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Had I great Junos power, The strong-winged Mercury should fetch thee up And set thee by Joves side.
If I had great Juno's power, Mercury with his strong wings would bring you up and set you at Jove's side.
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Yet come a little. Wishers were ever fools. Oh, come, come, come!
Still, come a little closer. Wishing has always been a foolish thing to do. Oh, come, come, come!
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And welcome, welcome! Die when thou hast lived. Quicken with kissing. Had my lips that power, Thus would I wear them out.
And welcome, welcome! Die only after you have lived. Let kissing bring you back to life. If my lips had the power to do that, I would wear them out like this.
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A heavy sight!
A sad sight!
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I am dying, Egypt, dying. Give me some wine and let me speak a little.
I am dying, Queen of Egypt, dying. Give me some wine and let me speak a little.
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One word, sweet Queen: Of Caesar seek your honor, with your safety Oh!
One word, sweet Queen. Appeal to Caesar to protect your honor and your safety oh!
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Gentle, hear me. None about Caesar trust but Proculeius.
Gentle lady, listen to me. Don't trust any of Caesar's followers except Proculeius.
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My resolution and my hands Ill trust, None about Caesar.
I'll trust my determination and my own hands. I won't trust anyone around Caesar.
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The miserable change now at my end Lament nor sorrow at, but please your thoughts In feeding them with those my former fortunes, Wherein I lived the greatest prince o th world, The noblest,
Do not lament or be sorry for the miserable turn that my life has taken. Rather, please yourself by thinking about the great fortunes I enjoyed in the past, when I was the greatest and noblest prince in the world.
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and do now not basely die, Not cowardly put off my helmet to My countryman
I do not die dishonorably now, nor do I surrender like a coward to my fellow countryman.
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a Roman by a Roman Valiantly vanquished. Now my spirit is going. I can no more.
I am a Roman who has been bravely conquered by another Roman . Now my last breath is leaving me. I cannot speak any more.
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Noblest of men, woot die? Hast thou no care of me?
Noblest of men, are you dying? Don't you care about me?
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Shall I abide In this dull world, which in thy absence is No better than a sty?
Can I remain in this dull world, which will be no better than a pigsty when you are gone from it?
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O see, my women, The crown o th earth doth melt. My lord!
Oh look, my women, the greatest monarch of the earth is fading away. My lord!
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Oh, withered is the garland of the war. The soldiers pole is falln! Young boys and girls Are level now with men.
Oh, the glories that crown battle are all gone now. The guide of every soldier has fallen! The men that are left now are no better than young boys and girls.
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The odds is gone, And there is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon.
There is no person of distinction left among humankind, and there is no longer anything remarkable on earth .
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Oh, quietness, lady!
Oh, be calm, my lady!
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Shes dead too, our sovereign.
She's dead too, our queen.
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Lady!
Lady!
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Madam!
Madam!
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O madam, madam, madam!
Oh madam, madam, madam!
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Royal Egypt, Empress!
Royal Queen of Egypt, Empress!
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Peace, peace, Iras.
Peace, peace, Iras.
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No more but een a woman, and commanded By such poor passion as the maid that milks And does the meanest chares.
I am no longer a queen but just an ordinary woman. I am overpowered by the same unworthy emotions as any milkmaid who performs the humblest chores.
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It were for me To throw my scepter at the injurious gods, To tell them that this world did equal theirs Till they had stolen our jewel.
It would be more fitting for me to hurl my scepter at the gods who have injured me and tell them that this earthly world was as good as their divine world until they stole away the greatest man.
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Alls but naught. Patience is sottish, and impatience does Become a dog thats mad. Then is it sin To rush into the secret house of death Ere death dare come to us?
Everything is worthless. It is idiotic to be patient and endure things calmly, and to become impatient is quickly to become like a mad dog. In that case, is it really sinful to rush towards death before death comes to us naturally?
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How do you, women? What, what, good cheer! Why, how now, Charmian? My noble girls! Ah, women, women! Look, Our lamp is spent, its out. Good sirs, take heart.
How are you, my women? What, what, be cheerful! Why, how are you doing there, Charmian? My noble girls! Ah, women, women! Look, our lamp has run out of oil, it's gone out. Good women, take heart.
