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<H3>SCENE II. Ephesus. A room in CERIMON's house.</h3>
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<i>Enter CERIMON, with a Servant, and some Persons who have been shipwrecked</i>
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<A NAME=speech1><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=1>Philemon, ho!</A><br>
<p><i>Enter PHILEMON</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech2><b>PHILEMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=2>Doth my lord call?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech3><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=3>Get fire and meat for these poor men:</A><br>
<A NAME=4>'T has been a turbulent and stormy night.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech4><b>Servant</b></a>
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<A NAME=5>I have been in many; but such a night as this,</A><br>
<A NAME=6>Till now, I ne'er endured.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech5><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=7>Your master will be dead ere you return;</A><br>
<A NAME=8>There's nothing can be minister'd to nature</A><br>
<A NAME=9>That can recover him.</A><br>
<p><i>To PHILEMON</i></p>
<A NAME=10>Give this to the 'pothecary,</A><br>
<A NAME=11>And tell me how it works.</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt all but CERIMON</i></p>
<p><i>Enter two Gentlemen</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech6><b>First Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=12>Good morrow.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech7><b>Second Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=13>Good morrow to your lordship.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech8><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=14>Gentlemen,</A><br>
<A NAME=15>Why do you stir so early?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech9><b>First Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=16>Sir,</A><br>
<A NAME=17>Our lodgings, standing bleak upon the sea,</A><br>
<A NAME=18>Shook as the earth did quake;</A><br>
<A NAME=19>The very principals did seem to rend,</A><br>
<A NAME=20>And all-to topple: pure surprise and fear</A><br>
<A NAME=21>Made me to quit the house.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech10><b>Second Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=22>That is the cause we trouble you so early;</A><br>
<A NAME=23>'Tis not our husbandry.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech11><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=24>O, you say well.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech12><b>First Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=25>But I much marvel that your lordship, having</A><br>
<A NAME=26>Rich tire about you, should at these early hours</A><br>
<A NAME=27>Shake off the golden slumber of repose.</A><br>
<A NAME=28>'Tis most strange,</A><br>
<A NAME=29>Nature should be so conversant with pain,</A><br>
<A NAME=30>Being thereto not compell'd.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech13><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=31>I hold it ever,</A><br>
<A NAME=32>Virtue and cunning were endowments greater</A><br>
<A NAME=33>Than nobleness and riches: careless heirs</A><br>
<A NAME=34>May the two latter darken and expend;</A><br>
<A NAME=35>But immortality attends the former.</A><br>
<A NAME=36>Making a man a god. 'Tis known, I ever</A><br>
<A NAME=37>Have studied physic, through which secret art,</A><br>
<A NAME=38>By turning o'er authorities, I have,</A><br>
<A NAME=39>Together with my practise, made familiar</A><br>
<A NAME=40>To me and to my aid the blest infusions</A><br>
<A NAME=41>That dwell in vegetives, in metals, stones;</A><br>
<A NAME=42>And I can speak of the disturbances</A><br>
<A NAME=43>That nature works, and of her cures; which doth give me</A><br>
<A NAME=44>A more content in course of true delight</A><br>
<A NAME=45>Than to be thirsty after tottering honour,</A><br>
<A NAME=46>Or tie my treasure up in silken bags,</A><br>
<A NAME=47>To please the fool and death.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech14><b>Second Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=48>Your honour has through Ephesus pour'd forth</A><br>
<A NAME=49>Your charity, and hundreds call themselves</A><br>
<A NAME=50>Your creatures, who by you have been restored:</A><br>
<A NAME=51>And not your knowledge, your personal pain, but even</A><br>
<A NAME=52>Your purse, still open, hath built Lord Cerimon</A><br>
<A NAME=53>Such strong renown as time shall ne'er decay.</A><br>
<p><i>Enter two or three Servants with a chest</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech15><b>First Servant</b></a>
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<A NAME=54>So; lift there.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech16><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=55> What is that?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech17><b>First Servant</b></a>
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<A NAME=56>Sir, even now</A><br>
<A NAME=57>Did the sea toss upon our shore this chest:</A><br>
<A NAME=58>'Tis of some wreck.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech18><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=59>Set 't down, let's look upon't.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech19><b>Second Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=60>'Tis like a coffin, sir.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech20><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=61>Whate'er it be,</A><br>
