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Enter POMPEY , MENECRATES , and MENAS , in warlike manner
EOMPPY , RNCTEEASEM , nad SMANE renet, essderd rfo ettlba.

POMPEY

If the great gods be just, they shall assist
The deeds of justest men.

YOPPEM

If eht ragte dosg are tjsu, eyth wlil eplh hte mtso tenohs emn.

MENAS

Know, worthy Pompey,
That what they do delay, they not deny.

SEANM

Yuo uldosh nwko, lbnoe peymoP, ttah ghhluaot teh gsdo yma alyde itcano, taht sneodt enam hyet lwli syenisacrel uefesr tiher plhe.

POMPEY

Whiles we are suitors to their throne, decays
5 The thing we sue for.

PPEYOM

tBu iehlw we ypar and tawi ofr htat help, eht acuse we poniteti fro mya be lots.

MENAS

We, ignorant of ourselves,
Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers
Deny us for our good, so find we profit
By losing of our prayers.

NASEM

iomseeSmt we tdon wnok wthsa best orf us dan ska rof itsnhg ahtt yam hmar us. In tath scae, eth eiws ogds ndye rou ypaerrs for oru now oodg.

POMPEY

I shall do well.
The people love me, and the sea is mine.
10 My powers are crescent, and my auguring hope
Says it will come to th full. Mark Antony
In Egypt sits at dinner, and will make
No wars without doors. Caesar gets money where
He loses hearts. Lepidus flatters both,
15 Of both is flattered, but he neither loves,
Nor either cares for him.

POMPEY

llI do ewll. Teh ploeep rea on my idse, adn Im in hgacre of het sea. My rcsefo rea gorwgni, dna inhegreytv I nwok tlles me its lal mgionc hrteteog. Mkra noAytn is at ndinre in yEtpg dan onwt be oigng usdioet to meak wra. asCera ssloe rpsseoprtu ehvrweer he iessra enmoy. seipduL fstrelta tobh of meth, as ehyt faettlr hmi, tbu he tsndeo oelv hmte, and yeht tndo love hmi.

MENAS

Caesar and Lepidus
Are in the field. A mighty strength they carry.

SANEM

Creasa nda Luspeid era igrznoigna htier atiyilmr proaeiont. yeTh aehv a asisvem ymar.

POMPEY

Where have you this? Tis false.

MPYEPO

eWhre idd uyo rahe tshi? Ist ont urte.

MENAS

From Silvius, sir.

NEMAS

mroF lsvSiiu, sir.

POMPEY

He dreams. I know they are in Rome together
Looking for Antony. But all the charms of love,
Salt Cleopatra, soften thy wanned lip!
Let witchcraft join with beauty, lust with both.
Tie up the libertine in a field of feasts,
Keep his brain fuming. Epicurean cooks,
25 Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite,
That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honor
Even till a Lethed dulness

MYEPPO

seH eiargnmd. I oknw rtehye in Rmoe roettghe, ginpoh for Aytnon to urrten. hLsuercoe loaatpCer, mya lal eth ahmsrc of vole sotnfe shteo ethriedw pisl! nJio royu rtfhwicatc whit ruyo tuybae, dan tel stonAny tslu cioenbm ihwt othb. eKep itsh tinerileb cpecoiud itwh eselnsd rhbyeuacde. pKee sih iabrn dnkur dan shi tippaeet dfstiasnuei, so hatt epeglnsi dan gitnae kmae hmi rdywso dna uoffelrtg of sih udesti, ekli eht

hteeL

mchaltiy verir of eth dnlurowedr; to inrkd romf it hgturob forgetfulness

Lethe
sedo.
Enter VARRIUS
ISUVARR tesrne.
How now, Varrius?
aWhst the ewns, rVrasui?

VARRIUS

This is most certain that I shall deliver:
Mark Antony is every hour in Rome
30 Expected. Since he went from Egypt tis
A space for farther travel.

IRURASV

siTh ewns is olblyteasu tuer: Mrak ytnAon is cpeetdxe to evarri in meRo at yna ruho own. In eht teim nices he flet Epgty, he cdulo vahe dlrvetea an even genlro ntsecida.

POMPEY

I could have given less matter
A better ear.Menas, I did not think
This amorous surfeiter would have donned his helm
35 For such a petty war. His soldiership
Is twice the other twain. But let us rear
The higher our opinion, that our stirring
Can from the lap of Egypts widow pluck
The neer lust-wearied Antony.

