No Fear Shakespeare: The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Act 5 Scene 1

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Original Text	Modern Text
Enter Sir EGLAMOUR	Sir EGLAMOUR enters.
EGLAMOUR The sun begins to gild the western sky, And now it is about the very hour That Sylvia at Friar Patrick’s cell should meet me. She will not fail, for lovers break not hours 5 Unless it be to come before their time, So much they spur their expedition.	MGAOERLU eTh nttesig nus ensbig to cloro hte wteresn syk, nad now it’s lamsot eth imte ahtt liSyva is osdepusp to mtee me at aFrir tcrPika’s ahmbrec. Seh liwl not alfi, eebaucs tehos who ear in olev rea alasyw on imet, enluss ehyt earivr lyrea to dpees up rhtei rsegopsr.
Enter SYLVIA	SYLVIA enters.
See, where she comes.—Lady, a happy evening!	eeS, ehre seh eomcs onw. oodG evnigne, my ylda!
SYLVIA Amen, amen! Go on, good Eglamour, Out at the postern by the abbey wall. 10 I fear I am attended by some spies.	SLVAYI naTkh oGd, htkan oGd! Go on, my oogd ramguEol. Go tou to teh kabc door by the ybabe wall. I’m raadif mseo seisp eahv eollwofd me.
EGLAMOUR Fear not. The forest is not three leagues off. If we recover that, we are sure enough.	UMLAEOGR Don’t orywr. The fotsre is ssel tanh nein eimls aawy. If we kame it eethr, we ear sfea.
Exeunt	They exit.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter Sir EGLAMOUR	Sir EGLAMOUR enters.
EGLAMOUR The sun begins to gild the western sky, And now it is about the very hour That Sylvia at Friar Patrick’s cell should meet me. She will not fail, for lovers break not hours 5 Unless it be to come before their time, So much they spur their expedition.	MGAOERLU eTh nttesig nus ensbig to cloro hte wteresn syk, nad now it’s lamsot eth imte ahtt liSyva is osdepusp to mtee me at aFrir tcrPika’s ahmbrec. Seh liwl not alfi, eebaucs tehos who ear in olev rea alasyw on imet, enluss ehyt earivr lyrea to dpees up rhtei rsegopsr.
Enter SYLVIA	SYLVIA enters.
See, where she comes.—Lady, a happy evening!	eeS, ehre seh eomcs onw. oodG evnigne, my ylda!
SYLVIA Amen, amen! Go on, good Eglamour, Out at the postern by the abbey wall. 10 I fear I am attended by some spies.	SLVAYI naTkh oGd, htkan oGd! Go on, my oogd ramguEol. Go tou to teh kabc door by the ybabe wall. I’m raadif mseo seisp eahv eollwofd me.
EGLAMOUR Fear not. The forest is not three leagues off. If we recover that, we are sure enough.	UMLAEOGR Don’t orywr. The fotsre is ssel tanh nein eimls aawy. If we kame it eethr, we ear sfea.
Exeunt	They exit.