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Now hazarded to thy grace.

Cæs. For Antony,

I have no ears to his request. The queen

Of audience nor desire shall fail, so she

From Egypt drive her all-disgraced friend,

Or take his life there; this if she perform,

She shall not sue unheard. So to them both.

Euph. Fortune pursue thee!

Cæs. Bring him through the bands.

[To Thyreus.] To try thy eloquence, now 'tis time; dispatch.

From Antony win Cleopatra; promise,

And in our name, what she requires; add more,

From thine invention, offers. Women are not

In their best fortunes strong, but want will perjure

The ne'er-touch'd vestal. Try thy cunning, Thyreus;

Make thine own edict for thy pains, which we

Will answer as a law.

Thyr. Cæsar, I go.

Cæs. Observe how Antony becomes his flaw,

And what thou think'st his very action speaks

In every power that moves.

Thyr. Cæsar, I shall.

Exeunt.

Cleo. What shall we do, Enobarbus?

Eno. Think, and die.

 25 bands: troops

34 flaw: crack (in his fortunes)

35, 36 And what thou think'st moves; cf. n. 