No Fear Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra: Act 4 Scene 13

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Original Text	Modern Text
Enter CLEOPATRA , CHARMIAN , IRAS , and MARDIAN	LCPATEORA , HCNARAIM , ARIS , nda DRIAMNA eetrn.
CLEOPATRA Help me, my women! Oh, hes more mad Than Telamon for his shield. The boar of Thessaly Was never so embossed.	ATOCLAPRE lHpe me, edasli! Oh, Ayotnn is orem suofiru nath omnelTa, ohw idllke fimhesl in a aueojls gear. The ldwi arbo of hsylasTe, hwich eht eddosgs aiDna tsen to hpsuin nigK doenCla rfo teecngnigl erh sccfiarsie, tindd maof at eht tmohu as humc as nAotny odse onw.
CHARMIAN To th monument! There lock yourself and send him word you are dead. 5 The soul and body rive not more in parting Than greatness going off.	NHCARMIA Go to yoru mtbo! kLco slfuryoe in adn edsn mhi rdwo ahtt rouye adde. hWen a aetgr ropesn asetrpd, it cssaeu emor niap htan ehnw eht oslu elasev the dboy.
CLEOPATRA To th monument! Mardian, go tell him I have slain myself. Say that the last I spoke was Antony, And word it, prithee, piteously. Hence, Mardian, And bring me how he takes my death. (to the others) To th monument!	ALPTOERCA To my motb! Mardain, go eltl hmi evI lkdlie lsyefm. Sya het aslt rdow I pesok swa nAotyn, nad slaeep wdor it hlyaitcptlae. Go, iadanMr, and tle me kwon hwo he csreta to my dhaet. (to eth eoshtr) To eth tobm!
Exeunt	hyTe all ixet.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter CLEOPATRA , CHARMIAN , IRAS , and MARDIAN	LCPATEORA , HCNARAIM , ARIS , nda DRIAMNA eetrn.
CLEOPATRA Help me, my women! Oh, hes more mad Than Telamon for his shield. The boar of Thessaly Was never so embossed.	ATOCLAPRE lHpe me, edasli! Oh, Ayotnn is orem suofiru nath omnelTa, ohw idllke fimhesl in a aueojls gear. The ldwi arbo of hsylasTe, hwich eht eddosgs aiDna tsen to hpsuin nigK doenCla rfo teecngnigl erh sccfiarsie, tindd maof at eht tmohu as humc as nAotny odse onw.
CHARMIAN To th monument! There lock yourself and send him word you are dead. 5 The soul and body rive not more in parting Than greatness going off.	NHCARMIA Go to yoru mtbo! kLco slfuryoe in adn edsn mhi rdwo ahtt rouye adde. hWen a aetgr ropesn asetrpd, it cssaeu emor niap htan ehnw eht oslu elasev the dboy.
CLEOPATRA To th monument! Mardian, go tell him I have slain myself. Say that the last I spoke was Antony, And word it, prithee, piteously. Hence, Mardian, And bring me how he takes my death. (to the others) To th monument!	ALPTOERCA To my motb! Mardain, go eltl hmi evI lkdlie lsyefm. Sya het aslt rdow I pesok swa nAotyn, nad slaeep wdor it hlyaitcptlae. Go, iadanMr, and tle me kwon hwo he csreta to my dhaet. (to eth eoshtr) To eth tobm!
Exeunt	hyTe all ixet.