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Well bury him, and then, whats brave, whats noble, Lets do t after the high Roman fashion And make death proud to take us.
We'll bury him, and then, whatever is brave or noble, we'll do it in the noble Roman style, and die so nobly that death will be proud to take us.
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Come, away. This case of that huge spirit now is cold. Ah, women, women! Come. We have no friend But resolution, and the briefest end.
Come, away. The body that contained that great spirit is now cold. Ah, women, women! Come. The only thing that can help us is determination, and the quickest possible death.
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Go to him, Dolabella, bid him yield. Being so frustrate, tell him, he mocks The pauses that he makes.
Go to Antony, Dolabella, and tell him to surrender. His delay in doing so makes him look ridiculous.
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Caesar, I shall.
Caesar, I will.
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Wherefore is that? And what art thou that darst Appear thus to us?
What is that? And who are you to dare and appear before me armed?
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I am called Dercetus. Mark Antony I served, who best was worthy Best to be served. Whilst he stood up and spoke, He was my master, and I wore my life To spend upon his haters.
My name is Dercetus. I served Mark Antony, who was the man most worthy of being served. While he was alive, he was my master, and I used my life to oppose those who hated him.
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If thou please To take me to thee, as I was to him Ill be to Caesar. If thou pleasest not, I yield thee up my life.
If it pleases you to employ me as Antony did I'll be loyal to you, Caesar. If not, I surrender my life to you.
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What is t thou sayst?
What do you mean?
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I say, O Caesar, Antony is dead.
I mean, Caesar, that Antony is dead.
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The breaking of so great a thing should make A greater crack. The round world Should have shook lions into civil streets And citizens to their dens.
It should cause a greater disturbance when someone so great dies. The globe should have shaken so much that lions left their dens and entered the city streets and the citizens fled to the lions' dens.
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The death of Antony Is not a single doom. In the name lay A moiety of the world.
His death was not the death of an ordinary man. He controlled half of the world.
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He is dead, Caesar, Not by a public minister of justice, Nor by a hird knife,
He is dead. He wasn't killed by a public minister of justice or a hired assassin.
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but that self hand Which writ his honor in the acts it did Hath, with the courage which the heart did lend it, Splitted the heart.
With a courageous heart, he killed himself with the same hand that he performed many honorable acts.
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This is his sword. I robbed his wound of it. Behold it stained With his most noble blood.
This is his sword. I took it away after it wounded him. See how it's stained with his most noble blood.
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Look you, sad friends, The gods rebuke me, but it is tidings To wash the eyes of kings.
See, my sad friends, the gods might criticize me for weeping, but this news is enough to make even a king cry.
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His taints and honors Waged equal with him.
His flaws and his virtues fought inside him, both with equal power.
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A rarer spirit never Did steer humanity, but you gods will give us Some faults to make us men. Caesar is touched.
No man was ever governed with such an uncommonly noble spirit. But the gods give us some faults to make us human. Caesar is emotional over the news.
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When such a spacious mirrors set before him, He needs must see himself.
When he thinks about such a great man, he sees what he himself could become.
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O Antony, I have followed thee to this, but we do launch Diseases in our bodies. I must perforce Have shown to thee such a declining day, Or look on thine. We could not stall together In the whole world.
Oh Antony, I was trying to end your life, but we have to get rid of a disease if it threatens our body . Either I would have had to die, or you would have. The world wasn't big enough for both of us.
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But yet let me lament With tears as sovereign as the blood of hearts That thou, my brother, my competitor In top of all design, my mate in empire, Friend and companion in the front of war, The arm of mine own body, and the heart Where mine his thoughts did kindle
But I will still weep, with tears as powerful as the blood in my heart, for you, my brother, my greatest competitor, my co-ruler of the empire, my friend and companion on the battlefield, the arm of my own body, and to whom I confided all my thoughts
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that our stars, Unreconcilable, should divide Our equalness to this. Hear me, good friends
I weep that our partnership was divided by our irreconcilable fates. Listen to me, good friends
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But I will tell you at some meeter season.
But I'll tell you what I have to say at a more appropriate time.
