| William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare. 1914. | | | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | | | | Act IV. Scene XI. |
| | Alexandria. A Room in the Palace. | |
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Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, IRAS, and MARDIAN. | |
| Cleo. Help me, my women! O! he is more mad | |
| Than Telamon for his shield; the boar of Thessaly | |
| Was never so emboss’d. | 5 |
| Char. To the monument! | |
| There lock yourself, and send him word you are dead. | |
| The soul and body rive not more in parting | |
| Than greatness going off. | |
| Cleo. To the monument! | 10 |
| Mardian, go tell him I have slain myself; | |
| Say that the last I spoke was ‘Antony,’ | |
| And word it, prithee, piteously. Hence, | |
| Mardian, and bring me how he takes my death. | |
| To the monument! [Exeunt. | 15 | | |
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