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<H3>SCENE I. On board PERICLES' ship, off Mytilene. A close</h3>

<blockquote>
<A NAME=1>pavilion on deck, with a curtain before it; PERICLES</A><br>
<A NAME=2>within it, reclined on a couch. A barge lying</A><br>
<A NAME=3>beside the Tyrian vessel.</A><br>
<p><i>Enter two Sailors, one belonging to the Tyrian vessel, the other to the barge; to them HELICANUS</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech1><b>Tyrian Sailor</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=4>[To the Sailor of Mytilene]  Where is lord Helicanus?</A><br>
<A NAME=5>he can resolve you.</A><br>
<A NAME=6>O, here he is.</A><br>
<A NAME=7>Sir, there's a barge put off from Mytilene,</A><br>
<A NAME=8>And in it is Lysimachus the governor,</A><br>
<A NAME=9>Who craves to come aboard. What is your will?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech2><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=10>That he have his. Call up some gentlemen.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech3><b>Tyrian Sailor</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=11>Ho, gentlemen! my lord calls.</A><br>
<p><i>Enter two or three Gentlemen</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech4><b>First Gentleman</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=12>Doth your lordship call?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech5><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=13>Gentlemen, there's some of worth would come aboard;</A><br>
<A NAME=14>I pray ye, greet them fairly.</A><br>
<p><i>The Gentlemen and the two Sailors descend, and go on board the barge</i></p>
<p><i>Enter, from thence, LYSIMACHUS and Lords; with the Gentlemen and the two Sailors</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech6><b>Tyrian Sailor</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=15>Sir,</A><br>
<A NAME=16>This is the man that can, in aught you would,</A><br>
<A NAME=17>Resolve you.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech7><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=18>Hail, reverend sir! the gods preserve you!</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech8><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=19>And you, sir, to outlive the age I am,</A><br>
<A NAME=20>And die as I would do.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech9><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=21>You wish me well.</A><br>
<A NAME=22>Being on shore, honouring of Neptune's triumphs,</A><br>
<A NAME=23>Seeing this goodly vessel ride before us,</A><br>
<A NAME=24>I made to it, to know of whence you are.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech10><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=25>First, what is your place?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech11><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=26>I am the governor of this place you lie before.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech12><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=27>Sir,</A><br>
<A NAME=28>Our vessel is of Tyre, in it the king;</A><br>
<A NAME=29>A man who for this three months hath not spoken</A><br>
<A NAME=30>To any one, nor taken sustenance</A><br>
<A NAME=31>But to prorogue his grief.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech13><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=32>Upon what ground is his distemperature?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech14><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=33>'Twould be too tedious to repeat;</A><br>
<A NAME=34>But the main grief springs from the loss</A><br>
<A NAME=35>Of a beloved daughter and a wife.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech15><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=36>May we not see him?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech16><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=37>You may;</A><br>
<A NAME=38>But bootless is your sight: he will not speak To any.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech17><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=39>Yet let me obtain my wish.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech18><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=40>Behold him.</A><br>
<p><i>PERICLES discovered</i></p>
<A NAME=41>This was a goodly person,</A><br>
<A NAME=42>Till the disaster that, one mortal night,</A><br>
<A NAME=43>Drove him to this.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech19><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=44>Sir king, all hail! the gods preserve you!</A><br>
<A NAME=45>Hail, royal sir!</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech20><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=46>It is in vain; he will not speak to you.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech21><b>First Lord</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=47>Sir,</A><br>
<A NAME=48>We have a maid in Mytilene, I durst wager,</A><br>
<A NAME=49>Would win some words of him.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech22><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=50>'Tis well bethought.</A><br>
<A NAME=51>She questionless with her sweet harmony</A><br>
<A NAME=52>And other chosen attractions, would allure,</A><br>
<A NAME=53>And make a battery through his deafen'd parts,</A><br>
<A NAME=54>Which now are midway stopp'd:</A><br>
<A NAME=55>She is all happy as the fairest of all,</A><br>
