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Scene VIRome. Octavius Caesar's houseEnter Octavius Caesar, Agrippa, and MecaenasOctavius CaesarContemning Rome, he has done all this, and more,
In Alexandria: here's the manner of 't:
I' the…
Scene IIRome. An ante-chamber in Octavius Caesar's houseEnter Agrippa at one door, Domitius Enobarbus at anotherAgrippaWhat, are the brothers parted?Domitius EnobarbusThey have dispatch'd…
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Scene IIIThe same. Octavius Caesar's houseEnter Mark Antony, Octavius Caesar, Octavia between them, and AttendantsMark AntonyThe world and my great office will sometimes
Divide me from your…
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