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The Cambridge Shakespeare Volume 9 William Shakespeare E dited by William George C l ark and William Aldis Wright
C A m b R I D G E U N I V E R SI t y P R E S S Cambridge, New york, melbourne, madrid, Cape town, Singapore, São Paolo, Delhi, Dubai, tokyo Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New york www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781108000864 © in this compilation Cambridge University Press 2009 This edition first published 1866 This digitally printed version 2009 ISbN 978-1-108-00086-4 Paperback This book reproduces the text of the original edition. The content and language reflect the beliefs, practices and terminology of their time, and have not been updated. Cambridge University Press wishes to make clear that the book, unless originally published by Cambridge, is not being republished by, in association or collaboration with, or with the endorsement or approval of, the original publisher or its successors in title.
THE
WORKS
OF
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
THE
WORKS OF
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE EDITED BY
WILLIAM GEORGE CLARK, M.A. FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PUBLIC ORATOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
AND WILLIAM ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A. LIBRARIAN OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
VOLUME IX.
Uontion anb Okmbrfoge: MACMILLAN AND CO. 1866.
CONTENTS.
PAGB
T H E Preface
vii
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
3
Notes to Antony and Cleopatra
-
155
CYMBELINE
161
Notes to Cymbeline Jr E R I C L E O
•
•
303 •
f
*
•
Notes to Pericles
•
•
•
•
•
3 * *
425
POEMS. VENUS AND ADONTS
437
T H E RAPE OF LUCRECE
485
SONNETS
551
NOTES TO SONNETS
631
A LOVER'S COMPLAINT
635
NOTE TO A LOVER'S COMPLAINT
648
T H E PASSIONATE PILGRIM
651
NOTES TO THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM
668
T H E PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE
670
PREFACE.
1.
T H E TRAGEDIE OF ANTHONIE, AND CLEOPATRA,
was printed for the first time in the Folio of 1623. An adaptation of the play for the stage, published by Capell in 1758, is quoted in our notes as 'Capell's Version/ 2. T H E TRAGEDIE OF CYMBELINE, which likewise first appeared in the Folio of 1623, is the last play in that volume. The edition of l Garrick's Version/ quoted in our notes, was published in 1762. 3. PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE, was first published, in Quarto, in the year 1609, with the following title-page: [ And much admired Play, | Called | Pericles, Prince | of Tyre. | With the true Relation of the whole Historie, | aduentures, and fortunes of the said Prince: | As also, | The no lesse strange, and worthy accidents, | in the Birth and Life, of his Daughter | MARIANA. | As it hath been diuers and sundry times a6led by | his Maiesties Seruants, at the Globe on | the Banck-side. | By William Shakespeare. | Imprinted at London for Henry Gosson, and are | to be sold at the signe of the Sunne in j Pater-noster row, &c. | 1609. THE
LATE,
Another edition was issued in the same year. As the title-pages are absolutely identical, it has hitherto been supposed that there was but one edition, and that the discrepancies between the copies were due to printers' corrections made while the sheets were passing through the press. A careful examination of the different copies has however convinced us that there were two distin6l editions, and certain minute indications have enabled us to decide which of the two was the earlier. This we call QT. The
viii
PREFA CE.
second we term Q2. We have consulted three copies of Q t ; which are found in the Bodleian, the Capell Collection, and the British Museum. The last is marked in the catalogue C. 12. h. 5. Of Q2 we have collated two copies, one in the Duke of Devonshire's library and one in the British Museum, marked C. 34. k. 36. Another copy of Pericles 1609, is in the Public Library at Hamburg. From a sample of the various readings given in a note by M. Tycho Mommsen, in the preface to his reprint of Wilkins' Novel, we recognize it as a copy of Q2. Besides these, we know of no other copies of the two editions of 1609. There is also in the British Museum (C. 34. k. 37) a unique copy of an edition in Quarto dated 1611, which formerly belonged to Mr Halliwell. The title-page is as fallows: J And much admired Play, | Called | Pericles, Prince | of Tyre. | With the true Relation of the whole History, | aduentures, and fortunes of the sayd Prince: | As also, | The no lesse strange, and worthy accidents, | in the Birth and Life, of his Daughter | MARIANA. | As it hath beene diuers and sundry times acted by | his Maiestyes Seruants, at the Globe on the Banck-side. | By William Shakespeare. | Printed at London by S. S. I 1611. THE LATE,
This we call O3. It is printed from a copy of the second Quarto. Two leaves containing part of the second Act are wanting. It is so extremely ill printed, especially in the latter part, that it is in many cases impossible to determine with certainty the punctuation and even the reading. The Quarto of 1619, our Q4, of which there are two copies in the British Museum and one in the Capell Collection, has the following title-page : | And much admired Play, | CALLED, | Pericles, Prince of | Tyre. | With the true Relation of the whole Hi-1 story, aduentures, and fortunes of | the saide Prince. | Written by w. SIIAKESPEARE. | Printed for T. P. 1619. THE LATE,
PREFA CE.
ix
The signatures of this edition are a continuation of those of 'The Whole Contention &c./ published without date but by the same publisher, shewing that the two plays originally formed part of the same volume. See Vol. V. of the present work, Pref. pp. ix. x. The edition of 1619 seems to have been printed from that of 1611. With the average number of misprints, it presents many corre6lions of the text, sometimes certain and generally happy, but all probably conje6lural. There was also an edition in Quarto of 1630, which we term O s . Two copies of this are found in the British Museum (C. 34. k 39, and C. 34. k. 40), which differ in the imprint but are in other respe Since my becomings kill me when they do not Eye well to you. Your honour calls you hence; Therefore be deaf to my unpitied folly, And all the gods go with you ! Upon your sword Sit laurel viftory ! and smooth success 100 Be strew'd before your feet ! A?it. Let us go. Come; Our separation so abides and flies, That thou residing here go'st yet with me, And I hence fleeting here remain with thee. \Exeunt. 105 Away!
