The Complete Works of William Shakespeare In Plain and Simple English (Translated) (769 page)

Soldier

Who!

Who!
One ever near thee: call for Enobarbus,

One who was always near you: call for Enobarbus,

He shall not hear thee; or from Caesar's camp

He will not hear you; or from Caesar's camp

Say 'I am none of thine.'

Say 'I am not one of yours.'

MARK ANTONY

What say'st thou?

What do you say?

Soldier

Sir,

Sir,
He is with Caesar.

He is with Caesar.

EROS

Sir, his chests and treasure

Sir, his chests and treasure
He has not with him.

He has not taken it with him.

MARK ANTONY

Is he gone?

Has he left?

Soldier

Most certain.

Certainly.

MARK ANTONY

Go, Eros, send his treasure after; do it;

Go, Eros, send his treasure to him; do it;

Detain no jot, I charge thee: write to him--

Do not be delayed, please: write to him --

I will subscribe--gentle adieus and greetings;

I will dictate -- gentle goodbyes and greetings;

Say that I wish he never find more cause

Say that I wish he never finds reason again

To change a master. O, my fortunes have

To find a new master. Oh, my fortunes have

Corrupted honest men! Dispatch.--Enobarbus!

Corrupted honest men! Send it off to Enobarbus!

Exeunt

Flourish. Enter OCTAVIUS CAESAR, AGRIPPA, with DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS, and others

OCTAVIUS CAESAR

Go forth, Agrippa, and begin the fight:

Go forward, Agrippa, and begin the fight:

Our will is Antony be took alive;

We want Antony to be taken alive;

Make it so known.

Make that known to all.

AGRIPPA

Caesar, I shall.

Caesar, I will.

Exit

OCTAVIUS CAESAR

The time of universal peace is near:

The time of worldwide peace is near:

Prove this a prosperous day, the three-nook'd world

If this is a successful day, the three-cornered world

Shall bear the olive freely.

Will carry the olive branch freely.

Enter a Messenger

Messenger

Antony

Antony
Is come into the field.

Has come into the battle.

OCTAVIUS CAESAR

Go charge Agrippa

Go tell Agrippa

Plant those that have revolted in the van,

Put those who have rebelled against him in the front

That Antony may seem to spend his fury

So that Antony may seem to be fighting

Upon himself.

Against himself.

Exeunt all but DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS

DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS

Alexas did revolt; and went to Jewry on

Alexas did rebel; and went to the Jewish lands on

Affairs of Antony; there did persuade

Antony's business; and there persuaded

Great Herod to incline himself to Caesar,

Great Herod to follow Caesar,

And leave his master Antony: for this pains

And leave his master Antony: for this effort

Caesar hath hang'd him. Canidius and the rest

Caesar has hanged him. Canidius and the rest

That fell away have entertainment, but

That left now have work, but

No honourable trust. I have done ill;

No honorable trust. I have done poorly;

Of which I do accuse myself so sorely,

Of which I so terribly accuse myself,

That I will joy no more.

I will never be happy again.

Enter a Soldier of CAESAR's

Soldier

Enobarbus, Antony

Enobarbus, Mark Antony
Hath after thee sent all thy treasure, with

Has send all your treasure to you, with

His bounty overplus: the messenger

Extra from his own fortune: the messenger

Came on my guard; and at thy tent is now

Came during my guard; and at your tent is now

Unloading of his mules.

Unloading his mules.

DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS

I give it you.

Soldier

Mock not, Enobarbus.

Do not make fun of me, Enobarbus.

I tell you true: best you safed the bringer

I tell you truly: it would be best if you helped the bringer

Out of the host; I must attend mine office,

Leave here safely; I must go do my duties,

Or would have done't myself. Your emperor

Or would have done it myself. Your emperor

Continues still a Jove.

Continues to be a god.

Exit

DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS

I am alone the villain of the earth,

I am the worst villain on earth,
And feel I am so most. O Antony,

And feel terrible. Oh, Antony,
Thou mine of bounty, how wouldst thou have paid

You gave me my riches, how you would have paid

My better service, when my turpitude

My better service, when my betrayal

Thou dost so crown with gold! This blows my heart:

You crown with gold like this! This destroys my heart;

If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean

If quick thought doesn't break it, a quicker action

Shall outstrike thought: but thought will do't, I feel.

Will outdo thought: but thought will do it, I feel.

I fight against thee! No: I will go seek

I fight against you! No: I will go look for

Some ditch wherein to die; the foul'st best fits

Some ditch where I can die; the dirt best fits

My latter part of life.

The end of my life.

Exit

Alarum. Drums and trumpets. Enter AGRIPPA and others

AGRIPPA

Retire, we have engaged ourselves too far:

Fall back, we have spread ourselves too far:

Caesar himself has work, and our oppression

Caesar himself has work, and our opposition

Exceeds what we expected.

Is more than what we expected.

Exeunt

Alarums. Enter MARK ANTONY and SCARUS wounded

SCARUS

O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed!

Oh, my brave emperor, this is fighting indeed!

Had we done so at first, we had droven them home

If we had done so from the first, we would have driven them home

With clouts about their heads.

With bruises around their heads.

MARK ANTONY

Thou bleed'st apace.

You're bleeding.

SCARUS

I had a wound here that was like a T,

I had a wound here that was like a T,
But now 'tis made an H.

But now it is an H.

MARK ANTONY

They do retire.

Then go rest.

SCARUS

We'll beat 'em into bench-holes: I have yet

We'll beat them back: I still have

Room for six scotches more.

Room for six more scratches.

Enter EROS

EROS

They are beaten, sir, and our advantage serves

They are beaten, sir, and our advantage serves
For a fair victory.

For a glorious victory.

SCARUS

Let us score their backs,

Let us wound their backs,

And snatch 'em up, as we take hares, behind:

And snatch them up, the way we catch rabbits, from behind:

'Tis sport to maul a runner.

It's fun to maul a runner

MARK ANTONY

I will reward thee

I will reward you

Once for thy spritely comfort, and ten-fold

Once for your cheerful comfort, and ten times more

For thy good valour. Come thee on.

For your bravery. Come one.

SCARUS

I'll halt after.

I'll follow after.

Exeunt

Alarum. Enter MARK ANTONY, in a march; SCARUS, with others

MARK ANTONY

We have beat him to his camp: run one before,

We have beaten him to his camp: run ahead,

And let the queen know of our guests. To-morrow,

And let the queen know about our guests. Tomorrow

Before the sun shall see 's, we'll spill the blood