<A NAME=62>'Tis wondrous heavy. Wrench it open straight:</A><br>
<A NAME=63>If the sea's stomach be o'ercharged with gold,</A><br>
<A NAME=64>'Tis a good constraint of fortune it belches upon us.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech21><b>Second Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=65>'Tis so, my lord.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech22><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=66> How close 'tis caulk'd and bitumed!</A><br>
<A NAME=67>Did the sea cast it up?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech23><b>First Servant</b></a>
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<A NAME=68>I never saw so huge a billow, sir,</A><br>
<A NAME=69>As toss'd it upon shore.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech24><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=70>Wrench it open;</A><br>
<A NAME=71>Soft! it smells most sweetly in my sense.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech25><b>Second Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=72>A delicate odour.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech26><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=73>As ever hit my nostril. So, up with it.</A><br>
<A NAME=74>O you most potent gods! what's here? a corse!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech27><b>First Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=75>Most strange!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech28><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=76>Shrouded in cloth of state; balm'd and entreasured</A><br>
<A NAME=77>With full bags of spices! A passport too!</A><br>
<A NAME=78>Apollo, perfect me in the characters!</A><br>
<p><i>Reads from a scroll</i></p>
<A NAME=79>'Here I give to understand,</A><br>
<A NAME=80>If e'er this coffin drive a-land,</A><br>
<A NAME=81>I, King Pericles, have lost</A><br>
<A NAME=82>This queen, worth all our mundane cost.</A><br>
<A NAME=83>Who finds her, give her burying;</A><br>
<A NAME=84>She was the daughter of a king:</A><br>
<A NAME=85>Besides this treasure for a fee,</A><br>
<A NAME=86>The gods requite his charity!'</A><br>
<A NAME=87>If thou livest, Pericles, thou hast a heart</A><br>
<A NAME=88>That even cracks for woe! This chanced tonight.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech29><b>Second Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=89>Most likely, sir.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech30><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=90> Nay, certainly to-night;</A><br>
<A NAME=91>For look how fresh she looks! They were too rough</A><br>
<A NAME=92>That threw her in the sea. Make a fire within:</A><br>
<A NAME=93>Fetch hither all my boxes in my closet.</A><br>
<p><i>Exit a Servant</i></p>
<A NAME=94>Death may usurp on nature many hours,</A><br>
<A NAME=95>And yet the fire of life kindle again</A><br>
<A NAME=96>The o'erpress'd spirits. I heard of an Egyptian</A><br>
<A NAME=97>That had nine hours lien dead,</A><br>
<A NAME=98>Who was by good appliance recovered.</A><br>
<p><i>Re-enter a Servant, with boxes, napkins, and fire</i></p>
<A NAME=99>Well said, well said; the fire and cloths.</A><br>
<A NAME=100>The rough and woeful music that we have,</A><br>
<A NAME=101>Cause it to sound, beseech you.</A><br>
<A NAME=102>The viol once more: how thou stirr'st, thou block!</A><br>
<A NAME=103>The music there!--I pray you, give her air.</A><br>
<A NAME=104>Gentlemen.</A><br>
<A NAME=105>This queen will live: nature awakes; a warmth</A><br>
<A NAME=106>Breathes out of her: she hath not been entranced</A><br>
<A NAME=107>Above five hours: see how she gins to blow</A><br>
<A NAME=108>Into life's flower again!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech31><b>First Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=109>The heavens,</A><br>
<A NAME=110>Through you, increase our wonder and set up</A><br>
<A NAME=111>Your fame forever.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech32><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=112> She is alive; behold,</A><br>
<A NAME=113>Her eyelids, cases to those heavenly jewels</A><br>
<A NAME=114>Which Pericles hath lost,</A><br>
<A NAME=115>Begin to part their fringes of bright gold;</A><br>
<A NAME=116>The diamonds of a most praised water</A><br>
<A NAME=117>Do appear, to make the world twice rich. Live,</A><br>
<A NAME=118>And make us weep to hear your fate, fair creature,</A><br>
<A NAME=119>Rare as you seem to be.</A><br>
<p><i>She moves</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech33><b>THAISA</b></a>
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<A NAME=120>O dear Diana,</A><br>
<A NAME=121>Where am I? Where's my lord? What world is this?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech34><b>Second Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=122>Is not this strange?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech35><b>First Gentleman</b></a>
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<A NAME=123>Most rare.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech36><b>CERIMON</b></a>
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<A NAME=124>Hush, my gentle neighbours!</A><br>
<A NAME=125>Lend me your hands; to the next chamber bear her.</A><br>
<A NAME=126>Get linen: now this matter must be look'd to,</A><br>
<A NAME=127>For her relapse is mortal. Come, come;</A><br>
<A NAME=128>And AEsculapius guide us!</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt, carrying her away</i></p>
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