<A NAME=56>And, with her fellow maids is now upon</A><br>
<A NAME=57>The leafy shelter that abuts against</A><br>
<A NAME=58>The island's side.</A><br>
<p><i>Whispers a Lord, who goes off in the barge of LYSIMACHUS</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech23><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=59>Sure, all's effectless; yet nothing we'll omit</A><br>
<A NAME=60>That bears recovery's name. But, since your kindness</A><br>
<A NAME=61>We have stretch'd thus far, let us beseech you</A><br>
<A NAME=62>That for our gold we may provision have,</A><br>
<A NAME=63>Wherein we are not destitute for want,</A><br>
<A NAME=64>But weary for the staleness.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech24><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=65>O, sir, a courtesy</A><br>
<A NAME=66>Which if we should deny, the most just gods</A><br>
<A NAME=67>For every graff would send a caterpillar,</A><br>
<A NAME=68>And so afflict our province. Yet once more</A><br>
<A NAME=69>Let me entreat to know at large the cause</A><br>
<A NAME=70>Of your king's sorrow.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech25><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=71>Sit, sir, I will recount it to you:</A><br>
<A NAME=72>But, see, I am prevented.</A><br>
<p><i>Re-enter, from the barge, Lord, with MARINA, and a young Lady</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech26><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=73>O, here is</A><br>
<A NAME=74>The lady that I sent for. Welcome, fair one!</A><br>
<A NAME=75>Is't not a goodly presence?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech27><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=76>She's a gallant lady.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech28><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=77>She's such a one, that, were I well assured</A><br>
<A NAME=78>Came of a gentle kind and noble stock,</A><br>
<A NAME=79>I'ld wish no better choice, and think me rarely wed.</A><br>
<A NAME=80>Fair one, all goodness that consists in bounty</A><br>
<A NAME=81>Expect even here, where is a kingly patient:</A><br>
<A NAME=82>If that thy prosperous and artificial feat</A><br>
<A NAME=83>Can draw him but to answer thee in aught,</A><br>
<A NAME=84>Thy sacred physic shall receive such pay</A><br>
<A NAME=85>As thy desires can wish.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech29><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=86>Sir, I will use</A><br>
<A NAME=87>My utmost skill in his recovery, Provided</A><br>
<A NAME=88>That none but I and my companion maid</A><br>
<A NAME=89>Be suffer'd to come near him.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech30><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=90>Come, let us leave her;</A><br>
<A NAME=91>And the gods make her prosperous!</A><br>
<p><i>MARINA sings</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech31><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=92>Mark'd he your music?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech32><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=93>No, nor look'd on us.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech33><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=94>See, she will speak to him.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech34><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=95>Hail, sir! my lord, lend ear.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech35><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=96>Hum, ha!</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech36><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=97>I am a maid,</A><br>
<A NAME=98>My lord, that ne'er before invited eyes,</A><br>
<A NAME=99>But have been gazed on like a comet: she speaks,</A><br>
<A NAME=100>My lord, that, may be, hath endured a grief</A><br>
<A NAME=101>Might equal yours, if both were justly weigh'd.</A><br>
<A NAME=102>Though wayward fortune did malign my state,</A><br>
<A NAME=103>My derivation was from ancestors</A><br>
<A NAME=104>Who stood equivalent with mighty kings:</A><br>
<A NAME=105>But time hath rooted out my parentage,</A><br>
<A NAME=106>And to the world and awkward casualties</A><br>
<A NAME=107>Bound me in servitude.</A><br>
<p><i>Aside</i></p>
<A NAME=108>I will desist;</A><br>
<A NAME=109>But there is something glows upon my cheek,</A><br>
<A NAME=110>And whispers in mine ear, 'Go not till he speak.'</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech37><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=111>My fortunes--parentage--good parentage--</A><br>
<A NAME=112>To equal mine!--was it not thus? what say you?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech38><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=113>I said, my lord, if you did know my parentage,</A><br>
<A NAME=114>You would not do me violence.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech39><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=115>I do think so. Pray you, turn your eyes upon me.</A><br>
<A NAME=116>You are like something that--What country-woman?</A><br>
<A NAME=117>Here of these shores?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech40><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=118>No, nor of any shores:</A><br>
<A NAME=119>Yet I was mortally brought forth, and am</A><br>
<A NAME=120>No other than I appear.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech41><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=121>I am great with woe, and shall deliver weeping.</A><br>
