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Act 2, Scene 3
Antony and Cleopatra Translation Act 2, Scene 4
Enter LEPIDUS, MECAENAS, and AGRIPPA
LEPIDUS
Trouble yourselves no further. Pray you, hastenYour generals after.
LEPIDUS
Don't trouble yourselves any further. Please, hurry after your generals.
AGRIPPA
Sir, Mark AntonyWill e’en but kiss Octavia, and we’ll follow.
AGRIPPA
Sir, Mark Antony is only going to kiss Octavia, and then we'll follow.
LEPIDUS
5 Till I shall see you in your soldiers’ dress,Which will become you both, farewell.
LEPIDUS
Until I see you dressed like soldiers, which will suit you both well, goodbye.
MAECENAS
We shall,As I conceive the journey, be at the MountBefore you, Lepidus.
MAECENAS
As I anticipate it, we will be at Mount Misenum before you, Lepidus.
LEPIDUS
10 Your way is shorter.My purposes do draw me much about.You’ll win two days upon me.
LEPIDUS
Your route is shorter. I have business that will take me to many different places. You'll get there two days before I will.
MAECENAS, AGRIPPA
Sir, good success.
MAECENAS, AGRIPPA
Sir, we wish you luck.
LEPIDUS
Farewell.
LEPIDUS
Farewell.
Exeunt
About the Translator: Maria Devlin
Maria Devlin received her Ph.D. in English Literature from Harvard University, where she specialized in Renaissance drama. She has worked as a bibliographical and editorial assistant for The Norton Anthology of English Literature and for The Norton Shakespeare. She is currently working with Stephen Greenblatt to design online courses on Shakespeare, including the modules "Hamlet's Ghost" and "Shylock's Bond" offered through HarvardX. She is writing a book on Renaissance comedy.
Maria Devlin wishes to credit the following sources, which she consulted extensively in composing her translations and annotations:
William Shakespeare. The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition. Eds. Gary Taylor et al. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
William Shakespeare. The Norton Shakespeare, 3rd ed. Eds. Stephen Greenblatt et al. New York: W.W. Norton& Company, Inc., 2016.
