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eetly: And _Ptolomy_ shall crown thee for thy service. _Achil._ He's well wrought: put him on apace for cooling. [_Exeunt._ _ACTUS QUINTUS. SCENA PRIMA._ _Enter_ Caesar, Antony, Dolabella. _Ant._ The tumult still encreases. _Caesar_. O my fortune! My lustfull folly rather! but 'tis well, And worthily I am made a bondsmans prey, That after all my glorious victories, In which I pass'd so many Seas of dangers, When all the Elements conspir'd against me, Would yield up the dominion of this head To any mortal power: so blind and stupid, To trust these base _Egyptians_, that proclaim'd Their perjuries, in noble _Pompeys_ death, And yet that could not warn me. _Dol._ Be still _Caesar_, Who ever lov'd to exercise his fate, Where danger look't most dreadful. _Ant._ If you fall, Fall not alone: let the King and his Sister Be buried in your ruines: on my life They both are guilty: reason may assure you _Photinus_ nor _Achillas_ durst attempt you, Or shake one Dart, or sword, aim'd at your safety, Without their warrant. _Caesar_. For the young King I know not How he may be misled; but for his Sister (Unequall'd _Cleopatra_) 'twere a kind Of blasphemy to doubt her: ugly treason Durst never dwell in such a glorious building, Nor can so clear and great a spirit, as hers is, Admit of falsehood. _Ant._ Let us seize on him then: And leave her to her fortune. _Dol._ If he have power Use it to your security, and let His honesty acquit him: if he be false It is too great an honour he should dye By your victorious hand. _Caesar_. He comes: and I Shall do as I find cause. _Enter_ Ptolomy, Achoreus, Apollodorus. _Ptol._ Let not great _Caesar_ Impute the breach of hospitality, To you (my guest) to me; I am contemn'd, And my rebellious subjects lift their hands Against my head: and would they aim'd no farther, Provided that I fell a sacrifice To gain you safety: that this is not feign'd, The boldness of my innocence may confirm you: Had I been privy to their bloody plot, I now had led them on, and given fair gloss To their bad cause, by being present with them: But I that yet taste of the punishment, In being false to _Pompey_, will not make A second fault to _Caesar_ uncompel'd With such as have not yet shook off obedien
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