SCENE
IV. Rome. Ccesars house.
Enter OCTAVIUS C^SAR, reading a letter, LEPTDUS, and their Train.
Cces. You may see, Lepidus, and henceforth know, It is not Caesar's natural vice to hate Our great competitor: from Alexandria This is the news: he fishes, drinks and wastes The lamps of night in revel: is not more manlike Than Cleopatra, nor the queen of Ptolemy More womanly than he : hardly gave audience, or 99. Upon] On Pope. 100. laurel] Lawrell F\. LawrelPd 101. 102. Come .flies,] Divided as by Pope. One line in Ff. 103. residing] reciding F r go'st] goest F 2 F 3 F 4 . goes F r SCENE IV.] Capell. SCENE TI. Rowe. SCENE V. Pope. Rome. Caesar's house.] Rome. Rowe. Caesar's Palace in Rome. Theobald. Octavius Caesar] Octavius Ff. 2.
3. Our] Singer (Heath and Johnson conj.). One Ff. ^ Hanmer. 5. revel] revell F r rev ells F , F 3 F4. manlike] manly Rowe (ed. 2). 6. Ptolemy] Theobald. Ptolomy Ff. 7 —10. More.. .follow. ] Arranged as by Capell. The lines end audience ... You.. .faults,.. follow in Ff. Pope ends them audience, .partners abstract...folloiv. Johnson ends them he...think...man,... fellow.
vice] voice F 4 . C
5
20
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
[ACT
i.
Vouchsafed to think he had partners: you shall find there A man who is the abstra6l of all faults That all men follow. Lep. I must not think there are Evils enow to darken all his goodness: His faults in him seem as the spots of heaven, More fiery by night's blackness, hereditary Rather than purchased, wrhat he cannot change Than what he chooses. Cces. You are too indulgent. Let us grant it is not Amiss to tumble on the bed of Ptolemy, To give a kingdom for a mirth, to sit And keep the turn of tippling with a slave, To reel the streets at noon and stand the buffet With knaves that smell of sweat: say this becomes him,— As his composure must be rare indeed Whom these things cannot blemish,—yet must Antony No way excuse his soils, when we do bear So great weight in his lightness. If he fill'd His vacancy with his voluptuousness, Full surfeits and the dryness of his bones Call on him for 't: but to confound such time That drums him from his sport and speaks as loud
8. J\)uchsafed] Vouchsafed John13. blackness, ] black ; S e ymour son, vouchsafe F r did vouchsafe F 2 conj. F3F4 and Pope. 15. Than] F 4 . Then F I F 2 F 3 . to~\ om. Steevens conj. 16. You are] You're Pope. he had] that tt had Pope it is] 'tis S. Walker conj., read8. 9. there is] In him a man ing You...amiss as one line. Seymour conj., ending lines 7, 8 aunot] F x . om. F 2 F 3 F 4 . dience. ..find. 17. Ptolemy] F 3 . Ptolomv F F 9. abstract] F 2 F 3 F 4 . abstracts Fx. t4. 10. That] om. Pope. 21. smell] smels F I # 10, 11. there arc.. .goodness:] As in 22. As] And Johnson conj. Capell. ()ne line in Ff. 24. soils'] Malone, foyles F F 10. there are] There are, FjF 2 F3. foyls F 3 F 4 . fails Steevens conj. (with, There arc F 4 . They re Pope. drawn), foibles Collier conj. j 1. eiunv\ enough Rowe. 28. Call] Fall Singer ed o /r 12, 13. of heaven ^ A/ore fiery] of Her MS.). ermine, Or fires Hanmer.
TO
15
20
25
SCENE
iv.]
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
As his own state and ours, 'tis to be chid As we rate boys, who, being mature in knowledge, Pawn their experience to their present pleasure, And so rebel to judgement. Enter a Messenger.
Lep. Here's more news. Mess. Thy biddings have been done; and every hour, Most noble Caesar, shalt thou have report How 'tis abroad. Pompey is strong at sea; And it appears he is beloved of those That only have fear'd Caesar: to the ports The discontents repair, and men's reports Give him much wrong'd. Cces. I should have known no less: It hath been taught us from the primal state, That he which is was wish'd until he were; And the ebb'd man, ne'er loved till ne'er worth love, Comes dear'd by being lack'd. This common body, Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream, Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide, To rot itself with motion. Mess. Caesar, I bring thee word, Menecrates and Menas, famous pirates, Make the sea serve them, which they ear and wound With keels of every kind: many hot inroads They make in Italy; the borders maritime 30. chid] Capell. chid, Hanmer. chid: Ff. 31. rate] rare F 4 . being mattere] immature Hanmer. being immature Keightley. 38. ports] fleets Collier MS. 43. And.. Jove,] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff. ne'er worth] not worth Rann (Malone conj.). 44. dear'd] Theobald (Warburton). fear'd Ff. dear Keightley. lov'd Collier (Collier MS.). This] The Hanmer.
