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ACT V IT
Scene I IT
Enter Octavius, Antony, and their army.
OCTAVIUS
Now, Antony, our hopes are answerèd.
You said the enemy would not come down,
But keep the hills and upper regions.
It proves not so. Their battles are at hand;
They mean to warn us at Philippi here, [5]
Answering before we do demand of them.
ANTONY
Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know
Wherefore they do it. They could be content
To visit other places, and come down
With fearful bravery, thinking by this face [10]
To fasten in our thoughts that they have courage.
But ’tis not so.
Enter a Messenger.
MESSENGER
Prepare you, generals:
The enemy comes on in gallant show.
Their bloody sign of battle is hung out,
And something to be done immediately. [15]
ANTONY
Octavius, lead your battle softly on,
Upon the left hand of the even field.
