Page 2534 - Shakespeare - Vol. 3

Hence, saucy eunuch, peace! [25]
She hath betray’d me, and shall die the death.

MARDIAN
Death of one person can be paid but once,
And that she has discharg’d. What thou wouldst do
Is done unto thy hand: the last she spake

Was ‘Antony! most noble Antony!’ [30]
Then in the midst a tearing groan did break
The name of Antony; it was divided

Between her heart, and lips: she render’d life
Thy name so buried in her.

ANTONY
Dead, then?

MARDIAN
Dead.

ANTONY
Unarm, Eros, the long day’s task is done, [35]
And we must sleep. (To Mardian.) That thou depart’st hence safe

Does pay thy labour richly; go.
(Exit Mardian.)
Off, pluck off,
The seven-fold shield of Ajax cannot keep

The battery from my heart. O, cleave, my sides!
Heart, once be stronger than thy continent, [40]
Crack thy frail case! Apace, Eros, apace!
No more a soldier: bruised pieces, go,

You have been nobly borne. From me awhile.
(Exit Eros.)
I will o’ertake thee, Cleopatra, and
Weep for my pardon. So it must be, for now [45]

All length is torture: since the torch is out,
Lie down and stray no farther. Now all labour
Mars what it does: yea, very force entangles
Itself with strength: seal then, and all is done.