Thou dotard, thou art woman-tyr'd; unroofted Paul. For ever Unvenerable be thy hands, if thou up Tak'ft up the Princefs, by that forced basenefs ' Leo. He dreads his wife. Paul. So, I would, you did: then 'twere past all doubt, You'd call your children yours. Leo. A neft of traytors! Ant. I am none, by this good light. Paul. Nor I; nor any But one, that's here; and that's himself. For he His hopeful fon's, his babe's, betrays to flander, Whofe fting is fharper than the fword's; and will not (For as the cafe now ftands, it is a curfe He cannot be compell'd to't) once remove The root of his opinion, which is rotten, ever oak or ftone was found. Leo. A callat Of boundlefs tongue, who late hath beat her husband, And now baits me!-This brat is none of mine: It is the iffue of Polixenes. Hence with it, and together with the dam, Paul. It is yours; And, might we lay th' old proverb to your charge, The trick of's frown, his forehead, nay, the valley, baftard; Paulina forbids him to touch the Princefs under that appellation. Forced is falfe, uttered with violence to truth. The The pretty dimples of his chin, and cheek, his fmiles, The ordering of the mind too, 'mongst all colours Leo. A grofs hag! And, lozel, thou art worthy to be hang'd, Ant. Hang all the hufbands, That cannot do that feat, you'll leave yourfelf Leo. Once more, take her hence. Paul. A moft unworthy and unnatural Lord Can, do no more. Leo. I'll ha', thee burnt. Paul. I care not; It is an heretick that makes the fire, Not the which burns in't. I'll not call you tyrant; But this moft cruel ufage of your Queen Not able to produce more accufation Than your own weak-hing'd fancy, fomething favours Of tyranny; and will ignoble make you, Yea, fcandalous to the world. Leo. On your allegiance, Out of the chamber with her. Were I a tyrant, Paul. I pray you, do not pufh me, I'll be gone. -Look to your babe, my Lord, 'tis yours; Jove fend her A better guiding fpirit!--What need thefe hands?- Will never do him good, not one of you. [Exit. No yellow in't;] Yellow is the colour of jealousy. SCENE SCENE VI. Leo. Thou, traitor, haft fet on thy wife to this. My child? away with't. Even thou, thou that haft A heart fo tender o'er it, take it hence, And fee it inftantly confum'd with fire; Even thou, and none but thou. Take it up ftraight: Ant. I did not, Sir: Thefe lords, my noble fellows, if they please, Lord. We can. My royal Liege, He is not guilty of her coming hither: Lord. 'Befeech your Highnefs, give us better credit. Paft, and to come) that you do change this purpofe, Which being fo horrible, fo bloody, must Lead on to fome foul iffue. We all kneel [they kneel Leo. I am a feather for each wind that blows: Shall I live on, to fee this baftard kneel -It fhall not neither.-You, Sir, come you hither; [To Antigonus. You, that have been fo tenderly officious So So fure as this beard's grey) what will you adventure To fave this brat's life? Ant. Any thing, my Lord, And noblenefs impofe: at least, thus much; Ant. I will, my Lord. Leo. Mark and perform it; feeft thou? for the fail Of any point in't fhall not only be Death to thyfelf, but to thy lewd-tongu'd wife, -Poor thing condemn'd to lofs.-[Exit, with the Child. Another's iffue. 7 commend it firangely to fome place,] Commit to fome place, as a franger, with out more provifion." Enter Enter a Messenger. Mef. Please your Highness, pofts, Being well arriv'd from Delphos, are both landed, Lord. So please you, Sir, their speed Hath been beyond account. Leo. Twenty-three days They have been abfent: this good fpeed foretels, The truth of this appear. Prepare you, lords, ACT III. Leave me, [Exeunt feverally. SCENE I. A Part of Sicily, near the Sea-fide. Enter Cleomines and Dion, with Attendants. TH CLEOMINES. HE climate's delicate, the air moft fweet, Fertile the isle, the temple much furpaffing The common praise it bears. & Fertile the ifle,-] But the temple of Apollo at Delphi was not in an island, but in Phocis, on the continent. Either Dion. Shakespeare, or his Editors, had their heads running on Delos, an ifland of the Cyclades. If it was the Editor's blunder, then ShakeSpeare |