| The Life of Marcus Antonius | Antony and Cleopatra |
| Only a few had known of Antony's flight; and those who were told of it could not at first give any belief to so incredible a thing as that a general who had nineteen entire legions and twelve thousand horse upon the seashore, could abandon all and fly away; and he, above all, who had so often experienced both good and evil fortune, and had in a thousand wars and battles been inured to changes. | [MARK ANTONY] Canidius, Our nineteen legions thou shalt hold by land, And our twelve thousand horse. We'll to our ship III.vii.57-59 |