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Act 3, Scene 13, Page 3
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Exit SERVANT
The SERVANT exits.
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ENOBARBUS
(aside) Mine honesty and I begin to square.
The loyalty well held to fools does make
Our faith mere folly. Yet he that can endure
To follow with allegiance a fall’n lord
Does conquer him that did his master conquer
And earns a place i’ th’ story.
ENOBARBUS
(aside) My integrity and I begin to contradict each other. Being loyal to a fool makes loyalty foolish. But a person who can bear to keep his allegiance to a defeated lord defeats his lord’s conqueror and earns a place in history.
Enter THIDIAS
THIDIAS enters.
CLEOPATRA
Caesar’s will?
CLEOPATRA
What does Caesar want?
THIDIAS
Hear it apart.
THIDIAS
It is for your ears only.
CLEOPATRA
None but friends. Say boldly.
CLEOPATRA
There are only friends here. Speak confidently.
THIDIAS
So haply are they friends to Antony.
THIDIAS
So they are possibly Antony’s friends.
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ENOBARBUS
He needs as many, sir, as Caesar has,
Or needs not us. If Caesar please, our master
Will leap to be his friend. For us, you know
Whose he is we are, and that is Caesar’s.
ENOBARBUS
Sir, he should have as many as Caesar has. If he had that many friends, then he wouldn’t need us. If Caesar chose, Antony would jump at the chance to be his friend. As for us, you know we are Antony’s, and he is Caesar’s.
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THIDIAS
So.—
Thus then, thou most renowned: Caesar entreats
Not to consider in what case thou stand’st,
Further than he is Caesar.
THIDIAS
So be it. This, then, this is the message Caesar sends to you, famous Queen: he implores you not to be concerned about your situation. Just remember that he is Caesar.
CLEOPATRA
Go on. Right royal.
CLEOPATRA
Respectfully put. Go on.
THIDIAS
He knows that you embrace not Antony
As you did love, but as you feared him.
THIDIAS
He knows that you didn’t embrace Antony because you loved him, but because you feared him. http://ping.fm/Xra2s
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Exit SERVANT
The SERVANT exits.
45
ENOBARBUS
(aside) Mine honesty and I begin to square.
The loyalty well held to fools does make
Our faith mere folly. Yet he that can endure
To follow with allegiance a fall’n lord
Does conquer him that did his master conquer
And earns a place i’ th’ story.
ENOBARBUS
(aside) My integrity and I begin to contradict each other. Being loyal to a fool makes loyalty foolish. But a person who can bear to keep his allegiance to a defeated lord defeats his lord’s conqueror and earns a place in history.
Enter THIDIAS
THIDIAS enters.
CLEOPATRA
Caesar’s will?
CLEOPATRA
What does Caesar want?
THIDIAS
Hear it apart.
THIDIAS
It is for your ears only.
CLEOPATRA
None but friends. Say boldly.
CLEOPATRA
There are only friends here. Speak confidently.
THIDIAS
So haply are they friends to Antony.
THIDIAS
So they are possibly Antony’s friends.
50
ENOBARBUS
He needs as many, sir, as Caesar has,
Or needs not us. If Caesar please, our master
Will leap to be his friend. For us, you know
Whose he is we are, and that is Caesar’s.
ENOBARBUS
Sir, he should have as many as Caesar has. If he had that many friends, then he wouldn’t need us. If Caesar chose, Antony would jump at the chance to be his friend. As for us, you know we are Antony’s, and he is Caesar’s.
55
THIDIAS
So.—
Thus then, thou most renowned: Caesar entreats
Not to consider in what case thou stand’st,
Further than he is Caesar.
THIDIAS
So be it. This, then, this is the message Caesar sends to you, famous Queen: he implores you not to be concerned about your situation. Just remember that he is Caesar.
CLEOPATRA
Go on. Right royal.
CLEOPATRA
Respectfully put. Go on.
THIDIAS
He knows that you embrace not Antony
As you did love, but as you feared him.
THIDIAS
He knows that you didn’t embrace Antony because you loved him, but because you feared him. http://ping.fm/Xra2s