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Were it to woo my daughter; for it seems

You have been noble towards her.

Lyf.

Per. Come, my Marina.

Sir, lend your arm.

[Exeunt.

Enter GOWER, before the Temple of Diana at Ephefus.

Gow. Now our fands are almost run;

More a little, and then done.
This, as my last boon, give me,
(For such kindness must relieve me,)
That you aptly will suppose

What pageantry, what feats, what shows,
What minstrelsy, and pretty din,
The regent made in Mitylin,
To greet the king. So he has thriv'd,
That he is promis'd to be wiv'd
To fair Marina; but in no wife,
Till he had done his facrifice,
As Dian bade: whereto being bound,
The interim, pray you, all confound.
In feather'd briefness sails are fill'd,
And wishes fall out as they're will'd.
At Ephesus, the temple fee,
Our king, and all his company.
That he can hither come so soon,
Is by your fancy's thankful boon,

Exit.

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SCENE II.

The Temple of Diana at Ephesus; THAISA standing altar, as high priestess; a number of virgins on ec CERIMON and other inhabitants of Ephesus attend

Enter PERICLES, with his Train; LYSIMACHUS CANUS, 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 The fair Thaisa, at Pentapolis. At sea in childbed died me, but brought forth A maid child called Marina; who, O goddess, Wears yet thy silver livery. She at Tharsus Was nurs'd with Cleon; whom at fourteen years He fought to murder: but her better stars Brought her to Mitylene; against whose shore Riding, her fortunes brought the maid aboard us Where, by her own most clear remembrance, she Made known herself my daughter.

Thai.

Voice and favo

You are, you are-O royal Pericles !

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Per. What means the woman? she dies! help

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Cer. Look to the lady;-0, she's but o'erjoy'd.

Early, one blust'ring morn, this lady was
Thrown on this shore. I op'd the coffin, and
Found there rich jewels; recover'd her, and plac'd her

Here in Diana's temple.

Per.

May we fee them?

Cer. Great fir, they shall be brought you to my house, Whither I invite you. Look! Thaisa is Recover'd.

Thai. O, let me look!

If he be none of mine, my fanctity

Will to my sense bend no licentious ear,
But curb it, spite of seeing. O, my lord,
Are you not Pericles ? Like him you speak,
Like him you are: Did you not name a tempeft,

A birth, and death?

Per.

The voice of dead Thaifa!

Thai. That Thaisa am I, supposed dead,

And drown'd.

Per. Immortal Dian!
Thai.

Now I know you better.

When we with tears parted Pentapolis,

The king, my father, gave you fuch a ring.

[Shows a ring.

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

kindness

Makes my past miseries sport: You shall do well,
That on the touching of her lips I may

Melt, and no more be seen. O come, be buried
A fecond time within these arms.

Mar.

My heart

Leaps to be gone into my mother's bofom.

[Kneels to THAISA

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

Thy Thy burden at the fea, and call'd Marina,

For the was yielded there.

Thai.

Bless'd, and mine own!

Hel. Hail, madam, and my queen !

Thai.

I know you not.

Per. 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 nam'd him oft.

Thai.

'Twas Helicanus then.

Per. Still confirmation:

Embrace him, dear Thaifa; this is he.

Now do I long to hear how you were found;
How poffibly preserv'd; and whom to thank,
Besides the gods, for this great miracle.

Thai. Lord Cerimon, my lord; this man,

Through whom the gods have shown their power; that

can

From first to last resolve you.

Per.

Reverend fir,

The gods can have no mortal officer

More like a god than you. Will you deliver

How this dead queen re-lives?

Cer.

I will, my lord.

Beseech you, first go with me to my house,
Where shall be shown you all was found with her;

How she came placed here within the temple;

No needful thing omitted.

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I bless thee for thy vision, and will offer

My night oblations to thee. Thaifa,

This prince, the fair-betrothed of your daughter,

Shall marry her at Pentapolis. And now,

This ornament that makes me look so dismal,

Will I, my lov'd Marina, clip to form;
And what this fourteen years no razor touch'd,
To grace thy marriage-day, I'll beautify.

Thai. Lord Cerimon hath letters of good credit,

Sir, that my father's dead.

Per. Heavens make a star of him! Yet there, my queen, We'll celebrate their nuptials, and ourselves Will in that kingdom spend our following days; Our fon and daughter shall in Tyrus reign. Lord Cerimon, we do our longing stay, To hear the rest untold.-Sir, lead the way.

[Exeunt.

Enter GOWER.

Gow. In Antioch, and his daughter, you have
heard

Of monstrous lust the due and just reward :
In Pericles, his queen and daughter, seen
(Although affail'd with fortune fierce and keen,)
Virtue preferv'd from fell destruction's blast,
Led on by heaven, and crown'd with joy at last.
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
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.
So, on your patience evermore attending,
New joy wait on you! Here our play has ending.

[Exit GOWER.

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