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in the garden thus Wherever in Capell's text there appears a dagger inserted between words or phrases, it is an indication of some action to be taken by the speaker. For instance, where Cleopatra says to the Messenger, ‘there is gold, and here My bluest veins to kiss,’ the lines thus appear in Capell's text: ‘there is † gold and here † My bluest veins to kiss,’ indicating that Cleopatra extends one hand with gold and the other to be kissed; it would be truly deplorable were an actress to suppose that Egypt's queen uses her feet on this occasion, and against this easy error Capell kindly does all he can to protect her. In the present line, after ‘garden’ Capell unsheaths a dagger, which means, I suppose, that Eros imitates Anthony's impatient strides. Here the little dagger is not too intrusive, albeit the end would have been gained by a dash, which Steevens, possibly taking the hint from Capell, adopted, and has been followed herein by all editors ever since.—Ed.
William Shakespeare. Horace Howard Furness. A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra. Philadelphia and London. J. B. Lippincott Company. 1907.
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