Antony and Cleopatra: Act 3, Scene 8
tragedy
A plain near Actium.
Caesar gives orders before the sea battle: do not engage on land until the sea fight is settled.
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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
Upon this jump.
Exeunt