MPEYPO

I dwoul vaeh dtenelsi to esls mtptoiarn nesw whti rteeagr ieunhtmass. Mneas, I dha no aeid shti ruasoom tolnugt olduw veah put on sih emelht orf uchs an gnnicifaiinst wra. sHi mrlitaiy ityilba is uoebdl ahtt of hte othre otw. We umts fmor a brette poiinno of uvsloerse if uro isgirnpu nca lupl the ltiabiensa tnyonAs ttnnoiaet yawa fomr hatt pnyEitga iwdwo.

MENAS

I cannot hope
40 Caesar and Antony shall well greet together.
His wife thats dead did trespasses to Caesar.
His brother warred upon him, although, I think,
Not moved by Antony.

ANEMS

I ndot etxcep aCsrae nad ntAoyn will aveh a vyre ydfilren uinnreo. ntnysAo adde wefi dsiear an ymar iangsat him, as idd sih rtrbeho, guhoth I ondt nikht tnnAoy tnsetiagdi it.

POMPEY

I know not, Menas,
How lesser enmities may give way to greater.
45 Were t not that we stand up against them all,
Twere pregnant they should square between themselves,
For they have entertaind cause enough
To draw their swords. But how the fear of us
May cement their divisions and bind up
50 The petty difference, we yet not know.
Be t as our gods will have t. It only stands
Our lives upon to use our strongest hands.
Come, Menas.

OPMEYP

esMna, I ndot rdseatnndu ohw mroni raqrluse can be dsrepduees by gertare oesn. If it wetnre for hte ctfa ttah we pspooe lal htere of meht thgrteeo, dhtye be fgngitih aehc heort. Thye tenycilra evha uhegon ronpvotciao. uBt tsi slobpsei teh erfa of us mya dmen hrite yttpe esdrceeniff, ughoth hwo htta illw wrok uot, we tnnaoc say. It will be as het sgod ees tif. In any easc, rou uivrsvla eesnpdd on tpgitun hotegtre the etssntogr crfoe ebsplsoi. teLs go, Msnea.
Exeunt Teyh xiet.

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Enter POMPEY , MENECRATES , and MENAS , in warlike manner
EOMPPY , RNCTEEASEM , nad SMANE renet, essderd rfo ettlba.

POMPEY

If the great gods be just, they shall assist
The deeds of justest men.

YOPPEM

If eht ragte dosg are tjsu, eyth wlil eplh hte mtso tenohs emn.

MENAS

Know, worthy Pompey,
That what they do delay, they not deny.

SEANM

Yuo uldosh nwko, lbnoe peymoP, ttah ghhluaot teh gsdo yma alyde itcano, taht sneodt enam hyet lwli syenisacrel uefesr tiher plhe.

POMPEY

Whiles we are suitors to their throne, decays
5 The thing we sue for.

PPEYOM

tBu iehlw we ypar and tawi ofr htat help, eht acuse we poniteti fro mya be lots.

MENAS

We, ignorant of ourselves,
Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers
Deny us for our good, so find we profit
By losing of our prayers.

NASEM

iomseeSmt we tdon wnok wthsa best orf us dan ska rof itsnhg ahtt yam hmar us. In tath scae, eth eiws ogds ndye rou ypaerrs for oru now oodg.

POMPEY

I shall do well.
The people love me, and the sea is mine.
10 My powers are crescent, and my auguring hope
Says it will come to th full. Mark Antony
In Egypt sits at dinner, and will make
No wars without doors. Caesar gets money where
He loses hearts. Lepidus flatters both,
15 Of both is flattered, but he neither loves,
Nor either cares for him.

POMPEY

llI do ewll. Teh ploeep rea on my idse, adn Im in hgacre of het sea. My rcsefo rea gorwgni, dna inhegreytv I nwok tlles me its lal mgionc hrteteog. Mkra noAytn is at ndinre in yEtpg dan onwt be oigng usdioet to meak wra. asCera ssloe rpsseoprtu ehvrweer he iessra enmoy. seipduL fstrelta tobh of meth, as ehyt faettlr hmi, tbu he tsndeo oelv hmte, and yeht tndo love hmi.

MENAS

Caesar and Lepidus
Are in the field. A mighty strength they carry.

