Literature/William Shakespeare/Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare, c. 1606

Act IIIScene VIII

A plain near Actium

Enter Caesar with his army and Taurus marching.

Caesar

Taurus!

Taurus

My lord?

Caesar

Strike not by land; keep whole; provoke not battleTill we have done at sea. Do not exceedThe prescript of this scroll. Our fortune liesUpon this jump.

Exeunt.