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Show .-nbttfl oth 01 \ TlA- ft ^ » ^ « ^ -*i- - \VV\ %^t \* WO WMU^ttfc W The Perfons of the Play. Julim £4ar \\ %*un\>« ? *A\ ¥«^f^owW»w^ - ftolomy, King of Egv£r. Cleopatra, His Sifter, kl ^v; IT: Fhotinw'i His Gavernour, yi^ Achillas, His Lieutenant General. Septimius, A Roman Tribune in the Egyptian Kings Armv Aclwrejis, Cleopatras Gentleman Ufher. Charmion, Cleopatras Maid of Honour. Cornelia, Pompey s W i d o w. Philip, Pompey s Freedman. Romans and Egyptians. The Scene Ptolomys Palace in Alexandria. "K \ ia x rrologue JV For the Theatre at 7)«Mw, Written by the Earl of %ofcomon. J B T H < ? wig&Qr Rivals, whofe dejlru&ive Rage Did the whole World in Civil Arms engage, Are now agreed, and make it both their Choice, To have their Fates determined by your Voice Caefar from none but Ton, will hear his Doom, ' He hates th9 obfequious Flatteries of R o m e : He fcorns, where once he Rul'd, nOw to be tryd, And he hath RuVd in all the World beftde. ** When he the Thames, the Danube, and the Nile Had ftaind with Blood, Peace flouri/Fd in this Ifle \ And you alone may Boaji, you never faw Cxfar till now, and now can give him haw. Great Pompey too, comes as a Suppliant here, But fays, He cannot now begin to fear. He knows your equal Jufiice, and (to tell A Roman Truth) He knows himfelf too well. Succefs, tis true, waited on Catfar'x fide, But Pompey thinks he conquer d when he dfd. His Fortune when fhe provd the mofl unkind, Chang d his Condition, but not CatoV Mind. Then of what Doubt can Pompey\r Caufe admit, Since here fo many CatoV Judging fit ? But yon, bright Nymphs, give Caefar leave to woo T°A^e fhe greateji Wonder of the World but you, And hear a Mufe, who has that Hero taught lo fpeal^ as geiironfly, as e'er he fought. Whofe |