45. to] om. Rann. 46. lackeying] lacqicying Theobald (Anon.MS.). lackingYi. lashingPope. backing Southern MS. lackeying the varying] the lashing varying Becket conj. varying] F3F4. varrying F T 47. pell. 48. 49.
[Enter another Messenger. CaMenecrates] F4.
Menacrates
Make] F 4 . Makes Fj ear] tear Grey conj.
35
40
45
O 1
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
[ACT I.
Lack blood to think on't, and flush youth revolt: No vessel can peep forth, but 'tis as soon Taken as seen; for Pompey's name strikes more Than could his war resisted. Cess. Antony, Leave thy lascivious wassails. When thou once Wast beaten from Modena, where thou slew'st Hirtius and Pansa, consuls, at thy heel Did famine follow; whom thou fought'st against, Though daintily brought up, with patience more Than savages could suffer: thou didst drink The stale of horses and the gilded puddle Which beasts would cough at: thy palate then did deign The roughest berry on the rudest hedge; Yea, like the stag, when snow the pasture sheets, The barks of trees thou browsedst. On the Alps It is reported thou didst eat strange flesh, Which some did die to look on: and all this— It wounds thine honour that I speak it now— Was borne so like a soldier that thy cheek So much as lank'd not. Lep. 'Tis pity of him. Cees. Let his shames quickly Drive him to Rome: 'tis time we twain Did show ourselves i' the field; and to that end Assemble we immediate council: Pompey 52. flush youth revolt] Fz. flesh youth revolt F 2 . flesh youth to revolt 56. wassails'] Pope, vassailcs F T F 2 . vassails F 3 . vassals F4. 57. Wast] Steevens (1778). Was Vz. Wert F2F3F4. ]Vast...Modeua] From Mudnet wert beaten Hanmer. Modena] Johnson. Medena Ff. Mutina Rowe. 58. Hirtius] Hirsius F , . Pansa] Pansa F z . 59. whom] which Hanmer. 63. deign] daineF jF' 2 . dam F 3 F 4 .
66. browsedsf]F2F3F4. brcnvs'dF^ 71. as] FTF2. as/F3F4. lank'd] tanked Anon. conj. 1 * Tis] It is Hanmer. Av, 'tis Anon. conj. 73. Rome] Rome disgraced Malone conj. 'tis time] time is it that Pope. 'tis time indeed Steevens conj. Lepidus, 'tis time Anon. conj. 75. we] me F r immediate] F ^ . immediately F 3 . immediatly F 4 . council] Rowe. counsel/ F F . councel F3F4.
55
60
6K
o
75
SCENE
iv.] ANTONY
AND CLEOPA TRA.
Thrives in our idleness. Lep. To-morrow, Caesar, I shall be furnish'd to inform you rightly Both what by sea and land I can be able To front this present time. Cces. Till which encounter, It is my business too. Farewell. 80 Lep. Farewell, my lord: what you shall know meantime Of stirs abroad, I shall beseech you, sir, To let me be partaker. Cces. Doubt not, sir; I knew it for my bond. [Exeunt.
SCENE
Enter
V. Alexandria.
Cleopatra's palace.
CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, IRAS,
and MARDIAN.
Cleo. Charmian! Char. Madam? Cleo. Ha, ha ! Give me to drink mandragora. Char. Why, madam? 78. Both what] With what, both Keightley. With what Anon. conj. be able] assemble Anon. conj. 79. front] * front Cap ell. 79, 80. Till...Farewell.} Divided as by Pope. One line in Ff. 80. Farewell.] om. Hanmer. 81 —83. Farewell,.. .partaker.] Divided as in Ff. Pope ends the lines lord,.. .abroad,.. .partaker. 82, 83. you, sir, To let] you, let Pope. 83. partaker]partaker of Keightley. 83, 84. Doubt...bond.] Divided as by Capell. One line in Ff. 83. Doubt] Doubt it Theobald. sir;] om. Pope. 84. knew] know Dyce, ed. 2 (S. Walker conj.).
bond.] bond. Farewel. Pope, reading Doubt...Farewel as one line. Theobald puts Farezuel in a separate line. SCENE V . ] Capell. SCENE H I . Rowe. SCENE VI. Pope. Alexandria. Cleopatra's palace.] Alexandria. Rowe. The Palace in Alexandria. Theobald. Enter J Ff. Enter Cleopatra, supporting herself on Iras ; Charmian, and Mardian, following. Capell. 1. Charmian!] Charmian. Ff. Charmian,— Theobald. 3,4. Ha, ha!...mandragora.] As in Steevens (1793). One line in Ff. 4. 77iandragora] F r mandragoras 3 r 4'
24
[ACT I.
ANTONY AND CLEOPA TRA.
Cleo. That I might sleep out this great gap of time My Antony is away. Char. You think of him too much. Cleo. 0 , 'tis treason! Char. Madam, I trust, not so. Cleo. Thou, eunuch Mardian ! Mar. What's your highness' pleasure? Cleo. Not now to hear thee sing; I take no pleasure In aught an eunuch has: 'tis well for thee, That, being unseminar'd, thy freer thoughts May not fly forth of Egypt. Hast thou affe6lions ? Mar. Yes, gracious madam. Cleo. Indeed ! Mar. Not in deed, madam; for I can do nothing But what indeed is honest to be done: Yet have I fierce affe'] Verse first in Pope. Pros- m Ff.
