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Pentapolis. An open place by the sea-side.
[Enter PERICLES wet]
PERICLES
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Yet cease | your ire,| you ang|ry stars | of
heaven,
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Wind, rain, and thunder:| remem|ber earth|ly man
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Is but | a subs|tance that | must yield | to you:
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And I |(as fits | my nat|ure) do o|bey you.
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Alas,| the seas | hath cast | me on | the rocks,
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Washed me | from shore | to shore,| and left | my
breath
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Nothing | to think | on, but | ensu|ing death:
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Let it | suffice | the great|ness of | your
powers,
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To have | bereft | a prince of | all his |
fortunes,
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And hav|ing thrown | him from | your wat|ery
grave,
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Here to | have death | in peace,| is all | he'll
crave.
[Enter three FISHERMEN]
FIRST FISHERMAN
What, ho Pilch?
SECOND FISHERMAN
Ha, come and bring away the nets.
FIRST FISHERMAN
What Patch-breech, I say.
THIRD FISHERMAN
What say you, master?
FIRST FISHERMAN
Look how thou stirrest now,
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Come a|way, or I'll | fetch thee | with a |
wanion.
THIRD FISHERMAN
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Faith mast/er, I am | thinking | of the / poor
men
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That were | cast a|way be|fore us,| even^now.
FIRST FISHERMAN
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Alas poor souls,| it grieved | my heart | to hear
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What pit|iful cries | they made | to us, to |
help them,
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When (well-a-day)| we could scarce|ly help |
ourselves.
THIRD FISHERMAN
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Nay | master,| said not | I as | much,
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When I || saw the | porpus | how he | bounced
and | tumbled?
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They say,| they're half | fish, half flesh:
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A plague || on them,| they nere | come but I |
look to | be washed.
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Master,| I marvel | how the fish|es live | in the
sea?
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Why as | men do a-land, \\
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The great | ones eat up | the lit|tle ones:
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I can com|pare our | rich mis/ers, to | nothing
so || fitly
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As to a | whale; he | plays and | tumbles,
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Driving | the poor | fry be|fore him,|
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And at | last de|vours them | all at a |
mouthful.
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Such whales / have I | heard on of | the land,
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Who nev|er leave | gaping,| till
they've^|swallowed
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The whole | parish,| church, steeple, bells,| and
all.
PERICLES
A pretty moral.
THIRD FISHERMAN
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But mas/ter, if | I had | been the | sexton,
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I would have | been that | day in the | belfry.
SECOND FISHERMAN
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Why man?
THIRD FISHERMAN
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Because | he should | have swal|lowed / me too,
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And when I | had been | in his | belly,
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I would | have kept | such a | jangling | of the
bells,
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That he | should never | have left,
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Till he / cast bells,|| steeple, church, and
par|ish up | again:
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But if the || good King Simon|ides / were of my
mind,
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Simon|ides?
THIRD FISHERMAN
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We would purge | the land | of these drones,
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That rob | the bee | of her hon|ey. \\
PERICLES
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How from | the fin|ny sub|ject of | the sea
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These fish|ers tell | the infir|mities | of men,
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And from | their wat|ery emp|ire^rec|ollect,
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All that | may men | approve,| or men | detect.
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Peace be / at your | labor,| honest | fishermen.
SECOND FISHERMAN
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Honest,| good fel|low, what's / that, if it | be
a day | fits you,
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Search out / of the | calendar,| and nob|ody look
| after it? (hex with prev)
PERICLES
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You may see | the sea | hath cast | upon | your
coast.
SECOND FISHERMAN
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What a | drunken | knave was | the sea,|
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To cast | thee in | our way. \\
PERICLES
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A man | whom both | the wat|ers and | the wind,
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In that / vast ten|nis-court,| have made | the
ball
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For them | to play | upon, en|treats you | pity
him:
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He asks | of you,| that nev|er used | to beg.
FIRST FISHERMAN
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No friend,| cannot | you beg? \\
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Here's them / in our | country | of Greece,
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Gets^more || with beg|ging, than | we can | do
with | working.
SECOND FISHERMAN
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Canst^thou | catch^an|y fish|es then? \\
PERICLES
I never practised it.
SECOND FISHERMAN
Nay then thou wilt starve sure; for here's nothing to be got nowadays,
unless thou canst fish for it.
PERICLES
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What I | have been,| I have | forgot | to know;
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But what | I am,| want teach/es me to | think on:
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A man | thronged^up | with cold,| my veins | are
chill,
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And have | no more | of life,| than may | suffice
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To give | my tongue | that heat | to ask | your
help:
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Which^if | you shall | refuse,| when I | am
dead,|
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For that | I am | a man,| pray see | me bur|ied.
