Drama Winters Tale (Full)

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Winter's Tale

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ACT I

SCENE I. Antechamber in LEONTES' palace.

Enter CAMILLO and ARCHIDAMUS

ARCHIDAMUS

If you shall chance, Camillo, to visit Bohemia, on

the like occasion whereon my services are now on

foot, you shall see, as I have sai, great

ifference !etwi"t our Bohemia an your Sicilia#

CAMILLO

I think, this coming summer, the $ing of Sicilia

means to pay Bohemia the visitation which he %ustly owes him#ARCHIDAMUS

Wherein our entertainment shall shame us we will !e

%ustifie in our loves& for inee

CAMILLO

Beseech you,

ARCHIDAMUS

(erily, I speak it in the freeom of my knowlege)

we cannot with such magnificencein so rareI know

not what to say# We will give you sleepy rinks,

that your senses, unintelligent of our insufficience,

may, though they cannot praise us, as little accuseus#

CAMILLO

*ou pay a great eal too ear for what's given freely#

ARCHIDAMUS

Believe me, I speak as my unerstaning instructs me

an as mine honesty puts it to utterance#

CAMILLO

Sicilia cannot show himself overkin to Bohemia#

They were traine together in their chilhoos& an

there roote !etwi"t them then such an affection,

which cannot choose !ut !ranch now# Since theirmore mature ignities an royal necessities mae

separation of their society, their encounters,

though not personal, have !een royally attorneye

with interchange of gifts, letters, loving

em!assies& that they have seeme to !e together,

though a!sent, shook hans, as over a vast, an

em!race, as it were, from the ens of oppose

wins# The heavens continue their loves+

ARCHIDAMUS

I think there is not in the worl either malice or

matter to alter it# *ou have an unspeaka!le

comfort of your young prince amillius) it is a
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gentleman of the greatest promise that ever came

into my note#

CAMILLO

I very well agree with you in the hopes of him) it

is a gallant chil& one that inee physics the

su!%ect, makes ol hearts fresh) they that went oncrutches ere he was !orn esire yet their life to

see him a man#

ARCHIDAMUS

Woul they else !e content to ie-

CAMILLO

*es& if there were no other e"cuse why they shoul

esire to live#

ARCHIDAMUS

If the king ha no son, they woul esire to live

on crutches till he ha one#

Exeunt

SCENE II. A room of tate in the ame.

Enter LEONTES, HERMIONE, MAMILLIUS, POLIXENES, CAMILLO, and Attendants

!OLI"ENES

.ine changes of the watery star hath !een

The shepher's note since we have left our throne

Without a !urthen) time as long again

Woul !e fin up, my !rother, with our thanks&/n yet we shoul, for perpetuity,

0o hence in e!t) an therefore, like a cipher,

*et staning in rich place, I multiply

With one 'We thank you' many thousans moe

That go !efore it#

LEONTES

Stay your thanks a while&

/n pay them when you part#

!OLI"ENES

Sir, that's tomorrow#

I am 1uestion' !y my fears, of what may chance2r !ree upon our a!sence& that may !low

.o sneaping wins at home, to make us say

'This is put forth too truly)' !esies, I have stay'

To tire your royalty#

LEONTES

We are tougher, !rother,

Than you can put us to't#

!OLI"ENES

.o longer stay#

LEONTES

2ne sevennight longer#!OLI"ENES


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(ery sooth, tomorrow#

LEONTES

We'll part the time !etween's then& an in that

I'll no gainsaying#

!OLI"ENES

3ress me not, !eseech you, so#There is no tongue that moves, none, none i' the worl,

So soon as yours coul win me) so it shoul now,

Were there necessity in your re1uest, although

'Twere neeful I enie it# y affairs

4o even rag me homewar) which to hiner

Were in your love a whip to me& my stay

To you a charge an trou!le) to save !oth,

5arewell, our !rother#

LEONTES

Tonguetie, our 1ueen-

speak you#HERMIONE

I ha thought, sir, to have hel my peace until

*ou have rawn oaths from him not to stay# *ou, sir,

Charge him too colly# Tell him, you are sure

/ll in Bohemia's well& this satisfaction

The !ygone ay proclaim') say this to him,

6e's !eat from his !est war#

LEONTES

Well sai, 6ermione#

HERMIONE

To tell, he longs to see his son, were strong)

But let him say so then, an let him go&

But let him swear so, an he shall not stay,

We'll thwack him hence with istaffs#

*et of your royal presence I'll aventure

The !orrow of a week# When at Bohemia

*ou take my lor, I'll give him my commission

To let him there a month !ehin the gest

3refi"' for's parting) yet, goo ee, 7eontes,

I love thee not a %ar o' the clock !ehin

What layshe her lor# *ou'll stay-!OLI"ENES

.o, maam#

HERMIONE

.ay, !ut you will-

!OLI"ENES

I may not, verily#

HERMIONE

(erily+

*ou put me off with lim!er vows& !ut I,

Though you woul seek to unsphere the

stars with oaths,Shoul yet say 'Sir, no going#' (erily,


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*ou i continue fault an that you slipp' not

With any !ut with us#

LEONTES

Is he won yet-

HERMIONE

6e'll stay my lor#LEONTES

/t my re1uest he woul not#

6ermione, my earest, thou never spokest

To !etter purpose#

HERMIONE

.ever-

LEONTES

.ever, !ut once#

HERMIONE

What+ have I twice sai well- when was't !efore-

I prithee tell me& cram's with praise, an make's/s fat as tame things) one goo ee ying tongueless

Slaughters a thousan waiting upon that#

2ur praises are our wages) you may rie's

With one soft kiss a thousan furlongs ere

With spur we !eat an acre# But to the goal)

y last goo ee was to entreat his stay)

What was my first- it has an eler sister,

2r I mistake you) 2, woul her name were 0race+

But once !efore I spoke to the purpose) when-

.ay, let me have't& I long#

LEONTES

Why, that was when

Three cra!!e months ha sour' themselves to eath,

Ere I coul make thee open thy white han

/n clap thyself my love) then ist thou utter

'I am yours for ever#'

HERMIONE

'Tis grace inee#

Why, lo you now, I have spoke to the purpose twice)

The one for ever earn' a royal hus!an&

The other for some while a frien#LEONTES

8/sie9 Too hot, too hot+

To mingle frienship far is mingling !loos#

I have tremor coris on me) my heart ances&

But not for %oy& not %oy# This entertainment

ay a free face put on, erive a li!erty

5rom heartiness, from !ounty, fertile !osom,

/n well !ecome the agent& 't may, I grant&

But to !e paling palms an pinching fingers,

/s now they are, an making practise smiles,

/s in a lookingglass, an then to sigh, as 'twereThe mort o' the eer& 2, that is entertainment


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y !osom likes not, nor my !rows+ amillius,

/rt thou my !oy-

MAMILLIUS

/y, my goo lor#

LEONTES

I' fecks+Why, that's my !awcock# What, hast

smutch' thy nose-

They say it is a copy out of mine# Come, captain,

We must !e neat& not neat, !ut cleanly, captain)

/n yet the steer, the heifer an the calf

/re all call' neat#Still virginalling

:pon his palm+6ow now, you wanton calf+

/rt thou my calf-

MAMILLIUS

*es, if you will, my lor#

LEONTESThou want'st a rough pash an the shoots that I have,

To !e full like me) yet they say we are

/lmost as like as eggs& women say so,

That will say anything !ut were they false

/s o'erye !lacks, as win, as waters, false

/s ice are to !e wish' !y one that fi"es

.o !ourn 'twi"t his an mine, yet were it true

To say this !oy were like me# Come, sir page,

7ook on me with your welkin eye) sweet villain+

ost ear'st+ my collop+ Can thy am-may't !e-

/ffection+ thy intention sta!s the centre)

Thou ost make possi!le things not so hel,

Communicatest with reams&how can this !e-

With what's unreal thou coactive art,

/n fellow'st nothing) then 'tis very creent

Thou mayst co%oin with something& an thou ost,

/n that !eyon commission, an I fin it,

/n that to the infection of my !rains

/n harening of my !rows#

!OLI"ENES

What means Sicilia-HERMIONE

6e something seems unsettle#

!OLI"ENES

6ow, my lor+

What cheer- how is't with you, !est !rother-

HERMIONE

*ou look as if you hel a !row of much istraction

/re you move, my lor-

LEONTES

.o, in goo earnest#

6ow sometimes nature will !etray its folly,Its tenerness, an make itself a pastime


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To harer !osoms+ 7ooking on the lines

2f my !oy's face, methoughts I i recoil

Twentythree years, an saw myself un!reech',

In my green velvet coat, my agger mu;;le,

7est it shoul !ite its master, an so prove,

/s ornaments oft o, too angerous)6ow like, methought, I then was to this kernel,

This s1uash, this gentleman# ine honest frien,

Will you take eggs for money-

MAMILLIUS

.o, my lor, I'll fight#

LEONTES

*ou will+ why, happy man !e's ole+ y !rother,

/re you so fon of your young prince as we

4o seem to !e of ours-

!OLI"ENES

If at home, sir,6e's all my e"ercise, my mirth, my matter,

.ow my sworn frien an then mine enemy,

y parasite, my solier, statesman, all)

6e makes a


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0one alreay+

Inchthick, kneeeep, o'er hea an

ears a fork' one+

0o, play, !oy, play) thy mother plays, an I

3lay too, !ut so isgrace a part, whose issue

Will hiss me to my grave) contempt an clamourWill !e my knell# 0o, play, !oy, play#

There have !een,

2r I am much eceive, cuckols ere now&

/n many a man there is, even at this present,

.ow while I speak this, hols his wife !y the arm,

That little thinks she has !een sluice in's a!sence

/n his pon fish' !y his ne"t neigh!our, !y

Sir Smile, his neigh!our) nay, there's comfort in't

Whiles other men have gates an those gates open',

/s mine, against their will# Shoul all espair

That have revolte wives, the tenth of mankinWoul hang themselves# 3hysic for't there is none&