<A NAME=122>My dearest wife was like this maid, and such a one</A><br>
<A NAME=123>My daughter might have been: my queen's square brows;</A><br>
<A NAME=124>Her stature to an inch; as wand-like straight;</A><br>
<A NAME=125>As silver-voiced; her eyes as jewel-like</A><br>
<A NAME=126>And cased as richly; in pace another Juno;</A><br>
<A NAME=127>Who starves the ears she feeds, and makes them hungry,</A><br>
<A NAME=128>The more she gives them speech. Where do you live?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech42><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=129>Where I am but a stranger: from the deck</A><br>
<A NAME=130>You may discern the place.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech43><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=131>Where were you bred?</A><br>
<A NAME=132>And how achieved you these endowments, which</A><br>
<A NAME=133>You make more rich to owe?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech44><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=134>If I should tell my history, it would seem</A><br>
<A NAME=135>Like lies disdain'd in the reporting.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech45><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=136>Prithee, speak:</A><br>
<A NAME=137>Falseness cannot come from thee; for thou look'st</A><br>
<A NAME=138>Modest as Justice, and thou seem'st a palace</A><br>
<A NAME=139>For the crown'd Truth to dwell in: I will</A><br>
<A NAME=140>believe thee,</A><br>
<A NAME=141>And make my senses credit thy relation</A><br>
<A NAME=142>To points that seem impossible; for thou look'st</A><br>
<A NAME=143>Like one I loved indeed. What were thy friends?</A><br>
<A NAME=144>Didst thou not say, when I did push thee back--</A><br>
<A NAME=145>Which was when I perceived thee--that thou camest</A><br>
<A NAME=146>From good descending?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech46><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=147>So indeed I did.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech47><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=148>Report thy parentage. I think thou said'st</A><br>
<A NAME=149>Thou hadst been toss'd from wrong to injury,</A><br>
<A NAME=150>And that thou thought'st thy griefs might equal mine,</A><br>
<A NAME=151>If both were open'd.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech48><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=152>Some such thing</A><br>
<A NAME=153>I said, and said no more but what my thoughts</A><br>
<A NAME=154>Did warrant me was likely.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech49><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=155>Tell thy story;</A><br>
<A NAME=156>If thine consider'd prove the thousandth part</A><br>
<A NAME=157>Of my endurance, thou art a man, and I</A><br>
<A NAME=158>Have suffer'd like a girl: yet thou dost look</A><br>
<A NAME=159>Like Patience gazing on kings' graves, and smiling</A><br>
<A NAME=160>Extremity out of act. What were thy friends?</A><br>
<A NAME=161>How lost thou them? Thy name, my most kind virgin?</A><br>
<A NAME=162>Recount, I do beseech thee: come, sit by me.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech50><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=163>My name is Marina.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech51><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=164>                  O, I am mock'd,</A><br>
<A NAME=165>And thou by some incensed god sent hither</A><br>
<A NAME=166>To make the world to laugh at me.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech52><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=167>Patience, good sir,</A><br>
<A NAME=168>Or here I'll cease.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech53><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=169>Nay, I'll be patient.</A><br>
<A NAME=170>Thou little know'st how thou dost startle me,</A><br>
<A NAME=171>To call thyself Marina.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech54><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=172>The name</A><br>
<A NAME=173>Was given me by one that had some power,</A><br>
<A NAME=174>My father, and a king.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech55><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=175>How! a king's daughter?</A><br>
<A NAME=176>And call'd Marina?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech56><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=177>                  You said you would believe me;</A><br>
<A NAME=178>But, not to be a troubler of your peace,</A><br>
<A NAME=179>I will end here.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech57><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=180>                  But are you flesh and blood?</A><br>
<A NAME=181>Have you a working pulse? and are no fairy?</A><br>
<A NAME=182>Motion! Well; speak on. Where were you born?</A><br>
<A NAME=183>And wherefore call'd Marina?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech58><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=184>Call'd Marina</A><br>
<A NAME=185>For I was born at sea.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech59><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=186>At sea! what mother?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech60><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=187>My mother was the daughter of a king;</A><br>
