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Enter a SENTRY and his company. ENOBARBUS follows
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Enter a SENTRY and his company. ENOBARBUS follows
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SENTRY If we be not relieved within this hour,
We must return to th’ court of guard. The night
Is shiny, and they say we shall embattle
By th’ second hour i’ th’ morn.
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SENTRY If we be not relieved within this hour,
We must return to th’ court of guard. The night
Is shiny, and they say we shall embattle
By th’ second hour i’ th’ morn.
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FIRST WATCH 5 This last day was a shrewd one to ’s.
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FIRST WATCH This last day was a shrewd one to ’s.
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ENOBARBUS O bear me witness, night—
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ENOBARBUS O bear me witness, night—
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SECOND WATCH What man is this?
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SECOND WATCH What man is this?
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FIRST WATCH Stand close and list him.
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FIRST WATCH Stand close and list him.
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ENOBARBUS Be witness to me, O thou blessèd moon,
10 When men revolted shall upon record
Bear hateful memory, poor Enobarbus did
Before thy face repent.
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ENOBARBUS Be witness to me, O thou blessèd moon,
When men revolted shall upon record
Bear hateful memory, poor Enobarbus did
Before thy face repent.
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SENTRY Enobarbus?
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SENTRY Enobarbus?
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SECOND WATCH Peace! Hark further.
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SECOND WATCH Peace! Hark further.
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ENOBARBUS 15 O sovereign mistress of true melancholy,
The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me,
That life, a very rebel to my will,
May hang no longer on me. Throw my heart
Against the flint and hardness of my fault,
And finish all foul thoughts. O Antony,
Nobler than my revolt is infamous,
Forgive me in thine own particular,
But let the world rank me in register
25 A master-leaver and a fugitive.
O Antony! O Antony!
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ENOBARBUS O sovereign mistress of true melancholy,
The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me,
That life, a very rebel to my will,
May hang no longer on me. Throw my heart
Against the flint and hardness of my fault,
And finish all foul thoughts. O Antony,
Nobler than my revolt is infamous,
Forgive me in thine own particular,
But let the world rank me in register
A master-leaver and a fugitive.
O Antony! O Antony!
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He dies
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He dies
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FIRST WATCH Let’s speak to him.
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FIRST WATCH Let’s speak to him.
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SENTRY Let’s hear him, for the things he speaks may concern Caesar.
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SENTRY Let’s hear him, for the things he speaks may concern Caesar.
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SECOND WATCH Let’s do so. But he sleeps.
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SECOND WATCH Let’s do so. But he sleeps.
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SENTRY 30 Swoons rather, for so bad a prayer as his
Was never yet for sleep.
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SENTRY Swoons rather, for so bad a prayer as his
Was never yet for sleep.
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FIRST WATCH Go we to him.
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FIRST WATCH Go we to him.
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SECOND WATCH Awake, sir, awake. Speak to us.
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SECOND WATCH Awake, sir, awake. Speak to us.
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FIRST WATCH Hear you, sir?
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FIRST WATCH Hear you, sir?
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SENTRY 35 The hand of death hath raught him.
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SENTRY The hand of death hath raught him.
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Drums afar off
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Drums afar off
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Hark, the drums
Demurely wake the sleepers. Let us bear him
To th’ court of guard. He is of note. Our hour
Is fully out.
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Hark, the drums
Demurely wake the sleepers. Let us bear him
To th’ court of guard. He is of note. Our hour
Is fully out.
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SECOND WATCH Come on, then. He may recover yet.
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SECOND WATCH Come on, then. He may recover yet.
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| Exeunt with the body | Exeunt with the body |
Original Text |
Modern Text |
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Enter a SENTRY and his company. ENOBARBUS follows
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Enter a SENTRY and his company. ENOBARBUS follows
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SENTRY If we be not relieved within this hour,
We must return to th’ court of guard. The night
Is shiny, and they say we shall embattle
By th’ second hour i’ th’ morn.
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SENTRY If we be not relieved within this hour,
We must return to th’ court of guard. The night
Is shiny, and they say we shall embattle
By th’ second hour i’ th’ morn.
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FIRST WATCH 5 This last day was a shrewd one to ’s.
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FIRST WATCH This last day was a shrewd one to ’s.
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ENOBARBUS O bear me witness, night—
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ENOBARBUS O bear me witness, night—
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SECOND WATCH What man is this?
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SECOND WATCH What man is this?
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FIRST WATCH Stand close and list him.
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FIRST WATCH Stand close and list him.
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ENOBARBUS Be witness to me, O thou blessèd moon,
10 When men revolted shall upon record
Bear hateful memory, poor Enobarbus did
Before thy face repent.
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ENOBARBUS Be witness to me, O thou blessèd moon,
When men revolted shall upon record
Bear hateful memory, poor Enobarbus did
Before thy face repent.
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SENTRY Enobarbus?
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SENTRY Enobarbus?
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SECOND WATCH Peace! Hark further.
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SECOND WATCH Peace! Hark further.
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ENOBARBUS 15 O sovereign mistress of true melancholy,
The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me,
That life, a very rebel to my will,
May hang no longer on me. Throw my heart
Against the flint and hardness of my fault,
And finish all foul thoughts. O Antony,
Nobler than my revolt is infamous,
Forgive me in thine own particular,
But let the world rank me in register
25 A master-leaver and a fugitive.
O Antony! O Antony!
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ENOBARBUS O sovereign mistress of true melancholy,
The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me,
That life, a very rebel to my will,
May hang no longer on me. Throw my heart
Against the flint and hardness of my fault,
And finish all foul thoughts. O Antony,
Nobler than my revolt is infamous,
Forgive me in thine own particular,
But let the world rank me in register
A master-leaver and a fugitive.
O Antony! O Antony!
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He dies
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He dies
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FIRST WATCH Let’s speak to him.
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FIRST WATCH Let’s speak to him.
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SENTRY Let’s hear him, for the things he speaks may concern Caesar.
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SENTRY Let’s hear him, for the things he speaks may concern Caesar.
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SECOND WATCH Let’s do so. But he sleeps.
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SECOND WATCH Let’s do so. But he sleeps.
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SENTRY 30 Swoons rather, for so bad a prayer as his
Was never yet for sleep.
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SENTRY Swoons rather, for so bad a prayer as his
Was never yet for sleep.
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FIRST WATCH Go we to him.
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FIRST WATCH Go we to him.
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SECOND WATCH Awake, sir, awake. Speak to us.
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SECOND WATCH Awake, sir, awake. Speak to us.
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FIRST WATCH Hear you, sir?
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FIRST WATCH Hear you, sir?
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SENTRY 35 The hand of death hath raught him.
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SENTRY The hand of death hath raught him.
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Drums afar off
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Drums afar off
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Hark, the drums
Demurely wake the sleepers. Let us bear him
To th’ court of guard. He is of note. Our hour
Is fully out.
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Hark, the drums
Demurely wake the sleepers. Let us bear him
To th’ court of guard. He is of note. Our hour
Is fully out.
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SECOND WATCH Come on, then. He may recover yet.
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SECOND WATCH Come on, then. He may recover yet.
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| Exeunt with the body | Exeunt with the body |
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