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The Winter's Tale

Act I, Scene 2

A room of state in the same.
 
[Enter LEONTES, HERMIONE, MAMILLIUS, POLIXENES, CAMILLO, and Attendants]
 
POLIXENES
        ,    ,                ,   2    ,           ,
      Nine chan/ges of | the wat|ery star | hath been
            ,           ,           ,          ,           ,
      The shep|herd's note,| since^we | have left | our throne
           ,        ,        ,         ,       ,
      Without | a burd|en: time | as long | again
             ,         ,        ,         ,           ,
      Would be | find^up |(my broth|er) with | our thanks,
           ,          ,          ,     ,   ,
      And yet | we should,| for per|petu|ity,
       T   T    .   T          ,           ,         x
      Go hence in debt:| and there|fore, like | a cipher
             ,              ,    ,         ,    ,
      (Yet stand|ing in / rich place)| I mult|iply
            ,         ,           ,      ,         ,
      With one | we thank | you, man|y thous|ands moe,
            ,       ,
      That go | before | it.
 
LEONTES
                               ,            ,         ,
                             Stay | your thanks | a while,
           ,           ,          ,
      And pay | them when | you part.
 
POLIXENES
                                      ,              x
                                     Sir, that's | tomorrow.
       2     ,          ,        ,          ,           ,
      I am ques|tioned by | my fears,| of what | may chance,
           ,       ,         ,          ,          ,
      Or breed | upon | our ab|sence, that | may blow
           ,         ,          ,         ,        ,
      No sneap|ing winds | at home,| to make | us say,
                 ,    ,           ,       x         2        ,
      This is / put forth | too* tru|ly: besides,| I have stayed
           ,           x
      To tire | your royal|ty.
 
LEONTES
                                ,         ,         ,     2->
                               We | are tough|er (broth|er)
            ,         ,         x
      Than you | can put | us to it.
 
POLIXENES
                                         ,       ,
                                    No long|er stay.
 
LEONTES
One seven-night longer.
 
POLIXENES
Very sooth, tomorrow.
 
LEONTES
We'll part the time between us then: and in that I'll no gainsaying.
 
POLIXENES
        ,         ,        ,         __   oo
      Press me | not (be|seech you)| so:|
           2    ,      ,            T     T      T      2      ,
      There is no | tongue that | moves, none, none | in the world,
           ,         ,            ,          x        ,
      So soon | as yours,| could win | me: so it | should now*,
        ,       2    ,         ,       2    ,          ,
      Were there ne|cessi|ty* in | your request,| although
               ,      ,       ,         ,       ,
      'Twere need|ful I | denied | it. My | affairs
          ,      ,         ,          ,           x
      Do ev|en drag | me home|ward: which | to hinder,
        ,               ,        ,        ,        ,
      Were (in | your love)| a whip | to me;| my stay,
          ,         ,           ,              ,    ,
      To you | a charge,| and troub|le: to / save both,
            ,          ,
      Farewell |(our broth|er).  \\
 
LEONTES
         T     T   T      T      T    T    oo
      Tongue-tied our | queen? Speak you.|
 
HERMIONE
       2       ,            ,          ,         ,        ,
      I had thought |(sir) to | have held | my peace,| until
         2       ,       ,           T    T   .   T     ,
      You have drawn | oaths from | him, not to stay:| you (sir)
         ,               ,        ,          ,          ,
      Charge him | too cold|ly. Tell | him, you | are sure
       ,    2    ,  2       ,           ,     ,
      All in Bo|hemia's | well: this | satis|faction,
           ,       ,          ,       T    T   .  T
      The by|gone^day | proclaimed,| say this to him,
             ,        2      ,      ,
      He's beat | from his best | ward.
 
LEONTES
                                          T    T        ,   3 3->
                                        Well said,| Hermi||one.
 
