No Fear Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra: Act 2 Scene 1

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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.

Original Text	Modern Text
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.