It is a !awy planet, that will strike

Where 'tis preominant& an 'tis powerful, think it,

5rom east, west, north an south) !e it conclue,

.o !arricao for a !elly& know't&

It will let in an out the enemy

With !ag an !aggage) many thousan on's

6ave the isease, an feel't not# 6ow now, !oy+

MAMILLIUS

I am like you, they say#

LEONTES

Why that's some comfort# What, Camillo there-

CAMILLO

/y, my goo lor#

LEONTES

0o play, amillius& thou'rt an honest man#

Exit MAMILLIUS

Camillo, this great sir will yet stay longer#

CAMILLO*ou ha much ao to make his anchor hol)

When you cast out, it still came home#

LEONTES

4ist note it-

CAMILLO

6e woul not stay at your petitions) mae

6is !usiness more material#

LEONTES

4ist perceive it-

Aside


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They're here with me alreay, whispering, rouning

'Sicilia is a soforth)' 'tis far gone,

When I shall gust it last# 6ow came't, Camillo,

That he i stay-

CAMILLO

/t the goo 1ueen's entreaty#LEONTES

/t the 1ueen's !e't) 'goo' shoul !e pertinent

But, so it is, it is not# Was this taken

By any unerstaning pate !ut thine-

5or thy conceit is soaking, will raw in

ore than the common !locks) not note, is't,

But of the finer natures- !y some severals

2f heapiece e"traorinary- lower messes

3erchance are to this !usiness pur!lin- say#

CAMILLO

Business, my lor+ I think most unerstanBohemia stays here longer#

LEONTES

6a+

CAMILLO

Stays here longer#

LEONTES

/y, !ut why-

CAMILLO

To satisfy your highness an the entreaties

2f our most gracious mistress#

LEONTES

Satisfy+

The entreaties of your mistress+ satisfy+

7et that suffice# I have truste thee, Camillo,

With all the nearest things to my heart, as well

y cham!ercouncils, wherein, priestlike, thou

6ast cleanse my !osom, I from thee eparte

Thy penitent reform') !ut we have !een

4eceive in thy integrity, eceive

In that which seems so#

CAMILLOBe it for!i, my lor+

LEONTES

To !ie upon't, thou art not honest, or,

If thou inclinest that way, thou art a cowar,

Which ho"es honesty !ehin, restraining

5rom course re1uire& or else thou must !e counte

/ servant grafte in my serious trust

/n therein negligent& or else a fool

That seest a game play' home, the rich stake rawn,

/n takest it all for %est#

CAMILLO


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y gracious lor,

I may !e negligent, foolish an fearful&

In every one of these no man is free,

But that his negligence, his folly, fear,

/mong the infinite oings of the worl,

Sometime puts forth# In your affairs, my lor,If ever I were wilfulnegligent,

It was my folly& if inustriously

I play' the fool, it was my negligence,

.ot weighing well the en& if ever fearful

To o a thing, where I the issue ou!te,

Where of the e"ecution i cry out

/gainst the nonperformance, 'twas a fear

Which oft infects the wisest) these, my lor,

/re such allow' infirmities that honesty

Is never free of# But, !eseech your grace,

Be plainer with me& let me know my trespassBy its own visage) if I then eny it,

'Tis none of mine#

LEONTES

6a' not you seen, Camillo,

But that's past ou!t, you have, or your eyeglass

Is thicker than a cuckol's horn,or hear,

5or to a vision so apparent rumour

Cannot !e mute,or thought,for cogitation

=esies not in that man that oes not think,

y wife is slippery- If thou wilt confess,

2r else !e impuently negative,

To have nor eyes nor ears nor thought, then say

y wife's a ho!!yhorse, eserves a name

/s rank as any fla"wench that puts to

Before her trothplight) say't an %ustify't#

CAMILLO

I woul not !e a staner!y to hear

y sovereign mistress cloue so, without

y present vengeance taken) 'shrew my heart,

*ou never spoke what i !ecome you less

Than this& which to reiterate were sin/s eep as that, though true#

LEONTES

Is whispering nothing-

Is leaning cheek to cheek- is meeting noses-

$issing with insie lip- stopping the career

2f laughing with a sigh-a note infalli!le

2f !reaking honestyhorsing foot on foot-

Skulking in corners- wishing clocks more swift-

6ours, minutes- noon, minight- an all eyes

Blin with the pin an we! !ut theirs, theirs only,

That woul unseen !e wicke- is this nothing-Why, then the worl an all that's in't is nothing&


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The covering sky is nothing& Bohemia nothing&

y wife is nothing& nor nothing have these nothings,

If this !e nothing#

CAMILLO

0oo my lor, !e cure

2f this isease opinion, an !etimes&5or 'tis most angerous#

LEONTES

Say it !e, 'tis true#

CAMILLO

.o, no, my lor#

LEONTES

It is& you lie, you lie)

I say thou liest, Camillo, an I hate thee,

3ronounce thee a gross lout, a minless slave,

2r else a hovering tempori;er, that

Canst with thine eyes at once see goo an evil,Inclining to them !oth) were my wife's liver

Infecte as her life, she woul not live

The running of one glass#

CAMILLO

Who oes infect her-

LEONTES

Why, he that wears her like a meal, hanging

/!out his neck, Bohemia) who, if I

6a servants true a!out me, that !are eyes

To see alike mine honour as their profits,

Their own particular thrifts, they woul o that

Which shoul uno more oing) ay, an thou,

6is cup!earer,whom I from meaner form

6ave !enche an reare to worship, who mayst see

3lainly as heaven sees earth an earth sees heaven,

6ow I am galle,mightst !espice a cup,

To give mine enemy a lasting wink&

Which raught to me were corial#

CAMILLO

Sir, my lor,

I coul o this, an that with no rash potion,But with a lingering ram that shoul not work

aliciously like poison) !ut I cannot

Believe this crack to !e in my rea mistress,

So sovereignly !eing honoura!le#

I have love thee,

LEONTES

ake that thy 1uestion, an go rot+

4ost think I am so muy, so unsettle,

To appoint myself in this ve"ation, sully

The purity an whiteness of my sheets,

Which to preserve is sleep, which !eing spotteIs goas, thorns, nettles, tails of wasps,


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Re-enter POLIXENES

!OLI"ENES

This is strange) methinks

y favour here !egins to warp# .ot speak-

0oo ay, Camillo#CAMILLO

6ail, most royal sir+

!OLI"ENES

What is the news i' the court-

CAMILLO

.one rare, my lor#

!OLI"ENES

The king hath on him such a countenance

/s he ha lost some province an a region

7ove as he loves himself) even now I met him

With customary compliment& when he,Wafting his eyes to the contrary an falling

/ lip of much contempt, spees from me an

So leaves me to consier what is !reeing

That changeth thus his manners#

CAMILLO

I are not know, my lor#

!OLI"ENES

6ow+ are not+ o not# 4o you know, an are not-

Be intelligent to me) 'tis therea!outs&

5or, to yourself, what you o know, you must#

/n cannot say, you are not# 0oo Camillo,

*our change comple"ions are to me a mirror

Which shows me mine change too& for I must !e

/ party in this alteration, fining

yself thus alter' with 't#

CAMILLO

There is a sickness

Which puts some of us in istemper, !ut

I cannot name the isease& an it is caught

2f you that yet are well#

!OLI"ENES6ow+ caught of me+

ake me not sighte like the !asilisk)

I have look' on thousans, who have spe the !etter

By my regar, !ut kill' none so# Camillo,

/s you are certainly a gentleman, thereto

Clerklike e"perience, which no less aorns

2ur gentry than our parents' no!le names,

In whose success we are gentle,I !eseech you,

If you know aught which oes !ehove my knowlege

Thereof to !e inform', imprison't not

In ignorant concealment#CAMILLO


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I may not answer#

!OLI"ENES

/ sickness caught of me, an yet I well+

I must !e answer'# 4ost thou hear, Camillo,

I con%ure thee, !y all the parts of man

Which honour oes acknowlege, whereof the leastIs not this suit of mine, that thou eclare

What inciency thou ost guess of harm

Is creeping towar me& how far off, how near&

Which way to !e prevente, if to !e&

If not, how !est to !ear it#

CAMILLO

Sir, I will tell you&

Since I am charge in honour an !y him

That I think honoura!le) therefore mark my counsel,

Which must !e even as swiftly follow' as

I mean to utter it, or !oth yourself an meCry lost, an so goo night+

!OLI"ENES

2n, goo Camillo#

CAMILLO

I am appointe him to murer you#

!OLI"ENES

By whom, Camillo-

CAMILLO

By the king#

!OLI"ENES

5or what-

CAMILLO

6e thinks, nay, with all confience he swears,

/s he ha seen't or !een an instrument

To vice you to't, that you have touch' his 1ueen

5or!ienly#

!OLI"ENES

2, then my !est !loo turn

To an infecte %elly an my name

Be yoke with his that i !etray the Best+

Turn then my freshest reputation to/ savour that may strike the ullest nostril

Where I arrive, an my approach !e shunn',

.ay, hate too, worse than the great'st infection

That e'er was hear or rea+

CAMILLO

Swear his thought over

By each particular star in heaven an

By all their influences, you may as well

5or!i the sea for to o!ey the moon

/s or !y oath remove or counsel shake

The fa!ric of his folly, whose founation


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Is pile upon his faith an will continue

The staning of his !oy#

!OLI"ENES

6ow shoul this grow-

CAMILLO

I know not) !ut I am sure 'tis safer to/voi what's grown than 1uestion how 'tis !orn#

If therefore you are trust my honesty,

That lies enclose in this trunk which you

Shall !ear along impawn', away tonight+

*our followers I will whisper to the !usiness,

/n will !y twos an threes at several posterns

Clear them o' the city# 5or myself, I'll put

y fortunes to your service, which are here

By this iscovery lost# Be not uncertain&

5or, !y the honour of my parents, I

6ave utter' truth) which if you seek to prove,I are not stan !y& nor shall you !e safer

Than one conemn' !y the king's own mouth, thereon

6is e"ecution sworn#

!OLI"ENES

I o !elieve thee)

I saw his heart in 's face# 0ive me thy han)

Be pilot to me an thy places shall

Still neigh!our mine# y ships are reay an

y people i e"pect my hence eparture

Two ays ago# This %ealousy

Is for a precious creature) as she's rare,

ust it !e great, an as his person's mighty,

ust it !e violent, an as he oes conceive

6e is ishonour' !y a man which ever

3rofess' to him, why, his revenges must

In that !e mae more !itter# 5ear o'ershaes me)

0oo e"peition !e my frien, an comfort

The gracious 1ueen, part of his theme, !ut nothing

2f his illta'en suspicion+ Come, Camillo&

I will respect thee as a father if

Thou !ear'st my life off hence) let us avoi#CAMILLO

It is in mine authority to comman

The keys of all the posterns) please your highness

To take the urgent hour# Come, sir, away#

Exeunt

ACT II

SCENE I. A room in LEONTES' palace.

