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PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE 5.3

The temple of Diana at Ephesus; THAISA standing near the altar, as high priestess; a number of Virgins on each side; CERIMON and other Inhabitants of Ephesus attending.

[Enter PERICLES, with his train; LYSIMACHUS,

HELICANUS, MARINA, and a Lady]

PERICLES Hail, Dian! to perform thy just command,

I here confess myself the king of Tyre;

Who, frighted from my country, did wed

At Pentapolis the fair Thaisa.

At sea in childbed died she, but brought forth 5

A maid-child call'd Marina; who, O goddess,

Wears yet thy silver livery. She at Tarsus

Was nursed with Cleon; who at fourteen years

He sought to murder: but her better stars

Brought her to Mytilene; 'gainst whose shore 10

Riding, her fortunes brought the maid aboard us,

Where, by her own most clear remembrance, she

Made known herself my daughter.

THAISA Voice and favour!

You are, you are--O royal Pericles! 15

[Faints]

PERICLES What means the nun? she dies! help, gentlemen!

CERIMON Noble sir,

If you have told Diana's altar true,

This is your wife.

PERICLES Reverend appearer, no;

I threw her overboard with these very arms. 20

CERIMON Upon this coast, I warrant you.

PERICLES 'Tis most certain.

CERIMON Look to the lady; O, she's but o'erjoy'd.

Early in blustering morn this lady was

Thrown upon this shore. I oped the coffin, 25

Found there rich jewels; recover'd her, and placed her

Here in Diana's temple.

PERICLES May we see them?

CERIMON Great sir, they shall be brought you to my house,

Whither I invite you. Look, Thaisa is recovered. 30

THAISA O, let me look!

If he be none of mine, my sanctity

Will to my sense bend no licentious ear,

But curb it, spite of seeing. O, my lord,

Are you not Pericles? Like him you spake, 35

Like him you are: did you not name a tempest,

A birth, and death?

PERICLES The voice of dead Thaisa!

THAISA That Thaisa am I, supposed dead

And drown'd. 40

PERICLES Immortal Dian!

THAISA Now I know you better.

When we with tears parted Pentapolis,

The king my father gave you such a ring.

[Shows a ring]

PERICLES This, this: no more, you gods! your present kindness

Makes my past miseries sports: you shall do well, 45

That on the touching of her lips I may

Melt and no more be seen. O, come, be buried

A second time within these arms.

MARINA My heart

Leaps to be gone into my mother's bosom. 50

[Kneels to THAISA]

PERICLES Look, who kneels here! Flesh of thy flesh, Thaisa;

Thy burden at the sea, and call'd Marina

For she was yielded there.

THAISA Blest, and mine own!

HELICANUS Hail, madam, and my queen! 55

THAISA I know you not.

PERICLES You have heard me say, when I did fly from Tyre,

I left behind an ancient substitute:

Can you remember what I call'd the man?

I have named him oft. 60

THAISA 'Twas Helicanus then.

PERICLES Still confirmation:

Embrace him, dear Thaisa; this is he.

Now do I long to hear how you were found;

How possibly preserved; and who to thank, 65

Besides the gods, for this great miracle.

THAISA Lord Cerimon, my lord; this man,

Through whom the gods have shown their power; that can

From first to last resolve you.

PERICLES Reverend sir, 70

The gods can have no mortal officer

More like a god than you. Will you deliver

How this dead queen re-lives?

CERIMON I will, my lord.

Beseech you, first go with me to my house, 75

Where shall be shown you all was found with her;

How she came placed here in the temple;

No needful thing omitted.

PERICLES Pure Dian, bless thee for thy vision! I

Will offer night-oblations to thee. Thaisa, 80

This prince, the fair-betrothed of your daughter,

Shall marry her at Pentapolis. And now,

This ornament

Makes me look dismal will I clip to form;

And what this fourteen years no razor touch'd, 85

To grace thy marriage-day, I'll beautify.

THAISA Lord Cerimon hath letters of good credit, sir,

My father's dead.

PERICLES Heavens make a star of him! Yet there, my queen,

We'll celebrate their nuptials, and ourselves 90

Will in that kingdom spend our following days:

Our son and daughter shall in Tyrus reign.

Lord Cerimon, we do our longing stay

To hear the rest untold: sir, lead's the way.

[Exeunt]

[Enter GOWER]

GOWER In Antiochus and his daughter you have heard 95

Of monstrous lust the due and just reward:

In Pericles, his queen and daughter, seen,

Although assail'd with fortune fierce and keen,

Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast,

Led on by heaven, and crown'd with joy at last: 100

In Helicanus may you well descry

A figure of truth, of faith, of loyalty:

In reverend Cerimon there well appears

The worth that learned charity aye wears:

For wicked Cleon and his wife, when fame 105

Had spread their cursed deed, and honour'd name

Of Pericles, to rage the city turn,

That him and his they in his palace burn;

The gods for murder seemed so content

To punish them; although not done, but meant. 110

So, on your patience evermore attending,

New joy wait on you! Here our play has ending.

