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     Act IV 

    
    ACT IV: SCENE I 	Before Alexandria. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's camp.
    

    
    	Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, AGRIPPA, and MECAENAS, with
    	his Army; OCTAVIUS CAESAR reading a letter
    
    OCTAVIUS CAESAR	He calls me boy; and chides, as he had power
    	To beat me out of Egypt; my messenger
    	He hath whipp'd with rods; dares me to personal combat,
    	Caesar to Antony: let the old ruffian know
    	I have many other ways to die; meantime
    	Laugh at his challenge.
    
    MECAENAS	Caesar must think,
    	When one so great begins to rage, he's hunted
    	Even to falling. Give him no breath, but now
    	Make boot of his distraction: never anger
    	Made good guard for itself.
    
    OCTAVIUS CAESAR	Let our best heads
    	Know, that to-morrow the last of many battles
    	We mean to fight: within our files there are,
    	Of those that served Mark Antony but late,
    	Enough to fetch him in. See it done:
    	And feast the army; we have store to do't,
    	And they have earn'd the waste. Poor Antony!
    
    	Exeunt
    
    
    

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