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Antony and Cleopatra, Act 3, Scene 9

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  1. Enter Antony and Enobarbus.

    Antony and Enobarbus come in.

  2. Antony1

    Set we our squadrons on yon side o’ th’ hill In eye of Caesar’s battle, from which place We may the number of the ships behold And so proceed accordingly.

    Let's place our squadrons on that side of the hill, in view of Caesar's army. From there we can see how many ships there are, and act accordingly.

  3. Exeunt.

    They leave.

Original text: Project Gutenberg edition #1534 (public domain, edited by the PG Shakespeare Team). Modern English rendering by Storgy.