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| <H3>SCENE VI. The same. A room in the brothel.</h3> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>Enter Pandar, Bawd, and BOULT</i> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech1><b>Pandar</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=1>Well, I had rather than twice the worth of her she</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=2>had ne'er come here.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech2><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=3>Fie, fie upon her! she's able to freeze the god</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=4>Priapus, and undo a whole generation. We must</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=5>either get her ravished, or be rid of her. When she</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=6>should do for clients her fitment, and do me the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>kindness of our profession, she has me her quirks,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=8>her reasons, her master reasons, her prayers, her</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=9>knees; that she would make a puritan of the devil,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>if he should cheapen a kiss of her.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech3><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=11>'Faith, I must ravish her, or she'll disfurnish us</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>of all our cavaliers, and make our swearers priests.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech4><b>Pandar</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=13>Now, the pox upon her green-sickness for me!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=14>'Faith, there's no way to be rid on't but by the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>way to the pox. Here comes the Lord Lysimachus disguised.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=16>We should have both lord and lown, if the peevish</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=17>baggage would but give way to customers.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter LYSIMACHUS</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=18>How now! How a dozen of virginities?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech8><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=19>Now, the gods to-bless your honour!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=20>I am glad to see your honour in good health.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=21>You may so; 'tis the better for you that your</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>resorters stand upon sound legs. How now!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>wholesome iniquity have you that a man may deal</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>withal, and defy the surgeon?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=25>We have here one, sir, if she would--but there never</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=26>came her like in Mytilene.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=27>If she'ld do the deed of darkness, thou wouldst say.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=28>Your honour knows what 'tis to say well enough.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=29>Well, call forth, call forth.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=30>For flesh and blood, sir, white and red, you shall</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=31>see a rose; and she were a rose indeed, if she had but--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=32>What, prithee?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=33>O, sir, I can be modest.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=34>That dignifies the renown of a bawd, no less than it</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=35>gives a good report to a number to be chaste.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit BOULT</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=36>Here comes that which grows to the stalk; never</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=37>plucked yet, I can assure you.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter BOULT with MARINA</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=38>Is she not a fair creature?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=39>'Faith, she would serve after a long voyage at sea.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=40>Well, there's for you: leave us.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=41>I beseech your honour, give me leave: a word, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=42>I'll have done presently.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=43>I beseech you, do.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=44>[To MARINA] First, I would have you note, this is</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>an honourable man.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=46>I desire to find him so, that I may worthily note him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=47>Next, he's the governor of this country, and a man</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=48>whom I am bound to.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=49>If he govern the country, you are bound to him</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=50>indeed; but how honourable he is in that, I know not.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=51>Pray you, without any more virginal fencing, will</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=52>you use him kindly? He will line your apron with gold.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=53>What he will do graciously, I will thankfully receive.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=54>Ha' you done?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=55>My lord, she's not paced yet: you must take some</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=56>pains to work her to your manage. Come, we will</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=57>leave his honour and her together. Go thy ways.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt Bawd, Pandar, and BOULT</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=58>Now, pretty one, how long have you been at this trade?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=59>What trade, sir?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=60>Why, I cannot name't but I shall offend.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=61>I cannot be offended with my trade. Please you to name it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=62>How long have you been of this profession?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=63>E'er since I can remember.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=64>Did you go to 't so young? Were you a gamester at</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=65>five or at seven?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=66>Earlier too, sir, if now I be one.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=67>Why, the house you dwell in proclaims you to be a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=68>creature of sale.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=69>Do you know this house to be a place of such resort,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=70>and will come into 't? I hear say you are of</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=71>honourable parts, and are the governor of this place.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=72>Why, hath your principal made known unto you who I am?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=73>Who is my principal?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=74>Why, your herb-woman; she that sets seeds and roots</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=75>of shame and iniquity. O, you have heard something</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>of my power, and so stand aloof for more serious</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=77>wooing. But I protest to thee, pretty one, my</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=78>authority shall not see thee, or else look friendly</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=79>upon thee. Come, bring me to some private place:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=80>come, come.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=81>If you were born to honour, show it now;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=82>If put upon you, make the judgment good</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=83>That thought you worthy of it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=84>How's this? how's this? Some more; be sage.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=85>For me,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=86>That am a maid, though most ungentle fortune</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=87>Have placed me in this sty, where, since I came,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=88>Diseases have been sold dearer than physic,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>O, that the gods</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>Would set me free from this unhallow'd place,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=91>Though they did change me to the meanest bird</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>That flies i' the purer air!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=93>I did not think</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=94>Thou couldst have spoke so well; ne'er dream'd thou couldst.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=95>Had I brought hither a corrupted mind,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>Thy speech had alter'd it. Hold, here's gold for thee:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=97>Persever in that clear way thou goest,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=98>And the gods strengthen thee!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=99>The good gods preserve you!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=100>For me, be you thoughten</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=101>That I came with no ill intent; for to me</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=102>The very doors and windows savour vilely.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=103>Fare thee well. Thou art a piece of virtue, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=104>I doubt not but thy training hath been noble.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=105>Hold, here's more gold for thee.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=106>A curse upon him, die he like a thief,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=107>That robs thee of thy goodness! If thou dost</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=108>Hear from me, it shall be for thy good.