HERMIONE
           ,         ,         ,         ,            ,
      To tell,| he longs | to see | his son,| were strong:
           ,         ,         ,         ,         ,
      But let | him say | so then,| and let | him go;
           ,          ,      ,     2       T    T    T
      But let | him swear | so, and he | shall not stay,
               ,           ,           ,   ___    oo
      We'll thwack | him hence | with dis|taffs.|
       ,    2        ,        ,          ,      ,
      Yet of your | royal | presence,| I'll ad|venture
           ,       ,       ,      ,    2    ,  2
      The bor|row of | a week.| When at Bo|hemia
            ,         ,           ,     ,    2     ,
      You take | my lord,| I'll give | him my com|mission,
          ,          ,         ,         ,          ,
      To let | him there | a month,| behind | the gest
            ,        2      ,        ,           ,        x
      *Prefixed | for his part|ing: yet |(good^deed)| Leontes,  ??
          ,          ,       ,      2      ,         ,
      I love | thee not | a jar | of the clock,| behind
            ,     ,          ,             ,    oo
      What la|dy she | her lord.| You'll stay?|
 
POLIXENES
      __    ,
      No,| madam. \\
 
HERMIONE
       ,               ,
      Nay, but | you will?
 
POLIXENES
                            2     ,     ,  2
                           I may not | verily.
 
HERMIONE
                                               ,  2
                                              Verily?
           ,        ,           ,       ,        ,
      You put | me off | with limb|er vows:| but I,
              ,            ,      2     ,           ,            ,
      Though you | would seek | to unsphere | the stars | with oaths,
              ,     T    T    T    ,       ,  2
      Should yet | say, sir, no | going:| verily
            ,          ,      ,       ,     x
      You shall | not^go;| a la|dy's ver|ily is
          ,       ,        ,       ,         ,
      As pot|ent as | a lord's.| Will you | go yet?
        ,             ,         ,       ,    ,
      Force me | to keep | you as | a pris|oner,
       T    T  .   T         ,           ,           ,
      Not like a guest:| so you | shall pay | your fees
        ,     2     ,           ,            ,           ,
      When you de|part, and | save your | thanks. How | say you?
           ,   2     ,        ,       2       ,      ,  2
      My pris|oner? Or | my guest?| By your dread | verily,
       ,    2        ,           ,
      One of them | you shall | be.
 
POLIXENES
                                             ,           ,
                                    Your | guest then,| madam:
          ,          ,   2       ,         ,       ,        ->
      To be | your pris|oner, should | import | offen||ding;
        ,       2     ,         ,     ,       ,
      Which | is for me | less^eas|y to | commit
            ,        ,
      Than you | to pun|ish.
 
HERMIONE
                              ,           ,       ,
                             Not | your jail|er then,
                   ,    ,         ,           ,        ,
      But your / kind host|ess. Come,| I'll ques|tion you
                 ,      ,           ,           ,           ,
      Of my / lord's tricks,| and yours,| when you | were boys:
         2       ,       ,         ,
      You were pret|ty lord|ings then?
 
POLIXENES
                                             ,            ,
                                        We were |(fair* queen)
             ,            ,                   ,   ,        ,
      Two* lads,| that thought | there was / no more | behind,
            ,       ,       ,        ,      ,
      But such | a day | tomor|row, as | today,
           ,       ,      ,     2
      And to | be boy | eter|nal.
 
HERMIONE
                                      ,         ,
                                 Was not | my lord
           ,   2   ,      2     ,
      The ver|ier wag | of the two?  \\
 
POLIXENES
           ,          ,        ,                 ,       2     ,
      We were | as twinned | lambs, that | did frisk | in the sun,
            ,          ,      2     ,        ,          ,
      And bleat | the one | at the oth|er: what | we changed,
           ,     ,          ,     ,          ,      , ->
      Was in|nocence,| for in|nocence:| we knew || not
             ,             ,    ,             ,
      The | doctrine | of ill-|doing,| nor dreamed
            ,    ,     ,            ,           ,
      That an|y did:| Had we | pursued | that life,
                  ,    ,        ,           ,        ,
      And our / weak spir|its nere | been high|er reared
              ,        ,           ,           ,           x
      With strong|er blood,| we should | have ans|wered heaven
        ,            ,         x      ,         ,
      Boldly,| not guilt|y; the im|posi|tion cleared,
         ,    ,      ,
      Hered|ita|ry ours.
 
HERMIONE
                              ,          x
                         By this | we gather
         2        ,        ,
      You have tripped | since.
 
POLIXENES
                                      ,        ,        ,
                                 O | my most^|sacred | lady,
           ,         ,            ,           ,      2     ,
      Tempta|tions have | since^then | been born | to us; for
        2       ,    T      T    T         ,        ,
      In those un|fledged days, was | my wife | a girl;
             ,         ,          ,           ,            ,
      Your prec|ious self | had then | not crossed | the eyes
          ,     T     T  T
      Of my | young playfel|low.
 