Enter HERMIONE, MAMILLIUS, and Ladies


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HERMIONE

Take the !oy to you) he so trou!les me,

'Tis past enuring#

#irt La$%

Come, my gracious lor,

Shall I !e your playfellow-MAMILLIUS

.o, I'll none of you#

#irt La$%

Why, my sweet lor-

MAMILLIUS

*ou'll kiss me har an speak to me as if

I were a !a!y still# I love you !etter#

Secon$ La$%

/n why so, my lor-

MAMILLIUS

.ot for !ecause*our !rows are !lacker& yet !lack !rows, they say,

Become some women !est, so that there !e not

Too much hair there, !ut in a semicircle

2r a halfmoon mae with a pen#

Secon$ La$%

Who taught you this-

MAMILLIUS

I learnt it out of women's faces# 3ray now

What colour are your eye!rows-

#irt La$%

Blue, my lor#

MAMILLIUS

.ay, that's a mock) I have seen a lay's nose

That has !een !lue, !ut not her eye!rows#

#irt La$%

6ark ye&

The 1ueen your mother rouns apace) we shall

3resent our services to a fine new prince

2ne of these ays& an then you'l wanton with us,

If we woul have you#

Secon$ La$%She is sprea of late

Into a gooly !ulk) goo time encounter her+

HERMIONE

What wisom stirs amongst you- Come, sir, now

I am for you again) pray you, sit !y us,

/n tell 's a tale#

MAMILLIUS

erry or sa shall't !e-

HERMIONE

/s merry as you will#

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/ sa tale's !est for winter) I have one

2f sprites an go!lins#

HERMIONE

7et's have that, goo sir#

Come on, sit own) come on, an o your !est

To fright me with your sprites& you're powerful at it#MAMILLIUS

There was a man

HERMIONE

.ay, come, sit own& then on#

MAMILLIUS

4welt !y a churchyar) I will tell it softly&

*on crickets shall not hear it#

HERMIONE

Come on, then,

/n give't me in mine ear#

Enter LEONTES, with ANTIONUS, L!rds and !thers

LEONTES

Was he met there- his train- Camillo with him-

#irt Lor$

Behin the tuft of pines I met them& never

Saw I men scour so on their way) I eye them

Even to their ships#

LEONTES

6ow !lest am I

In my %ust censure, in my true opinion+

/lack, for lesser knowlege+ how accurse

In !eing so !lest+ There may !e in the cup

/ spier steep', an one may rink, epart,

/n yet partake no venom, for his knowlege

Is not infecte) !ut if one present

The a!horr' ingreient to his eye, make known

6ow he hath runk, he cracks his gorge, his sies,

With violent hefts# I have runk,

an seen the spier#

Camillo was his help in this, his paner)There is a plot against my life, my crown&

/ll's true that is mistruste) that false villain

Whom I employ' was preemploy' !y him)

6e has iscover' my esign, an I

=emain a pinch' thing& yea, a very trick

5or them to play at will# 6ow came the posterns

So easily open-

#irt Lor$

By his great authority&

Which often hath no less prevail' than so

2n your comman#LEONTES


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I know't too well#

0ive me the !oy) I am gla you i not nurse him)

Though he oes !ear some signs of me, yet you

6ave too much !loo in him#

HERMIONE

What is this- sport-LEONTES

Bear the !oy hence& he shall not come a!out her&

/way with him+ an let her sport herself

With that she's !ig with& for 'tis 3oli"enes

6as mae thee swell thus#

HERMIONE

But I'l say he ha not,

/n I'll !e sworn you woul !elieve my saying,

6owe'er you lean to the naywar#

LEONTES

*ou, my lors,7ook on her, mark her well& !e !ut a!out

To say 'she is a gooly lay,' an

The %ustice of your !earts will thereto a

'Tis pity she's not honest, honoura!le)'

3raise her !ut for this her withoutoor form,

Which on my faith eserves high speech, an straight

The shrug, the hum or ha, these petty !rans

That calumny oth use2, I am out

That mercy oes, for calumny will sear

(irtue itself) these shrugs, these hums an ha's,

When you have sai 'she's gooly,' come !etween

Ere you can say 'she's honest)' !ut !e 't known,

5rom him that has most cause to grieve it shoul !e,

She's an aulteress#

HERMIONE

Shoul a villain say so,

The most replenish' villain in the worl,

6e were as much more villain) you, my lor,

4o !ut mistake#

LEONTES

*ou have mistook, my lay,3oli"enes for 7eontes) 2 thou thing+

Which I'll not call a creature of thy place,

7est !ar!arism, making me the preceent,

Shoul a like language use to all egrees

/n mannerly istinguishment leave out

Betwi"t the prince an !eggar) I have sai

She's an aulteress& I have sai with whom)

ore, she's a traitor an Camillo is

/ feerary with her, an one that knows

What she shoul shame to know herself

But with her most vile principal, that she's/ !eswerver, even as !a as those


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That vulgars give !ol'st titles, ay, an privy

To this their late escape#

HERMIONE

.o, !y my life#

3rivy to none of this# 6ow will this grieve you,

When you shall come to clearer knowlege, that*ou thus have pu!lish' me+ 0entle my lor,

*ou scarce can right me throughly then to say

*ou i mistake#

LEONTES

.o& if I mistake

In those founations which I !uil upon,

The centre is not !ig enough to !ear

/ school!oy's top# /way with her+ to prison+

6e who shall speak for her is afar off guilty

But that he speaks#

HERMIONEThere's some ill planet reigns)

I must !e patient till the heavens look

With an aspect more favoura!le# 0oo my lors,

I am not prone to weeping, as our se"

Commonly are& the want of which vain ew

3erchance shall ry your pities) !ut I have

That honoura!le grief loge here which !urns

Worse than tears rown) !eseech you all, my lors,

With thoughts so 1ualifie as your charities

Shall !est instruct you, measure me& an so

The king's will !e perform'+

LEONTES

Shall I !e hear-

HERMIONE

Who is't that goes with me- Beseech your highness,

y women may !e with me& for you see

y plight re1uires it# 4o not weep, goo fools&

There is no cause) when you shall know your mistress

6as eserve prison, then a!oun in tears

/s I come out) this action I now go on

Is for my !etter grace# /ieu, my lor)I never wish' to see you sorry& now

I trust I shall# y women, come& you have leave#

LEONTES

0o, o our !iing& hence+

Exit HERMIONE, "uarded# with Ladies

#irt Lor$

Beseech your highness, call the 1ueen again#

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Be certain what you o, sir, lest your %ustice

3rove violence& in the which three great ones suffer,

*ourself, your 1ueen, your son#

#irt Lor$

5or her, my lor,

I are my life lay own an will o't, sir,3lease you to accept it, that the 1ueen is spotless

I' the eyes of heaven an to you& I mean,

In this which you accuse her#

ANTI&ONUS

If it prove

She's otherwise, I'll keep my sta!les where

I loge my wife& I'll go in couples with her&

Than when I feel an see her no farther trust her&

5or every inch of woman in the worl,

/y, every ram of woman's flesh is false, If she !e#

LEONTES6ol your peaces#

#irt Lor$

0oo my lor,

ANTI&ONUS

It is for you we speak, not for ourselves)

*ou are a!use an !y some putteron

That will !e amn' for't& woul I knew the villain,

I woul lanamn him# Be she honourflaw',

I have three aughters& the elest is eleven

The secon an the thir, nine, an some five&

If this prove true, they'll pay for't)

!y mine honour,

I'll gel 'em all& fourteen they shall not see,

To !ring false generations) they are coheirs&

/n I ha rather gli! myself than they

Shoul not prouce fair issue#

LEONTES

Cease& no more#

*ou smell this !usiness with a sense as col

/s is a ea man's nose) !ut I o see't an feel't

/s you feel oing thus& an see withalThe instruments that feel#

ANTI&ONUS

If it !e so,

We nee no grave to !ury honesty)

There's not a grain of it the face to sweeten

2f the whole ungy earth#

LEONTES

What+ lack I creit-

#irt Lor$

I ha rather you i lack than I, my lor,

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To have her honour true than your suspicion,

Be !lame for't how you might#

LEONTES

Why, what nee we

Commune with you of this, !ut rather follow

2ur forceful instigation- 2ur prerogativeCalls not your counsels, !ut our natural gooness

Imparts this& which if you, or stupefie

2r seeming so in skill, cannot or will not

=elish a truth like us, inform yourselves

We nee no more of your avice) the matter,

The loss, the gain, the orering on't, is all

3roperly ours#

ANTI&ONUS

/n I wish, my liege,

*ou ha only in your silent %ugment trie it,

Without more overture#LEONTES

6ow coul that !e-

Either thou art most ignorant !y age,

2r thou wert !orn a fool# Camillo's flight,

/e to their familiarity,

Which was as gross as ever touch' con%ecture,

That lack' sight only, nought for appro!ation

But only seeing, all other circumstances

ae up to the ee, oth push on this proceeing)

*et, for a greater confirmation,

5or in an act of this importance 'twere

ost piteous to !e wil, I have ispatch' in post

To sacre 4elphos, to /pollo's temple,

Cleomenes an 4ion, whom you know

2f stuff' sufficiency) now from the oracle

They will !ring all& whose spiritual counsel ha,

Shall stop or spur me# 6ave I one well-

#irt Lor$

Well one, my lor#

LEONTES

Though I am satisfie an nee no moreThan what I know, yet shall the oracle

0ive rest to the mins of others, such as he

Whose ignorant creulity will not

Come up to the truth# So have we thought it goo

5rom our free person she shoul !e confine,

7est that the treachery of the two fle hence

Be left her to perform# Come, follow us&

We are to speak in pu!lic& for this !usiness

Will raise us all#

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8/sie9

To laughter, as I take it,

If the goo truth were known#

Exeunt

SCENE II. A prion.