5
10
SCENE
v.]
ANTONY
AND CLEOPA TEA.
You wager'd on your angling; when your diver Did hang a salt-fish on his hook, which he With fervency drew up. Cleo. That time—O times !— I laugh'd him out of patience, and that night I laugh'd him into patience: and next morn, Ere the ninth hour, I drunk him to his bed; Then put my tires and mantles on him, whilst I wore his sword Philippan.
45
2O
Enter a Messenger.
O, from Italy! Ram thou thy fruitful tidings in mine ears, That long time have been barren. Mess. Madam, madam,— Cleo. Antonius dead! If thou say so, villain, Thou kill'st thy mistress: but well and free, If thou so yield him, there is gold, and here My bluest veins to kiss: a hand that kings 30 Have lipp'd, and trembled kissing. Mess. First, madam, he is well. Cleo. Why, there's more gold. But, sirrah, mark, we use To say the dead are well: bring it to that, The gold I give thee will I melt and pour 35 Down thy ill-uttering throat. 18. time—O times!—] Delius (from Collier), time!—Oh times!— Rowe. time? Oh times: Ff. 23. Philippaii\ In italics in F 3 F 4 . Phillippan (in roman) F Z F 2 . Philippine Hanmer. Philippin Johnson. Philippian Collier. Enter...] As in Collier. After Italie, in Ff." Italy!] Italie, F T F 2 . Italie F 3 . Italie. F 4 . Italy?— Delius. 24. Ram~\ Rain Hanmer. Cram Delius conj. 25. madam,—\ Capell. madam!— Rowe. madam. Ff. 26—28. Antonius...here] Divided
as by Dyce. Four lines, ending dead, ...Mistris:...him...heere, in Ff. Four lines, ending dead?... mistress:.. .free, ...here, in Pope. Three, ending so,... free,...here, in Capell. 26. Antonius] Delius. Anthony d1 s F x . Anthony's F 2 F 3 F 4 . say] do say S. Walker conj. villain] thou villain Anon. conj. 27. but well and free,] But well; and free: Anon, apud Rann conj. 28. him, there] Pope (ed. 2). him. There Ff. 31, 32. Why,...use] Divided as in Ff. One line in Rowe. 33. it]Tz.
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
[ACT IL
Mess. Good madam, hear me. Cleo. Well, go to, I will ; But there's no goodness in thy face: if Antony Be free and healthful,—so tart a favour To trumpet such good tidings! If not well, 40 Thou shouldst come like a Fury crown'd with snakes, Not like a formal man. Mess. Will't please you hear me ? Cleo. I have a mind to strike thee ere thou speak'st : Yet, if thou say Antony lives, is well, Or friends with Caesar, or not captive to him, I'll set thee in a shower of gold, and hail 45 Rich pearls upon thee. Mess. Madam, he's well. Cleo. Well said. Mess. And friends with Caesar. Cleo. Thou'rt an honest man. Mess. Caesar and he are greater friends than ever. Cleo. Make thee a fortune from me. Mess. But yet, madam,— Cleo. I do not like ' But yet/ it does allay 50 The good precedence; fie upon ' But yet'! 1 But yet' is as a gaoler to bring forth Some monstrous malefa6lor. Prithee, friend, Pour out the pack of matter to mine ear, The good and bad together: he's friends with C^sar, 55 In state of health, thou say'st, and thou say'st, free. Mess. Free, madam! no; I made no such report: 36. to] too F r 4 4 . captive] F z . captaine F 2 . cap37. face: if] face. If Rowe. face tain F 3 F 4 . / / F T . face, if F 2 F 3 F 4 . 47. Thou'rt] TV art Ff. 38. heathfuly—so] healthfull; so 49- Make]Y1% MarkeF2. Mark Ff. healthful; why so Rowe. health- F3F4. fitly needs so Malone. healthful^ hast fortune] Forune F . too Nicholson conj. [Gives again. Nicholson conj favour]favour suits not Keightmadam,—] madam— R 0 W e. ley. madam. Ff. 39. trumpet] usher Mason conj. 51. precedence] precedent Hanmer 41. WUrt] Rowe (ed. 2). WiltYL 5 4 . the pack] thy pack Hanmer 43. is] Capell (Tyrwhitt conj.). V/j 5 7. made report] made.. p] .. .sport Row e. have made.. .sport Pope. Ff.
SCENE
v.]
ANTONY
AND CLEOPA TRA.
He's bound unto 06lavia. Cleo. For what good turn ? Mess. For the best turn i' the bed. Cleo. I am pale, Charmian. Mess. Madam, he's married to O6tavia. Cleo. The most infectious pestilence upon thee ! [Strikes him down. Mess. Good madam, patience. Cleo. What say you ? Hence, [Strikes him again. Horrible villain ! or I'll spurn thine eyes Like balls before me ; I'll unhair thy head : [She hales him up and down. Thou shalt be whipp'd with wire, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingering pickle. Mess. Gracious madam, I that do bring the news made not the match. Cleo. Say 'tis not so, a province I will give thee And make thy fortunes proud : the blow thou hadst Shall make thy peace for moving me to rage, And I will boot thee with what gift beside Thy modesty can beg. Mess. He's married, madam. Cleo. Rogue, thou hast lived too long. [Draws a knife. Mess. Nay, then I'll run. [Exit. What mean you, madam ? I have made no fault. Char. Good madam, keep yourself within yourself: The man is innocent. Cleo. Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt. Melt Egypt into Nile! and kindly creatures Turn all to serpents ! Call the slave again: Though I am mad, I will not bite him: call. Char. H e is afeard to come. 62. patience] have but patience 73. [Draws a knife.] Draw a knife. Hanmer. Ff. Draws a dagger. Rowe. 62, 63. Hence eyes] Divided as 76, 77. The man...innocents] One by Capell. One line in Ff. line, S. Walker conj. 62. [Strikes him again.] Striking 78. kindly] F r kindled F 2 F 3 F 4 . him again. Capell. Strikes him. Ff. 81. afeard] Ff. afraid Tope.
