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Flourish. Enter AGRIPPA , and CAESAR , with ENOBARBUS and DOLABELLA
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Trumpet fanfare. AGRIPPA and CAESAR enter with ENOBARBUS and DOLABELLA .
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CAESAR Go forth, Agrippa, and begin the fight.
Our will is Antony be took alive.
Make it so known.
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CAESAR Agrippa, go start the battle. We want Antony taken alive. Make sure everyone knows that.
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AGRIPPA Caesar, I shall.
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AGRIPPA I will, Caesar.
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Exit | He exits. |
CAESAR 5 The time of universal peace is near.
Prove this a prosp’rous day, the three-nooked world
Shall bear the olive freely.
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CAESAR An era of universal peace is about to start. If this battle goes well for us, there will be peace in all
three corners of the worldAfrica, Asia, and Europe, which were all under Roman rule |
Enter a MESSENGER
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A MESSENGER enters.
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MESSENGER Antony
Is come into the field.
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MESSENGER Antony has come onto the battlefield.
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CAESAR Go charge Agrippa
Plant those that have revolted in the vant,
10 That Antony may seem to spend his fury
Upon himself.
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CAESAR Go order Agrippa to put the men who deserted Antony’s army at the front. That way Antony will feel like he’s fighting his own men.
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Exeunt all but ENOBARBUS | Everyone exits except ENOBARBUS |
ENOBARBUS Alexas did revolt and went to Jewry on
Affairs of Antony, there did dissuade
Great Herod to incline himself to Caesar
15 And leave his master Antony. For this pains
Caesar hath hanged him. Canidius and the rest
That fell away have entertainment but
No honorable trust. I have done ill,
Of which I do accuse myself so sorely
20 That I will joy no more.
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ENOBARBUS Alexas deserted. He went to Judea as if on Antony’s business, but he persuaded Herod to support Caesar instead. Caesar hanged him for this service. Canidius and the others that left Antony are given hospitality here but no positions of trust. I’ve done a bad thing, for which I will blame myself so much that I’ll never be happy again.
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Enter a SOLDIER of Caesar’s
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A SOLDIER of Caesar’s enters.
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SOLDIER Enobarbus, Antony
Hath after thee sent all thy treasure, with
His bounty overplus. The messenger
Came on my guard, and at thy tent is now
Unloading of his mules.
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SOLDIER Enobarbus, Antony has sent you all your treasure, with generous gifts besides. The messenger arrived on my watch and is unloading his mules at your tent.
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ENOBARBUS 25 I give it you.
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ENOBARBUS It’s yours.
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SOLDIER Mock not, Enobarbus.
I tell you true. Best you safed the bringer
Out of the host. I must attend mine office,
Or would have done ’t myself. Your Emperor
30 Continues still a Jove.
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SOLDIER Don’t joke about this, Enobarbus. I’m telling you the truth. You’d better bring the messenger safely through the lines so he can return. I’d do it myself, but I can’t leave my post. Your Emperor is still a king among gods.
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Exit | He exits. |
ENOBARBUS I am alone the villain of the earth,
And feel I am so most. O Antony,
Thou mine of bounty, how wouldst thou have paid
My better service, when my turpitude
If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean
Shall outstrike thought, but thought will do ’t, I feel.
I fight against thee? No, I will go seek
Some ditch wherein to die. The foul’st best fits
40 My latter part of life.
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ENOBARBUS I am the worst person alive, and I know it the best. Oh, Antony, you extravagantly generous man, how would you have rewarded me for serving you faithfully when you reward my badness with all of this gold! My heart feels like it’s about to explode. If grief doesn’t kill me, I’ll find a quicker way to kill myself—even though I think grief will do the job just as well. I, fight against you, Antony? No, I’ll go find some ditch to die in. The foulest fate would be most appropriate for me now in this latest phase of my life.