Enter PAULINA, a ent$e%an, and Attendants

!AULINA

The keeper of the prison, call to him&

let him have knowlege who I am#

Exit ent$e%an

0oo lay,

.o court in Europe is too goo for thee&

What ost thou then in prison-

Re-enter ent$e%an, with the a!$er

.ow, goo sir,

*ou know me, o you not-

&aoler

5or a worthy lay

/n one whom much I honour#

!AULINA3ray you then,

Conuct me to the 1ueen#

&aoler

I may not, maam)

To the contrary I have e"press commanment#

!AULINA

6ere's ao,

To lock up honesty an honour from

The access of gentle visitors+

Is't lawful, pray you,

To see her women- any of them- Emilia-&aoler

So please you, maam,

To put apart these your attenants, I

Shall !ring Emilia forth#

!AULINA

I pray now, call her#

Withraw yourselves#

Exeunt ent$e%an and Attendants

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/n, maam,

I must !e present at your conference#

!AULINA

Well, !e't so, prithee#

Exit a!$er

6ere's such ao to make no stain a stain

/s passes colouring#

Re-enter a!$er, with EMILIA

4ear gentlewoman,

6ow fares our gracious lay-

EMILIA

/s well as one so great an so forlorn

ay hol together) on her frights an griefs,Which never tener lay hath !orn greater,

She is something !efore her time eliver'#

!AULINA

/ !oy-

EMILIA

/ aughter, an a gooly !a!e,

7usty an like to live) the 1ueen receives

uch comfort in't& says 'y poor prisoner,

I am innocent as you#'

!AULINA

I are !e sworn

These angerous unsafe lunes i' the king,

!eshrew them+

6e must !e tol on't, an he shall) the office

Becomes a woman !est& I'll take't upon me)

If I prove honeymouth' let my tongue !lister

/n never to my relook' anger !e

The trumpet any more# 3ray you, Emilia,

Commen my !est o!eience to the 1ueen)

If she ares trust me with her little !a!e,

I'll show't the king an unertake to !e6er avocate to the lou'st# We o not know

6ow he may soften at the sight o' the chil)

The silence often of pure innocence

3ersuaes when speaking fails#

EMILIA

ost worthy maam,

*our honour an your gooness is so evient

That your free unertaking cannot miss

/ thriving issue) there is no lay living

So meet for this great erran# 3lease your layship

To visit the ne"t room, I'll presently/c1uaint the 1ueen of your most no!le offer&


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Who !ut toay hammer' of this esign,

But urst not tempt a minister of honour,

7est she shoul !e enie#

!AULINA

Tell her, Emilia#

I'll use that tongue I have) if wit flow from't/s !olness from my !osom, let 't not !e ou!te

I shall o goo#

EMILIA

.ow !e you !lest for it+

I'll to the 1ueen) please you,

come something nearer#

&aoler

aam, if't please the 1ueen to sen the !a!e,

I know not what I shall incur to pass it,

6aving no warrant#

!AULINA*ou nee not fear it, sir)

This chil was prisoner to the wom! an is

By law an process of great nature thence

5ree an enfranchise, not a party to

The anger of the king nor guilty of,

If any !e, the trespass of the 1ueen#

&aoler

I o !elieve it#

!AULINA

4o not you fear) upon mine honour,

I will stan !etwi"t you an anger#

Exeunt

SCENE III. A room in LEONTES' palace.

Enter LEONTES, ANTIONUS, L!rds, and Ser&ants

LEONTES

.or night nor ay no rest) it is !ut weakness

To !ear the matter thus& mere weakness# If

The cause were not in !eing,part o' the cause,She the aulteress& for the harlot king

Is 1uite !eyon mine arm, out of the !lank

/n level of my !rain, plotproof& !ut she

I can hook to me) say that she were gone,

0iven to the fire, a moiety of my rest

ight come to me again# Who's there-

#irt Serant

y lor-

LEONTES

6ow oes the !oy-

#irt Serant


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6e took goo rest tonight&

'Tis hope his sickness is ischarge#

LEONTES

To see his no!leness+

Conceiving the ishonour of his mother,

6e straight ecline, roop', took it eeply,5asten' an fi"' the shame on't in himself,

Threw off his spirit, his appetite, his sleep,

/n ownright languish'# 7eave me solely) go,

See how he fares#

Exit Ser&ant

5ie, fie+ no thought of him)

The thought of my revenges that way

=ecoil upon me) in himself too mighty,

/n in his parties, his alliance& let him !e:ntil a time may serve) for present vengeance,

Take it on her# Camillo an 3oli"enes

7augh at me, make their pastime at my sorrow)

They shoul not laugh if I coul reach them, nor

Shall she within my power#

Enter PAULINA, with a 'hi$d

#irt Lor$

*ou must not enter#

!AULINA

.ay, rather, goo my lors, !e secon to me)

5ear you his tyrannous passion more, alas,

Than the 1ueen's life- a gracious innocent soul,

ore free than he is %ealous#

ANTI&ONUS

That's enough#

Secon$ Serant

aam, he hath not slept tonight& commane

.one shoul come at him#

!AULINA.ot so hot, goo sir)

I come to !ring him sleep# 'Tis such as you,

That creep like shaows !y him an o sigh

/t each his neeless heavings, such as you

.ourish the cause of his awaking) I

4o come with wors as meicinal as true,

6onest as either, to purge him of that humour

That presses him from sleep#

LEONTES

What noise there, ho-

!AULINA


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.o noise, my lor& !ut neeful conference

/!out some gossips for your highness#

LEONTES

6ow+

/way with that auacious lay+ /ntigonus,

I charge thee that she shoul not come a!out me)I knew she woul#

ANTI&ONUS

I tol her so, my lor,

2n your ispleasure's peril an on mine,

She shoul not visit you#

LEONTES

What, canst not rule her-

!AULINA

5rom all ishonesty he can) in this,

:nless he take the course that you have one,

Commit me for committing honour, trust it,6e shall not rule me#

ANTI&ONUS

7a you now, you hear)

When she will take the rein I let her run&

But she'll not stum!le#

!AULINA

0oo my liege, I come&

/n, I !eseech you, hear me, who profess

yself your loyal servant, your physician,

*our most o!eient counsellor, yet that are

7ess appear so in comforting your evils,

Than such as most seem yours) I say, I come

5rom your goo 1ueen#

LEONTES

0oo 1ueen+

!AULINA

0oo 1ueen, my lor,

0oo 1ueen& I say goo 1ueen&

/n woul !y com!at make her goo, so were I

/ man, the worst a!out you#

LEONTES5orce her hence#

!AULINA

7et him that makes !ut trifles of his eyes

5irst han me) on mine own accor I'll off&

But first I'll o my erran# The goo 1ueen,

5or she is goo, hath !rought you forth a aughter&

6ere 'tis& commens it to your !lessing#

La(in" d!wn the 'hi$d

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2ut+

/ mankin witch+ 6ence with her, out o' oor)

/ most intelligencing !aw+

!AULINA

.ot so)

I am as ignorant in that as youIn so entitling me, an no less honest

Than you are ma& which is enough, I'll warrant,

/s this worl goes, to pass for honest#

LEONTES

Traitors+

Will you not push her out- 0ive her the !astar#

Thou otar+ thou art womantire, unrooste

By thy ame 3artlet here# Take up the !astar&

Take't up, I say& give't to thy crone#

!AULINA

5or ever:nvenera!le !e thy hans, if thou

Takest up the princess !y that force !aseness

Which he has put upon't+

LEONTES

6e reas his wife#

!AULINA

So I woul you i& then 'twere past all ou!t

*ou'l call your chilren yours#

LEONTES

/ nest of traitors+

ANTI&ONUS

I am none, !y this goo light#

!AULINA

.or I, nor any

But one that's here, an that's himself, for he

The sacre honour of himself, his 1ueen's,

6is hopeful son's, his !a!e's, !etrays to slaner,

Whose sting is sharper than the swor's&

an will not

5or, as the case now stans, it is a curse

6e cannot !e compell' to'tonce removeThe root of his opinion, which is rotten

/s ever oak or stone was soun#

LEONTES

/ callat

2f !ounless tongue, who late hath !eat her hus!an

/n now !aits me+ This !rat is none of mine&

It is the issue of 3oli"enes)

6ence with it, an together with the am

Commit them to the fire+

!AULINA

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So like you, 'tis the worse# Behol, my lors,

/lthough the print !e little, the whole matter

/n copy of the father, eye, nose, lip,

The trick of's frown, his forehea, nay, the valley,

The pretty imples of his chin an cheek,

6is smiles,The very moul an frame of han, nail, finger)

