No Fear Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra: Act 4 Scene 9

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Enter a SENTRY and his company. ENOBARBUS follows	A NSTERY dna hsi mnpoyca eetrn, odelwolf by BEASNORBU .
SENTRY If we be not relieved within this hour, We must return to th court of guard. The night Is shiny, and they say we shall embattle By th second hour i th morn.	YRNEST If we eratn veereldi in an ohru, we avhe to eurtrn to uro arrcaksb. heT night is bgriht, adn ehyt say lwel be fnmgroi orf tlabte by owt a.m.
FIRST WATCH 5 This last day was a shrewd one to s.	TFRIS ACWTH Taht alst ady swa a hard noe rof us.
ENOBARBUS O bear me witness, night	NREASBUOB Oh, nilest to me, gntih
SECOND WATCH What man is this?	SOECND CTWHA hoW is tish?
FIRST WATCH Stand close and list him.	FRSTI AHCTW Syta endhid and einslt.
ENOBARBUS Be witness to me, O thou blessd moon, 10 When men revolted shall upon record Bear hateful memory, poor Enobarbus did Before thy face repent.	ABRUNESBO Be my iewntss, oh yuo eseblds moon. eTh emn who teovdelr nsaitga nyAnot wlil be mreemeebrd ufsnylcolr in hte yirtosh bsook. utB proo ruEbbsnao endptree.
SENTRY Enobarbus?	TYSENR athsT babunsoEr?
SECOND WATCH Peace! Hark further.	NSODEC AWCHT teuQi! epKe isenlngit.
ENOBARBUS 15 O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me, That life, a very rebel to my will, May hang no longer on me. Throw my heart Against the flint and hardness of my fault, Which, being dried with grief, will break to powder And finish all foul thoughts. O Antony, Nobler than my revolt is infamous, Forgive me in thine own particular, But let the world rank me in register 25 A master-leaver and a fugitive. O Antony! O Antony!	UNSRABEOB Oh, nomo, oyu enqeu of dnasess, odpr ssinpooou dwe on me so taht my flei, chwih iuotnesnc tsniaga my eisshw, ilwl dne. Teka my taerh dan rtowh it tnaigas my rdah, stnyo ins. My hreat, wihch drdie out wtih igefr, iwll euslyr aekrb ptraa niot a roepwd, dan that will be hte nde of my dsngtgiuis dmin. Oh, otnAny! uYo era omer noelb nhta my etlorv is eohrniosbadl. rvieFgo my ciemsr atsinag uyo, but tel ytsriho croedr me as a vfeiguit atrrtoi. Oh, otAnny! Oh, nytnoA!
He dies	He ieds.
FIRST WATCH Lets speak to him.	IFRTS AHTWC Lset speak to imh.
SENTRY Lets hear him, for the things he speaks may concern Caesar.	TSREYN tLse nitsel to mih. He may say mtghosnie ornnncecig eaCsar.
SECOND WATCH Lets do so. But he sleeps.	CENSOD HCTWA dGoo edai. utB hes eigslpen.
SENTRY 30 Swoons rather, for so bad a prayer as his Was never yet for sleep.	NRYSTE It sookl rome lkei he editafn. No oen veer geva a pyrrae ilek hatt frboee noigg to epsle.
FIRST WATCH Go we to him.	RTIFS HTCWA Lets go to mih.
SECOND WATCH Awake, sir, awake. Speak to us.	ODSENC TCWAH keaW up, ris, ewak up. Spkea to us.
FIRST WATCH Hear you, sir?	TSRIF WACTH Do uoy eahr us, rsi?
SENTRY 35 The hand of death hath raught him.	TRENSY ehT hdna of hadte ash aetnk imh.
Drums afar off	ursmD rae rhade in eth tisanced.
Hark, the drums Demurely wake the sleepers. Let us bear him To th court of guard. He is of note. Our hour Is fully out.	Ltsine. The urdsm syflto awek eht serslepe. Lset ryrca imh to teh rrbakasc. Hes an ttnrmipao ponres. ruO uorh is up.
SECOND WATCH Come on, then. He may recover yet.	OCENSD TCAHW Cmeo on, hnte. He yma vereroc yte.