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The business of this man looks out of him.
This man looks like he's here on urgent business.
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Well hear him what he says.
We'll hear what he has to say.
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(to EGYPTIAN) Whence are you?
[To the EGYPTIAN] Who sent you?
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A poor Egyptian yet, the Queen my mistress, Confined in all she has, her monument, Of thy intents desires instruction,
That poor Egyptian, the Queen my mistress. She has locked herself in her tomb which is now all she has left and she wants to know what you intend to do,
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That she preparedly may frame herself To th way shes forced to.
so that she can prepare herself for her fate.
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Bid her have good heart. She soon shall know of us, by some of ours, How honorable and how kindly we Determine for her,
Tell her to take comfort. I will soon send some messengers to tell her how honorable and kind my plans are for her.
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for Caesar cannot live To be ungentle.
For it is impossible for me not to be gracious and noble.
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So the gods preserve thee!
May the gods bless you.
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Come hither, Proculeius. Go and say We purpose her no shame. Give her what comforts The quality of her passion shall require,
Come here, Proculeius. Go and tell Cleopatra that we have no intention of disrespecting her. Give her whatever comforts she requires, given her current emotional state.
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Lest, in her greatness, by some mortal stroke She do defeat us, for her life in Rome Would be eternal in our triumph.
Otherwise, her nobility may lead her to kill herself and so prevent me from gaining undying glory by bringing her to Rome as my captive.
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Go, And with your speediest bring us what she says And how you find of her.
Go, and then report back with her response quickly and tell me how she appears.
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Caesar, I shall.
Caesar, I will.
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Gallus, go you along.
Gallus, get going.
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Dolabella!
Dolabella!
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Let him alone, for I remember now How hes employed. He shall in time be ready.
Forget it, I just remembered that I sent him on an errand. He'll be ready shortly.
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Go with me to my tent, where you shall see How hardly I was drawn into this war, How calm and gentle I proceeded still In all my writings. Go with me and see What I can show in this.
Come with me to my tent, and see how I was drawn into this war against my will and how calm and gentle I always was. Come with me and I will prove it.
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My desolation does begin to make A better life. Tis paltry to be Caesar. Not being Fortune, hes but Fortunes knave, A minister of her will.
My isolation has helped me better understand my life. It's no great thing to be Caesar. He doesn't control his own fate, he's controlled by fate, and does whatever fortune dictates.
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And it is great To do that thing that ends all other deeds, Which shackles accidents and bolts up change,
And it is great, to do that deed that puts an end to everything else, that puts a stop to all the accidents of fortune and to all change,
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Which sleeps and never palates more the dung, The beggars nurse, and Caesars.
that makes us sleep forever so that we never eat food from the earth again food that nourishes beggars as well as great men like Caesar.
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Caesar sends greeting to the Queen of Egypt, And bids thee study on what fair demands Thou meanst to have him grant thee.
Caesar sends greetings to the Queen of Egypt and asks what requests you have for him.
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Whats thy name?
What is your name?
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My name is Proculeius.
My name is Proculeius.
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Antony Did tell me of you, bade me trust you, but I do not greatly care to be deceived, That have no use for trusting.
Antony told me about you and told me to trust you, but I am still hesitant to trust people, since I do not like being deceived.
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If your master Would have a queen his beggar, you must tell him, That majesty, to keep decorum, must No less beg than a kingdom.
If your master wants me, a queen, to beg for favors from him, then you must tell him that a queen, if she is to act appropriately, cannot ask for anything less than a kingdom.
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If he please To give me conquered Egypt for my son, He gives me so much of mine own as I Will kneel to him with thanks.
If Caesar is willing to give Egypt back to me so I can make my son its ruler, then I will kneel down and thank him for giving me back what is rightfully mine.
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Be of good cheer. Youre falln into a princely hand. Fear nothing. Make your full reference freely to my lord, Who is so full of grace that it flows over On all that need.
Take comfort. You've been conquered by a noble and generous man. Don't be afraid of anything. Make all your requests to my lord without hesitation. His generosity is so great that he will willingly meet your needs.
