Scene XI.—: Alexandria. A Room in the Palace. - William Shakespeare, Anthony and Cleopatra [1623]
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Scene XI.—
Alexandria. A Room in the Palace.
EnterCleopatra, Charmian, Iras,andMardian.
Cleo.
Help me, my women! O! he is more mad
Than Telamon for his shield; the boar of Thessaly
Was never so emboss’d.
Char.
To the monument!
There lock yourself, and send him word you are dead.
The soul and body rive not more in parting
Than greatness going off.
Cleo.
To the monument!
Mardian, go tell him I have slain myself;
Say that the last I spoke was ‘Antony,’
And word it, prithee, piteously. Hence,
Mardian, and bring me how he takes my death.
To the monument!
[Exeunt.