And cas'd as richly in pace another Juno; Who starves the ears she feeds, and makes them hungry, The more she gives them speech.-Where do you live? Mar. Where I am but a stranger: from the You may discern the place. [deck And make my senses credit thy relation, rom good descending? Mar. So indeed I did. Per. Report thy pare tage. I think thou Thou hadst been toss'd from wrong to injury, Mar. Some such thing indeed [mine, I said, and said no more but what my thoughts Per. Tell thy story; If thine consider'd prove the thousandth part Extremity out of act. What were thy friends? Recount, I do beseech thee; come, sit by me. And thou by some incensed god sent hither Mar. Patience, good Sir, Or here I'll cease. Per. Nay, I'll be patient; Thou little know'st how thou dost startle me, Mar. The name, Marina, Was given me by one that had some power; Per. How! a king's daughter? And call'd Marina? Mar. You said you would believe me; But, not to be a troubler of your peace, 1 will end here. Per. But are you flesh and blood? you born? And wherefore call'd Marina? For I was born at sea. Per. At sea? thy mother? Mar. My mother was the daughter of a king; Per. O, stop there a little! This is the rarest dream that e'er dull sleep * Possess. et dressed up to deceive me. My daughter's buried. [Aside.] Well:-where I'll hear you more, to the bottom of your story, Mar. You'll scarce believe me: 'twere best Per. I will believe you by the syllable Mar. The king, my father, did in Tharsus Till cruel Cleon, with his wicked wife, Per. Ho, Helicanus! Hel. Calls my gracious lord? Per. Thou art a grave and noble counsellor, Hel. I know not; but Lys. She would never tell Her parentage, being demanded that, Per. O Helicanus, strike me, honour'd Sir; Thou that beget'st him that did thee beget; loud As thunder threatens us: This is Marina.- For truth can never be confirm'd enough, Mar. First, Sir, I pray, What is your title? Per. I am Pericles of Tyre: but tell me now (As in the rest thou hast been godlike perfect,) My drown'd queen's name, thou art the heir of kingdoms, And another life to Pericles thy father. Mar. Is it no more to be your daughter, than Per. Now, blessing on thee, rise; thou art Give me fresh garments. Mine own, Helicanus, Per. I embrace you, Sir. Give me my robes; I am wild in my beholding. way. Per. Rarest sounds! Do ye not hear? Lys. Music? My lord, I hear Per. Most heavenly music: It nips me unto list'ning, and thick slumber [The Curtain before the Pavilion of [Exeunt LYSIMACHUS, HELICANUS, SCENE II.-The same.-PERICLES on the Deck And do upon mine aftar sacrifice. [gether, Reveal how thou at sea didst lose thy wife: To mourn thy crosses, with thy daughter's, call, [DIANA disappears. Enter LYSIMACHUS, HELICANUS, and MARINA. Per. My purpose was for Tharsus, there to Lys. With all my heart, Sir; and when you come ashore, I have another suit. Per. You shall prevail, Were it to woo my daughter; for it seems Per. Come, my Marina. [Exeunt. Gow. Now our sands are almost run; More a little, and then done. This, as my last boon, give me, What pageantry, what feats, what shows, To greet the king. So he has thriv'd, Repeat a lively narrative of your adventures. SCENE III-The Temple of DIANA at Eph- Enter PERICLES, with his Train; LYSIMACHUS, Per. Hail Dian! to perform thy just com- I here confess myself the king of Tyre; At sea in childbed died she, but brought forth years He sought to murder: but her better stars us, Made known herself my daughter. [She faints. Per. What means the woman? she dies! help, gentlemen! Cer. Noble Sir, If you have told Diana's altar true, Per. Reverend appearer, no; I threw her o'erboard with these very arms. Cer. Look to the lady ;-O, she's but o'er- Early, one blust'ring morn, this lady was Here in Diana's temple. Per. May we see them? Cer. Great Sir, they shall be brought you to Whither I invite you. Look! Thaisa is Thai. O, let me look! If he be none of mine, my sanctity [pest, Per. The voice of dead Thaisa! Per. Immortal Dian! Thai. Now I know you better.- The king, my father, gave you such a ring. [Shows a Ring. Per. This, this: no more, you gods! your present kindness [well, Makes my past miseries sport: You shall do That on the touching of her lips I may Le. Her white robe of innocence. + Sensual pass on. Melt, and no more be seen. O come, be buried | Shall marry her at Pentapolis. And now, A second time within these arms. Mar. My heart Leaps to be gone into my mother's bosom, Thy burden at the sea, and call'd Marina, Thai. Bless'd and mine own! Hel. Hail, madam, and my queen! Thai. I know you not. This ornament” that makes me look so dismal, Per. Heavens make a star of him! Yet there, We'll celebrate their nuptials, and ourselves Per. You have heard me say, when I did Lord Cerimon, we do our longing stay, fly from Tyre, I left behind an ancient substitute Can you remember what I call'd the man? I have nam'd him oft. Thai. 'Twas Helicanus then. Per. Still confirmation: Embrace him, dear Thaisa; this 's he. Thai. Lord Cerimon, my lord; this man power; that can From first to last resolve you. The gods can have no mortal officer More like a god than you. Will you deliver Cer. I will, my lord. Beseech you, first go with me to my house, Where shall be shown you all was found with her; How she came placed here within the temple; No needful thing omitted. Per. Pure Diana! To hear the rest untold.