My better service, when my turpitude
Thou dost so crown with gold! This blows my heart:
If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean
Shall outstrike thought: but thought will do't, I feel.
I fight against thee! No: I will go seek
Some ditch wherein to die; the foul'st best fits
My latter part of life. [Exit.
Agr. Retire, we have engaged ourselves too far:
Cæsar himself has work, and our oppression
Exceeds what we expected. [Exeunt.Alarums. Enter Antony, and Scarus wounded.Scar. O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed!
Had we done so at first, we had droven them home
With clouts about their heads.Ant. Thou bleed'st apace.
Scar. I had a wound here that was like a T,
But now 'tis made an 11. [Retreat afar off.Ant. They do retire,
Scar. We'll beat 'em into bench-holes: I have yet
Room for six scotches more. 10Enter Eros.Eros. They are beaten, sir, and our advantage serves
For a fair victory.Scar. Let us score their backs
And snatch 'em up, as we take hares, behind:
'Tis sport to maul a runner.
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