/n thou, goo goess .ature, which hast mae it

So like to him that got it, if thou hast

The orering of the min too, 'mongst all colours

.o yellow in't, lest she suspect, as he oes,

6er chilren not her hus!an's+

LEONTES

/ gross hag

/n, lo;el, thou art worthy to !e hang',

That wilt not stay her tongue#

ANTI&ONUS6ang all the hus!ans

That cannot o that feat, you'll leave yourself

6arly one su!%ect#

LEONTES

2nce more, take her hence#

!AULINA

/ most unworthy an unnatural lor

Can o no more#

LEONTES

I'll ha' thee !urnt#

!AULINA

I care not)

It is an heretic that makes the fire,

.ot she which !urns in't# I'll not call you tyrant&

But this most cruel usage of your 1ueen,

.ot a!le to prouce more accusation

Than your own weakhinge fancy, something savours

2f tyranny an will igno!le make you,

*ea, scanalous to the worl#

LEONTES

2n your allegiance,2ut of the cham!er with her+ Were I a tyrant,

Where were her life- she urst not call me so,

If she i know me one# /way with her+

!AULINA

I pray you, o not push me& I'll !e gone#

7ook to your !a!e, my lor& 'tis yours)


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Exit

LEONTES

Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this#

y chil- away with't+ Even thou, that hast

/ heart so tener o'er it, take it hence/n see it instantly consume with fire&

Even thou an none !ut thou# Take it up straight)

Within this hour !ring me wor 'tis one,

/n !y goo testimony, or I'll sei;e thy life,

With what thou else call'st thine# If thou refuse

/n wilt encounter with my wrath, say so&

The !astar !rains with these my proper hans

Shall I ash out# 0o, take it to the fire&

5or thou set'st on thy wife#

ANTI&ONUS

I i not, sir)These lors, my no!le fellows, if they please,

Can clear me in't#

Lor$

We can) my royal liege,

6e is not guilty of her coming hither#

LEONTES

*ou're liars all#

#irt Lor$

Beseech your highness, give us !etter creit)

We have always truly serve you, an !eseech you

So to esteem of us, an on our knees we !eg,

/s recompense of our ear services

3ast an to come, that you o change this purpose,

Which !eing so horri!le, so !looy, must

7ea on to some foul issue) we all kneel#

LEONTES

I am a feather for each win that !lows)

Shall I live on to see this !astar kneel

/n call me father- !etter !urn it now

Than curse it then# But !e it& let it live#

It shall not neither# *ou, sir, come you hither&*ou that have !een so tenerly officious

With 7ay argery, your miwife there,

To save this !astar's life,for 'tis a !astar,

So sure as this !ear's grey,

what will you aventure

To save this !rat's life-

ANTI&ONUS

/ny thing, my lor,

That my a!ility may unergo

/n no!leness impose) at least thus much)

I'll pawn the little !loo which I have leftTo save the innocent) any thing possi!le#


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LEONTES

It shall !e possi!le# Swear !y this swor

Thou wilt perform my !iing#

ANTI&ONUS

I will, my lor#

LEONTESark an perform it, see'st thou+ for the fail

2f any point in't shall not only !e

4eath to thyself !ut to thy lewtongue wife,

Whom for this time we paron# We en%oin thee,

/s thou art liegeman to us, that thou carry

This female !astar hence an that thou !ear it

To some remote an esert place 1uite out

2f our ominions, an that there thou leave it,

Without more mercy, to its own protection

/n favour of the climate# /s !y strange fortune

It came to us, I o in %ustice charge thee,2n thy soul's peril an thy !oy's torture,

That thou commen it strangely to some place

Where chance may nurse or en it# Take it up#

ANTI&ONUS

I swear to o this, though a present eath

6a !een more merciful# Come on, poor !a!e)

Some powerful spirit instruct the kites an ravens

To !e thy nurses+ Wolves an !ears, they say

Casting their savageness asie have one

7ike offices of pity# Sir, !e prosperous

In more than this ee oes re1uire+ /n !lessing

/gainst this cruelty fight on thy sie,

3oor thing, conemn' to loss+

Exit with the 'hi$d

LEONTES

.o, I'll not rear

/nother's issue#

Enter a Ser&ant

Serant

3lease your highness, posts

5rom those you sent to the oracle are come

/n hour since) Cleomenes an 4ion,

Being well arrive from 4elphos, are !oth lane,

6asting to the court#

#irt Lor$

So please you, sir, their spee

6ath !een !eyon account#

LEONTES


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Twentythree ays

They have !een a!sent) 'tis goo spee& foretells

The great /pollo suenly will have

The truth of this appear# 3repare you, lors&

Summon a session, that we may arraign

2ur most isloyal lay, for, as she hathBeen pu!licly accuse, so shall she have

/ %ust an open trial# While she lives

y heart will !e a !urthen to me# 7eave me,

/n think upon my !iing#

Exeunt

ACT III

SCENE I. A ea(port in Sicilia.

Enter CLEOMENES and DION

CLEOMENES

The climate's elicate, the air most sweet,

5ertile the isle, the temple much surpassing

The common praise it !ears#

DION

I shall report,

5or most it caught me, the celestial ha!its,

ethinks I so shoul term them, an the reverence

2f the grave wearers# 2, the sacrifice+6ow ceremonious, solemn an unearthly

It was i' the offering+

CLEOMENES

But of all, the !urst

/n the eareafening voice o' the oracle,

$in to


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Even then will rush to knowlege# 0o) fresh horses+

/n gracious !e the issue+

Exeunt

SCENE II. A co)rt of *)tice.

Enter LEONTES, L!rds, and O))i'ers

LEONTES

This sessions, to our great grief we pronounce,

Even pushes 'gainst our heart) the party trie

The aughter of a king, our wife, an one

2f us too much !elove# 7et us !e clear'

2f !eing tyrannous, since we so openly

3rocee in %ustice, which shall have ue course,

Even to the guilt or the purgation#

3rouce the prisoner#

Officer

It is his highness' pleasure that the 1ueen

/ppear in person here in court# Silence+

Enter HERMIONE "uarded# PAULINA and Ladies attendin"

LEONTES

=ea the inictment#

Officer

8=eas9 6ermione, 1ueen to the worthy7eontes, king of Sicilia, thou art here accuse an

arraigne of high treason, in committing aultery

with 3oli"enes, king of Bohemia, an conspiring

with Camillo to take away the life of our sovereign

lor the king, thy royal hus!an) the pretence

whereof !eing !y circumstances partly lai open,

thou, 6ermione, contrary to the faith an allegiance

of a true su!%ect, ist counsel an ai them, for

their !etter safety, to fly away !y night#

HERMIONE

Since what I am to say must !e !ut thatWhich contraicts my accusation an

The testimony on my part no other

But what comes from myself, it shall scarce !oot me

To say 'not guilty)' mine integrity

Being counte falsehoo, shall, as I e"press it,

Be so receive# But thus) if powers ivine

Behol our human actions, as they o,

I ou!t not then !ut innocence shall make

5alse accusation !lush an tyranny

Trem!le at patience# *ou, my lor, !est know,

Who least will seem to o so, my past life6ath !een as continent, as chaste, as true,


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/s I am now unhappy& which is more

Than history can pattern, though evise

/n play' to take spectators# 5or !ehol me

/ fellow of the royal !e, which owe

/ moiety of the throne a great king's aughter,

The mother to a hopeful prince, here staningTo prate an talk for life an honour 'fore

Who please to come an hear# 5or life, I pri;e it

/s I weigh grief, which I woul spare) for honour,

'Tis a erivative from me to mine,

/n only that I stan for# I appeal

To your own conscience, sir, !efore 3oli"enes

Came to your court, how I was in your grace,

6ow merite to !e so& since he came,

With what encounter so uncurrent I

6ave strain' to appear thus) if one %ot !eyon

The !oun of honour, or in act or willThat way inclining, haren' !e the hearts

2f all that hear me, an my near'st of kin

Cry fie upon my grave+

LEONTES

I ne'er hear yet

That any of these !oler vices wante

7ess impuence to gainsay what they i

Than to perform it first#

HERMIONE

That's true enough&

Through 'tis a saying, sir, not ue to me#

LEONTES

*ou will not own it#

HERMIONE

ore than mistress of

Which comes to me in name of fault, I must not

/t all acknowlege# 5or 3oli"enes,

With whom I am accuse, I o confess

I love him as in honour he re1uire,

With such a kin of love as might !ecome

/ lay like me, with a love even such,So an no other, as yourself commane)

Which not to have one I think ha !een in me

Both iso!eience an ingratitue

To you an towar your frien, whose love ha spoke,

Even since it coul speak, from an infant, freely

That it was yours# .ow, for conspiracy,

I know not how it tastes& though it !e ish'

5or me to try how) all I know of it

Is that Camillo was an honest man&

/n why he left your court, the gos themselves,

Wotting no more than I, are ignorant#LEONTES


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*ou knew of his eparture, as you know

What you have unerta'en to o in's a!sence#

HERMIONE

Sir,

*ou speak a language that I unerstan not)

y life stans in the level of your reams,Which I'll lay own#

LEONTES

*our actions are my reams&

*ou ha a !astar !y 3oli"enes,

/n I !ut ream' it# /s you were past all shame,

Those of your fact are soso past all truth)

Which to eny concerns more than avails& for as

Thy !rat hath !een cast out, like to itself,

.o father owning it,which is, inee,

ore criminal in thee than it,so thou

Shalt feel our %ustice, in whose easiest passage7ook for no less than eath#

HERMIONE

Sir, spare your threats)

The !ug which you woul fright me with I seek#

To me can life !e no commoity)