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Let me report to him Your sweet dependency, and you shall find A conqueror that will pray in aid for kindness Where he for grace is kneeled to.
Let me report back to him how humbly you acknowledge his power, and you'll find that this conquerer will beg you to tell him new ways to show kindness to you, once you've knelt down to ask him for mercy.
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Pray you, tell him I am his fortunes vassal, and I send him The greatness he has got.
Please, tell him that I am at the mercy of fortune and that I acknowledge the great power he has won through his good fortune.
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I hourly learn A doctrine of obedience, and would gladly Look him i th face.
Every hour I learn to become more obedient, and I would gladly speak to him face to face.
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This Ill report, dear lady. Have comfort, for I know your plight is pitied Of him that caused it.
I'll tell him this, dear lady. Take comfort, for I know that Caesar, who put you in this position, pities you for what he's done.
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You see how easily she may be surprised. Guard her till Caesar come.
You see how easily someone can sneak up on her. Guard her until Caesar arrives.
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Royal Queen!
Royal Queen!
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O Cleopatra! Thou art taken, Queen.
Oh Cleopatra! You are captured, Queen.
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Quick, quick, good hands.
Act quickly, my good hands.
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Hold, worthy lady, hold! Do not yourself such wrong, who are in this Relieved but not betrayed.
Stop, worthy lady, stop! Do not do yourself such wrong. We are trying to help you, not betray you.
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What, of death too, That rids our dogs of languish?
What, you are depriving me of my death, too? Even dogs are allowed to die to avoid prolonged suffering.
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Cleopatra, Do not abuse my masters bounty by Th undoing of yourself. Let the world see His nobleness well acted, which your death Will never let come forth.
Cleopatra, do not show such ingratitude to my master's generosity by killing yourself. Let the world have a chance to see how nobly he acts; if you die, his nobility cannot be displayed.
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Where art thou, Death? Come hither, come! Come, come and take a queen Worth many babes and beggars!
Where are you, Death? Come here, come! Come, come, and kill me, a queen, who is worth more than the babies and beggars that you so frequently kill!
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Oh, temperance, lady!
Oh, be patient, my lady!
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Sir, I will eat no meat, Ill not drink, sir. If idle talk will once be necessary, Ill not sleep neither. This mortal house Ill ruin, Do Caesar what he can.
Sir, I will eat no food and I will not drink, sir. Even if it takes idle chatter to keep me awake, I won't sleep either. I'll destroy my own body, no matter what Caesar tries to do.
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Know, sir, that I Will not wait pinioned at your masters court, Nor once be chastised with the sober eye Of dull Octavia. Shall they hoist me up And show me to the shouting varletry Of censuring Rome?
You should know, sir, that I won't wait around to be a captive at your master's court, or to be judged with solemn looks from dull Octavia. Shall they hoist me up and display me to the shouting mobs of Rome with all their harsh judgments?
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Rather a ditch in Egypt Be gentle grave unto me. Rather on Nilus mud Lay me stark naked and let the waterflies Blow me into abhorring. Rather make My countrys high pyramides my gibbet And hang me up in chains!
I'd rather have a friendly grave in a ditch in Egypt. I'd rather be laid stark naked in the mud on the shores of the Nile and let waterflies lay eggs on me until I become disgusting. I'd rather you turned Egypt's tall pyramids into a gallows and hung me from them in chains!
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You do extend These thoughts of horror further than you shall Find cause in Caesar.
You'll learn from Caesar that you're alarming yourself needlessly.
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Proculeius, What thou hast done thy master Caesar knows, And he hath sent for thee.
Proculeius, your master Caesar knows what you have done, and he's sent for you.
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For the Queen, Ill take her to my guard.
As for the Queen, I'll guard her.
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So, Dolabella, It shall content me best. Be gentle to her.
That sounds fine to me, Dolabella. Be gentle with her.
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To Caesar I will speak what you shall please, If youll employ me to him.
I'll tell Caesar whatever you wish, if you'll send a message to him through me.
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Say I would die.
Tell him I wish to die.
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Most noble Empress, you have heard of me?
Most noble Empress, have you heard of me?
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I cannot tell.
I cannot tell.
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Assuredly you know me.
I'm sure that you know me.