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FIRST SOLDIER
20Peace, I say! What should this mean?
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FIRST SOLDIER Quiet, I say. What does this mean?
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SECOND SOLDIER ’Tis the god Hercules, whom Antony loved,
Now leaves him.
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SECOND SOLDIER It means that
Antony’s patron god, HerculesAntony’s family claimed to be descended from the demigod Hercules. Antony’s patron god, Hercules , is leaving him. |
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FIRST SOLDIER Walk. Let’s see if other watchmen
Do hear what we do.
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FIRST SOLDIER Let’s walk over and see if the other soldiers heard the same
thing.
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They advance toward the other
SOLDIERS
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They go to speak with the other
SOLDIERS.
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SECOND SOLDIER
25How now, masters?
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SECOND SOLDIER Hello there, good sirs.
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ALL
(speak together)
How now? How now? Do you hear this?
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ALL
(speaking at the same
time) What now? What now? Do you hear that?
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FIRST SOLDIER Ay. Is ’t not strange?
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FIRST SOLDIER Yes. Isn’t it strange?
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THIRD SOLDIER Do you hear, masters? Do you hear?
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THIRD SOLDIER Do you hear that, men? Do you?
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FIRST SOLDIER Follow the noise so far as we have quarter;
30Let’s see how it will give off.
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FIRST SOLDIER Let’s follow the music as far as we can without leaving our
station and see if it stops.
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ALL Content.
’Tis strange.
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ALL Good idea. It’s very strange.
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Exeunt
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They exit.
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