Men. No slander, they steale hearts
En.o.b. We came hither to fight with you
Men. For my part, I am sorry it is turn"d to a Drinking.
Pompey doth this day laugh away his Fortune
En.o.b. If he do, sure he cannot weep"t backe againe
Men. Y"haue said Sir, we look"d not for Marke Anthony heere, pray you, is he married to Cleopatra?
En.o.b. Caesars Sister is call"d Octauia
Men. True Sir, she was the wife of Caius Marcellus
En.o.b. But she is now the wife of Marcus Anthonius
Men. Pray"ye sir
En.o.b. "Tis true
Men. Then is Caesar and he, for euer knit together
En.o.b. If I were bound to Diuine of this vnity, I wold not Prophesie so
Men. I thinke the policy of that purpose, made more in the Marriage, then the loue of the parties
En.o.b. I thinke so too. But you shall finde the band that seemes to tye their friendship together, will bee the very strangler of their Amity: Octauia is of a holy, cold, and still conuersation
Men. Who would not haue his wife so?
Eno. Not he that himselfe is not so: which is Marke Anthony: he will to his Egyptian dish againe: then shall the sighes of Octauia blow the fire vp in Caesar, and (as I said before) that which is the strength of their Amity, shall proue the immediate Author of their variance. Anthony will vse his affection where it is. Hee married but his occasion heere
Men. And thus it may be. Come Sir, will you aboord?
I haue a health for you
En.o.b. I shall take it sir: we haue vs"d our Throats in Egypt
Men. Come, let"s away.
Exeunt.
Musicke playes. Enter two or three Seruants with a Banket.
1 Heere they"l be man: some o" their Plants are ill rooted already, the least winde i"th" world wil blow them downe
2 Lepidus is high Coulord
1 They haue made him drinke Almes drinke
2 As they pinch one another by the disposition, hee cries out, no more; reconciles them to his entreatie, and himselfe to"th" drinke
1 But it raises the greater warre betweene him & his discretion
2 Why this it is to haue a name in great mens Fellowship: I had as liue haue a Reede that will doe me no seruice, as a Partizan I could not heaue
1 To be call"d into a huge Sphere, and not to be seene to moue in"t, are the holes where eyes should bee, which pittifully disaster the cheekes.
A Sennet sounded. Enter Caesar, Anthony, Pompey, Lepidus, Agrippa, Mecenas, En.o.barbus, Menes, with other Captaines.
Ant. Thus do they Sir: they take the flow o"th" Nyle By certaine scales i"th" Pyramid: they know By"th" height, the lownesse, or the meane: If dearth Or Foizon follow. The higher Nilus swels, The more it promises: as it ebbes, the Seedsman Vpon the slime and Ooze scatters his graine, And shortly comes to Haruest
Lep. Y"haue strange Serpents there?
Anth. I Lepidus
Lep. Your Serpent of Egypt, is bred now of your mud by the operation of your Sun: so is your Crocodile
Ant. They are so
Pom. Sit, and some Wine: A health to Lepidus
Lep. I am not so well as I should be: But Ile ne"re out
En.o.b. Not till you haue slept: I feare me you"l bee in till then
Lep. Nay certainly, I haue heard the Ptolomies Pyramisis are very goodly things: without contradiction I haue heard that
Menas. Pompey, a word
Pomp. Say in mine eare, what is"t
Men. Forsake thy seate I do beseech thee Captaine, And heare me speake a word
Pom. Forbeare me till anon.
Whispers in"s Eare.
This Wine for Lepidus
Lep. What manner o" thing is your Crocodile?
Ant. It is shap"d sir like it selfe, and it is as broad as it hath bredth; It is iust so high as it is, and mooues with it owne organs. It liues by that which nourisheth it, and the Elements once out of it, it Transmigrates
Lep. What colour is it of?
Ant. Of it owne colour too
Lep. "Tis a strange Serpent
Ant. "Tis so, and the teares of it are wet
Caes Will this description satisfie him?
Ant. With the Health that Pompey giues him, else he is a very Epicure