HERMIONE
                                   ,          ,
                                 Grace | to boot:
       .   T    T   T       ,          ,         ,
      Of this make no | conclu|sion, lest | you say
             ,         ,        ,        ,        ,
      Your queen | and I | are dev|ils: yet | go on,
         2   ,        2         ,   ,     ,           ,
      The offen|ses we have / made you | do, we'll | answer,
                 ,      ,           ,         ,          ,
      If you / first sinned | with us:| and that | with us
           ,        ,       ,        2              ,     ,
      You did | contin|ue fault;| and that you / slipped not
            ,     ,          ,
      With an|y, but | with us.
 
LEONTES
                                        ,   ,
                               Is he / won yet?
 
HERMIONE
              ,         ,
      He'll stay |(my lord).
 
LEONTES
                                 ,       ,       2       ,
                             At my | request | he would not:
          ,   ,          x           ,        ,
      Hermi|one |(my dearest)| thou nev|er spokst
          ,       ,
      To bet|ter pur|pose.
 
HERMIONE
                             x
                           Never?
 
LEONTES
                                   ,            ,
                                  Never,| but once.
 
HERMIONE
        ,              ,            ,            x         ,
      What? Have | I twice | said^well?| When was it | before?
          ,        ,            x             ,             x
      I prith|ee tell | me: cram us | with praise,| and make us
          ,         ,       ,     ,         ,    ,      ,
      As fat | as tame | things: one good deed, dying tongueless,  ????
         ,             ,          ,         ,    ,
      Slaughters | a thous|and, wait|ing u/pon that.
            ,       ,         ,       ,            x
      Our prais|es are | our wag|es. You | may ride us
            ,      T    T  .   T        ,          ,
      With one | soft kiss a thous|and fur|longs,^ere
             ,         ,        ,      ,      2      ,
      With spur | we beat | an ac|re. But | to the goal:
           ,           ,     ,           ,           ,
      My last | good^deed,| was to | entreat | his stay:
        ,     2       ,          ,        ,       ,
      What was my | first? It | has an | elder | sister,
         ,        ,         ,        2      ,           ,
      Or I | mistake | you: O,| would her name | were Grace.
            ,        ,        ,       2     ,          ,
      But once | before | I spoke | to the pur|pose? When?
       ,                x          ,
      Nay, let | me have it:| I long.
 
LEONTES
                                      ,                ,
                                     Why, that | was when
        T      T       T            ,            ,          ,
      Three crabbed months | had soured | themselves | to death,
       ,              ,         ,             ,     ,
      Ere I | could make | thee op|en thy / white hand:
            ,         ,         ,           ,            x
      And clap | thyself | my love;| then didst | thou utter,
      ,        ,        ,
      I am | yours for|ever.
 
HERMIONE
                                   ,         ,
                            'Tis grace | indeed.
           ,        ,     2       ,       2     ,         ,
      Why lo | you now;| I have spoke | to the pur|pose twice:
           ,         x       ,        ,       ,
      The one,| forever | earned a | royal | husband;
           ,              ,    ,          ,     oo
      The oth|er, for / some while | a friend.|
 
LEONTES
       T   T    T    ___
      Too hot, too | hot:   \\
           ,        ,         ,         ,          ,
      To ming|le friend|ship far,| is ming|ling bloods.
       2       ,        x      ,           ,       ,
      I have trem|or cordis | on me:| my heart | dances,
           ,     .   T    T   T          ,      ,       ->
      But not | for joy; not joy.| This ent|ertain||ment
         2      ,    ,         ,      ,        ,     3 3->
      May a / free face | put^on:| derive | a lib||erty
             ,      ,           ,       ,         x
      From heart|iness,| from bount|y, fer|tile bosom,
            ,        ,       x            ,        ,
      And well | become | the agent;| it may,| I grant:
       ,    2      ,           ,            ,          ,
      But to be | paddling | palms, and | pinching | fingers,
          ,          ,         ,        ,           ,
      As now | they are,| and mak|ing prac|ticed smiles
        3  3    ,        ,           ,         ,          ,
      As in a look|ing-glass;| and then | to sigh,| as 'twere
            ,      2      ,     ,      2      ,      ,
      The mort | of the deer:| oh, that is | enter|tainment
       .   Tx    T    T     ,         ,        ,  2
      My bosom likes not,| nor my | brows. Ma|millius,
            ,        ,
      Art thou | my boy?
 