FIRST FISHERMAN
Die quoth-a, Now gods forbid, I have a gown here, come put it on, keep thee
warm: Now afore me a handsome fellow: Come, thou shalt go home, and we'll
have flesh for all day, fish for fasting days and more; or puddings and
flapjacks, and thou shalt be welcome.
PERICLES
I thank you, sir.
SECOND FISHERMAN
Hark you, my friend, you said you could not beg.
PERICLES
I did but crave.
SECOND FISHERMAN
But crave? Then I'll turn craver too,
And so I shall 'scape whipping.
PERICLES
Why, are all your beggars whipped then?
SECOND FISHERMAN
Oh not all, my friend, not all: for if all your beggars were whipped, I
would wish no better office, than to be beadle. But master, I'll go draw the
net.
[Exit with Third Fisherman]
PERICLES
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How well | this hon|est mirth | becomes | their
lab||or?
FIRST FISHERMAN
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Hark | you, sir,| do you know | where ye are?
PERICLES
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Not well.
FIRST FISHERMAN
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I tell | you, this | is called | Penta|polis,
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And our | king, the | good Si|moni|des.
PERICLES
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The good | King Si|moni|des, do you | call him:
FIRST FISHERMAN
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Aye sir,| and he | deserves | so to | be called,
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For his | peaceable | reign, and good
gov|ernment.
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He is | a hap|py king,| since he | gains from
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His sub|jects, the | name of | good, by his |
government.
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How far | is his / court dis|tant from | this
shore?
FIRST FISHERMAN
Marry, sir, half a day's journey: and I'll tell you, he hath a fair
daughter, and tomorrow is her birthday; and there are princes and knights
come from all parts of the world, to joust and tourney for her love.
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Were my | fortunes | equal | to my | desires,
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I could | wish to | make one there.|
FIRST FISHERMAN
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O sir,| things must | be as | they may:| and what
| a man
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Cannot | get, he | may law|fully deal | for his /
wife's soul. (hex with prev)
[Enter Second and Third Fishermen, drawing up a net]
SECOND FISHERMAN
Help, master, help, here's a fish hangs in the net, like a poor man's right
in the law, 'twill hardly come out. Ha bots on it, 'tis come at last, and
'tis turned to a rusty armor.
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An arm|or, friends,| I pray | you let | me see
it.
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Thanks fort/une, yet^that | after | all my |
crosses,
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Thou give|st me | somewhat | to repair | myself:
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And though it | was mine / own part | of my
her|itage,
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Which my dead fath|er did | bequeath | to me,
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With this / strict charge,| even as | he left |
his life:
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Keep it,| my Per|icles,| it hath been | a shield
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Twixt me and death;| and point|ed to | this
brace:
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For that | it saved | me; keep it | in like |
neces|sity:
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The which | the gods | protect | thee, Fame | may
de/fend thee. (hex with prev)
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It kept | where I | kept, I | so dear|ly loved
it,
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Till the / rough seas |(that spare | not an|y
man)
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Took it in | rage, though | calmed have | given
it | again:
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I thank | thee for it,| my shipwreck now's | no
ill,
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Since I | have here | my fath|er's gift | in his
will.
FIRST FISHERMAN
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What mean | you, sir? \\
PERICLES
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To beg | of you /(kind friends)| this coat | of
worth,
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For it | was some|time tar/get to | a king,
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I know it | by this | mark: He | loved me |
dearly,
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And for | his sake,| I wish | the hav|ing of it:
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And that | you'd guide | me to | your
sove|reign's court,
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Where with | it I | may appear | a gent|leman:
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And if | that eve|r my / low fort|une's better,
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I'll pay | your bount|ies; till | then rest |
your debtor.
FIRST FISHERMAN
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Why,| wilt thou | tourney | for the | lady?
PERICLES
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I'll show | the virt|ue I | have borne | in arms.
FIRST FISHERMAN
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Why take | it, and | the gods | give thee | good
on it.
SECOND FISHERMAN
But hark you, my friend, 'twas we that made up this garment through the
rough seams of the waters: there are certain condolements, certain vails; I
hope, sir, if you thrive, you'll remember from whence you had it.
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Believe it | I will: \\
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By your | further|ance I | am clothed | in steel,
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And spite | of all | the rapt|ure of | the sea,
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This jew|el holds | his build|ing on | my arm:
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Unto | thy val|ue I | will mount | myself.
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Upon | a cours|er, whose | delight|ful steps,
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Shall make | the gaz|er joy | to see | him tread;
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Only (my | friend) I | yet am | unpro|vided || of
a pair | of bas|es.
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We'll sure | provide,| thou shalt || have
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My | best gown to make | thee a pair;|
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And I'll | bring thee / to the | court my|self.
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Then hon|or be | but a | goal to | my will,
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This day | I'll rise,| or else | add ill to ill.
[Exeunt]