-Sir, lead the way. Enter GOWER. [Fxeunt, Gow. In Antioch,† and his daughter, you Of monstrous lust the due and just reward: Virtue Led on by heaven, and crown'd with joy at last. I. e. His beard. +1. The king of Antioch. [name : Ever. Enter KENT, GLOSTER, and EDMUND. Kent. I thought, the king had more affected the duke of Albany, than Cornwall. Glo. It did always seem so to us: but now, in the division of the kingdom, it appears not which of the dukes he values most; for equalities are so weigh'd, that curiosity* in neither can make choice of either's moiety.t Kent. Is not this your son, my lord? Glo. His breeding, Sir, hath been at my charge: I have so often blush'd to acknowledge him, that now I am brazed to it. Kent. I cannot conceive you. Glo. Sir, this young fellow's mother could: whereupon she grew round-wombed; and had, indeed, Sir, a son for her cradle, ere she had a husband for her bed. Do you smell a fault? Kent. I cannot wish the fault undone, the issue of it being so proper. Glo. But I have, Sir, a son by order of law, some year elder than this, who yet is no dearer in my account: though this knave came somewhat saucily into the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair; there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged. Do you know this noble gentleman, Edmund? Edm. No, my lord. Edm. Sir, I shall study deserving. he shall again:-The king is coming. Glo. He hath been out nine years, and away [Trumpets sound within. Enter LEAR, CORNWALL, ALBANY, GONERIL, Glo. I shall, my g [Exeunt GLOSTER and EDMUND. Lear. Meantime we shall express our darker* purpose. Give me the map there.-Know, that we have And you, our no less loving son of Albany, May be prevented now. The princes, France and Burgundy, Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love, Long in our court have made their amorous [daughters, sojourn, And here are to be answer'd.-Tell me, my (Since now we will divest us, both of rule, Interest of territory, cares of state,) Glo. My lord of Kent: remember him here- Which of you, shall we say, doth love us most? after as my honourable friend. Edm. My services to your lordship. That we our largest bounty may extend Kent. I must love you, and sue to know you Our eldest-born, speak first. better. Most scrupulous nicety. + Part or division. Gon. Sir, I [matter Do love you more than words can wield the + Handsome. Dearer than eye-sight, space and liberty; honour: As much as child e'er lov'd, or father found. A love that makes breath poor, and speech unable; Beyond all manner of so much I love you. Čor. What shall Cordelia do? Love, and be silent. Leur. Of all these bounds, even from this [Aside. line to this, With shadowy forests and with champains* rich'd, With plenteous rivers and wide-skirted meads, And prize me at her worth. In my true heart [Aside. And yet not so; since, I am sure, my love's More richer than my tongue. Lear. To thee, and thine, hereditary ever, Remain this ample third of our fair kingdom; No less in space, validity, and pleasure, Than thatcoufirm'd on Goneril.-Now, our joy, Although the last, not least; to whose young love The vines of France, and milk of Burgundy, Strive to be interess'd: what can you say, to draw A third more opulent than your sisters? Speak. Cor. Nothing, my lord. Lear. Nothing? Cor. Nothing. Lear. Nothing can come of nothing: speak again. Cor. Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth: I love your majesty According to my bond; nor more, nor less. Lear. How, how, Cordelia? mend your speech a little, Lest it may mar your fortunes. Cor. Good my lord,. You have begot me, bred me, lov'd me: I shall carry Half my love with him, half my care, and duty: Lear. But goes this with thy heart? Cor. Ay, good my lord. Lear. So young, and so untender? Cor. So young, my lord, and true. Lear. Let it be so.-Thy truth then be thy dower: For, by the sacred radiance of the sun; The mysteries of Hecate, and the night; By all the operations of the orbs, From whom we do exist, and cease to be; Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood, The barba To gorge his appetite, shall to my bosom Or he that makes his generation‡ messes Be as well neighbour'd, pitied, and reliev'd, As thou my sometime daughter. Kent. Good my liege,Come not between the dragon and his wrath: Lear. Peace, Kent! On her kind nursery.-Hence, and avoid my I lov'd her most, and thought to set my rest So be my grave my peace, as here I give sight![TO CORDELIA. Her father's heart from her!-Call France;Call Burgundy.-Cornwall, and Albany, Who stirs ? With my two daughters' dowers digest_this third: [her. I do invest you jointly with my power, Let pride, which she calls plainness, marry Pre-eminence, and all the large effects That troop with majesty.-Ourself, by monthly course, With reservation of a hundred knights, The sway, Revenue, execution of the rest,|| [Giving the Crown. Whom I have ever honour'd as my king, from the shaft. Kent. Let it fall rather, though the fork invade The region of my heart: be Kent unmannerly, Think'st thou, that duty shall have dread to When Lear is mad. What wouldst thou do, old man? [speak, When power to flattery bows? To plainness honour's bound, When majesty stoops to folly. Reverse thy [doom; And, in thy best consideration, check This hideous rashness: answer my life, my judgement, Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least; Nor are those empty-hearted, whose low sound Reverbs¶ no hollowness. Lear. Kent, on thy life, no more. Kent. My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thine enemies; nor fear to lose it, Thy safety being the motive. Lear. Out of my sight! Kent. See better, Lear; and let me still reThe true blank** of thine eye. Lear. Now, by Apollo, Kent. Now, by Apollo, king, Thou swear'st thy gods in vain. [main [Lying his Hand on his Swore. Alb. Corn. Dear Sir, forbear. Kill thy physician, and the fee bestow * Kindred. + From this time. His children. Reverberates. |