MAMILLIUS
                          ,               ,
                         Aye, my | good lord.
 
LEONTES
                                                  ,
                                             In fecks:
             ,      .  T   T     T       2       ,            ,
      Why that's | my bawcock: What?| has it smutched | thy nose?
            ,      2  3   ,     ,     .   T     T   T       o
      They say | it is a cop|y out | of mine. Come cap|tain,
           ,         ,          ,          ,         ,      o
      We must | be neat;| not neat,| but clean|ly, capt|ain:  (hex with prev)
           ,          ,           ,       ,          ,
      And yet | the steer,| the heif|er, and | the calf,
           ,       T     T     T         ,      ,
      Are all | called neat. Still | virgin|alling
        ,          ,         ,          ,       ,
      Upon | his palm?| How now |(you want|on calf)
            ,         ,
      Art thou | my calf?
 
MAMILLIUS
                           ,              ,         ,
                          Yes, if | you will |(my lord).
 
LEONTES
              ,         ,       ,      2         ,              ,
      Thou wantst | a rough | pash, and the | shoots that | I have
                ,     ,     ,         ,         ,
      To be / full, like | me: yet^|they say*| we are
       ,            ,         ,      Tx   T   T
      Almost | as like | as eggs;| women say so,
              ,         ,    ,           ,           ,
      (That will | say an|ything)| but were | they false
       .  T    T     T          ,        ,         ,
      As ore-dyed blacks,| as wind,| as wat|ers, false
           ,     ,    2        ,          ,          ,
      As dice | are to be | wished, by | one that | fixes
       T   T      T      T   .    T    T        2     ,
      No bourn 'twixt | his and mine, yet | were it true,
          ,          ,           ,     T    T    .    T
      To say | this boy | were like | me. Come (sir page)
        ,        ,                x      T     T     Tx
      Look on | me with | your welkin | eye: sweet villain,
              ,         ,        ,         ,       2    ,
      Most dearst,| my col|lop: Can | thy dam,| may it be
         ,         ,       ,         ,            x
      Affec|tion? Thy | inten|tion stabs | the center.
             ,          ,             ,    ,         ,
      Thou dost | make pos|sible / things not | so held,
          ,      ,             ,      ,              ,
      Commun|icatest | with dreams |(how can | this be?)
              ,         ,      ,      ,        ,
      With what's | unreal:| thou co|active | art,
      <-        ,           ,         ,          ,      ,
        And || fellowst | nothing.| Then 'tis | very | credent,
             ,          ,           ,          ,           ,
      Thou mayst | co-join | with some|thing, and | thou dost,
             ,        ,        ,         ,          x
      (And that | beyond | commis|sion) and | I find it,
             ,     ,          ,        ,         ,
      (And that | to the | infec|tion of | my brains
            ,   2     ,        ,
      And hard|ening of | my brows.)
 
POLIXENES
                                           ,        ,    3 3->
                                    What means | Sicil||ia?
 
HERMIONE
           ,          ,        ,
      He some|thing seems | unset|tled.
 
POLIXENES
                                         ,         ,
                                        How?| My lord?
             ,      ,                  ,     ,      ,
      What cheer?| How is | it with / you, best | brother?
 
HERMIONE
            ,      ,       ,      ,       ,      ,
      You look as if you held a brow of much distraction:  ????
       ,          ,           ,
      Are you | moved (my | lord)?
 
LEONTES
                                    ,               ,
                                   No,/ in good | earnest.
            ,         ,   ,      2     ,         ,
      How some|times nat|ure will be|tray its | folly?
            ,    2      ,      ,       T  .  T   T
      Its tend|erness? And | make it|self a pastime
           ,      ,         ,       ,         ,
      To hard|er bos|oms? Look|ing on | the lines
                ,     ,          ,         ,        ,
      Of my / boy's face,| methoughts | I did | recoil
        Tx     T     T          ,        ,          ,
      Twenty-three years,| and saw | myself | unbreeched,
        2     ,      ,         ,         ,        ,
      In my green | velvet | coat; my | dagger | muzzled,
        ,                ,         ,              ,   ,
      Lest it | should bite | its mast|er, and / so prove,
           ,            ,   ,    ,    ,
      (As orn|aments / oft do)| too dang/erous:
            ,         ,      ,         ,    2        ,
      How like |(methought)| I then | was to this | kernel,
              ,            ,     ,          ,         ,
      This squash,| this gent|leman.| Mine hon|est friend,
            ,           ,         ,
      Will you | take^eggs | for mon|ey?  \\
 
MAMILLIUS
       ,         ,           ___
      No (my | lord) I'll | fight.  \\
 
LEONTES
            ,          ,      ,      2      ,         ,      ->
      You will:| why, hap|py man | be his dole!| My broth||er
       ,       2     ,     .   T    T      T         ,
      Are | you so fond | of your young prince,| as we
           ,        ,        ,
      Do seem | to be | of ours?
 
