Hipparchus, my enfranchised bondman, whom
He may at pleasure whip, or hang, or torture,
As he shall like, to quit me.
(III. xiii. 147.)
So, too, Plutarch says of Dolabella’s disclosure to Cleopatra:
He sent her word secretly as she had requested him, that Caesar determined to take his journey through Suria, and that within three dayes he would sende her away before with her children.
The words are closely copied in Dolabella’s statement:
Caesar through Syria
Intends his journey, and within three days
You with your children will he send before: