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was left to the audience's powers of deduction. The rcru ining
text consisted of some twenty lines, br^inninp with Cl< o_
patra's "Lord of Lords" (IV.8.16b), and The stage observed:
The unfolding of this r± • ntic set actually occupies
more time than the few words that re uttered by
the characters previous to its re ov 1,
The Caotious Critic had enjoyed the allofori a ballet, but
the necond ballet, introduced into this scene, seemed too
much of a good, t inr;-.
iTon this point, Mrs L, .nrt.y's version moved to a close
with indecent hrc'te. Enobarbus wr.s al .owed a brief ocene of
remorse, transposed from IV.6 (11-39), in which he declared
his intention to seek some -xLrce in v;hieh to die. He wan seen
no more. Then c.-*£»o a scene composed of IV,12, bef;inninr v/ith
Antony's angry entrance ("All is lost", line 9) and -irocoeO.i-ig
to IV, 14, when he was borne off-sta fr;e by the ^u; rd. Only
twelve lines were niitteo from these t ree short scenes of
t :e original, the nost notable omission be ng Bercetus 1
desertion of Antony. The lines,
Wy quo on rui