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<H3>SCENE III. The same. A hall of state: a banquet prepared.</h3>

<p><blockquote>
<i>Enter SIMONIDES, THAISA, Lords, Attendants, and Knights, from tilting</i>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech1><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=1>Knights,</A><br>
<A NAME=2>To say you're welcome were superfluous.</A><br>
<A NAME=3>To place upon the volume of your deeds,</A><br>
<A NAME=4>As in a title-page, your worth in arms,</A><br>
<A NAME=5>Were more than you expect, or more than's fit,</A><br>
<A NAME=6>Since every worth in show commends itself.</A><br>
<A NAME=7>Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast:</A><br>
<A NAME=8>You are princes and my guests.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech2><b>THAISA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=9>But you, my knight and guest;</A><br>
<A NAME=10>To whom this wreath of victory I give,</A><br>
<A NAME=11>And crown you king of this day's happiness.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech3><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=12>'Tis more by fortune, lady, than by merit.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech4><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=13>Call it by what you will, the day is yours;</A><br>
<A NAME=14>And here, I hope, is none that envies it.</A><br>
<A NAME=15>In framing an artist, art hath thus decreed,</A><br>
<A NAME=16>To make some good, but others to exceed;</A><br>
<A NAME=17>And you are her labour'd scholar. Come, queen o'</A><br>
<A NAME=18>the feast,--</A><br>
<A NAME=19>For, daughter, so you are,--here take your place:</A><br>
<A NAME=20>Marshal the rest, as they deserve their grace.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech5><b>KNIGHTS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=21>We are honour'd much by good Simonides.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech6><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=22>Your presence glads our days: honour we love;</A><br>
<A NAME=23>For who hates honour hates the gods above.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech7><b>Marshal</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=24>Sir, yonder is your place.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech8><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=25>Some other is more fit.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech9><b>First Knight</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=26>Contend not, sir; for we are gentlemen</A><br>
<A NAME=27>That neither in our hearts nor outward eyes</A><br>
<A NAME=28>Envy the great nor do the low despise.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech10><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=29>You are right courteous knights.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech11><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=30>Sit, sir, sit.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech12><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=31>By Jove, I wonder, that is king of thoughts,</A><br>
<A NAME=32>These cates resist me, she but thought upon.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech13><b>THAISA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=33>By Juno, that is queen of marriage,</A><br>
<A NAME=34>All viands that I eat do seem unsavoury.</A><br>
<A NAME=35>Wishing him my meat. Sure, he's a gallant gentleman.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech14><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=36>He's but a country gentleman;</A><br>
<A NAME=37>Has done no more than other knights have done;</A><br>
<A NAME=38>Has broken a staff or so; so let it pass.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech15><b>THAISA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=39>To me he seems like diamond to glass.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech16><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=40>Yon king's to me like to my father's picture,</A><br>
<A NAME=41>Which tells me in that glory once he was;</A><br>
<A NAME=42>Had princes sit, like stars, about his throne,</A><br>
<A NAME=43>And he the sun, for them to reverence;</A><br>
<A NAME=44>None that beheld him, but, like lesser lights,</A><br>
<A NAME=45>Did vail their crowns to his supremacy:</A><br>
<A NAME=46>Where now his son's like a glow-worm in the night,</A><br>
<A NAME=47>The which hath fire in darkness, none in light:</A><br>
<A NAME=48>Whereby I see that Time's the king of men,</A><br>
<A NAME=49>He's both their parent, and he is their grave,</A><br>
<A NAME=50>And gives them what he will, not what they crave.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech17><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=51>What, are you merry, knights?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech18><b>Knights</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=52>Who can be other in this royal presence?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech19><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=53>Here, with a cup that's stored unto the brim,--</A><br>
<A NAME=54>As you do love, fill to your mistress' lips,--</A><br>
<A NAME=55>We drink this health to you.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech20><b>KNIGHTS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=56>We thank your grace.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech21><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=57>Yet pause awhile:</A><br>
<A NAME=58>Yon knight doth sit too melancholy,</A><br>
<A NAME=59>As if the entertainment in our court</A><br>