The crown an comfort of my life, your favour,

I o give lost& for I o feel it gone,

But know not how it went# y secon %oy

/n firstfruits of my !oy, from his presence

I am !arr', like one infectious# y thir comfort

Starr' most unluckily, is from my !reast,

The innocent milk in its most innocent mouth,

6ale out to murer) myself on every post

3roclaime a strumpet) with immoest hatre

The chil!e privilege enie, which 'longs

To women of all fashion& lastly, hurrie

6ere to this place, i' the open air, !efore

I have got strength of limit# .ow, my liege,

Tell me what !lessings I have here alive,

That I shoul fear to ie- Therefore procee#

But yet hear this) mistake me not& no life,I pri;e it not a straw, !ut for mine honour,

Which I woul free, if I shall !e conemn'

:pon surmises, all proofs sleeping else

But what your %ealousies awake, I tell you

'Tis rigor an not law# *our honours all,

I o refer me to the oracle)

/pollo !e my %uge+

#irt Lor$

This your re1uest

Is altogether %ust) therefore !ring forth,

/n in /pollos name, his oracle#


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Exeunt 'ertain O))i'ers

HERMIONE

The Emperor of =ussia was my father)

2 that he were alive, an here !eholing

6is aughter's trial+ that he i !ut seeThe flatness of my misery, yet with eyes

2f pity, not revenge+

Re-enter O))i'ers, with CLEOMENES and DION

Officer

*ou here shall swear upon this swor of %ustice,

That you, Cleomenes an 4ion, have

Been !oth at 4elphos, an from thence have !rought

The seal'up oracle, !y the han eliver'

2f great /pollo's priest& an that, since then,*ou have not are to !reak the holy seal

.or rea the secrets in't#

CLEOMENESDION

/ll this we swear#

LEONTES

Break up the seals an rea#

Officer

8=eas9 6ermione is chaste&

3oli"enes !lameless& Camillo a true su!%ect& 7eontes

a %ealous tyrant& his innocent !a!e truly !egotten&

an the king shall live without an heir, if that

which is lost !e not foun#

Lor$

.ow !lesse !e the great /pollo+

HERMIONE

3raise+

LEONTES

6ast thou rea truth-

Officer

/y, my lor& even so

/s it is here set own#LEONTES

There is no truth at all i' the oracle)

The sessions shall procee) this is mere falsehoo#

Enter Ser&ant

Serant

y lor the king, the king+

LEONTES

What is the !usiness-

Serant


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2 sir, I shall !e hate to report it+

The prince your son, with mere conceit an fear

2f the 1ueen's spee, is gone#

LEONTES

6ow+ gone+

SerantIs ea#

LEONTES

/pollo's angry& an the heavens themselves

4o strike at my in%ustice#

HERMIONE sw!!ns

6ow now there+

!AULINA

This news is mortal to the 1ueen) look own

/n see what eath is oing#LEONTES

Take her hence)

6er heart is !ut o'ercharge& she will recover)

I have too much !elieve mine own suspicion)

Beseech you, tenerly apply to her

Some remeies for life#

Exeunt PAULINA and Ladies, with HERMIONE

/pollo, paron

y great profaneness 'gainst thine oracle+

I'll reconcile me to 3oli"enes,

.ew woo my 1ueen, recall the goo Camillo,

Whom I proclaim a man of truth, of mercy&

5or, !eing transporte !y my %ealousies

To !looy thoughts an to revenge, I chose

Camillo for the minister to poison

y frien 3oli"enes) which ha !een one,

But that the goo min of Camillo tarie

y swift comman, though I with eath an with

=ewar i threaten an encourage him,.ot oing 't an !eing one) he, most humane

/n fill' with honour, to my kingly guest

:nclasp' my practise, 1uit his fortunes here,

Which you knew great, an to the ha;ar

2f all encertainties himself commene,

.o richer than his honour) how he glisters

Thorough my rust+ an how his pity

4oes my ees make the !lacker+

Re-enter PAULINA

!AULINA


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Woe the while+

2, cut my lace, lest my heart, cracking it,

Break too#

#irt Lor$

What fit is this, goo lay-

!AULINAWhat stuie torments, tyrant, hast for me-

What wheels- racks- fires- what flaying- !oiling-

In leas or oils- what ol or newer torture

ust I receive, whose every wor eserves

To taste of thy most worst- Thy tyranny

Together working with thy %ealousies,

5ancies too weak for !oys, too green an ile

5or girls of nine, 2, think what they have one

/n then run ma inee, stark ma+ for all

Thy !ygone fooleries were !ut spices of it#

That thou !etray'st 3oli"enes,'twas nothing&That i !ut show thee, of a fool, inconstant

/n amna!le ingrateful) nor was't much,

Thou woulst have poison' goo Camillo's honour,

To have him kill a king) poor trespasses,

ore monstrous staning !y) whereof I reckon

The casting forth to crows thy !a!yaughter

To !e or none or little& though a evil

Woul have she water out of fire ere one't)

.or is't irectly lai to thee, the eath

2f the young prince, whose honoura!le thoughts,

Thoughts high for one so tener, cleft the heart

That coul conceive a gross an foolish sire

Blemish' his gracious am) this is not, no,

7ai to thy answer) !ut the last,2 lors,

When I have sai, cry 'woe+' the 1ueen, the 1ueen,

The sweet'st, ear'st creature's ea,

an vengeance for't

.ot ropp' own yet#

#irt Lor$

The higher powers for!i+

!AULINAI say she's ea& I'll swear't# If wor nor oath

3revail not, go an see) if you can !ring

Tincture or lustre in her lip, her eye,

6eat outwarly or !reath within, I'll serve you

/s I woul o the gos# But, 2 thou tyrant+

4o not repent these things, for they are heavier

Than all thy woes can stir& therefore !etake thee

To nothing !ut espair# / thousan knees

Ten thousan years together, nake, fasting,

:pon a !arren mountain an still winter

In storm perpetual, coul not move the gosTo look that way thou wert#


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LEONTES

0o on, go on

Thou canst not speak too much& I have eserve

/ll tongues to talk their !itterest#

#irt Lor$

Say no more)6owe'er the !usiness goes, you have mae fault

I' the !olness of your speech#

!AULINA

I am sorry for't)

/ll faults I make, when I shall come to know them,

I o repent# /las+ I have show' too much

The rashness of a woman) he is touch'

To the no!le heart# What's gone an what's past help

Shoul !e past grief) o not receive affliction

/t my petition& I !eseech you, rather

7et me !e punish', that have mine you2f what you shoul forget# .ow, goo my liege

Sir, royal sir, forgive a foolish woman)

The love I !ore your 1ueenlo, fool again+

I'll speak of her no more, nor of your chilren&

I'll not remem!er you of my own lor,

Who is lost too) take your patience to you,

/n I'll say nothing#

LEONTES

Thou ist speak !ut well

When most the truth& which I receive much !etter

Than to !e pitie of thee# 3rithee, !ring me

To the ea !oies of my 1ueen an son)

2ne grave shall !e for !oth) upon them shall

The causes of their eath appear, unto

2ur shame perpetual# 2nce a ay I'll visit

The chapel where they lie, an tears she there

Shall !e my recreation) so long as nature

Will !ear up with this e"ercise, so long

I aily vow to use it# Come an lea me

:nto these sorrows#

Exeunt

SCENE III. +ohemia. A $eert co)ntr% near the ea.

Enter ANTIONUS with a Chi$d, and a Mariner

ANTI&ONUS

Thou art perfect then, our ship hath touch' upon

The eserts of Bohemia-

Mariner

/y, my lor) an fear

We have lane in ill time) the skies look grimly/n threaten present !lusters# In my conscience,


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The heavens with that we have in han are angry

/n frown upon 's#

ANTI&ONUS

Their sacre wills !e one+ 0o, get a!oar&

7ook to thy !ark) I'll not !e long !efore

I call upon thee#Mariner

ake your !est haste, an go not

Too far i' the lan) 'tis like to !e lou weather&

Besies, this place is famous for the creatures

2f prey that keep upon't#

ANTI&ONUS

0o thou away)

I'll follow instantly#

Mariner

I am gla at heart

To !e so ri o' the !usiness#

Exit

ANTI&ONUS

Come, poor !a!e)

I have hear, !ut not !elieve,

the spirits o' the ea

ay walk again) if such thing !e, thy mother

/ppear' to me last night, for ne'er was ream

So like a waking# To me comes a creature,

Sometimes her hea on one sie, some another&

I never saw a vessel of like sorrow,

So fill' an so !ecoming) in pure white ro!es,

7ike very sanctity, she i approach

y ca!in where I lay& thrice !ow' !efore me,

/n gasping to !egin some speech, her eyes

Became two spouts) the fury spent, anon

4i this !reakfrom her) '0oo /ntigonus,

Since fate, against thy !etter isposition,

6ath mae thy person for the throwerout

2f my poor !a!e, accoring to thine oath,3laces remote enough are in Bohemia,

There weep an leave it crying& an, for the !a!e

Is counte lost for ever, 3erita,

I prithee, call't# 5or this ungentle !usiness

3ut on thee !y my lor, thou ne'er shalt see

Thy wife 3aulina more#' /n so, with shrieks

She melte into air# /ffrighte much,

I i in time collect myself an thought

This was so an no slum!er# 4reams are toys)

*et for this once, yea, superstitiously,

I will !e s1uare !y this# I o !elieve6ermione hath suffer' eath, an that


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/pollo woul, this !eing inee the issue

2f $ing 3oli"enes, it shoul here !e lai,

Either for life or eath, upon the earth

2f its right father# Blossom, spee thee well+

There lie, an there thy character) there these&

Which may, if fortune please, !oth !ree thee, pretty,/n still rest thine# The storm !egins& poor wretch,

That for thy mother's fault art thus e"pose

To loss an what may follow+ Weep I cannot,

But my heart !lees& an most accurse am I

To !e !y oath en%oin' to this# 5arewell+

The ay frowns more an more) thou'rt like to have

/ lulla!y too rough) I never saw

The heavens so im !y ay# / savage clamour+

Well may I get a!oar+ This is the chase)

