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Antony and Cleopatra

Act 4, Scene 13

Modern spelling. Stage directions omitted.

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CLEOPATRA

Help me, my women! O, he is more mad
Than Telamon for his shield; the boar of Thessaly
Was never so embossed.

CHARMIAN

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.

CLEOPATRA

To th’ monument!
Mardian, go tell him I have slain myself.
Say that the last I spoke was “Antony”,
And word it, , piteously. , Mardian,
And bring me how he takes my death.—To th’ monument!

All of Antony and Cleopatra

Act 1

Act 1, Scene 1Act 1, Scene 2Act 1, Scene 3Act 1, Scene 4Act 1, Scene 5,

Act 2

Act 2, Scene 1Act 2, Scene 2Act 2, Scene 3Act 2, Scene 4Act 2, Scene 5Act 2, Scene 6Act 2, Scene 7,

Act 3

Act 3, Scene 1Act 3, Scene 2Act 3, Scene 3Act 3, Scene 4Act 3, Scene 5Act 3, Scene 6Act 3, Scene 7Act 3, Scene 8Act 3, Scene 9Act 3, Scene 10Act 3, Scene 11Act 3, Scene 12Act 3, Scene 13,

Act 4

Act 4, Scene 1Act 4, Scene 2Act 4, Scene 3Act 4, Scene 4Act 4, Scene 5Act 4, Scene 6Act 4, Scene 7Act 4, Scene 8Act 4, Scene 9Act 4, Scene 10Act 4, Scene 11Act 4, Scene 12Act 4, Scene 13Act 4, Scene 14Act 4, Scene 15,

Act 5

Act 5, Scene 1Act 5, Scene 2

Open Antony and Cleopatra in the 1623 First Folio. See its words in the cloud.

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