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Exit | He exits. |
Original Text |
Modern Text |
Flourish. Enter AGRIPPA , and CAESAR , with ENOBARBUS and DOLABELLA
|
Trumpet fanfare. AGRIPPA and CAESAR enter with ENOBARBUS and DOLABELLA .
|
CAESAR Go forth, Agrippa, and begin the fight.
Our will is Antony be took alive.
Make it so known.
|
CAESAR Agrippa, go start the battle. We want Antony taken alive. Make sure everyone knows that.
|
AGRIPPA Caesar, I shall.
|
AGRIPPA I will, Caesar.
|
Exit | He exits. |
CAESAR 5 The time of universal peace is near.
Prove this a prosp’rous day, the three-nooked world
Shall bear the olive freely.
|
CAESAR An era of universal peace is about to start. If this battle goes well for us, there will be peace in all
three corners of the worldAfrica, Asia, and Europe, which were all under Roman rule |
Enter a MESSENGER
|
A MESSENGER enters.
|
MESSENGER Antony
Is come into the field.
|
MESSENGER Antony has come onto the battlefield.
|
CAESAR Go charge Agrippa
Plant those that have revolted in the vant,
10 That Antony may seem to spend his fury
Upon himself.
|
CAESAR Go order Agrippa to put the men who deserted Antony’s army at the front. That way Antony will feel like he’s fighting his own men.
|
Exeunt all but ENOBARBUS | Everyone exits except ENOBARBUS |
ENOBARBUS Alexas did revolt and went to Jewry on
Affairs of Antony, there did dissuade
Great Herod to incline himself to Caesar
15 And leave his master Antony. For this pains
Caesar hath hanged him. Canidius and the rest
That fell away have entertainment but
No honorable trust. I have done ill,
Of which I do accuse myself so sorely
20 That I will joy no more.
|
ENOBARBUS Alexas deserted. He went to Judea as if on Antony’s business, but he persuaded Herod to support Caesar instead. Caesar hanged him for this service. Canidius and the others that left Antony are given hospitality here but no positions of trust. I’ve done a bad thing, for which I will blame myself so much that I’ll never be happy again.
|
Enter a SOLDIER of Caesar’s
|
A SOLDIER of Caesar’s enters.
|
SOLDIER Enobarbus, Antony
Hath after thee sent all thy treasure, with
His bounty overplus. The messenger
Came on my guard, and at thy tent is now
Unloading of his mules.
|
SOLDIER Enobarbus, Antony has sent you all your treasure, with generous gifts besides. The messenger arrived on my watch and is unloading his mules at your tent.
|
ENOBARBUS 25 I give it you.
|
ENOBARBUS It’s yours.
|
SOLDIER Mock not, Enobarbus.
I tell you true. Best you safed the bringer
Out of the host. I must attend mine office,
Or would have done ’t myself. Your Emperor
30 Continues still a Jove.
|
SOLDIER Don’t joke about this, Enobarbus. I’m telling you the truth. You’d better bring the messenger safely through the lines so he can return. I’d do it myself, but I can’t leave my post. Your Emperor is still a king among gods.
|
Exit | He exits. |
ENOBARBUS I am alone the villain of the earth,
And feel I am so most. O Antony,
Thou mine of bounty, how wouldst thou have paid
My better service, when my turpitude
If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean
Shall outstrike thought, but thought will do ’t, I feel.
I fight against thee? No, I will go seek
Some ditch wherein to die. The foul’st best fits
40 My latter part of life.
|
ENOBARBUS I am the worst person alive, and I know it the best. Oh, Antony, you extravagantly generous man, how would you have rewarded me for serving you faithfully when you reward my badness with all of this gold! My heart feels like it’s about to explode. If grief doesn’t kill me, I’ll find a quicker way to kill myself—even though I think grief will do the job just as well. I, fight against you, Antony? No, I’ll go find some ditch to die in. The foulest fate would be most appropriate for me now in this latest phase of my life.
|
Exit | He exits. |
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