Cymbeline
ACT III SCENE VII | Rome. A public place. | |
Enter two Senators and Tribunes. | ||
First Senator | This is the tenor of the emperor’s writ: | |
That since the common men are now in action | ||
‘Gainst the Pannonians and Dalmatians, | ||
And that the legions now in Gallia are | 5 | |
Full weak to undertake our wars against | ||
The fall’n-off Britons, that we do incite | ||
The gentry to this business. He creates | ||
Lucius preconsul: and to you the tribunes, | ||
For this immediate levy, he commends | 10 | |
His absolute commission. Long live Caesar! | ||
First Tribune | Is Lucius general of the forces? | |
Second Senator | Ay. | |
First Tribune | Remaining now in Gallia? | |
First Senator | With those legions | 15 |
Which I have spoke of, whereunto your levy | ||
Must be supplyant: the words of your commission | ||
Will tie you to the numbers and the time | ||
Of their dispatch. | ||
First Tribune | We will discharge our duty. | 20 |
Exeunt |
Cymbeline, Act 4, Scene 1