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Antony and Cleopatra, I. v

Cæs. Doubt not, sir;

I knew it for my bond.

Cleo. Charmian!

Char. Madam!

Cleo. Ha, ha!

Give me to drink mandragora.

Char. Why, madam?

Cleo. That I might sleep out this great gap of time

My Antony is away.

Char. You think of him too much.

Cleo. O! 'tis treason.

Char. Madam, I trust, not so.

Cleo. Thou, eunuch Mardian!

Mar. What's your highness' pleasure?

Cleo. Not now to hear thee sing; I take no pleasure

In aught a eunuch has. 'Tis well for thee,

That, being unseminar'd, thy freer thoughts

May not fly forth of Egypt. Hast thou affections?

Mar. Yes, gracious madam.

Cleo. Indeed!

Mar. Not in deed, madam; for I can do nothing

But what in deed is honest to be done;

Yet have I fierce affections, and think

What Venus did with Mars.

Cleo. O Charmian!

 4 mandragora: mandrake, a narcotic

11 unseminar'd: unsexed