I am gone for ever#

Exit, *ursued +( a +ear

Enter a She*herd

Shepher$

I woul there were no age !etween si"teen an

threeantwenty, or that youth woul sleep out the

rest& for there is nothing in the !etween !ut

getting wenches with chil, wronging the ancientry,

stealing, fighting6ark you now+ Woul any !ut

these !oile !rains of nineteen an twoantwenty

hunt this weather- They have scare away two of my

!est sheep, which I fear the wolf will sooner fin

than the master) if any where I have them, 'tis !y

the seasie, !rowsing of ivy# 0oo luck, an't !e thy

will what have we here+ ercy on 's, a !arne a very

pretty !arne+ / !oy or a chil, I woner- /

pretty one& a very pretty one) sure, some 'scape)

though I am not !ookish, yet I can rea

waitinggentlewoman in the 'scape# This has !een

some stairwork, some trunkwork, some!ehinoorwork) they were warmer that got this

than the poor thing is here# I'll take it up for

pity) yet I'll tarry till my son come& he hallooe

!ut even now# Whoa, ho, hoa+

Enter C$!wn

Clo,n

6illoa, loa+

Shepher$


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What, art so near- If thou'lt see a thing to talk

on when thou art ea an rotten, come hither# What

ailest thou, man-

Clo,n

I have seen two such sights, !y sea an !y lan+

!ut I am not to say it is a sea, for it is now thesky) !etwi"t the firmament an it you cannot thrust

a !okin's point#

Shepher$

Why, !oy, how is it-

Clo,n

I woul you i !ut see how it chafes, how it rages,

how it takes up the shore+ !ut that's not the

point# 2, the most piteous cry of the poor souls+

sometimes to see 'em, an not to see 'em& now the

ship !oring the moon with her mainmast, an anon

swallowe with yest an froth, as you'l thrust acork into a hogshea# /n then for the

lanservice, to see how the !ear tore out his

shouler!one& how he crie to me for help an sai

his name was /ntigonus, a no!leman# But to make an

en of the ship, to see how the sea flapragone

it) !ut, first, how the poor souls roare, an the

sea mocke them& an how the poor gentleman roare

an the !ear mocke him, !oth roaring louer than

the sea or weather#

Shepher$

.ame of mercy, when was this, !oy-

Clo,n

.ow, now) I have not winke since I saw these

sights) the men are not yet col uner water, nor

the !ear half ine on the gentleman) he's at it

now#

Shepher$

Woul I ha !een !y, to have helpe the ol man+

Clo,n

I woul you ha !een !y the ship sie, to have

helpe her) there your charity woul have lacke footing#Shepher$

6eavy matters+ heavy matters+ !ut look thee here,

!oy# .ow !less thyself) thou mettest with things

ying, I with things new!orn# 6ere's a sight for

thee& look thee, a !earingcloth for a s1uire's

chil+ look thee here& take up, take up, !oy&

open't# So, let's see) it was tol me I shoul !e

rich !y the fairies# This is some changeling)

open't# What's within, !oy-

Clo,n

*ou're a mae ol man) if the sins of your youthare forgiven you, you're well to live# 0ol+ all gol+


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Shepher$

This is fairy gol, !oy, an 'twill prove so) up

with't, keep it close) home, home, the ne"t way#

We are lucky, !oy& an to !e so still re1uires

nothing !ut secrecy# 7et my sheep go) come, goo

!oy, the ne"t way home#Clo,n

0o you the ne"t way with your finings# I'll go see

if the !ear !e gone from the gentleman an how much

he hath eaten) they are never curst !ut when they

are hungry) if there !e any of him left, I'll !ury

it#

Shepher$

That's a goo ee# If thou mayest iscern !y that

which is left of him what he is, fetch me to the

sight of him#

Clo,narry, will I& an you shall help to put him i' the groun#

Shepher$

'Tis a lucky ay, !oy, an we'll o goo ees on't#

Exeunt

ACT I-

SCE.E I)

Enter Ti%e, the Ch!rus

Time

I, that please some, try all, !oth %oy an terror

2f goo an !a, that makes an unfols error,

.ow take upon me, in the name of Time,

To use my wings# Impute it not a crime

To me or my swift passage, that I slie

2'er si"teen years an leave the growth untrie

2f that wie gap, since it is in my power

To o'erthrow law an in one self!orn hourTo plant an o'erwhelm custom# 7et me pass

The same I am, ere ancient'st orer was

2r what is now receive) I witness to

The times that !rought them in& so shall I o

To the freshest things now reigning an make stale

The glistering of this present, as my tale

.ow seems to it# *our patience this allowing,

I turn my glass an give my scene such growing

/s you ha slept !etween) 7eontes leaving,

The effects of his fon %ealousies so grieving

That he shuts up himself, imagine me,0entle spectators, that I now may !e


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In fair Bohemia, an remem!er well,

I mentione a son o' the king's, which 5lori;el

I now name to you& an with spee so pace

To speak of 3erita, now grown in grace

E1ual with wonering) what of her ensues

I list not prophecy& !ut let Time's newsBe known when 'tis !rought forth#

/ shepher's aughter,

/n what to her aheres, which follows after,

Is the argument of Time# 2f this allow,

If ever you have spent time worse ere now&

If never, yet that Time himself oth say

6e wishes earnestly you never may#

Exit

SCENE II. +ohemia. The palace of !OLI"ENES.

Enter POLIXENES and CAMILLO

!OLI"ENES

I pray thee, goo Camillo, !e no more importunate)

'tis a sickness enying thee any thing& a eath to

grant this#

CAMILLO

It is fifteen years since I saw my country) though

I have for the most part !een aire a!roa, I

esire to lay my !ones there# Besies, the penitentking, my master, hath sent for me& to whose feeling

sorrows I might !e some allay, or I o'erween to

think so, which is another spur to my eparture#

!OLI"ENES

/s thou lovest me, Camillo, wipe not out the rest of

thy services !y leaving me now) the nee I have of

thee thine own gooness hath mae& !etter not to

have ha thee than thus to want thee) thou, having

mae me !usinesses which none without thee can

sufficiently manage, must either stay to e"ecute

them thyself or take away with thee the veryservices thou hast one& which if I have not enough

consiere, as too much I cannot, to !e more

thankful to thee shall !e my stuy, an my profit

therein the heaping frienships# 2f that fatal

country, Sicilia, prithee speak no more& whose very

naming punishes me with the remem!rance of that

penitent, as thou callest him, an reconcile king,

my !rother& whose loss of his most precious 1ueen

an chilren are even now to !e afresh lamente#

Say to me, when sawest thou the 3rince 5lori;el, my

son- $ings are no less unhappy, their issue not


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!eing gracious, than they are in losing them when

they have approve their virtues#

CAMILLO

Sir, it is three ays since I saw the prince# What

his happier affairs may !e, are to me unknown) !ut I

have missingly note, he is of late much retirefrom court an is less fre1uent to his princely

e"ercises than formerly he hath appeare#

!OLI"ENES

I have consiere so much, Camillo, an with some

care& so far that I have eyes uner my service which

look upon his removeness& from whom I have this

intelligence, that he is selom from the house of a

most homely shepher& a man, they say, that from

very nothing, an !eyon the imagination of his

neigh!ours, is grown into an unspeaka!le estate#

CAMILLOI have hear, sir, of such a man, who hath a

aughter of most rare note) the report of her is

e"tene more than can !e thought to !egin from such a cottage#

!OLI"ENES

That's likewise part of my intelligence& !ut, I

fear, the angle that plucks our son thither# Thou

shalt accompany us to the place& where we will, not

appearing what we are, have some 1uestion with the

shepher& from whose simplicity I think it not

uneasy to get the cause of my son's resort thither#

3rithee, !e my present partner in this !usiness, an

lay asie the thoughts of Sicilia#

CAMILLO

I willingly o!ey your comman#

!OLI"ENES

y !est Camillo+ We must isguise ourselves#

Exeunt

SCENE III. A roa$ near the Shepher$' cottae.

Enter AUTOLCUS, sin"in"

AUTOL/CUS

When affoils !egin to peer,

With heigh+ the o"y over the ale,

Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year&

5or the re !loo reigns in the winter's pale#

The white sheet !leaching on the hege,

With heigh+ the sweet !irs, 2, how they sing+

4oth set my pugging tooth on ege&

5or a 1uart of ale is a ish for a king#

The lark, that tirralyra chants,With heigh+ with heigh+ the thrush an the %ay,


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Clo,n

I' the name of me

AUTOL/CUS

2, help me, help me+ pluck !ut off these rags& an

then, eath, eath+

Clo,n/lack, poor soul+ thou hast nee of more rags to lay

on thee, rather than have these off#

AUTOL/CUS

2 sir, the loathsomeness of them offens me more

than the stripes I have receive, which are mighty

ones an millions#

Clo,n

/las, poor man+ a million of !eating may come to a

great matter#

AUTOL/CUS

I am ro!!e, sir, an !eaten& my money an apparelta'en from me, an these etesta!le things put upon

me#

Clo,n

What, !y a horseman, or a footman-

AUTOL/CUS

/ footman, sweet sir, a footman#

Clo,n

Inee, he shoul !e a footman !y the garments he

has left with thee) if this !e a horseman's coat,

it hath seen very hot service# 7en me thy han,

I'll help thee) come, len me thy han#

AUTOL/CUS

2, goo sir, tenerly, 2+

Clo,n

/las, poor soul+

AUTOL/CUS

2, goo sir, softly, goo sir+ I fear, sir, my

shouler!lae is out#

Clo,n

6ow now+ canst stan-

AUTOL/CUS83icking his pocket9

Softly, ear sir& goo sir, softly# *ou ha' one me

a charita!le office#

Clo,n

4ost lack any money- I have a little money for thee#

AUTOL/CUS

.o, goo sweet sir& no, I !eseech you, sir) I have

a kinsman not past three 1uarters of a mile hence,

unto whom I was going& I shall there have money, or

any thing I want) offer me no money, I pray you&

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What manner of fellow was he that ro!!e you-

