| Mæc. | Sir, good success! | ||
| Agr. |
Lep. Farewell. Exeunt.
Scene Five
[Alexandria. A Room in the Palace]
Enter Cleopatra, Charmian, Iras, Alexas [and Attendant].
Cleo. Give me some music; music, moody food
Of us that trade in love.
Attend. The music, ho!
Enter Mardian the Eunuch.
Cleo. Let it alone; let's to billiards: come, Charmian.
Char. My arm is sore; best play with Mardian. 4
Cleo. As well a woman with a eunuch play'd
As with a woman. Come, you'll play with me, sir?
Mar. As well as I can, madam.
Cleo. And when good will is show'd, though 't come too short, 8
The actor may plead pardon. I'll none now.
Give me mine angle; we'll to the river: there—
My music playing far off—I will betray
Tawny-finn'd fishes; my bended hook shall pierce 12
Their slimy jaws; and, as I draw them up,
I'll think them every one an Antony,
And say, 'Ah, ha! you're caught.'
Char. 'Twas merry when
You wager'd on your angling; when your diver 16
Did hang a salt-fish on his hook, which he
With fervency drew up.
3 billiards; cf. n.
