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The argument Antony wins the first day's land battle, routing Caesar's forces; Scarus fights brilliantly despite his wounds and they pursue the retreating enemy.
Alarum. Drums and Trumpets. Enter Agrippa and others.
AGRIPPA ≋ verse AGRIPPA speaks

Retire! We have engaged ourselves too far.

Caesar himself has work, and our oppression

Exceeds what we expected.

Retire! We have engaged ourselves too far. Caesar himself has work, and our oppression Exceeds what we expected.

Retire! We have engaged ourselves too far. Caesar himself has work, and our oppression Exceeds what we expected.

retire! we have engaged ourselves too far. caesar himself has work, and our oppression exceeds what we expected.

[_Exeunt._]
Alarums. Enter Antony and Scarus wounded.
SCARUS ≋ verse SCARUS speaks

O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed!

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

With clouts about their heads.

O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed! Had we done so at first, we had droven them home With clouts about their heads.

O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed! Had we done so at first, we had droven them home With clouts about their heads.

o my brave emperor, this is fought indeed! had we done so at first, we had droven them home with clouts about their heads.

ANTONY ANTONY speaks

Thou bleed’st apace.

Thou bleed’st apace.

Thou bleed’st apace.

thou bleed’st apace.

SCARUS ≋ verse SCARUS speaks

I had a wound here that was like a T,

But now ’tis made an H.

_Sounds retreat far off._

I had a wound here that was like a T, But now ’tis made an H. _Sounds retreat far off._

I had a wound here that was like a T, But now ’tis made an H. _Sounds retreat far off._

i had a wound here that was like a t, but now ’tis made an h. _sounds retreat far off._

"I had a wound here that was like a T, / But now 'tis made an H" Scarus's wound has been extended — what was a vertical slash (T) has been widened into an H-shape. He makes it sound like a minor editorial correction. It is one of the play's most darkly comic lines.
ANTONY ANTONY speaks

They do retire.

They do retire.

They do retire.

they do retire.

SCARUS ≋ verse SCARUS speaks

We’ll beat ’em into bench-holes. I have yet

Room for six scotches more.

We’ll beat ’em into bench-holes. I have yet Room for six scotches more.

We’ll beat ’em into bench-holes. I have yet Room for six scotches more.

we’ll beat ’em into bench-holes. i have yet room for six scotches more.

Enter Eros.
EROS ≋ verse EROS speaks

They are beaten, sir, and our advantage serves

For a fair victory.

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

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

they are beaten, sir, and our advantage serves for a fair victory.

SCARUS ≋ verse SCARUS speaks

Let us score their backs

And snatch ’em up as we take hares, behind.

’Tis sport to maul a runner.

Let us score their backs And snatch ’em up as we take hares, behind. ’Tis sport to maul a runner.

Let us score their backs And snatch ’em up as we take hares, behind. ’Tis sport to maul a runner.

let us score their backs and snatch ’em up as we take hares, behind. ’tis sport to maul a runner.

ANTONY ≋ verse ANTONY speaks

I will reward thee

Once for thy sprightly comfort, and tenfold

For thy good valour. Come thee on.

I will reward thee Once for thy sprightly comfort, and tenfold For thy good valour. Come thee on.

I will reward thee Once for thy sprightly comfort, and tenfold For thy good valour. Come thee on.

i will reward thee once for thy sprightly comfort, and tenfold for thy good valour. come thee on.

SCARUS SCARUS speaks

I’ll halt after.

I’ll halt after.

I’ll halt after.

i’ll halt after.

[_Exeunt._]

The Reckoning

A brief flash of what Antony on land can do. Caesar's side falls back — 'we have engaged ourselves too far.' Scarus, bloodied and giddy, makes a joke about his wound widening from a T to an H shape. The scene breathes the joy of a battle going right. It won't last — but this moment matters: the audience needs to see Antony as a soldier, not just a defeated lover.

If this happened today…

The quarterly results come back and the underdog company — written off by everyone — beats its target for the first time in months. The lead engineer, who's been working with a bad cold all week, shows his laptop and jokes about how the bug tracker went from looking like a T to an H. Everyone laughs. Their boss says: 'You did this. Ten times the reward.' They chase the advantage. For now.

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