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Antony and Cleopatra, IV. x

Ant. I would they'd fight i' the fire or i' the air;

We'd fight there too. But this it is; our foot

Upon the hills adjoining to the city

Shall stay with us; order for sea is given,

They have put forth the haven,

Where their appointment we may best discover

And look on their endeavour.

Cæs. But being charg'd, we will be still by land,

Which, as I take 't, we shall; for his best force

Is forth to man his galleys. To the vales,

And hold our best advantage!

Ant. Yet they are not join'd. Where yond pine does stand

I shall discover all; I'll bring thee word

Straight how 'tis like to go.

Scar. Swallows have built

In Cleopatra's sails their nests; the augurers

Say they know not, they cannot tell; look grimly,

And dare not speak their knowledge. Antony

Is valiant, and dejected; and, by starts,

His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear

Of what he has and has not.

Alarum afar off, as at a sea fight.

Ant. All is lost!

This foul Egyptian hath betrayed me;

My fleet hath yielded to the foe, and yonder

They cast their caps up and carouse together

Like friends long lost. Triple-turn'd whore! 'tis thou

 10 But being: unless we are

21 fretted: checkered

