ACT III.
SCENE IX.
ALEXANDRIA; THE PALACE.
ANTONY, CLEOPATRA, EROS, CHARMIAN, IRAS, &c.
Eros. THE queen, my lord, the queen.
Iras. Go to him, madam, speak to him;
He is unqualitied with very shame.
Cleo. Well then,Sustain me:O!
Eros. Most noble sir, arise; the queen
approaches;
Her head's declin'd, and death will seize her; but
Your comfort makes the rescue.
Ant. I have offended reputation ;
A most unnoble swerving.
Eros. Sir, the queen.
Ant. O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt?
See, How I convey my shame out of thine eyes
By looking back on what I have left behind 'Stroy'd
in dishonour.
Painted by Henry Tresham, R. A. Engraved by George
Sigmund and John Gottlieb Facius.
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