<A NAME=188>Who died the minute I was born,</A><br>
<A NAME=189>As my good nurse Lychorida hath oft</A><br>
<A NAME=190>Deliver'd weeping.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech61><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=191>                  O, stop there a little!</A><br>
<p><i>Aside</i></p>
<A NAME=192>This is the rarest dream that e'er dull sleep</A><br>
<A NAME=193>Did mock sad fools withal: this cannot be:</A><br>
<A NAME=194>My daughter's buried. Well: where were you bred?</A><br>
<A NAME=195>I'll hear you more, to the bottom of your story,</A><br>
<A NAME=196>And never interrupt you.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech62><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=197>You scorn: believe me, 'twere best I did give o'er.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech63><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=198>I will believe you by the syllable</A><br>
<A NAME=199>Of what you shall deliver. Yet, give me leave:</A><br>
<A NAME=200>How came you in these parts? where were you bred?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech64><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=201>The king my father did in Tarsus leave me;</A><br>
<A NAME=202>Till cruel Cleon, with his wicked wife,</A><br>
<A NAME=203>Did seek to murder me: and having woo'd</A><br>
<A NAME=204>A villain to attempt it, who having drawn to do't,</A><br>
<A NAME=205>A crew of pirates came and rescued me;</A><br>
<A NAME=206>Brought me to Mytilene. But, good sir,</A><br>
<A NAME=207>Whither will you have me? Why do you weep?</A><br>
<A NAME=208>It may be,</A><br>
<A NAME=209>You think me an impostor: no, good faith;</A><br>
<A NAME=210>I am the daughter to King Pericles,</A><br>
<A NAME=211>If good King Pericles be.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech65><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=212>Ho, Helicanus!</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech66><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=213>Calls my lord?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech67><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=214>Thou art a grave and noble counsellor,</A><br>
<A NAME=215>Most wise in general: tell me, if thou canst,</A><br>
<A NAME=216>What this maid is, or what is like to be,</A><br>
<A NAME=217>That thus hath made me weep?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech68><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=218>I know not; but</A><br>
<A NAME=219>Here is the regent, sir, of Mytilene</A><br>
<A NAME=220>Speaks nobly of her.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech69><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=221>She would never tell</A><br>
<A NAME=222>Her parentage; being demanded that,</A><br>
<A NAME=223>She would sit still and weep.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech70><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=224>O Helicanus, strike me, honour'd sir;</A><br>
<A NAME=225>Give me a gash, put me to present pain;</A><br>
<A NAME=226>Lest this great sea of joys rushing upon me</A><br>
<A NAME=227>O'erbear the shores of my mortality,</A><br>
<A NAME=228>And drown me with their sweetness. O, come hither,</A><br>
<A NAME=229>Thou that beget'st him that did thee beget;</A><br>
<A NAME=230>Thou that wast born at sea, buried at Tarsus,</A><br>
<A NAME=231>And found at sea again! O Helicanus,</A><br>
<A NAME=232>Down on thy knees, thank the holy gods as loud</A><br>
<A NAME=233>As thunder threatens us: this is Marina.</A><br>
<A NAME=234>What was thy mother's name? tell me but that,</A><br>
<A NAME=235>For truth can never be confirm'd enough,</A><br>
<A NAME=236>Though doubts did ever sleep.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech71><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=237>First, sir, I pray,</A><br>
<A NAME=238>What is your title?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech72><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=239>I am Pericles of Tyre: but tell me now</A><br>
<A NAME=240>My drown'd queen's name, as in the rest you said</A><br>
<A NAME=241>Thou hast been godlike perfect,</A><br>
<A NAME=242>The heir of kingdoms and another like</A><br>
<A NAME=243>To Pericles thy father.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech73><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=244>Is it no more to be your daughter than</A><br>
<A NAME=245>To say my mother's name was Thaisa?</A><br>
<A NAME=246>Thaisa was my mother, who did end</A><br>
<A NAME=247>The minute I began.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech74><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=248>Now, blessing on thee! rise; thou art my child.</A><br>
<A NAME=249>Give me fresh garments. Mine own, Helicanus;</A><br>
<A NAME=250>She is not dead at Tarsus, as she should have been,</A><br>
<A NAME=251>By savage Cleon: she shall tell thee all;</A><br>
<A NAME=252>When thou shalt kneel, and justify in knowledge</A><br>
<A NAME=253>She is thy very princess. Who is this?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech75><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=254>Sir, 'tis the governor of Mytilene,</A><br>
<A NAME=255>Who, hearing of your melancholy state,</A><br>
<A NAME=256>Did come to see you.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech76><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=257>I embrace you.</A><br>
<A NAME=258>Give me my robes. I am wild in my beholding.</A><br>
