius Gallus is thy government And here let Caesar sheath the civill sword Whose fatall edge these twenty years has ripp'd The bleeding entrails of afflicted Rome Heer let our labours end advance brave friends Our prosperous Eagles home to Italy To reap the fruit of all our wars and toils And fill great Rome with conquer'd Aegypts spoils FINIS The Speakers Antoniani Aegytii Caesarei Marcus Antonius Marcus Titius Munatius Plancus C. Canidius Crassus Caius Titius Domitius Lucilius Aristocrates Cleopatra Eira Charmio Achoreus Sossius Seleucus Glaucus Mardio Caesar Augustus Marcus Agrippa Cornelius Gallus Pinnarius Scarpus Euphroneus Proculeius Thyreus Epaphroditus The Scene AEGYPT