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will use his affection where it is; he married but

his occasion here.

Men. And thus it may be. Come, sir, will

you aboard? I have a health for you.

Eno. I shall take it, sir: we have used our

throats in Egypt.

Men. Come; let's away.

First Serv. Here they'll be, man. Some o'

their plants are ill-rooted already; the least

wind i' the world will blow them down.

Sec. Serv. Lepidus is high-coloured.

First Serv. They have made him drink alms-

drink.

Sec. Serv. As they pinch one another by the

disposition, he cries out, 'No more'; reconciles

them to his entreaty, and himself to the drink.

First Serv. But it raises the greater war be-

tween him and his discretion.

Sec. Serv. Why, this it is to have a name in

great men's fellowship; I had as lief have a reed

that will do me no service as a partisan I could

not heave.

 139 occasion: opportunity for advantage  5 alms-drink: the leavings

7, 8 As they pinch disposition; cf. n.

13–15 I had as lief heave; cf. n.

