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him, her mind was fred with the hope o.
subduing the greatest potentate then in the
world; nor were her anticipatlens un
founded
Of her journey up the river Cydnus
attired as the Goddess of Beauty in hel
golden barge; of her reception Of Marx
Anteny, aud the scenes of enchabiment
she prepared for the astonished warrior
Plutarch hns given an elaborate descrip.
tion, and Shakespeare has forever iamor.
talized in verse. Antony. despite his
warllks bearing. was already slave &c
the charms of women, and becoming ev'
cry year more degcnerated aud debased
he quickly yielded to the tolls this beau
tful serpent spread for him, and became
her devoted slave She was now in the
zenith eft her charmS, about tweDty-eigh
years Of age, with all the fascination Of q
matured woman in her voice and name.
highly cultivated, she spoke most languag
es, aud gave audience herself to the Elhi
opians, Hebrews, Arabs, Syrians, Medes
anu IaitnlatS.
Antony was astonlshed and delighted
with hts lovely queen and the magniti'
cence of the entertainments that she spread
for hi =. He tried to vie with her, and
they passed their days ID endeavoring to
Guido each other in splendor and
variety. Great feasts were prepared
every day, Cleopatra displayed fresh
riches at each entertainment and
when Antony expressed his astoplshmenl
at SO much magnificent plate and dinner,
services, she replied they were but trites,
and made him present Of them.
1t ls related by Piny that one day,
when Cleopatra tainted Anthony On the
nlegardiiucsa Of his hauqucts, he, plqued,
asked her how he could do better? She
replied, coldly, she could expeud more
than million Of heres upon one supper.
Anthony disputed that. A wager was
laid, which Plautus was to decide. The
service was magnificent, as usual, but
there was nothing extraordinary III it.
Anthony calculated the expense, and raj
he'd the queen on being still far tlOm a
million. She only replied by calling, it
is said for cup Of vinegar; then taking
Que Of the pearls from her ears, valued
at fifty thousand pounds, she threw it into
the cup, aud after it was dissolved drank
it. She would have done the SAFE with
the other pearl had it not been for Plaulus,
who stopped her, and declared Antony
had lost.
Cleopatra was wicked enough to de-
mund Of Anthony the death Of her sister
Arsinoe, who, after gracing Caesars tri.
umph at Rome, had fed to Asia, waere
-he remained IN exile Antony ordered
the unfortunate princess to be slain, and
Cleopatra was free from al aaxieiy asre.
garded her family. She remained for a
long time at Tarsus with Antony. then
induced him by her tears and caresses to
accompany her to Alexandria, despite the
calls Of duty, bath to his wife, FuIyla,
and OctavIus Cesar.
Antoay neglected both, and gave him
self up to every species of indulgence,
Spending the winter in rioting with Cleo
patra, who never left him, but was always
on the alert tc procure him some fresh
amusement she hunted. gsmed, reviewed,
leasted with him, entered into all the
coarseness OF his character. Sometimes
in the character of slave, she would ac-
company him at night through the lowest
quarters Of the city, where they frequent
" got mixed up with drunken brawls.
There was nothing that Cleopatra would
not have done for Mark Antony. She
loved him with all her passionate kgyp-
llan heart. and he worshiped her in re-
turn Il is related that at one OF their
fishing excursions, Antony failed to
catch anything this he looked upon as a
disgrace, and ordered an attendant to
dive aud place on his hook such fish as
had oeen taken before. After doing this
,nree or four times, Cleopatra perceived
the deception. She, however, effected to
be surprised at his success, and invited
her people to witness it next day. When
they were all assembled she ordered the
diver to place ii sa't-6sh on his line, which
Antony drew up midst the shouts and
merrimept Of the spectators.
go, general, said Cleopatra ; 'leavc
fishing to US petty princes Of Pharos and
Capopus. Yonr game is cities, Kingdoms
aud provinces.
So passed the days aud months away in
ceaselcss dissipation,
Meanwhile, news came from Rome tina
Anthony's wife, Fuvia, determined and
ambitious woman, had reyoted. Advices
also came of disturbances in Asia Minor
Anthony was forced TO tear himself
| from his enchantress and hasten TO try
and quell the "ommotlon, much to the an.
noyance Of Cleopatra. who loved Mark
Antony far dearer than ever she had
loved Caesar, and was doubly anxious tc
secure him solely to herself Antony
however, did not return as soon as she ex
pected. The death of fulvia aEd his
marriage to Oc,avla was the cause of hi
reconciliation to Caesar. They divided
the empire between them, the eastern por'
tion falling to Antony's share Tht
charms of the gentle Octavia-lovely anc
good as she was--tailed, however, to gail
the heart Of the debased and degenerate
Antony. He remained with her for /;
while for polite reasons, then fed bacl
to his gypsy queen, who had SO fascinated
him that he lived solely on the thought o
seeing her again, and made himself total
ly uuit for the duties of the camp. s.
eager was he to behold his mistress that h
marched accross the country in the depth