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[Enter PERICLES, on shipboard]
PERICLES
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Thou god | of this great | vast, re|buke these |
surges
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Which^wash | both^heaven | and hell,| and thou |
that hast
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Upon | the winds | command,| bind them | in
brass,
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Having | called them | from the | deep, O still
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Thy deaf|ening dread|ful thund|ers; dail|y quench
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Thy nimble | sulphurous | flashes:| O how,|
Lychorida? ??
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How does | my queen?| Thou storm|est ven|omously,
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Wilt thou | spit^all | thyself?| The sea|man's
whistle
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Is as | a whis|per in | the ears | of death,
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Unheard | Lychor|ida?| Lucin|a, oh!
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Divin|est pat|roness,| and my / wife, gentle
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To those | that cry | by night,| convey | thy
dei||ty
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Aboard | our danc|ing boat,| make swift | the
pangs
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Of my queen's |travails.| Now, Ly|chori|da.
[Enter LYCHORIDA, with an Infant]
LYCHORIDA
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Here is a | thing too young | for such | a place,
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Who if it | had con|ceit, would | die, as | I am
like | to do: ????
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Take in | your arms | this piece | of your / dead
queen.
PERICLES
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How?| How, Ly|chori|da?|
LYCHORIDA
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Patience,| good sir,| do not | assist | the
storm,
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Here's all | that is / left liv|ing of | your
queen:
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A lit|tle daught|er, for | the sake | of it
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Be man|ly, and / take com|fort.
PERICLES
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Oh | you gods!
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Why do | you make | us love | your good|ly gifts,
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And snatch | them straight | away? \\
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We here | below,| recall | not^what | we give,
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And there|in may | use hon|or with | you.
LYCHORIDA
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Patience,| good sir,| even | for this charge.
PERICLES
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Now mild | may be | thy life, \\
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For a / more blus|trous birth | had nev|er babe:
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Quiet | and gent|le thy | condit|ions;
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For thou | art the rude|liest wel|come to | this
world,
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That ever | was prince|'s child:| Happy what |
follows,
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Thou hast | as chid|ing a | nativ|ity,
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As fire, air, wat|er, earth,| and heaven | can
make,
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To her|ald thee | from the | womb:|
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Even at | the first,| thy loss | is more | than
can
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Thy port|age quit,| with all | thou canst / find
here:
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Now, the good gods | throw* their / best eyes |
upon it.
[Enter two Sailors]
FIRST SAILOR
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What cour|age, sir?| God save | you. \\
PERICLES
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Courage | enough,| I do | not fear | the flaw,
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It hath done | to me | the worst:| yet for | the
love
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Of this poor | infant,| this fresh-|new
sea-farer,
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I would | it would | be qui|et. \\
FIRST SAILOR
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Slack the bolins there;| thou wilt not,| wilt
thou?
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Blow and | split thy|self. \\
SECOND SAILOR
But sea-room, and the brine and cloudy billow kiss the moon, I care not.
FIRST SAILOR
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Sir, your | queen must | over|board,
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The sea works high,| the wind | is loud,
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And will | not lie | till the ship | be cleared |
of the dead.
PERICLES
That's your superstition.
FIRST SAILOR
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Pardon | us, sir;| with us | at sea | it still |
hath been | observed,
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And we | are strong | in east|ern, there|fore
brief|ly yield | her.
PERICLES
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As you think meet,| for she must | oreboard
straight,
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Most wretch|ed queen.
LYCHORIDA
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Here she | lies, sir.|
PERICLES
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A ter|rible child|bed* hast | thou had |(my dear)
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No light,| no fire,| the unfriend|ly el|ements
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Forgot | thee ut|terly,| nor have | I time
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To give | thee hal|lowed to | thy grave,| but
straight
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Must cast | thee scarce|ly cof|fined,| in ooze,
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Where for | a mon|ument | upon | thy bones.
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And ere-|remain|ing lamps,| the belch|ing whale,
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And hum|ming wat|er must | orewhelm | thy corpse,
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Lying | with simp|le shells:| oh Ly|chorida,
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Bid Nest|or bring | me spices,| ink and | paper,
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My casket | and my | jewels, and | bid Ni|cander
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Bring me | the sat|in cof|fin; lay | the babe
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Upon | the pil|low; hie | thee, whiles | I say
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A priest|ly fare|well to her:| suddenly,| woman.
[Exit LYCHORIDA]
SECOND SAILOR
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Sir, we | have a | chest be|neath the | hatches,
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Caulked and | bitum|ed read|y. \\
PERICLES
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I thank | thee: Mar|iner say,| what coast | is
this?
SECOND SAILOR
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We are near | Tarsus.
PERICLES
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Thither,| gentle | mariner,
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Alter | thy course | for Tyre:| when canst | thou
reach it?
SECOND SAILOR
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By break | of day,| if the / wind cease.|
PERICLES
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O make | for Tar|sus, \\
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There will | I vis|it Cle|on, for | the babe
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Cannot | hold out to Tyr|us; there | I'll leave
it
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At care|ful nurs|ing: go | thy ways,| good
mar||iner,
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I'll bring | the bod|y pres|ently.
[Exeunt]