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Antony and Cleopatra, Act 4, Scene 11

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  1. Enter Caesar and his army.

    Caesar comes in with his army.

  2. Caesar1

    But being charged, we will be still by land, Which, as I take’t, we shall, for his best force Is forth to man his galleys. To the vales, And hold our best advantage.

    Unless we are attacked, we will stay quiet on land — and I think we shall not be attacked, since his best troops have gone out to crew his warships. Move down to the valleys, and hold the strongest position we have.

  3. Exeunt.

    They all leave.

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Original text: Project Gutenberg edition #1534 (public domain, edited by the PG Shakespeare Team). Modern English rendering by Storgy.