AUTOL/CUS

/ fellow, sir, that I have known to go a!out with

trollmyames& I knew him once a servant of the

prince) I cannot tell, goo sir, for which of his

virtues it was, !ut he was certainly whippe out of the court#Clo,n

6is vices, you woul say& there's no virtue whippe

out of the court) they cherish it to make it stay

there& an yet it will no more !ut a!ie#

AUTOL/CUS

(ices, I woul say, sir# I know this man well) he

hath !een since an ape!earer& then a

processserver, a !ailiff& then he compasse a

motion of the 3roigal Son, an marrie a tinker's

wife within a mile where my lan an living lies&

an, having flown over many knavish professions, hesettle only in rogue) some call him /utolycus#

Clo,n

2ut upon him+ prig, for my life, prig) he haunts

wakes, fairs an !ear!aitings#

AUTOL/CUS

(ery true, sir& he, sir, he& that's the rogue that

put me into this apparel#

Clo,n

.ot a more cowarly rogue in all Bohemia) if you ha

!ut looke !ig an spit at him, he'l have run#

AUTOL/CUS

I must confess to you, sir, I am no fighter) I am

false of heart that way& an that he knew, I warrant

him#

Clo,n

6ow o you now-

AUTOL/CUS

Sweet sir, much !etter than I was& I can stan an

walk) I will even take my leave of you, an pace

softly towars my kinsman's#

Clo,nShall I !ring thee on the way-

AUTOL/CUS

.o, gooface sir& no, sweet sir#

Clo,n

Then fare thee well) I must go !uy spices for our

sheepshearing#

AUTOL/CUS

3rosper you, sweet sir+

Exit C$!wn


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*our purse is not hot enough to purchase your spice#

I'll !e with you at your sheepshearing too) if I

make not this cheat !ring out another an the

shearers prove sheep, let me !e unrolle an my name

put in the !ook of virtue+

Sin"s


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/pprehen

.othing !ut %ollity# The gos themselves,

6um!ling their eities to love, have taken

The shapes of !easts upon them)


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2n his shouler, an his& her face o' fire

With la!our an the thing she took to 1uench it,

She woul to each one sip# *ou are retire,

/s if you were a feaste one an not

The hostess of the meeting) pray you, !i

These unknown friens to's welcome& for it is/ way to make us !etter friens, more known#

Come, 1uench your !lushes an present yourself

That which you are, mistress o' the feast) come on,

/n !i us welcome to your sheepshearing,

/s your goo flock shall prosper#

!ERDITA

8To 327I>E.ES9 Sir, welcome)

It is my father's will I shoul take on me

The hostessship o' the ay#

T! CAMILLO

*ou're welcome, sir#

0ive me those flowers there, 4orcas# =everen sirs,

5or you there's rosemary an rue& these keep

Seeming an savour all the winter long)

0race an remem!rance !e to you !oth,

/n welcome to our shearing+

!OLI"ENES

Shepheress,

/ fair one are youwell you fit our ages

With flowers of winter#

!ERDITA

Sir, the year growing ancient,

.ot yet on summer's eath, nor on the !irth

2f trem!ling winter, the fairest

flowers o' the season

/re our carnations an streak' gillyvors,

Which some call nature's !astars) of that kin

2ur rustic garen's !arren& an I care not

To get slips of them#

!OLI"ENESWherefore, gentle maien,

4o you neglect them-

!ERDITA

5or I have hear it sai

There is an art which in their pieness shares

With great creating nature#

!OLI"ENES

Say there !e&

*et nature is mae !etter !y no mean

But nature makes that mean) so, over that art

Which you say as to nature, is an artThat nature makes# *ou see, sweet mai, we marry


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/ gentler scion to the wilest stock,

/n make conceive a !ark of !aser kin

By !u of no!ler race) this is an art

Which oes men nature, change it rather, !ut

The art itself is nature#

!ERDITASo it is#

!OLI"ENES

Then make your garen rich in gillyvors,

/n o not call them !astars#

!ERDITA

I'll not put

The i!!le in earth to set one slip of them&

.o more than were I painte I woul wish

This youth shoul say 'twere well an only therefore

4esire to !ree !y me# 6ere's flowers for you&

6ot lavener, mints, savoury, mar%oram&The marigol, that goes to !e wi' the sun

/n with him rises weeping) these are flowers

2f mile summer, an I think they are given

To men of mile age# *ou're very welcome#

CAMILLO

I shoul leave gra;ing, were I of your flock,

/n only live !y ga;ing#

!ERDITA

2ut, alas+

*ou' !e so lean, that !lasts of


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.o, like a !ank for love to lie an play on&

.ot like a corse& or if, not to !e !urie,

But 1uick an in mine arms# Come, take your flowers)

ethinks I play as I have seen them o

In Whitsun pastorals) sure this ro!e of mine

4oes change my isposition##LORI0EL

What you o

Still !etters what is one# When you speak, sweet#

I'l have you o it ever) when you sing,

I'l have you !uy an sell so, so give alms,

3ray so& an, for the orering your affairs,

To sing them too) when you o ance, I wish you

/ wave o' the sea, that you might ever o

.othing !ut that& move still, still so,

/n own no other function) each your oing,

So singular in each particular,Crowns what you are oing in the present ee,

That all your acts are 1ueens#

!ERDITA

2 4oricles,

*our praises are too large) !ut that your youth,

/n the true !loo which peepeth fairly through't,

4o plainly give you out an unstain' shepher,

With wisom I might fear, my 4oricles,

*ou woo' me the false way#

#LORI0EL

I think you have

/s little skill to fear as I have purpose

To put you to't# But come& our ance, I pray)

*our han, my 3erita) so turtles pair,

That never mean to part#

!ERDITA

I'll swear for 'em#

!OLI"ENES

This is the prettiest low!orn lass that ever

=an on the greenswar) nothing she oes or seems

But smacks of something greater than herself,Too no!le for this place#

CAMILLO

6e tells her something

That makes her !loo look out) goo sooth, she is

The 1ueen of curs an cream#

Clo,n

Come on, strike up+

DORCAS

opsa must !e your mistress) marry, garlic,

To men her kissing with+

MO!SA.ow, in goo time+


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Clo,n

.ot a wor, a wor& we stan upon our manners#

Come, strike up+

Musi'/ Here a dan'e !) She*herds and She*herdesses

!OLI"ENES

3ray, goo shepher, what fair swain is this

Which ances with your aughter-

Shepher$

They call him 4oricles& an !oasts himself

To have a worthy feeing) !ut I have it

:pon his own report an I !elieve it&

6e looks like sooth# 6e says he loves my aughter)

I think so too& for never ga;e the moon

:pon the water as he'll stan an rea

/s 'twere my aughter's eyes) an, to !e plain#I think there is not half a kiss to choose

Who loves another !est#

!OLI"ENES

She ances featly#

Shepher$

So she oes any thing& though I report it,

That shoul !e silent) if young 4oricles

4o light upon her, she shall !ring him that

Which he not reams of#

Enter Ser&ant

Serant

2 master, if you i !ut hear the pelar at the

oor, you woul never ance again after a ta!our an

pipe& no, the !agpipe coul not move you) he sings

several tunes faster than you'll tell money& he

utters them as he ha eaten !allas an all men's

ears grew to his tunes#

Clo,n

6e coul never come !etter& he shall come in# Ilove a !alla !ut even too well, if it !e oleful

matter merrily set own, or a very pleasant thing

inee an sung lamenta!ly#

Serant

6e hath songs for man or woman, of all si;es& no

milliner can so fit his customers with gloves) he

has the prettiest lovesongs for mais& so without

!awry, which is strange& with such elicate

!urthens of ilos an faings, '%ump her an thump

her&' an where some stretchmouthe rascal woul,

as it were, mean mischief an !reak a foul gap intothe matter, he makes the mai to answer 'Whoop, o me


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no harm, goo man&' puts him off, slights him, with

'Whoop, o me no harm, goo man#'

!OLI"ENES

This is a !rave fellow#

Clo,n

Believe me, thou talkest of an amira!le conceitefellow# 6as he any un!raie wares-

Serant

6e hath ri!!ons of an the colours i' the rain!ow&

points more than all the lawyers in Bohemia can

learnely hanle, though they come to him !y the

gross) inkles, caisses, cam!rics, lawns) why, he

sings 'em over as they were gos or goesses& you

woul think a smock were a sheangel, he so chants

to the sleevehan an the work a!out the s1uare on't#

Clo,n

3rithee !ring him in& an let him approach singing#!ERDITA

5orewarn him that he use no scurrilous wors in 's tunes#

Exit Ser&ant

Clo,n

*ou have of these pelars, that have more in them

than you'l think, sister#

!ERDITA

/y, goo !rother, or go a!out to think#

Enter AUTOLCUS, sin"in"

AUTOL/CUS

7awn as white as riven snow&

Cyprus !lack as e'er was crow&

0loves as sweet as amask roses&

asks for faces an for noses&

Bugle !racelet, necklace am!er,

3erfume for a lay's cham!er&

0olen 1uoifs an stomachers,5or my las to give their ears)

3ins an pokingsticks of steel,

What mais lack from hea to heel)

Come !uy of me, come& come !uy, come !uy&

Buy las, or else your lasses cry) Come !uy#

Clo,n

If I were not in love with opsa, thou shoulst take

no money of me& !ut !eing enthralle as I am, it

will also !e the !onage of certain ri!!ons an gloves#

MO!SA

I was promise them against the feast& !ut they comenot too late no

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