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter BOULT</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=109>I beseech your honour, one piece for me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>LYSIMACHUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=110>Avaunt, thou damned door-keeper!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=111>Your house, but for this virgin that doth prop it,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=112>Would sink and overwhelm you. Away!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=113>How's this? We must take another course with you.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=114>If your peevish chastity, which is not worth a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=115>breakfast in the cheapest country under the cope,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=116>shall undo a whole household, let me be gelded like</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>a spaniel. Come your ways.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=118> Whither would you have me?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=119>I must have your maidenhead taken off, or the common</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=120>hangman shall execute it. Come your ways. We'll</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=121>have no more gentlemen driven away. Come your ways, I say.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter Bawd</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=122>How now! what's the matter?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=123>Worse and worse, mistress; she has here spoken holy</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=124>words to the Lord Lysimachus.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=125>O abominable!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=126>She makes our profession as it were to stink afore</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=127>the face of the gods.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=128>Marry, hang her up for ever!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=129>The nobleman would have dealt with her like a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=130>nobleman, and she sent him away as cold as a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=131>snowball; saying his prayers too.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=132>Boult, take her away; use her at thy pleasure:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=133>crack the glass of her virginity, and make the rest malleable.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=134>An if she were a thornier piece of ground than she</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=135>is, she shall be ploughed.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=136>Hark, hark, you gods!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>Bawd</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=137>She conjures: away with her! Would she had never</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=138>come within my doors! Marry, hang you! She's born</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>to undo us. Will you not go the way of women-kind?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=140>Marry, come up, my dish of chastity with rosemary and bays!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=141>Come, mistress; come your ways with me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=142>Whither wilt thou have me?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=143>To take from you the jewel you hold so dear.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=144>Prithee, tell me one thing first.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=145>Come now, your one thing.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=146>What canst thou wish thine enemy to be?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=147>Why, I could wish him to be my master, or rather, my mistress.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=148>Neither of these are so bad as thou art,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=149>Since they do better thee in their command.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=150>Thou hold'st a place, for which the pained'st fiend</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=151>Of hell would not in reputation change:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=152>Thou art the damned doorkeeper to every</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=153>Coistrel that comes inquiring for his Tib;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=154>To the choleric fisting of every rogue</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=155>Thy ear is liable; thy food is such</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=156>As hath been belch'd on by infected lungs.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=157>What would you have me do? go to the wars, would</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=158>you? where a man may serve seven years for the loss</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=159>of a leg, and have not money enough in the end to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=160>buy him a wooden one?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=161>Do any thing but this thou doest. Empty</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=162>OLD receptacles, or common shores, of filth;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=163>Serve by indenture to the common hangman:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=164>Any of these ways are yet better than this;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=165>For what thou professest, a baboon, could he speak,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=166>Would own a name too dear. O, that the gods</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=167>Would safely deliver me from this place!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=168>Here, here's gold for thee.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=169>If that thy master would gain by thee,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=170>Proclaim that I can sing, weave, sew, and dance,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=171>With other virtues, which I'll keep from boast:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=172>And I will undertake all these to teach.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=173>I doubt not but this populous city will</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=174>Yield many scholars.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech75><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=175>But can you teach all this you speak of?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech76><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=176>Prove that I cannot, take me home again,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=177>And prostitute me to the basest groom</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=178>That doth frequent your house.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech77><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=179>Well, I will see what I can do for thee: if I can</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=180>place thee, I will.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech78><b>MARINA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=181>But amongst honest women.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech79><b>BOULT</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=182>'Faith, my acquaintance lies little amongst them.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=183>But since my master and mistress have bought you,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=184>there's no going but by their consent: therefore I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=185>will make them acquainted with your purpose, and I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=186>doubt not but I shall find them tractable enough.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=187>Come, I'll do for thee what I can; come your ways.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>Enter GOWER</i> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech80><b>GOWER</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=188>Marina thus the brothel 'scapes, and chances</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=189>Into an honest house, our story says.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=190>She sings like one immortal, and she dances</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=191>As goddess-like to her admired lays;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=192>Deep clerks she dumbs; and with her needle composes</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=193>Nature's own shape, of bud, bird, branch, or berry,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=194>That even her art sisters the natural roses;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=195>Her inkle, silk, twin with the rubied cherry:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=196>That pupils lacks she none of noble race,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=197>Who pour their bounty on her; and her gain</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=198>She gives the cursed bawd. Here we her place;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=199>And to her father turn our thoughts again,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=200>Where we left him, on the sea. We there him lost;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=201>Whence, driven before the winds, he is arrived</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=202>Here where his daughter dwells; and on this coast</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=203>Suppose him now at anchor. The city strived</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=204>God Neptune's annual feast to keep: from whence</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=205>Lysimachus our Tyrian ship espies,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=206>His banners sable, trimm'd with rich expense;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=207>And to him in his barge with fervor hies.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=208>In your supposing once more put your sight</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=209>Of heavy Pericles; think this his bark:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=210>Where what is done in action, more, if might,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=211>Shall be discover'd; please you, sit and hark.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
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