_Pho._ Well said _Septimius_,
Thou now art right again.
_Achil._ But what course take we
For the Princess _Cleopatra_?
_Pho._ Let her live
Awhile to make us sport: she shall authorize
Our undertakings to the ignorant people,
As if what we do were by her command:
But our _triumvirat_ Government once confirm'd,
She bears her Brother company, that's my Province:
Leave me to work her.
_Achil._ I will undertake
For _Ptolomy_.
_Sep._ _Caesar_ shall be my task,
And as in _Pompey_ I began a name
I'le perfect it in _Caesar_.
_Enter (above)_ Caesar, Ptolomy, Achoreus, Apollodorus, Antony,
Dolabella.
_Pho._ 'Tis resolv'd then,
We'll force our passage.
_Achil._ See, they do appear
As they desir'd a Parley.
_Pho._ I am proud yet
I have brought 'em to capitulate.
_Ptol._ Now, _Photinus_?
_Pho._ Now, _Ptolomy_?
_Ptol._ No addition?
_Pho._ We are equal,
Though _Caesars_ name were put into the scale,
In which our worth is weigh'd.
_Caes._ Presumptuous Villain,
Upon what grounds hast thou presum'd to raise
Thy servile hand against the King, or me,
That have a greater name?
_Pho._ On those, by which
Thou didst presume to pass the _Rubicon_
Against the Laws of _Rome_; and at the name
Of Traitor smile; as thou didst when _Marcellus_,
The Consul, with the _Senates_ full consent
Pronounc'd thee for an Enemy to thy Country,
Yet thou wentst on, and thy rebellious Cause
Was crown'd with fair success: Why should we fear then?
Think on that, _Caesar_.
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