Actus Primus. Scoena Prima.
Enter Demetrius and Philo.
Philo. Nay, but this dotage of our GeneralsOre-flowes the measure: those his goodly eyesThat o're the Files and Musters of the Warre,Haue glow'd like plated Mars:Now bend, now turneThe Office and Deuotion of their viewVpon a Tawny Front. His Captaines heart,Which in the scuffles of great Fights hath burstThe Buckles on his brest, reneages all temper,And is become the Bellowes and the FanTo coole a Gypsies Lust.
Flourish. Enter Anthony, Cleopatra, her Ladies, the Traine, withEunuchsfanning her.
Looke where they come:Take but good note, and you shall see in him(The triple Pillar of the world) transform'dInto a Strumpets Foole. Behold and see
Cleo. If it be Loue indeed, tell me how much
Ant. There's beggery in the loue that can be reckon'd Cleo. Ile set a bourne how farre to be belou'd
Ant. Then must thou needes finde out new Heauen,new Earth.Enter a Messenger.
Mes. Newes (my good Lord) from Rome
Ant. Grates me, the summe
Cleo. Nay heare them Anthony.Fuluia perchance is angry: Or who knowes,If the scarse-bearded Caesar haue not sentHis powrefull Mandate to you. Do this, or this;Take in that Kingdome, and Infranchise that:Perform't, or else we damne thee
Ant. How, my Loue? Cleo. Perchance? Nay,