in the arms and cold in the
heart; not hiding a bald head under his conqueror's laurels; not stooped
with the weight of the world on his shoulders; but brisk and fresh,
strong and young, hoping in the morning, fighting in the day, and
reveling in the evening. Will you take such an one in exchange for
Caesar?

CLEOPATRA (palpitating). His name, his name?

CAESAR. Shall it be Mark Antony? (She throws herself in his arms.)

RUFIO. You are a bad hand at a bargain, mistress, if you will swap
Caesar for Antony.

CAESAR. So now you are satisfied.

CLEOPATRA. You will not forget.

CAESAR. I will not forget. Farewell: I do not think we shall meet again.
Farewell. (He kisses her on the forehead. She is much affected and
begins to sniff. He embarks.)

THE ROMAN SOLDIERS (as he sets his foot on the gangway). Hail, Caesar;
and farewell!

He reaches the ship and returns Rufio's wave of the hand.

APOLLODORUS (to Cleopatra). No tears, dearest Queen: they stab your
servant to the heart. He will return some day.

CLEOPATRA. I hope not. But I can't help crying, all the same. (She waves
her handkerchief to Caesar; and the ship begins to move.)

THE ROMAN SOLDIERS (drawing their swords and raising them in the air).
Hail, Caesar!

NOTES TO CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA

CLEOPATRA'S CURE FOR BALDNESS

For the sake of conciseness in a hurried situation I have made Cleopatra
recommend rum. This, I am afraid, is an anachronism: the only real one
in the play. To balance it, I give a couple of the remedies she actually
believed in. They are quoted by Galen from Cleopatra's book on Cosmetic.

"For bald patches, powder red sulphuret of arsenic and take it up with
oak gum, as much as it will bear. Put on a rag and apply, having soaped
the place well first. I have mixed the above with a foam of nitre, and
it worked well."

Several other receipts follow, ending with: "The following is the best
of all, acting for fallen hairs, when applied with oil or pomatum; acts
also for falling off of eyelashes or for people getting bald all over.
It is wonderful. Of domestic mice burnt, one part; of vine rag burnt,
one part; of horse's teeth burnt, one part; of bear's grease one; of
deer's marrow one; of reed bark one. To be pounded when dry, and mixed
with plenty of honey til it gets the consistency of honey; then the
bear's grease and marrow to be mixed (when melted), the medicine to be
put in a brass flask, and the bald part rubbed til it spro