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Antony and Cleopatra, IV. ix

That heaven and earth may strike their sounds together,

Applauding our approach.

First Sold. If we be not reliev'd within this hour,

We must return to the court of guard: the night

Is shiny, and they say we shall embattle

By the second hour i' the morn.

Sec. Sold. This last day was

A shrewd one to's.

Eno. O! bear me witness, night,—

Third Sold. What man is this?

Sec. Sold. Stand close and list him.

Eno. Be witness to me, O thou blessed moon,

When men revolted shall upon record

Bear hateful memory, poor Enobarbus did

Before thy face repent!

First Sold. Enobarbus!

Third Sold. Peace!

Hark further.

Eno. O sovereign mistress of true melancholy,

The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me,

That life, a very rebel to my will,

May hang no longer on me; throw my heart

Against the flint and hardness of my fault,

Which, being dried with grief, will break to powder,

And finish all foul thoughts. O Antony!

 2 court of guard: guard house

13 disponge: squeeze as from a sponge

