Antony and CleopatraModern English
Antony and Cleopatra, Act 4, Scene 13
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Enter Cleopatra, Charmian, Iras and Mardian.
Cleopatra, Charmian, Iras and Mardian come in.
Cleopatra1
Help me, my women! O, he is more mad Than Telamon for his shield; the boar of Thessaly Was never so embossed.
Help me, my women! Oh, he is madder than Telamon was over his shield; the boar of Thessaly was never so foaming with exhaustion.
Charmian4
To th’ monument! There lock yourself and send him word you are dead. The soul and body rive not more in parting Than greatness going off.
To the tomb! Lock yourself in there and send him word that you are dead. The soul and the body do not tear apart more painfully in their separation than greatness does in its fall.
Cleopatra8
To th’ 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 th’ monument!
To the tomb! Mardian, go and tell him I have killed myself. Say that the last word I spoke was "Antony", and please put it pitifully. Go, Mardian, and bring me back word of how he takes my death.—To the tomb!
Exeunt.
They all leave.
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