POLIXENES
                                  ,        ,
                                 If at | home (sir)
            ,        ,     ,         ,           x
      He's all | my ex|ercise,| my mirth,| my matter;
       ,         T      T     .    T          ,   ,
      Now my | sworn friend, and then | mine en|emy;
          ,     ,         ,          ,         ,
      My par|asite,| my sol|dier: states|man; all:
           ,      2    ,     ,     ,            ,
      He makes | a July's | day, short / as De|cember,
            ,         ,   2     ,           ,         ,
      And with | his var|ying child|ness, cures | in me
          ,                    ,          ,
      Thoughts, that | would thick | my blood.
 
LEONTES
                                                    ,             ,
                                              So stands | this squire
       ,              ,       ,           ,         ,
      Officed | with me:| we two | will walk |(my lord)
            ,      ,    2         ,        ,         , 2
      And leave | you to your | graver | steps. Her|mione,
       ,           ,          ,    2        ,          ,
      How thou | lovst us,| show in our | brother's | welcome;
            ,         ,        ,    ,        ,
      Let what | is dear | in Sic|ily,| be cheap:
        ,            ,               ,    ,        ,
      Next to | thyself,| and my / young rov|er, he's
         ,       ,        ,
      Appar|ent to | my heart.
 
HERMIONE
                                ,                 x
                               If you | would seek us,
        2      ,       2     ,            x         ,          ,
      We are yours | in the gard|en: shall us | attend | you there?
 
[Exeunt POLIXENES, HERMIONE, and Attendants]
 
LEONTES
                 ,    ,         ,             ,          ,
      To your / own bents | dispose | you: you'll | be found,
       ,           ,          ,     2    ,        ,
      Be you | beneath | the sky:| I am ang|ling now,
          ,      2      ,         ,        T   T    T
      (Though you per|ceive me | not how | I give line)
       T  T   T   __
      Go to, go | to.  \\
            ,           ,        ,          ,        ,
      How* she | holds^up | the neb:| the bill | to him?
            ,     ,               ,        ,       ,
      And arms | her with | the bold|ness of | a wife
       ,    2    ,        ,          ,       ,
      To her al|lowing | husband.| Gone al|ready,
        T    T      T     ,           ,          T  .    T    T
      Inch-thick, knee-|deep, ore | head and | ears a forked one.
       T   T    T      ,           ,        T     T  T
      Go play (boy)| play: thy | mother | plays, and I  (hex with prev)
        T   T    T      2      ,         ,           ,     2->
      Play too; but | so disgraced | a part,| whose is||sue
             ,     ,   2       ,          ,           ,
      Will hiss | me to my | grave: con|tempt and | clamor
            ,        ,           T    T     T         2       ,
      Will be | my knell.| Go* play (boy) play,| There have been
        ,  2       ,        T      T   T         ,
      (Or I am | much de|ceived) cuckolds | ere now,
           ,   2   ,         2      x         ,      ,
      And man|y a man | there is (even | at this | present,
       ,               ,             ,           ,      2     ,
      Now, while | I speak | this) holds | his wife | by the arm,
              x        ,          ,            ,      2       ,
      That little | thinks she | has been | sluiced in his | absence,
                  ,     ,                ,    ,         ,
      And his / pond fished | by his / next neigh|bor (by
            ,           ,          ,             ,         x
      Sir Smile,| his neigh|bor:) nay,| there's com|fort in it,
              ,      ,           ,      .    T     T    T      2->
      Whiles^oth|er men | have gates,| and those gates op||ened
            ,        ,             ,            ,         ,
      (As mine)| against | their will.| Should all | despair
        ,      2     ,        ,            T    .  T   T
      That have re|volted | wives, the | tenth of mankind
              ,           ,       ,       T   .     T      T
      Would hang | themselves.| Physic | for it, there's none:
       ,          ,      ,        ,            ,
      It is | a bawd|y plan|et, that | will strike
              ,        ,    2     ,          x             x
      Where 'tis | predom|inant; and |'tis power|ful; think it:
             ,      T     T    .    T       x        ,
      From east,| west, north and south,| be it con|cluded,
          ,     ,     ,       ,          x
      No bar|rica|do for | a bel|ly. Know it,
           ,         ,        ,         ,   ,
      It will | let in | and out | the en|emy,
            ,         ,         ,       ,        x
      With bag | and bag|gage: man|y thous|and on us
        ,     2      ,           ,        T    T   T      ,  ->
      Have the dis|ease, and | feel it | not. How now || boy?
 
