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Act IV, Scene 9
1Caesar’scamp.
2Sentinels at their post.
3First SoldierIf we be not relieved within this hour,
We must return to the court of guard: the night
Is shiny; and they say we shall embattle
By the second hour i’ the morn.
4Second SoldierThis last day was
A shrewd one to’s.
5Enter Enobarbas.
6EnobarbasO, bear me witness, night—
7Third SoldierWhat man is this?
8Second SoldierStand close, and list him.
9EnobarbasBe witness to me, O thou blessed moon,
When men revolted shall upon record
Bear hateful memory, poor Enobarbus did
Before thy face repent!
10First SoldierEnobarbus!
11Third SoldierPeace!
Hark further.
12EnobarbasO sovereign mistress of true melancholy,
The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me,
That life, a very rebel to my will,
May hang no longer on me: throw my heart
Against the flint and hardness of my fault;
Which, being dried with grief, will break to powder,
And finish all foul thoughts. O Antony,
Nobler than my revolt is infamous,
Forgive me in thine own particular;
But let the world rank me in register
A master-leaver and a fugitive:
O Antony! O Antony! Dies.
13Second SoldierLet’s speak
To him.
14First SoldierLet’s hear him, for the things he speaks
May concern Caesar.
15Third SoldierLet’s do so. But he sleeps.
16First SoldierSwoons rather; for so bad a prayer as his
Was never yet for sleep.
17Second SoldierGo we to him.
18Third SoldierAwake, sir, awake; speak to us.
19Second SoldierHear you, sir?
20First SoldierThe hand of death hath raught him. Drums afar off. Hark! the drums
Demurely wake the sleepers. Let us bear him
To the court of guard; he is of note: our hour
Is fully out.
21Third SoldierCome on, then;
He may recover yet. Exeunt with the body.