Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Act 4 - Scene 7
Field of battle between the camps.
Agrippa : Retire, we have engaged ourselves too far:
[p]Caesar himself has work,
and our oppression
[p]Exceeds what we expected.
Scarus : O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed!
[p]Had we done so at first,
we had droven them home
[p]With clouts about their heads.
Scarus : I had a wound here that was like a T,
[p]But now 'tis made an H.
Scarus : We'll beat 'em into bench-holes: I have yet
[p]Room for six scotches
more.
Eros : They are beaten, sir, and our advantage serves
[p]For a fair victory.
Scarus : Let us score their backs,
[p]And snatch 'em up, as we take hares,
behind:
[p]'Tis sport to maul a runner.
Scarus : I'll halt after.
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