Scene Eight
[A Plain near Actium]
Enter Cæsar [and Taurus] with his army, marching.
Cæs. Taurus!
Taur. My lord?
Cæs. Strike not by land; keep whole: provoke not battle,
Till we have done at sea. Do not exceed 4
The prescript of this scroll: our fortune lies
Upon this jump. Exeunt.
Enter Antony and Enobarbus.
Ant. Set we our squadrons on yond side o' the hill,
In eye of Cæsar's battle; from which place 8
We may the number of the ships behold
And so proceed accordingly. Exeunt.
Alarum. Enter Enobarbus.
Eno. Naught, naught, all naught! I can behold no longer.
The Antoniad, the Egyptian admiral, 12
With all their sixty, fly, and turn the rudder;
To see 't mine eyes are blasted.
Enter Scarus.
Scar. Gods and goddesses,
All the whole synod of them!
6 jump: venture
8 battle: line of battle
12 admiral: flagship
15 synod: assembly