47
60
65
yo
75
80
4-3
ANTONY
AND
CLEOPA
TRA.
[ACT II.
Cleo.
I will not hurt him. \Exit Charmian. These hands do lack nobility, that they strike A meaner than myself; since I myself Have given myself the cause. Re-enter
CHARMIAN
and Messenger.
Come hither, sir. 8 5 Though it be honest, it is never good To bring bad news: give to a gracious message An host of tongues, but let ill tidings tell Themselves when they be felt. Mess. I have done my duty. Cleo. Is he married ? I cannot hate thee worser than I do, 9° If thou again say ' Yes/ Mess. He's married, madam. Cleo. The gods confound thee! dost thou hold there still ? Mess. Should I lie, madam ? Cleo. O, I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged and made A cistern for scaled snakes ! Go, get thee hence : 95 Hadst thou Narcissus in thy face, to me Thou wouldst appear most ugly. He is married ? Mess. I crave your highness' pardon. Clco. H e is married ? Mess. T a k e no offence t h a t I would n o t offend y o u : T o punish m e for what y o u m a k e m e do IOO Seems much u n e q u a l : he's married t o 06lavia. Cleo. O, t h a t his fault should m a k e a k n a v e of thee
81. [Exit Charmian.] Dyce. om. . 84. Re-enter ] Dyce. Enters the Messenger againe. Ff (after sir). 87
' 88.
'7/]//F2Themselves] Tstemrelves F 2 . done] but done Capell.
92. The.. Mill?} One line in Rowe. Two in Ff. 96. face, to vie] F 2 F 3 F 4 . face to me, F I # 9 7 , 9 8 . married?] Ff. Pope. 99. that] for Pope.
tnarried.
SCENE
v.]
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That art not what thou'rt sure of! Get thee hence: The merchandise which thou hast brought from Rome Are all too dear for me: lie they upon thy hand, [Exit Messenger. And be undone by 'em ! Char. Good your highness, patience. Cleo. In praising Antony, I have dispraised Csesar. Char. Many times, madam. Clco. I am paid for't now. Lead me from hence ; I faint: O Iras, Charmian! 'tis no matter. Go to the fellow, good Alexas; bid him Report the feature of 06lavia, her years, Her inclination; let him not leave out The colour of her hair: bring me word quickly. [Exit A lexas. Let him for ever go: let him not—Charmian, Though he be painted one way like a Gorgon, The other way's a Mars. [To Mardian~\ Bid you Alexas Bring me word how tall she is. Pity me, Charmian, But do not speak to me. Lead me to my chamber. [Exeunt. T03. That.. .of!] That ai't not what 106. [Exit Messenger.] Rowe. om. Hi art sure of. F r That art not what Ff. thou art sure of. F 2 F 3 F 4 . That say'st T07. praising] prayingF2. 108, 109. I am hence;] As in but what thouWt stcre of Hanmer. That art—not what?—Thou'rt sure Capell. One line in Ff. on't.—Johnson conj. That art not , 108. / am] Pm S. Walker conj., ending lines 108—112 at madam... what thou'rt sore of Malone conj. That art not!—What? thou'rt sure faint:... Go... report.. .yea rs. for't] for it Pope. oft!— Steevens, 1793 (Mason conj.). 111. to the] To th' S. Walker conj, That thwart not of Becket conj. Alexas; bid] Alexas, b'ui That art not!—What? thou'rt sure F 3 F 4 . Alexas bid F I F 3 . of— Singer (ed. 1). That art not! 114. [Exit Alexas.] Capell. on>.FfT What! thou rt sure of!— Collier (ed. 115. go: let him not—] go—let 1). Thou art not?—What? Thou'rt sure oft. Mitford conj. That art but what him not Rowe. go—let him not— thou'rt sure of. Grant White. That iuot Johnson, go, let him not Ff. go;— let him—110— Tyjwhitt conj. not what thou'rt sure of. Jervis conj, 117. ways] F 4 . wayes F J F ? F 3 , 104. merchandise which] merchanway he's Hanmer, dises which F 4 . merchandises Pope. [To Mardian] Capell, om. Ff, 105, 106. Are..? em!] Divided as 118. Bring me] Bring Pope. by Capell. The first line ends at me; 119. do not speak] speak not Pope. in Ff. VOL. IX.
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Near Misenum.
Flourish. Enter POMPEY and MESAS from one side, with drum and trumpet: at another, CESAR, ANTONY, LEPIDUS, ENOBARBUS, MAECENAS, with Soldiers
marching.
