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The same. A public way or platform leading to the lists. A pavilion by
the side of it for the reception of King, Princess, Lords, etc.
[Enter SIMONIDES, THAISA, Lords, and Attendants]
SIMONIDES
Are the knights ready to begin the triumph?
FIRST LORD
They are, my liege, and stay your coming, to present themselves.
SIMONIDES
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Return | them; we are | ready,| and our daught|er
here,
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In hon|or of / whose birth,| these tri|umphs are,
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Sits here | like* beaut|y's child,| whom nat|ure
gat,
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For men | to see,| and see|ing wond|er at.
THAISA
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It please|th you |(my royal | father)| to express
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My com|menda|tions great,| whose^mer|it's less.
SIMONIDES
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It's fit | it should | be so;| for prin|ces are
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A mod|el which / heaven makes | like to | itself:
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As jewels | lose their | glory,| if neg|lected,
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So princes | their re|nowns, if | not re|spected.
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'Tis now | your hon|or (daught|er) to ent|ertain
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The lab|or of / each knight,| in his | device.
THAISA
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Which to | preserve | mine hon|or, I'll |
perform.
[Enter a Knight; he passes over, and his Squire presents his shield to the
Princess]
SIMONIDES
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Who is | the first,| that doth | prefer |
himself?
THAISA
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A knight | of Spart|a (my | renowned | father)
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And the | device | he bears | upon | his shield,
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Is a black | Ethi|ope reach/ing at | the sun;
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The word;| Lux | tua | vita | mihi.
SIMONIDES
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He loves | you well,| that holds | his life | of
you.
[The Second Knight passes over]
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Who is | the sec|ond, that | presents | himself?
THAISA
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A prince | of Mac|edon |(my royal | father)
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And the | device | he bears | upon | his shield,
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Is an armed | knight, that's | conquered | by a |
lady.
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The mot|to thus | in Span|ish, Piu | por
dulzu||ra que | por fu|erza.
[The Third Knight passes over]
SIMONIDES
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And what's | the third?
THAISA
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The third | of Ant|ioch;| and his | device
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A wreath | of chiv|alry:| the word,| me pomp||ae
pro|vexit | apex.
[The Fourth Knight passes over]
SIMONIDES
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What is | the fourth?
THAISA
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A burn|ing torch | that's turn|ed up|side^down;
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The word,| Quod me | alit | me ex|tinguit.
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Which shows | that beaut|y hath | his power | and
will,
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Which can | as well | inflame,| as it | can kill.
[The Fifth Knight passes over]
THAISA
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The fifth,| a hand | envir|oned | with clouds,
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Holding | out^gold,| that's by the // touchstone
tried:
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The mot|to thus:| Sic spec|tanda | fides.
[The Sixth Knight, PERICLES, passes over]
SIMONIDES
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And what's | the sixth | and last,| the which |
the
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Knight || himself | with such | a grace|ful
court|esy | deliv||ered?
THAISA
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He seems | to be | a strang|er: but | his
pres|ent is (hex with prev)
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A with|ered branch,| that's on|ly green | at top;
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The mot|to, In | hac spe vi|vo.
SIMONIDES
A pretty moral; from the dejected state wherein he is, he hopes by you his
fortunes yet may flourish.
FIRST LORD
He had need mean better than his outward show can any way speak in his just
commend: for by his rusty outside, he appears to have practised more the
whipstock, than the lance.
SECOND LORD
He well may be a stranger, for he comes to an honored triumph strangely
furnished.
THIRD LORD
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And on set pur|pose let | his arm|or rust
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Until | this day,| to scour | it in | the dust.
SIMONIDES
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Opin|ion's but | a fool,| that makes | us scan
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The out|ward hab|it by | the in|ward man.
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But stay,| the knights | are com|ing, \\
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We will | withdraw | into | the gal|lery.
[Exeunt. Great shouts within and all cry, the mean knight.]