I would put it at
the end of his foregoing speech,
_Where he for grace is kneel'd to._
[Aside to Gallus.] _You see, how easily she may be surpriz'd._
Then while Cleopatra makes a formal answer, Gallus, upon the hint given,
seizes her, and Proculeius, interrupting the civility of his answer,
_--your plight is pity'd
Of him that caus'd it._
Cries out,
_Guard her till, Caesar come._
V.ii.40 (250,6) who are in this/Reliev'd, but not betray'd] [W:
Bereav'd, but] I do not think the emendation necessary, since the sense
is not made better by it, and the abruptness in Cleopatra's answer is
more forcible in the old reading.
V.ii.42 (250,7) rids our dogs of languish] For _languish_, I think we
may read, _anguish_.
V.ii.48 (251,8) Worth many babes and beggars] Why, death, wilt thou not
rather seize a queen, than employ thy force upon _babes_ and _beggars_.
(see 1765, VII, 238, 9)
V.ii.50 (251,9) If idle talk will once be necessary] [This nonsense
should be reformed thus,
_If idle_ TIME _whill once be necessary._
i.e. if _repose_ be necessary to cherish life, I will not sleep.
WARBURTON.] I do not see that the nonsense is made sense by the change.
Sir T. Hanmer reads,
_If idle talk will once be_ accessary;
Neither is this better. I know not what to offer better than an easy
explanation. That is, _I will not eat_, and _if it will be necessary now
for once_ to waste a moment in _idle talk_ of my purpose, _I will not
sleep neither_.
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