Pom. Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before we fight. Cces. Most meet That first we come to words; and therefore have we Our written purposes before us sent; Which, if thou hast consider'd, let us know If 'twill tie up thy discontented sword And carry back to Sicily much tall youth That else must perish here. Pom. To you all three, The senators alone of this great world, Chief fa6lors for the gods, I do not know Wherefore my father should revengers want, Having a son and friends; since Julius Caesar, Who at Philippi the good Brutus ghosted, There saw you labouring for him. What was't That moved pale Cassius to conspire, and what Made the all-honour'd honest Roman, Brutus, With the arm'd rest, courtiers of beauteous freedom, To drench the Capitol, but that they would
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Near Misenum.] The Coast of Italy near Misenum. Rowe. Flourish.] F x . om. F 2 F 3 F 4 . Enter ] Enter Pompey, at one doore with Drum and Trumpet: at another Caesar, Lepidus, Anthony, Enobarbus, Mecenas, Agrippa, Menas with Souldiers Marching. Ff. a, 3- ^ - • • • ^ Divided as by Rowe. The first ends words m Ff.
7, 35, 45. Sicily] Cicelie F x . 8. must] much F . I] gods,-I Theobald I O . gods, Gods. /Ff. 14. wcls"t] was it Pope, 16. Made] Mad F . thee the] F 2 F 3 F 4 . ' o m , F Rowe ((ed. 2). ' *' ) * , 7 . C^-Her^ ^ ^ (Theobald conj.). conj) (Theobald
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Have one man but a man ? And that is it Hath made me rig my navy, at whose burthen The anger'd ocean foams; with which I meant To scourge the ingratitude that despiteful Rome Cast on my noble father. CCES. Take your time. Ant. Thou canst not fear us, Pompey, with thy sails; We'll speak with thee at sea: at land, thou know'st How much we do o'ercount thee. Pom. At land indeed Thou dost o'ercount me of my father's house: But since the cuckoo builds not for himself, Remain in't as thou mayst. Be pleased to tell us— Lep. For this is from the present—how you take The offers we have sent you. Cces. There's the point. Ant. Which do not be entreated to, but weigh What it is worth embraced. Cces. And what may follow, To try a larger fortune. Pom. You have made me offer Of Sicily, Sardinia; and I must Rid all the sea of pirates; then, to send Measures of wheat to Rome; this 'greed upon, To part with unhack'd edges and bear back Our targes undinted. 19. one mail but a man] but one man, a man Pope, is] his F j . 21. meant] mean Jackson conj. 29, 30. us—For...take] us, (For... present) how you take Theobald, us, (For...take) F T . us, (For., now you talke) F 2 . us, (For..MOW you talk) F3F4. 31. offers] offer Hanmer. you.] you— Rowe, reading line 30 with F3F4.
32, 33. but embraced.] Divided as in Rowe. One line in Ff. 33,34. And ...fortune.] Divided as in Rowe. One line in Ff. 34. You have] You've Pope. 35. Sardinia] Sardiniar F 2 . 37. 'greed] F 3 F 4 . greed FjF 2 . 39. Our] om. Collier (one volume ed.). targes] targets F 4 . targe Pope. undinted] unindented Long
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Men. Pray ye, sir? I IO Eno. 'Tis true. Men, Then is Caesar and he for ever knit together. Eno. If I were bound to divine of this unity, I would not prophesy so. Men. I think the policy of that purpose made more in the marriage than the love of the parties. Eno. I think so too. But you shall find, the band that seems to tie their friendship together will be the very strangler of their amity: O£lavia is of a holy, cold and still conversation. 120 Men. Who would not have his wife so ? Eno. Not he that himself is not so; which is Mark Antony. He will to his Egyptian dish again: then shall the sighs of 06lavia blow the fire up in Caesar; and, as I said before, that which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance. Antony will use 125 his affe6lion where it is: he married but his occasion here. Men. And thus it may be. Come, sir, will you aboard ? I have a health for you. Eno. I shall take it, sir: we have used our throats in Egypt.
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VII. On board Pompey's galley, off Misenum.
Music plays.
Enter two or three Servants, with a banquet.
First Serv. Here they'll be, man. Some o' their plants are ill-rooted already; the least wind i' the world will blow them down. 109. Pray ye, J7>?] Pope. Pray''ye sir. F r Pray y'e sir. F 2 . Pray ye^ sir. F3F4. Pray you, sir,— Capell. i n . together] together? Collier (ed. 2).
118. strangler] F r strangerF2F3 F 4 . estranger Rowe. SCENE VII.] Pope. SCENE V. Rowe. On Misenum. ] Pompey's Galley. Rowe. On Board Pompey's
Galley. Theobald. Aboard Pompey's Galley off Misenum. Capell. Music.. .banquet.] Ff (BanketF I F 2 ). Under a Pavilion upon Deck, a Banquet set out: Musick: Servants attending. Capell. 1, &c. First Serv.] 1. Ser. Rowe. 1. Ff. 1. be, maii\ be mad Anon. MS. in Capell's copy of F 2 .
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Sec. Serv. Lepidus is high-coloured. First Serv. They have made him drink alms-drink. 5 Sec. Serv. A s they pinch one another b y t h e disposition, he cries out ' N o more;' reconciles them to his entreaty and himself to the drink. First Serv. But it raises the greater war between him IO and his discretion. Sec. Serv. Why, this it is to have a name in great men's fellowship: I had as lief have a reed that will do me no service as a partisan I could not heave. First Serv. T o be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen to move in't, are the holes where eyes should be, *5 which pitifully disaster the cheeks. A sennet sounded. Enter CAESAR, ANTONY, LEPIDUS, POMPEY, AGRIPPA, MAECENAS, ENOBARBUS, MENAS, with other captains.
