SCENE VII
Field of battle between the camps.
[Alarum. Drums and trumpets. Enter AGRIPPA and others]
AGRIPPA
Retire, we have engaged ourselves too far:
Caesar himself has work, and our oppression
Exceeds what we expected.
Retire, we have engaged ourselves too far:
Caesar himself has work, and our oppression
Exceeds what we expected.
[Exeunt]
[Alarums. Enter MARK ANTONY and SCARUS wounded]
SCARUS
O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed!
Had we done so at first, we had droven them home
With clouts about their heads.
O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed!
Had we done so at first, we had droven them home
With clouts about their heads.
MARK ANTONY
Thou bleed’st apace.
Thou bleed’st apace.
SCARUS
I had a wound here that was like a T,
But now ’tis made an H.
I had a wound here that was like a T,
But now ’tis made an H.
MARK ANTONY
They do retire.
They do retire.
SCARUS
We’ll beat ’em into bench-holes: I have yet
Room for six scotches more.
We’ll beat ’em into bench-holes: I have yet
Room for six scotches more.
[Enter EROS]
EROS
They are beaten, sir, and our advantage serves
For a fair victory.
They are beaten, sir, and our advantage serves
For a fair victory.
SCARUS
Let us score their backs,
And snatch ’em up, as we take hares, behind:
’Tis sport to maul a runner.
Let us score their backs,
And snatch ’em up, as we take hares, behind:
’Tis sport to maul a runner.
MARK ANTONY
I will reward thee
Once for thy spritely comfort, and ten-fold
For thy good valour. Come thee on.
I will reward thee
Once for thy spritely comfort, and ten-fold
For thy good valour. Come thee on.
SCARUS
I’ll halt after.
I’ll halt after.
[Exeunt]
