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Antony and Cleopatra, III. vi

That day appear'd; and oft before gave audience,

As 'tis reported, so.

Mæc. Let Rome be thus

Informed.

Agr. Who, queasy with his insolence

Already, will their good thoughts call from him.

Cæs. The people know it; and have now receiv'd

His accusations.

Agr. Whom does he accuse?

Cæs. Cæsar; and that, having in Sicily

Sextus Pompeius spoil'd, we had not rated him

His part o' the isle; then does he say, he lent me

Some shipping unrestor'd; lastly, he frets

That Lepidus of the triumvirate

Should be depos'd; and, being, that we detain

All his revenue.

Agr. Sir, this should be answer'd.

Cæs. 'Tis done already, and the messenger gone.

I have told him, Lepidus was grown too cruel;

That he his high authority abus'd,

And did deserve his change: for what I have conquer'd,

I grant him part; but then, in his Armenia,

And other of his conquer'd kingdoms, I

Demand the like.

Mæc. He'll never yield to that.

Cæs. Nor must not then be yielded to in this.

Oct. Hail, Cæsar, and my lord; hail, most dear Cæsar!

Cæs. That ever I should call thee castaway!

Oct. You have not call'd me so, nor have you cause.

 20 queasy: disgusted

25 rated: allotted

