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The Tragedy of

Scene Eight

[A Plain near Actium]

Enter Cæsar [and Taurus] with his army, marching.

Cæs. Taurus!

Taur. My lord?

Cæs. Strike not by land; keep whole: provoke not battle,
Till we have done at sea. Do not exceed 4
The prescript of this scroll: our fortune lies
Upon this jump. Exeunt.

Enter Antony and Enobarbus.

Ant. Set we our squadrons on yond side o' the hill,
In eye of Cæsar's battle; from which place 8
We may the number of the ships behold
And so proceed accordingly. Exeunt.

Canidius marcheth with his land army one way over the stage; and Taurus, the lieutenant of Cæsar, the other way. After their going in is heard the noise of a sea-fight.

Alarum. Enter Enobarbus.

Eno. Naught, naught, all naught! I can behold no longer.
The Antoniad, the Egyptian admiral, 12
With all their sixty, fly, and turn the rudder;
To see 't mine eyes are blasted.

Enter Scarus.

Scar. Gods and goddesses,
All the whole synod of them!


6 jump: venture
8 battle: line of battle
12 admiral: flagship
15 synod: assembly