CAESAR. Her sons. Come, Cleopatra: forgive me and bid me farewell; and I will send you a man, Roman from head to heel and Roman of the noblest; not old and ripe for the knife; not lean 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 sprouts."