Antony and Cleopatra

Please see the bottom of this page for explanatory notes and resources.

ACT III SCENE VIII	A plain near Actium.
[Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, and TAURUS, with his army, marching]
OCTAVIUS CAESAR	Taurus!
TAURUS	My lord?
OCTAVIUS CAESAR	Strike not by land; keep whole: provoke not battle,
	Till we have done at sea. Do not exceed
	The prescript of this scroll: our fortune lies	5
	Upon this jump.
[Exeunt]

Antony and Cleopatra, Act 3, Scene 9
___________

Explanatory Notes for Act 3, Scene 8
From Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Ed. M. Eaton. Boston: Educational Publishing Company.
(Line numbers have been altered.)
__________

5. Prescript. Instructions.

6. Jump. Risk, hazard.

___________

How to cite the explanatory notes:Shakespeare, William. Antony and Cleopatra. Ed. M. Eaton. Boston: Educational Publishing Company, 1908.