<A NAME=60>Had not a show might countervail his worth.</A><br>
<A NAME=61>Note it not you, Thaisa?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech22><b>THAISA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=62>What is it</A><br>
<A NAME=63>To me, my father?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech23><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=64>                  O, attend, my daughter:</A><br>
<A NAME=65>Princes in this should live like gods above,</A><br>
<A NAME=66>Who freely give to every one that comes</A><br>
<A NAME=67>To honour them:</A><br>
<A NAME=68>And princes not doin g so are like to gnats,</A><br>
<A NAME=69>Which make a sound, but kill'd are wonder'd at.</A><br>
<A NAME=70>Therefore to make his entrance more sweet,</A><br>
<A NAME=71>Here, say we drink this standing-bowl of wine to him.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech24><b>THAISA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=72>Alas, my father, it befits not me</A><br>
<A NAME=73>Unto a stranger knight to be so bold:</A><br>
<A NAME=74>He may my proffer take for an offence,</A><br>
<A NAME=75>Since men take women's gifts for impudence.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech25><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=76>How!</A><br>
<A NAME=77>Do as I bid you, or you'll move me else.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech26><b>THAISA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=78>[Aside]  Now, by the gods, he could not please me better.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech27><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=79>And furthermore tell him, we desire to know of him,</A><br>
<A NAME=80>Of whence he is, his name and parentage.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech28><b>THAISA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=81>The king my father, sir, has drunk to you.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech29><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=82>I thank him.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech30><b>THAISA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=83>Wishing it so much blood unto your life.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech31><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=84>I thank both him and you, and pledge him freely.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech32><b>THAISA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=85>And further he desires to know of you,</A><br>
<A NAME=86>Of whence you are, your name and parentage.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech33><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=87>A gentleman of Tyre; my name, Pericles;</A><br>
<A NAME=88>My education been in arts and arms;</A><br>
<A NAME=89>Who, looking for adventures in the world,</A><br>
<A NAME=90>Was by the rough seas reft of ships and men,</A><br>
<A NAME=91>And after shipwreck driven upon this shore.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech34><b>THAISA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=92>He thanks your grace; names himself Pericles,</A><br>
<A NAME=93>A gentleman of Tyre,</A><br>
<A NAME=94>Who only by misfortune of the seas</A><br>
<A NAME=95>Bereft of ships and men, cast on this shore.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech35><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=96>Now, by the gods, I pity his misfortune,</A><br>
<A NAME=97>And will awake him from his melancholy.</A><br>
<A NAME=98>Come, gentlemen, we sit too long on trifles,</A><br>
<A NAME=99>And waste the time, which looks for other revels.</A><br>
<A NAME=100>Even in your armours, as you are address'd,</A><br>
<A NAME=101>Will very well become a soldier's dance.</A><br>
<A NAME=102>I will not have excuse, with saying this</A><br>
<A NAME=103>Loud music is too harsh for ladies' heads,</A><br>
<A NAME=104>Since they love men in arms as well as beds.</A><br>
<p><i>The Knights dance</i></p>
<A NAME=105>So, this was well ask'd,'twas so well perform'd.</A><br>
<A NAME=106>Come, sir;</A><br>
<A NAME=107>Here is a lady that wants breathing too:</A><br>
<A NAME=108>And I have heard, you knights of Tyre</A><br>
<A NAME=109>Are excellent in making ladies trip;</A><br>
<A NAME=110>And that their measures are as excellent.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech36><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=111>In those that practise them they are, my lord.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech37><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=112>O, that's as much as you would be denied</A><br>
<A NAME=113>Of your fair courtesy.</A><br>
<p><i>The Knights and Ladies dance</i></p>
<A NAME=114>Unclasp, unclasp:</A><br>
<A NAME=115>Thanks, gentlemen, to all; all have done well.</A><br>
<p><i>To PERICLES</i></p>
<A NAME=116>But you the best. Pages and lights, to conduct</A><br>
<A NAME=117>These knights unto their several lodgings!</A><br>
<p><i>To PERICLES</i></p>
<A NAME=118>Yours, sir,</A><br>
<A NAME=119>We have given order to be next our own.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech38><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=120>I am at your grace's pleasure.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech39><b>SIMONIDES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=121>Princes, it is too late to talk of love;</A><br>
<A NAME=122>And that's the mark I know you level at:</A><br>
<A NAME=123>Therefore each one betake him to his rest;</A><br>
<A NAME=124>To-morrow all for speeding do their best.</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt</i></p>
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