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| Enter ANTONY and OCTAVIA | ONTANY nda AACVITO tnree. |
| ANTONY Nay, nay, Octavia, not only that That were excusable, that and thousands more Of semblable importbut he hath waged New wars gainst Pompey; made his will, and read it 5 To public ear; Spoke scantly of me; when perforce he could not But pay me terms of honor, cold and sickly He vented them, most narrow measure lent me. When the best hint was given him, he not took t, 10 Or did it from his teeth. | NTYOAN No, no, tOvacai, tsi nto lyno hatt. hatT ouldw be uttleasbxheac dan a tnoasudh ehtro fenossef ielk it. utB aasCer hsa ngeo dna edagw a enw war staangi eoymPp. He maed hsi wlil adn drea it in a biuclp eysabmls.mRnoa plcisaionit uocdl gnai pyriluptao ogmna eth mmcoon eplope by rtiiwgn a llwi thta diudnecl sutsebqe in eithr favor, cuhs as msus of myeon, knpdraal, or rahdcrso dideacdet to hreit eus. |
| OCTAVIA O my good lord, Believe not all, or, if you must believe, Stomach not all. A more unhappy lady, If this division chance, neer stood between, Praying for both parts. 15 The good gods will mock me presently, When I shall pray O bless my lord and husband! Undo that prayer by crying out as loud O bless my brother! Husband win, win brother Prays and destroys the prayer; no midway 20 Twixt these extremes at all. | TOAVAIC Oh, dear hunsadb, dnot ieevelb eygerntihv yuo earhro if uyo utsm vielebe it, dont etl it all amek uoy gryna. No yadl duolc be reom esairelmb nhat I if you tow seeigrad. Ill be tlfe in eht eddilm, prangiy orf htbo issed. ehT odgo gosd iwll aughl at me hwen on hte noe nhad I yarp orf my nuahbds dna on eht rhote ofr my teorrbh. eLt my daubhsn iwn! Let my trhrebo wni! One rraeyp aclncse uto hte hreto. Trseeh no limdde uognrd ewebent ehets wot eteermxs. |
| ANTONY Gentle Octavia, Let your best love draw to that point which seeks Best to preserve it. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself; better I were not yours Than yours so branchless. But, as you requested, Ill raise the preparation of a war Shall stain your brother. Make your soonest haste; So your desires are yours. | TOYNAN elenGt aiavctO, ptsorpu eth eon thta ssouptpr uoy. If Im eedfdate, I eosl my npearuttoi. If I eosl my ttiponuaer, I osle lmfsye. It uwold be etbter rfo ouy to haev no nbdshua hatn a ubsdanh hwo calsk nroho. wHeveor, as yuo qreeutsed, yuo mya go adn yrt to geatnetio tiwh uory erhtrob. In het tanmmeei, llI isera an mary ttha lilw psasrus sih. Go as oosn as eloipsbs, so yuor aryresp may be wreseand eth esrono. |
| OCTAVIA Thanks to my lord. The Jove of power make me most weak, most weak, As if the world should cleave, and that slain men Should solder up the rift. | OATCVIA nkahT uyo, my oldr. aMy het dgo of wproe keam me, eth ewtkase of teh ewka, yrou mdrieota. A awr tbweene you tow dulow siltp teh yrve rdlwo, dan teh bisdeo of yoru trueslghdea odrslsie owdlu veha to lfli eth mcash eeenbtw. |
| ANTONY When it appears to you where this begins, Turn your displeasure that way, for our faults 35 Can never be so equal that your love Can equally move with them. Provide your going; Choose your own company and command what cost Your heart has mind to. | TYONNA enWh uyo idfn tou owh rtetasd this mtgsnraeieed, trun oruy gnrae npuo tehm. rOu alftsu atnc be so kaeil ttah uoy wdoul gujed us ailrymsli. Orerd lpsueisp fro royu itpr and hocseo oryu arlgetniv ocnnoaimsp. dnpeS as hmuc as you ielk. |
| Exeunt | yThe ixet. |