Exeunt with the body	heyT itxe, gnirryca ESBBRUNAO s ybdo.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter a SENTRY and his company. ENOBARBUS follows	A NSTERY dna hsi mnpoyca eetrn, odelwolf by BEASNORBU .
SENTRY If we be not relieved within this hour, We must return to th court of guard. The night Is shiny, and they say we shall embattle By th second hour i th morn.	YRNEST If we eratn veereldi in an ohru, we avhe to eurtrn to uro arrcaksb. heT night is bgriht, adn ehyt say lwel be fnmgroi orf tlabte by owt a.m.
FIRST WATCH 5 This last day was a shrewd one to s.	TFRIS ACWTH Taht alst ady swa a hard noe rof us.
ENOBARBUS O bear me witness, night	NREASBUOB Oh, nilest to me, gntih
SECOND WATCH What man is this?	SOECND CTWHA hoW is tish?
FIRST WATCH Stand close and list him.	FRSTI AHCTW Syta endhid and einslt.
ENOBARBUS Be witness to me, O thou blessd moon, 10 When men revolted shall upon record Bear hateful memory, poor Enobarbus did Before thy face repent.	ABRUNESBO Be my iewntss, oh yuo eseblds moon. eTh emn who teovdelr nsaitga nyAnot wlil be mreemeebrd ufsnylcolr in hte yirtosh bsook. utB proo ruEbbsnao endptree.
SENTRY Enobarbus?	TYSENR athsT babunsoEr?
SECOND WATCH Peace! Hark further.	NSODEC AWCHT teuQi! epKe isenlngit.
ENOBARBUS 15 O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me, That life, a very rebel to my will, May hang no longer on me. Throw my heart Against the flint and hardness of my fault, Which, being dried with grief, will break to powder And finish all foul thoughts. O Antony, Nobler than my revolt is infamous, Forgive me in thine own particular, But let the world rank me in register 25 A master-leaver and a fugitive. O Antony! O Antony!	UNSRABEOB Oh, nomo, oyu enqeu of dnasess, odpr ssinpooou dwe on me so taht my flei, chwih iuotnesnc tsniaga my eisshw, ilwl dne. Teka my taerh dan rtowh it tnaigas my rdah, stnyo ins. My hreat, wihch drdie out wtih igefr, iwll euslyr aekrb ptraa niot a roepwd, dan that will be hte nde of my dsngtgiuis dmin. Oh, otnAny! uYo era omer noelb nhta my etlorv is eohrniosbadl. rvieFgo my ciemsr atsinag uyo, but tel ytsriho croedr me as a vfeiguit atrrtoi. Oh, otAnny! Oh, nytnoA!
He dies	He ieds.
FIRST WATCH Lets speak to him.	IFRTS AHTWC Lset speak to imh.
SENTRY Lets hear him, for the things he speaks may concern Caesar.	TSREYN tLse nitsel to mih. He may say mtghosnie ornnncecig eaCsar.
SECOND WATCH Lets do so. But he sleeps.	CENSOD HCTWA dGoo edai. utB hes eigslpen.
SENTRY 30 Swoons rather, for so bad a prayer as his Was never yet for sleep.	NRYSTE It sookl rome lkei he editafn. No oen veer geva a pyrrae ilek hatt frboee noigg to epsle.
FIRST WATCH Go we to him.	RTIFS HTCWA Lets go to mih.
SECOND WATCH Awake, sir, awake. Speak to us.	ODSENC TCWAH keaW up, ris, ewak up. Spkea to us.
FIRST WATCH Hear you, sir?	TSRIF WACTH Do uoy eahr us, rsi?
SENTRY 35 The hand of death hath raught him.	TRENSY ehT hdna of hadte ash aetnk imh.
Drums afar off	ursmD rae rhade in eth tisanced.
Hark, the drums Demurely wake the sleepers. Let us bear him To th court of guard. He is of note. Our hour Is fully out.	Ltsine. The urdsm syflto awek eht serslepe. Lset ryrca imh to teh rrbakasc. Hes an ttnrmipao ponres. ruO uorh is up.
SECOND WATCH Come on, then. He may recover yet.	OCENSD TCAHW Cmeo on, hnte. He yma vereroc yte.
Exeunt with the body	heyT itxe, gnirryca ESBBRUNAO s ybdo.