Ant.
[To Ccesar\ Thus do they, sir: they take the flow o' the Nile By certain scales i' the pyramid; they know, By the height, the lowness, or the mean, if dearth Or foison follow: the higher Nilus swells, The more it promises: as it ebbs, the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain, And shortly comes to harvest. Lep. You've strange serpents there. Ant. Ay, 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. 4, &c. Sec. Serv.J 2. Ser. Rowe. 2. Ff. 4. high-coloured] high Conlord F r 6, 7. disposition] disputation Stauntonconj. 16. A sennet sounded.] FjF 2 . A sonnet sounded. F 3 F 4 . Trumpets. Rowe. Musick plays. Capell. Lepidus, Pompey,] Capell. Pompey, Lepidus, Ff. Menas,] Menes, F x .
with other Captains.] and Others. Capell. 17. [To Ceesar] Capell. 18. scales] F . scale F F ^ F 21. promises: as] F r premises as F2F3F4. 34. You've] Rowe. Y'have Ff You have Steevens. there] Rowe. there? Ff. 27. vour sun] F T . the sun F Fo 2
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Pom. Sit,—and some wine ! A health to Lepidus ! Lep. I am not so well as I should be, but I'll ne'er out. Eno. Not till you have slept; I fear me you'll be in till then. Lep. Nay, certainly, I have heard the Ptolemies' pyramises are very goodly things; without contradiction, I have heard that. Men. [Aside to Pom.] Pompey, a word. Porn. [Aside to Men.] Say in mine ear: what is't ? Men. [Aside to Pom.] Forsake thy seat, I do beseech thee, captain, And hear me speak a word. Pom. [Aside to Men.] Forbear me till anon. This wine for Lepidus ! Lep. What manner o' thing is your crocodile ? Ant. It is shaped, sir, like itself; and it is as broad as it hath breadth: it is just so high as it is, and moves with it own organs: it lives by that which nourisheth it; and the elements once out of it, it transmigrates. Lep. What colour is it of? Ant. Of it own colour too. Lep. JTis a strange serpent. Ant. T i s so. And the tears of it are wet. Cces. Will this description satisfy him ? Ant. With the health that Pompey gives him, else he is a very epicure. 29. Sit,—and] Capell. Sit, and F\F 2 . Sir, andF3F4. Sirrah, Rowe. 30. / . out] Prose first in Hanmer. Two lines, the first ending be: inFf. 31,32. Marked as 'Aside' by Capell. 33. Ptolemies'] Capell. Ptolomies F T F 2 . Ptolemiis F 3 F 4 . 33, 34. pyramises] Capell. Pyramisis Ff. pyramides Anon, apud Rann conj. 34. / ] om. F 2 . 36—38. First marked as 'Aside' by Rowe.
36. 37. 38.
isH?] F 3 F 4 . is't F Z F 2 . seat] feate F 2 . a word] om. Steevens conj. Forbear me] For me F 3 F 4 . anon.] anon. Whispers in 's Eare. FjF 2 . anon. Whisper in 's Ear. F3F4. anon. [Whispers. Pope. 38, 39. Forbear...Lepidus.] As one line in Capell. 42, 43, 46. it own] it owne FjF 2 . if sown F3F4. 49—51. Marked as ' Aside' by Capell. c.o. health] healths Hanmer.
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[Aside to Men] Go hang, sir, hang ! Tell me of that ? away! Do as I bid you.—Where's this cup I call'd for? Men. [Aside to Pom.] If for the sake of merit thou wilt hear me, Rise from thy stool. Pom. [Aside to Men.] I think thou'rt mad. The matter ? [Rises, and walks aside. 55 Men. I have ever held my cap off to thy fortunes. Pom. Thou hast served me with much faith. What's else to say ? Be jolly, lords. Ant. These quick-sands, Lepidus, Keep off them, for you sink. Men. Wilt thou be lord of all the world ? Pom. What say'st thou ? 60 Men. Wilt thou be lord of the whole world ? That's twice. Pom. How should that be ? Men. But entertain it, And, though thou think me poor, I am the man Will give thee all the world. Pom. Hast thou drunk well? Men. No, Pompey, I have kept me from the cup. 65 Thou art, if thou darest be, the earthly Jove: Whatever the ocean pales, or sky inclips, Is thine, if thou wilt ha't. —55- Marked as ' Aside' first by Johnson. 52. Tell me of that?] Addressed to Antony and Caesar, Nicholson conj. 53. this cup] F r the cup F 2 F 3 F 4 . 55. thouWt] Rowe. Wart Ff. [Rises, and walks aside. ] Johnson. Rising, and stepping aside. Capell's version, om. Ff. 57, 58. Thou...lords.] Divided as by Hanmer. Prose in Ff. 59. off them,] F 2 F 3 F 4 . off, them F x . for] fore Theobald, or Dyce, ed. 2 (S. Walker conj.). for fear Anon. conj.
6r. Thafs twice.] As in Rowe. A separate line in Ff. 62—64. But...world\] Divided as by Pope. Prose in F j F ^ . Two lines, the first ending poor, in F 4 . 62. entertain it] entertain V Nicholson conj., ending lines 59—61 at lord .... world? wo7-ld ? entertai)i V. enter into it Anon. conj. 62. 63. it, A?zd, though] it, a?id Although Hanmer. 63. thou] you Pope (ed. 2). 64. Hast...well?] F 3 F 4 . Hast... well. F j F ^ Thou hast drunk well. Capell.