<A NAME=259>O heavens bless my girl! But, hark, what music?</A><br>
<A NAME=260>Tell Helicanus, my Marina, tell him</A><br>
<A NAME=261>O'er, point by point, for yet he seems to doubt,</A><br>
<A NAME=262>How sure you are my daughter. But, what music?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech77><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=263>My lord, I hear none.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech78><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=264>None!</A><br>
<A NAME=265>The music of the spheres! List, my Marina.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech79><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=266>It is not good to cross him; give him way.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech80><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=267>Rarest sounds! Do ye not hear?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech81><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=268>My lord, I hear.</A><br>
<p><i>Music</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech82><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=269>Most heavenly music!</A><br>
<A NAME=270>It nips me unto listening, and thick slumber</A><br>
<A NAME=271>Hangs upon mine eyes: let me rest.</A><br>
<p><i>Sleeps</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech83><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=272>A pillow for his head:</A><br>
<A NAME=273>So, leave him all. Well, my companion friends,</A><br>
<A NAME=274>If this but answer to my just belief,</A><br>
<A NAME=275>I'll well remember you.</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt all but PERICLES</i></p>
<p><i>DIANA appears to PERICLES as in a vision</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech84><b>DIANA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=276>My temple stands in Ephesus: hie thee thither,</A><br>
<A NAME=277>And do upon mine altar sacrifice.</A><br>
<A NAME=278>There, when my maiden priests are met together,</A><br>
<A NAME=279>Before the people all,</A><br>
<A NAME=280>Reveal how thou at sea didst lose thy wife:</A><br>
<A NAME=281>To mourn thy crosses, with thy daughter's, call</A><br>
<A NAME=282>And give them repetition to the life.</A><br>
<A NAME=283>Or perform my bidding, or thou livest in woe;</A><br>
<A NAME=284>Do it, and happy; by my silver bow!</A><br>
<A NAME=285>Awake, and tell thy dream.</A><br>
<p><i>Disappears</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech85><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=286>Celestial Dian, goddess argentine,</A><br>
<A NAME=287>I will obey thee. Helicanus!</A><br>
<p><i>Re-enter HELICANUS, LYSIMACHUS, and MARINA</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech86><b>HELICANUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=288>Sir?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech87><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=289>My purpose was for Tarsus, there to strike</A><br>
<A NAME=290>The inhospitable Cleon; but I am</A><br>
<A NAME=291>For other service first: toward Ephesus</A><br>
<A NAME=292>Turn our blown sails; eftsoons I'll tell thee why.</A><br>
<p><i>To LYSIMACHUS</i></p>
<A NAME=293>Shall we refresh us, sir, upon your shore,</A><br>
<A NAME=294>And give you gold for such provision</A><br>
<A NAME=295>As our intents will need?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech88><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=296>Sir,</A><br>
<A NAME=297>With all my heart; and, when you come ashore,</A><br>
<A NAME=298>I have another suit.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech89><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=299>You shall prevail,</A><br>
<A NAME=300>Were it to woo my daughter; for it seems</A><br>
<A NAME=301>You have been noble towards her.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech90><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=302>Sir, lend me your arm.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech91><b>PERICLES</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=303>Come, my Marina.</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt</i></p>
<A NAME=304>SCENE II:</A><br>
<p><i>Enter GOWER, before the temple of DIANA at Ephesus</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech92><b>GOWER</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=305>Now our sands are almost run;</A><br>
<A NAME=306>More a little, and then dumb.</A><br>
<A NAME=307>This, my last boon, give me,</A><br>
<A NAME=308>For such kindness must relieve me,</A><br>
<A NAME=309>That you aptly will suppose</A><br>
<A NAME=310>What pageantry, what feats, what shows,</A><br>
<A NAME=311>What minstrelsy, and pretty din,</A><br>
<A NAME=312>The regent made in Mytilene</A><br>
<A NAME=313>To greet the king. So he thrived,</A><br>
<A NAME=314>That he is promised to be wived</A><br>
<A NAME=315>To fair Marina; but in no wise</A><br>
<A NAME=316>Till he had done his sacrifice,</A><br>
<A NAME=317>As Dian bade: whereto being bound,</A><br>
<A NAME=318>The interim, pray you, all confound.</A><br>
<A NAME=319>In feather'd briefness sails are fill'd,</A><br>
<A NAME=320>And wishes fall out as they're will'd.</A><br>
<A NAME=321>At Ephesus, the temple see,</A><br>
<A NAME=322>Our king and all his company.</A><br>
<A NAME=323>That he can hither come so soon,</A><br>
<A NAME=324>Is by your fancy's thankful doom.</A><br>
<p><i>Exit</i></p>
</blockquote>
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