Scene Two
[Another Room]
Char. Lord Alexas, sweet Alexas, most any-
thing Alexas, almost most absolute Alexas,
where's the soothsayer that you praised so to
the queen? O! that I knew this husband, 4
which, you say, must charge his horns with
garlands.
Alex. Soothsayer!
Sooth. Your will? 8
Char. Is this the man? Is 't you, sir, that
know things?
Sooth. In nature's infinite book of secrecy
A little I can read.
Alex. Show him your hand. 12
Eno. Bring in the banquet quickly; wine enough
Cleopatra's health to drink.
Char. Good sir, give me good fortune.
Sooth. I make not, but foresee. 16
Char. Pray then, foresee me one.
Sooth. You shall be yet far fairer than you are.
Char. He means in flesh.
Iras. No, you shall paint when you are old. 20
Char. Wrinkles forbid!
Alex. Vex not his prescience; be attentive.
Char. Hush!
Sooth. You shall be more beloving than belov'd. 24
Scene Two S. d. Rannius, Lucillius; cf. n.
4–6 O! that I knew . . . garlands; cf. n.
13 banquet: dessert and wine