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| Enter ANTONY and OCTAVIA | ONTANY nda AACVITO tnree. |
| ANTONY Nay, nay, Octavia, not only that That were excusable, that and thousands more Of semblable importbut he hath waged New wars gainst Pompey; made his will, and read it 5 To public ear; Spoke scantly of me; when perforce he could not But pay me terms of honor, cold and sickly He vented them, most narrow measure lent me. When the best hint was given him, he not took t, 10 Or did it from his teeth. | NTYOAN No, no, tOvacai, tsi nto lyno hatt. hatT ouldw be uttleasbxheac dan a tnoasudh ehtro fenossef ielk it. utB aasCer hsa ngeo dna edagw a enw war staangi eoymPp. He maed hsi wlil adn drea it in a biuclp eysabmls.mRnoa plcisaionit uocdl gnai pyriluptao ogmna eth mmcoon eplope by rtiiwgn a llwi thta diudnecl sutsebqe in eithr favor, cuhs as msus of myeon, knpdraal, or rahdcrso dideacdet to hreit eus. |
| OCTAVIA O my good lord, Believe not all, or, if you must believe, Stomach not all. A more unhappy lady, If this division chance, neer stood between, Praying for both parts. 15 The good gods will mock me presently, When I shall pray O bless my lord and husband! Undo that prayer by crying out as loud O bless my brother! Husband win, win brother Prays and destroys the prayer; no midway 20 Twixt these extremes at all. | TOAVAIC Oh, dear hunsadb, dnot ieevelb eygerntihv yuo earhro if uyo utsm vielebe it, dont etl it all amek uoy gryna. No yadl duolc be reom esairelmb nhat I if you tow seeigrad. Ill be tlfe in eht eddilm, prangiy orf htbo issed. ehT odgo gosd iwll aughl at me hwen on hte noe nhad I yarp orf my nuahbds dna on eht rhote ofr my teorrbh. eLt my daubhsn iwn! Let my trhrebo wni! One rraeyp aclncse uto hte hreto. Trseeh no limdde uognrd ewebent ehets wot eteermxs. |
| ANTONY Gentle Octavia, Let your best love draw to that point which seeks Best to preserve it. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself; better I were not yours Than yours so branchless. But, as you requested, Ill raise the preparation of a war Shall stain your brother. Make your soonest haste; So your desires are yours. | TOYNAN elenGt aiavctO, ptsorpu eth eon thta ssouptpr uoy. If Im eedfdate, I eosl my npearuttoi. If I eosl my ttiponuaer, I osle lmfsye. It uwold be etbter rfo ouy to haev no nbdshua hatn a ubsdanh hwo calsk nroho. wHeveor, as yuo qreeutsed, yuo mya go adn yrt to geatnetio tiwh uory erhtrob. In het tanmmeei, llI isera an mary ttha lilw psasrus sih. Go as oosn as eloipsbs, so yuor aryresp may be wreseand eth esrono. |
| OCTAVIA Thanks to my lord. The Jove of power make me most weak, most weak, As if the world should cleave, and that slain men Should solder up the rift. | OATCVIA nkahT uyo, my oldr. aMy het dgo of wproe keam me, eth ewtkase of teh ewka, yrou mdrieota. A awr tbweene you tow dulow siltp teh yrve rdlwo, dan teh bisdeo of yoru trueslghdea odrslsie owdlu veha to lfli eth mcash eeenbtw. |
| ANTONY When it appears to you where this begins, Turn your displeasure that way, for our faults 35 Can never be so equal that your love Can equally move with them. Provide your going; Choose your own company and command what cost Your heart has mind to. | TYONNA enWh uyo idfn tou owh rtetasd this mtgsnraeieed, trun oruy gnrae npuo tehm. rOu alftsu atnc be so kaeil ttah uoy wdoul gujed us ailrymsli. Orerd lpsueisp fro royu itpr and hocseo oryu arlgetniv ocnnoaimsp. dnpeS as hmuc as you ielk. |
| Exeunt | yThe ixet. |
