Page 2443 - Shakespeare - Vol. 3
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(Exeunt.)
Scene V IT
(Alexandria. Cleopatra’s palace.)
Enter Cleopatra, Charmian, Iras, and Alexas.
CLEOPATRA
Give me some music; music, moody food
Of us that trade in love.
ALL
The music, ho!
Enter Mardian the Eunuch.
CLEOPATRA
Let it alone, let’s to billiards: come, Charmian.
CHARMIAN
My arm is sore, best play with Mardian.
CLEOPATRA
As well a woman with an eunuch play’d, [5]
As with a woman. Come, you’ll play with me, sir?
MARDIAN
As well as I can, madam.
CLEOPATRA
And when good will is show’d, though ’t come too short,
The actor may plead pardon. I’ll none now,
Give me mine angle, we’ll to the river there, [10]
My music playing far off. I will betray
Tawny-finn’d fishes, my bended hook shall pierce
Their slimy jaws; and as I draw them up,