SANEM

Creasa nda Luspeid era igrznoigna htier atiyilmr proaeiont. yeTh aehv a asisvem ymar.

POMPEY

Where have you this? Tis false.

MPYEPO

eWhre idd uyo rahe tshi? Ist ont urte.

MENAS

From Silvius, sir.

NEMAS

mroF lsvSiiu, sir.

POMPEY

He dreams. I know they are in Rome together
Looking for Antony. But all the charms of love,
Salt Cleopatra, soften thy wanned lip!
Let witchcraft join with beauty, lust with both.
Tie up the libertine in a field of feasts,
Keep his brain fuming. Epicurean cooks,
25 Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite,
That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honor
Even till a Lethed dulness

MYEPPO

seH eiargnmd. I oknw rtehye in Rmoe roettghe, ginpoh for Aytnon to urrten. hLsuercoe loaatpCer, mya lal eth ahmsrc of vole sotnfe shteo ethriedw pisl! nJio royu rtfhwicatc whit ruyo tuybae, dan tel stonAny tslu cioenbm ihwt othb. eKep itsh tinerileb cpecoiud itwh eselnsd rhbyeuacde. pKee sih iabrn dnkur dan shi tippaeet dfstiasnuei, so hatt epeglnsi dan gitnae kmae hmi rdywso dna uoffelrtg of sih udesti, ekli eht

hteeL

mchaltiy verir of eth dnlurowedr; to inrkd romf it hgturob forgetfulness

Lethe
sedo.
Enter VARRIUS
ISUVARR tesrne.
How now, Varrius?
aWhst the ewns, rVrasui?

VARRIUS

This is most certain that I shall deliver:
Mark Antony is every hour in Rome
30 Expected. Since he went from Egypt tis
A space for farther travel.

IRURASV

siTh ewns is olblyteasu tuer: Mrak ytnAon is cpeetdxe to evarri in meRo at yna ruho own. In eht teim nices he flet Epgty, he cdulo vahe dlrvetea an even genlro ntsecida.

POMPEY

I could have given less matter
A better ear.Menas, I did not think
This amorous surfeiter would have donned his helm
35 For such a petty war. His soldiership
Is twice the other twain. But let us rear
The higher our opinion, that our stirring
Can from the lap of Egypts widow pluck
The neer lust-wearied Antony.

MPEYPO

I dwoul vaeh dtenelsi to esls mtptoiarn nesw whti rteeagr ieunhtmass. Mneas, I dha no aeid shti ruasoom tolnugt olduw veah put on sih emelht orf uchs an gnnicifaiinst wra. sHi mrlitaiy ityilba is uoebdl ahtt of hte othre otw. We umts fmor a brette poiinno of uvsloerse if uro isgirnpu nca lupl the ltiabiensa tnyonAs ttnnoiaet yawa fomr hatt pnyEitga iwdwo.

MENAS

I cannot hope
40 Caesar and Antony shall well greet together.
His wife thats dead did trespasses to Caesar.
His brother warred upon him, although, I think,
Not moved by Antony.

ANEMS

I ndot etxcep aCsrae nad ntAoyn will aveh a vyre ydfilren uinnreo. ntnysAo adde wefi dsiear an ymar iangsat him, as idd sih rtrbeho, guhoth I ondt nikht tnnAoy tnsetiagdi it.

POMPEY

I know not, Menas,
How lesser enmities may give way to greater.
45 Were t not that we stand up against them all,
Twere pregnant they should square between themselves,
For they have entertaind cause enough
To draw their swords. But how the fear of us
May cement their divisions and bind up
50 The petty difference, we yet not know.
Be t as our gods will have t. It only stands
Our lives upon to use our strongest hands.
Come, Menas.

OPMEYP

esMna, I ndot rdseatnndu ohw mroni raqrluse can be dsrepduees by gertare oesn. If it wetnre for hte ctfa ttah we pspooe lal htere of meht thgrteeo, dhtye be fgngitih aehc heort. Thye tenycilra evha uhegon ronpvotciao. uBt tsi slobpsei teh erfa of us mya dmen hrite yttpe esdrceeniff, ughoth hwo htta illw wrok uot, we tnnaoc say. It will be as het sgod ees tif. In any easc, rou uivrsvla eesnpdd on tpgitun hotegtre the etssntogr crfoe ebsplsoi. teLs go, Msnea.
Exeunt Teyh xiet.