Shakespeare - First Folio facsimile (1910)/The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra/Act 3 Scene 1
Enter Ventidius as it were in triumph, the dead body ofPacorus borne before him.
Ven.Now darting Parthya art thou stroke, and nowPleas'd Fortune does of Marcus Crassus deathMake me reuenger. Beare the Kings Sonnes body,Before our Army thy Pacorus Orades,Paies this for Marcus Crassus.
Romaine.Noble Ventidius,Whil'st yet with Parthian blood thy Sword is warme,The Fugitiue Parthians follow. Spurre through Media,Mesapotamia, and the shelters, whetherThe routed flie. So thy grand Captaine AnthonyShall set thee on triumphant Chariots, andPut Garlands on thy head.
Ven.Oh Sillius, Sillius,I haue done enough. A lower place note wellMay make too great an act. For learne this Sillius,Better to leaue vndone, then by our deedAcquire too high a Fame, when him we serues away.Cæsar and Anthony, haue euer wonneMore in their officer, then person. SossiusOne of my place in Syria, his Lieutenant,For quicke accumulation of renowne,Which he atchiu'd by'th'minute, lost his fauour.Who does i'th'Warres more then his Captaine can,Becomes his Captaines Captaine: and Ambition(The Souldiers vertue) rather makes choise of losseThen gaine, which darkens him.I could do more to do Anthonius good,But 'twould offend him. And in his offence, Should my performance perish.
Rom.Thou hast Ventidius that, without the which aSouldier and his Sword graunts scarce distinction: thouwilt write to Anthony.
Ven.Ile humbly signifie what in his name,That magicall word of Warre we haue effected,How with his Banners, and his well paid ranks,The nere-yet beaten Horse of Parthia,We haue iaded out o'th'Field.
Rom.Where is he now?
Ven.He purposeth to Athens, whither with what hastThe waight we must conuay with's, will permit:We shall appeare before him. On there, passe along. Exeunt.