A plain near Actium.
[Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, and
TAURUS, with his army, marching]
OCTAVIUS CAESAR Strike not by land;
keep whole: provoke not battle,
Till we have done at sea. Do not exceed
The prescript of this scroll: our fortune lies
Upon this jump.
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