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Antony and Cleopatra, II. vi

a drinking. Pompey doth this day laugh away

his fortune.

Eno. If he do, sure he cannot weep it back

again.

Men. You have said, sir. We looked not for

Mark Antony here: pray you, is he married to

Cleopatra?

Eno. Cæsar's sister is called Octavia.

Men. True, sir; she was the wife of Caius

Marcellus.

Eno. But she is now the wife of Marcus

Antonius.

Men. Pray ye, sir?

Eno. 'Tis true.

Men. Then is Cæsar and he for ever knit

together.

Eno. If I were bound to divine of this unity,

I would not prophesy so.

Men. I think the policy of that purpose

made more in the marriage than the love of the

parties.

Eno. I think so too; but you shall find the

band that seems to tie their friendship together

will be the very strangler of their amity. Octavia

is of a holy, cold, and still conversation.

Men. Who would not have his wife so?

Eno. Not he that himself is not so; which is

Mark Antony. He will to his Egyptian dish

again; then, shall the sighs of Octavia blow the

fire up in Cæsar, and, as I said before, that

which is the strength of their amity shall prove

the immediate author of their variance. Antony

 128 band: bond

130 still: quiet

conversation: behavior

