Enter DEMETRIUS and PHILO

DEMETRIUS and PHILO enter.

PHILO

Nay, but this dotage of our general’s O’erflows the measure. Those his goodly eyes, That o’er the files and musters of the war Have glowed like plated Mars, now bend, now turn The office and devotion of their view Upon a tawny front. His captain’s heart, Which in the scuffles of great fights hath burst The buckles on his breast, reneges all temper And is become the bellows and the fan To cool a gypsy’s lust.

PHILO

I'm telling you, our general's ridiculous infatuation goes beyond the limits of reasonable behavior. Those handsome eyes of his, that used to shine like Mars's when he looked over the lines of troops, now turn away and give their duty and love to a woman with a dark complexion. He used to have the heart of a military commander, which swelled so much during the battles of great wars that it split open the armor on his chest, but now he abandons all self-restraint and only lives to stir up and then satisfy an Egyptian's sexual desire. 

Flourish. Enter ANTONY, CLEOPATRA, her ladies, the train, with eunuchs fanning her

A flourish of trumpets sounds. ANTONY, CLEOPATRA, and CLEOPATRA'S female attendants and followers enter, with eunuchs fanning her.

Look where they come. Take but good note, and you shall see in him The triple pillar of the world transformed Into a strumpet’s fool. Behold and see.

CLEOPATRA

If it be love indeed, tell me how much.

CLEOPATRA

If you really love me, tell me how much. 

ANTONY

There’s beggary in the love that can be reckoned.

ANTONY

My love for you could not be very great if I could tell you how much I love you. 

CLEOPATRA

I’ll set a bourn how far to be beloved.

CLEOPATRA

I'll mark off boundaries to see how far your love extends. 

ANTONY

Then must thou needs find out new heaven, new earth.

ANTONY

If you want to see how far my love extends, you'll need to discover a new world, because my love extends beyond this one. 

Enter a MESSENGER

A MESSENGER enters.

MESSENGER

News, my good lord, from Rome.

MESSENGER

I have news from Rome, my good lord. 

ANTONY

Grates me, the sum.

ANTONY

That irritates me. Summarize it for me.