Rome. An ante-chamber in
OCTAVIUS CAESAR’s house.[Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, MARK
ANTONY, LEPIDUS, and OCTAVIA]
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
You take from me a great part of myself;
Use me well in ‘t. Sister, prove such a wife
As my thoughts make thee, and as my farthest band
Shall pass on thy approof. Most noble Antony,
Let not the piece of virtue, which is set
Betwixt us as the cement of our love,
To keep it builded, be the ram to batter
The fortress of it; for better might we
Have loved without this mean, if on both parts
This be not cherish’d.
MARK ANTONY Make me not offended In your distrust.
OCTAVIUS CAESAR I have said.
MARK ANTONY You shall not find,
Though you be therein curious, the least cause
For what you seem to fear: so, the gods keep you,
And make the hearts of Romans serve your ends!
We will here part.
OCTAVIUS CAESAR
Farewell, my dearest sister, fare thee well:
The elements be kind to thee, and make
Thy spirits all of comfort! fare thee well.
OCTAVIA My noble brother!
MARK ANTONY The April ‘s in her eyes: it is love’s spring,
And these the showers to bring it on. Be cheerful.
OCTAVIA Sir, look well to my husband’s house; and–
OCTAVIUS CAESAR What, Octavia?
OCTAVIA I’ll tell you in your ear.
MARK ANTONY
Her tongue will not obey her heart, nor can
Her heart inform her tongue,–the swan’s
down-feather,
That stands upon the swell at full of tide,
And neither way inclines.
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
[Aside to AGRIPPA] Will Caesar weep?
AGRIPPA
[Aside to DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS] Why, Enobarbus,
When Antony found Julius Caesar dead,
He cried almost to roaring; and he wept
When at Philippi he found Brutus slain.
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
[Aside to AGRIPPA] That year, indeed, he was troubled with a rheum.
OCTAVIUS CAESAR No, sweet Octavia,
You shall hear from me still; the time shall not
Out-go my thinking on you.
MARK ANTONY Come, sir, come;
I’ll wrestle with you in my strength of love:
Look, here I have you; thus I let you go,
And give you to the gods.
OCTAVIUS CAESAR Adieu; be happy!
LEPIDUS Let all the number of the stars give light
To thy fair way!
OCTAVIUS CAESAR Farewell, farewell!
[Kisses OCTAVIA]
MARK ANTONY Farewell!
[Trumpets sound.
Exeunt]
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