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He's talking about how historical events get dramatised. The "lofty scene", the historical event they are witnessing, will be "acted over", portrayed as part of a play "many ages hence", or a long time from now. The play will be performed in a country that didn't exist when the historical events took place, and in a language that didn't exist either.

The irony is that the line itself comes as part of a play portraying the historical event many ages after it happened, and performed in a country and a language that did not exist when the events took place.

There is an even deeper irony if you see this line delivered in a performance in the USA, a state unborn when Shakespeare wrote this line and in an accent (although not in a language) unknown to him.

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