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Pom. Show me which way. Men. These three world-sharers, these competitors, Are in thy vessel: let me cut the cable; 70 And, when we are put off, fall to their throats: All there is thine. Ah, this thou shouldst have done, Pont. And not have spoke on't! In me 'tis villany; In thee 't had been good service. Thou must know, J Tis not my profit that does lead mine honour; 75 Mine honour, it. Repent that e'er thy tongue Hath so betray'd thine a6t: being done unknown, I should have found it afterwards well done, But must condemn it now. Desist, and drink. Men. [Aside] For this 80 I '11 never follow thy pall'd fortunes more. Who seeks, and will not take when once 'tis offer'd, Shall never find it more. Pom. This health to Lepidus ! Ant. Bear him ashore. I'll pledge it for him, Pompey. Eno. Here's to thee, Menas ! Men. Enobarbus, welcome! 85 Pom. Fill till the cup be hid. Eno. There's a strong fellow, Menas. \Pointing to tJie Attendant who carries off Lepidus. Men. Why? Eno. A' bears the third part of the world, man; see'st not ?
68. way.] F 3 F 4 . way? 72. there] then Pope, and Southern MS. theirs Steevens conj. 73. spoke] F T F 2 . spoken F 3 F 4 . 0711] of it Cap ell. 76. it. Repent] it: Repent Pope. it, Repent Fz. is, Repent F 2 F 3 F 4 . 80. [Aside] Marked first by Capell. [looking contemptibly after him. Capell. 80, 81. For this...more.] Divided as by Pope. Two lines, the first ending follow, in Ff. 83. [joins the Company. Capell.
84. Bear Pompey.] One line in Pope. Two in Ff. ashore.] ashore, [to an Attendant. Capell, reading This... ash ore as one line. 86. [Lepidus born off. Capell. 87. strong] Yz. strangY2. strange F3F4. 87—89. There's...riot?] Two lines ending bears...seest not? in Capell. 87. [Pointing...] Steevens. Pointing to Lepidus. Rowe. om. Ff. 89. A" bears] He bears Pope. sce'st] sce'st thou Keightley.
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Men. The third part then is drunk: would it were all, 90 That it might go on wheels! Eno. Drink thou; increase the reels. Men. Come. Pom. This is not yet an Alexandrian feast 95 Ant. It ripens towards it. Strike the vessels, ho ! Here 's to Caesar ! Cces. I could well forbear't. It's monstrous labour, when I wash my brain And it grows fouler. Ant. Be a child o' the time. Cces. Possess it, I'll make answer: But I had rather fast from all four days 100 Than drink so much in one. Eno. [To Antony\ Ha, my brave emperor ! Shall we dance now the Egyptian Bacchanals, And celebrate our drink ? Pom. Let's ha't, good soldier. Ant. Come, let's all take hands, Till that the conquering wine hath steep'd our sense 105 In soft and delicate Lethe. Eno. All take hands. Make battery to our ears with the loud music: The while I'll place you: then the boy shall sing; 90, 91. The wheels !] As verse first by Theobald. Prose in Ff. 90. then is] Rowe. then he is Ff. •92. increase the reels] and grease the wheels Steevens conj. increase the revels Douce conj. 94. yet] om. Theobald (ed. 2), Warburton and Johnson. 96—98. I...fouler.'] As verse first by Pope. Prose in Ff. 96. Here's] F 3 F 4 . Heere's F X F 2 . Here is Pope. forbear '/] forbear it Pope. 98. And it grows] and it grow F x . An it grow Singer. 99—101. Possess...one.] Arranged as by Dyce. Prose in Ff. Two lines, the first ending fast, in Hanmer. Two,
the first ending rather, in Warburton. Three, ending it,...fast...one, in Johnson. 99. Possess] Profess Collier (Collier MS.). Propose Staunton conj. Prof ace Nicholson conj. it] H Hanmer. om. Mitford conj., reading the rest with Hanmer. / ' / / ] / will Johnson. make] om. Hanmer. 101. [To Antony] Capell. 101 —103. Ha,...drink?] Arranged as by Johnson. Prose in Ff. Two lines, the first ending now, in Hanmer. 103. [they rise. Capell. 104. let's] let its.Steevens (1793). hands,] hands, and beat the ground, Steevens conj.
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The holding every man shall bear as loud As his strong sides can volley. [Music plays. Enobarbus places them hand in hand.
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Come, thou monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne! In thy fats our cares be drown'd, With thy grapes our hairs be crown'd: Cup us, till the world go round, Cup us, till the world go round! Cces. What would you more? Pompey, good night. Good brother, Let me request you off: our graver business Frowns at this levity. Gentle lords, let's part; You see we have burnt our cheeks: strong Enobarb Is weaker than the wine; and mine own tongue Splits what it speaks: the wild disguise hath almost Antick'd us all. What needs more words ? Good night. Good Antony, your hand. Pom. 111 try you on the shore. Ant. And shall, sir: give's your hand. Pom. O Antony, You have my father's house,—But, what? we are friends. Come, down into the boat. 109. bear] Theobald, beate F X F 2 . beat F3F4. bleat P. A. Daniel conj. 113. fats] Fattes Ff. vats Pope. 115. Cup] All. Cup Staunton. 115, 116. [The burden. Collier Collier MS.). 116. Cup] Bur. Cup Capell's ver-
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