[Exit]

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		[Enter PERICLES, with his train; LYSIMACHUS,
		HELICANUS, MARINA, and a Lady]

PERICLES	Hail, Dian! to perform thy just command,
	I here confess myself the king of Tyre;
	Who, frighted from my country, did wed
	At Pentapolis the fair Thaisa.
	At sea in childbed died she, but brought forth	5
	A maid-child call'd Marina; who, O goddess,
	Wears yet thy silver livery. She at Tarsus
	Was nursed with Cleon; who at fourteen years
	He sought to murder: but her better stars
	Brought her to Mytilene; 'gainst whose shore	10
	Riding, her fortunes brought the maid aboard us,
	Where, by her own most clear remembrance, she
	Made known herself my daughter.

THAISA	Voice and favour!
	You are, you are--O royal Pericles!	15
	[Faints]

CERIMON		Noble sir,
		If you have told Diana's altar true,
		This is your wife.

PERICLES		Reverend appearer, no;
		I threw her overboard with these very arms.	20

CERIMON	Look to the lady; O, she's but o'erjoy'd.
	Early in blustering morn this lady was
	Thrown upon this shore. I oped the coffin,	25
	Found there rich jewels; recover'd her, and placed her
	Here in Diana's temple.

CERIMON		Great sir, they shall be brought you to my house,
		Whither I invite you. Look, Thaisa is recovered.	30

THAISA	O, let me look!
	If he be none of mine, my sanctity
	Will to my sense bend no licentious ear,
	But curb it, spite of seeing. O, my lord,
	Are you not Pericles? Like him you spake,	35
	Like him you are: did you not name a tempest,
	A birth, and death?

THAISA		Now I know you better.
		When we with tears parted Pentapolis,
		The king my father gave you such a ring.
		[Shows a ring]

PERICLES	This, this: no more, you gods! your present kindness
	Makes my past miseries sports: you shall do well,	45
	That on the touching of her lips I may
	Melt and no more be seen. O, come, be buried
	A second time within these arms.

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MARINA	My heart
	Leaps to be gone into my mother's bosom.	50
	[Kneels to THAISA]

PERICLES		Look, who kneels here! Flesh of thy flesh, Thaisa;
		Thy burden at the sea, and call'd Marina
		For she was yielded there.

PERICLES	You have heard me say, when I did fly from Tyre,
	I left behind an ancient substitute:
	Can you remember what I call'd the man?
	I have named him oft.	60

PERICLES	Still confirmation:
	Embrace him, dear Thaisa; this is he.
	Now do I long to hear how you were found;
	How possibly preserved; and who to thank,	65
	Besides the gods, for this great miracle.

THAISA		Lord Cerimon, my lord; this man,
		Through whom the gods have shown their power; that can
		From first to last resolve you.

PERICLES	Reverend sir,	70
	The gods can have no mortal officer
	More like a god than you. Will you deliver
	How this dead queen re-lives?

CERIMON	I will, my lord.
	Beseech you, first go with me to my house,	75
	Where shall be shown you all was found with her;
	How she came placed here in the temple;
	No needful thing omitted.

PERICLES	Pure Dian, bless thee for thy vision! I
	Will offer night-oblations to thee. Thaisa,	80
	This prince, the fair-betrothed of your daughter,
	Shall marry her at Pentapolis. And now,
	This ornament
	Makes me look dismal will I clip to form;
	And what this fourteen years no razor touch'd,	85
	To grace thy marriage-day, I'll beautify.

THAISA		Lord Cerimon hath letters of good credit, sir,
		My father's dead.

PERICLES	Heavens make a star of him! Yet there, my queen,
	We'll celebrate their nuptials, and ourselves	90
	Will in that kingdom spend our following days:
	Our son and daughter shall in Tyrus reign.
	Lord Cerimon, we do our longing stay
	To hear the rest untold: sir, lead's the way.
	[Exeunt]
	[Enter GOWER]

GOWER	In Antiochus and his daughter you have heard	95
	Of monstrous lust the due and just reward:
	In Pericles, his queen and daughter, seen,
	Although assail'd with fortune fierce and keen,
	Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast,
	Led on by heaven, and crown'd with joy at last:	100
	In Helicanus may you well descry
	A figure of truth, of faith, of loyalty:
	In reverend Cerimon there well appears
	The worth that learned charity aye wears:
	For wicked Cleon and his wife, when fame	105
	Had spread their cursed deed, and honour'd name
	Of Pericles, to rage the city turn,
	That him and his they in his palace burn;
	The gods for murder seemed so content
	To punish them; although not done, but meant.	110
	So, on your patience evermore attending,
	New joy wait on you! Here our play has ending.
	[Exit]