Lys. Yet let me obtain my wish.

Mar.

No, nor look'd on us

Lys. See, she will speak to him.
Mar. Hail, sir! my lord, lend ear.
Per. Hum, ha!

Mar. I am a maid,

[Whispers a Lord, who goes off in the

But have been gazed on like a comet: she speaks,
My lord, that, may be, hath endured a grief
Might equal yours, if both were justly weigh'd.
Though wayward fortune did malign my state, g
My derivation was from ancestors
Who stood equivalent with mighty kings:
But time hath rooted out my parentage,
And to the world and awkward casualties
Bound me in servitude. [Aside] I will desist;
But there is something glows upon my cheek,
And whispers in mine ear 'Go not till he speak.'
Per. My fortunes-parentage-good parent-
age-

To equal mine!-was it not thus? what say you? Mar. I said, my lord, if you did know my parentage,

You would not do me violence.

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Per. I do think so. Pray you, turn your eyes

upon me.

Hel. Sure, all's effectless; yet nothing we'll omit

That bears recovery's name. But, since your kindness

We have stretch'd thus far, let us beseech you
That for our gold we may provision have,
Wherein we are not destitute for want,
But weary for the staleness.

Lys.
O, sir, a courtesy
Which if we should deny, the most just gods
For every graff would send a caterpillar,
And so afflict our province. Yet once more
Let me entreat to know at large the cause
Of your king's sorrow.

Hel.

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Sit, sir, I will recount it to you: But, see, I am prevented.

Re-enter, from the barge, Lord, with MARINA, and a young Lady. O, here is

Lys. The lady that I sent for. Welcome, fair one! Is't not a goodly presence?

Hel.

She's a gallant lady.

Lys. She's such a one, that, were I well assured

Came of a gentle kind and noble stock,

I'ld wish no better choice, and think me rarely wed.

Fair one, all goodness that consists in bounty 70
Expect even here, where is a kingly patient:
If that thy prosperous and artificial feat
Can draw him but to answer thee in aught,
Thy sacred physic shall receive such pay
As thy desires can wish.

Prithee, speak: 120 Falseness cannot come from thee; for thou look'st

Modest as Justice, and thou seem'st a palace For the crown'd Truth to dwell in: I will believe thee,

And make my senses credit thy relation

To points that seem impossible; for thou look'st Like one I loved indeed. What were thy friends? Didst thou not say, when I did push thee backWhich was when I perceived thee-that thou

camest

From good descending?

Mar.

So indeed I did.

Per. Report thy parentage. I think thou

said'st

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I said, and said no more but what my thoughts - Did warrant me was likely.

Per.

Tell thy story; If thine consider'd prove the thousandth part Of my endurance, thou art a man, and I Have suffer'd like a girl: yet thou dost look Like Patience gazing on kings' graves, and smiling

Extremity out of act. What were thy friends? 140 How lost thou them? Thy name, my most kind virgin?

Recount, I do beseech thee: come, sit by me.
Mar. My name is Marina.
Per.
O, I am mock'd,
And thou by some incensed god sent hither

To make the world to laugh at me.
Mar.

Or here I'll cease.

Per.

If good King Pericles be.

Per. Ho, Helicanus!

Hel. Calls my lord?

Here is the regent, sir, of Mytilene
Speaks nobly of her.
Lys.

She would never tell
Her parentage; being demanded that,
She would sit still and weep.

Per. O Helicanus, strike me, honour'd sir; Give me a gash, put me to present pain; Lest this great sea of joys rushing upon me O'erbear the shores of my mortality,

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Nay, I'll be patient.

Thou little know'st how thou dost startle me, To call thyself Marina.

Mar. The name

O, stop there a little!

[Aside] This is the rarest dream that e'er dull sleep

Did mock sad fools withal: this cannot be: My daughter's buried. Well: where were you bred?

I'll hear you more, to the bottom of your story, And never interrupt you.

Mar. You scorn: believe me, 'twere best I did give o'er.

Per. I will believe you by the syllable Of what you shall deliver. Yet, give me leave: 170 How came you in these parts? where were you bred?

Mar. The king my father did in Tarsus leave

me;

Till cruel Cleon, with his wicked wife,
Did seek to murder me: and having woo'd
A villain to attempt it, who having drawn to do't,
A crew of pirates came and rescued me;
Brought me to Mytilene. But, good sir,
Whither will you have me? Why do you weep?
It may be,

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Thou hast been godlike perfect,

†The heir of kingdoms and another like To Pericles thy father.

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Mar. Is it no more to be your daughter than To say my mother's name was Thaisa? Thaisa was my mother, who did end The minute I began.

Per. Now, blessing on thee! rise; thou art my child.

Give me fresh garments. Mine own, Helicanus; She is not dead at Tarsus, as she should have been,

By savage Cleon: she shall tell thee all;
When thou shalt kneel, and justify in knowledge
She is thy very princess. Who is this?

Hel. Sir, 'tis the governor of Mytilene,
Who, hearing of your melancholy state,
Did come to see you.
I embrace you.

Per.

Give me my robes. holding.

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I am wild in my be

O heavens bless my girl! But, hark, what music?

Tell Helicanus, my Marina, tell him
O'er, point by point, for yet he seems to doubt,
How sure you are my daughter. But, what
music?

Hel. My lord, I hear none.
Per.

None!

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The music of the spheres! List, my Marina. Lys. It is not good to cross him; give him

DIANA appears to PERICLES as in a vision.

Dia. My temple stands in Ephesus: hie thee thither,

And do upon mine altar sacrifice.

There, when my maiden priests are met together,
Before the people all,

Reveal how thou at sea didst lose thy wife:
To mourn thy crosses, with thy daughter's, call
And give them repetition to the life.
Or perform my bidding, or thou livest in woe;
Do it, and happy; by my silver bow!
Awake, and tell thy dream. [Disappears. 250
Per. Celestial Dian, goddess argentine,
I will obey thee. Helicanus!

Re-enter HELICANUS, LYSIMACHUS, and

SCENE III. 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.

Per. 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
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
Riding, her fortunes brought the maid aboard us,
Where, by her own most clear remembrance, she
Made known herself my daughter.

Thai.

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Voice and favour!

You are, you are-O royal Pericles! [Faints. Per. What means the nun? she dies! help, gentlemen!

Cer. Noble sir,

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

Per.

Reverend appearer, no;

I threw her overboard with these very arms.
Cer. Upon this coast, I warrant you.
Per.
'Tis most certain. 20
Cer. 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,
Found there rich jewels; recover'd her, and
placed her
Here in Diana's temple.

Per.

May we see them?

Cer. Great sir, they shall be brought you to my house,

Whither I invite you. Look, Thaisa is
Recovered.

Thai. O, let me look!

If he be none of mine, my sanctity

DIANA at Ephesus.

Gow. Now our sands are almost run;

But curb it, spite of seeing. O, my lord,
Are you not Pericles? Like him you spake,
Like him you are: did you not name a tempest,
A birth, and death?

Per.
The voice of dead Thaisa!
Thai. That Thaisa am I, supposed dead
And drown'd.

Per. Immortal Dian!

Thai.

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When we with tears parted Pentapolis, The king my father gave you such a ring. [Shows a ring.

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

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[Exit.

Melt and no more be seen. O, come, be buried
A second time within these arms.
Mar.
My heart
Leaps to be gone into my mother's bosom.
[Kneels to Thaisa.