MAMILLIUS
               ,         ,
      I | am like | you say.
 
LEONTES
                                    ,           ,       ->
                            Why, that's | some com||fort.
        ,     ,         ,
      What?| Camil|lo there?
 
CAMILLO
                               ,               ,
                              Aye, my | good lord.
 
LEONTES
           ,       ,   2        ,         ,       ,
      Go play |(Mamil|lius) thou'rt | an hon|est man:
       ,          ,    ,    ,        ,    ,    ,
      Camil|lo, this great sir will yet stay longer. ????
 
[Exit MAMILLIUS]
 
CAMILLO
         2      ,      ,        ,          ,       ,
      You had much | ado | to make | his anch|or hold,
            ,          ,     .   T     T    T
      When you | cast^out,| it still came home.
 
LEONTES
                                                         x
                                               Didst^note it?
 
CAMILLO
                  ,    ,         ,       ,          ,
      He would / not stay | at your | peti|tions, made
           ,          ,       ,   2
      His bus|iness more | mater|ial.
 
LEONTES
                                       ,             x
                                     Didst | perceive it?
                ,      ,    2    ,         ,   2       ,
      They're here | with me al|ready;| whispering,| rounding:
         ,  3 3        ,   ,       T   T    T
      Sici|lia is a / so-forth: |'tis far gone,
           ,           ,         ,            x      ,   x 
      When I | shall gust | it last.| How came it |(Camillo*)
            ,         ,
      That he | did stay?
 
CAMILLO
                            2      ,       ,         ,
                          At the good | queen's en|treaty.
 
LEONTES
                  ,      x       ,                ,     ,
      At the / queen's be it:| good should | be pert|inent,
            x      ,           ,     ,          ,
      But so it | is, it | is not.| Was this | taken
          ,    ,      ,         ,          ,
      By an|y und|erstand|ing pate | but thine?
           ,         ,         ,         ,      ,
      For thy | conceit | is soak|ing, will | draw in
        ,              ,         ,          ,        x
      More than | the com|mon blocks.| Not not|ed, is it,
       ,    2       ,       ,         ,          ,
      But of the | finer | natures?| By some | severals
           ,    ,        x   3 3       ,       ,
      Of head|piece ex|traordinary?| Lower | messes  ??
            ,      ,    2        ,          T   T     T
      Perchance | are to this | business | purblind? Say.
 
CAMILLO
       ,              ,        ,           ,      ,
      Business,| my lord?| I think | most^und|erstand
         ,         ,     ,      ,
      Bohem|ia / stays here | longer.
 
LEONTES
                                      __
                                      Ha?
 
CAMILLO
        T     T    T
      Stays here long|er.
 
LEONTES
                          ,         ,    oo
                         Aye,| but why?|
 
CAMILLO
          ,     ,          ,         ,       2    ,       ->
      To sat|isfy | your high|ness, and | the entreat||ies
        2        ,    ,        ,
      Of our / most grac|ious mist|ress.
 
LEONTES
                                         ,     ,
                                        Sat|isfy?
         2    ,        ,         ,          ,     ,
      The entrea|ties of | your mist|ress? Sat|isfy?
            ,         ,     2       ,        ,     ,   x
      Let^that | suffice.| I have trust|ed thee |(Camillo)
            ,          ,         ,       2     ,          ,
      With all | the near|est things | to my heart,| as well
           ,        ,            x        T     T     T
      My chamb|er-coun|cils, wherein |(priest-like) thou
               ,           x     ,           ,       ,
      Hast cleansed | my bosom:| I, from | thee de|parted
           ,     ,         ,          ,          ,
      Thy pen|itent | reformed:| but we | have been
           ,         ,       ,     ,        ,
      Deceived | in thy | integ|rity,| deceived
           ,            ,
      In that | which seems | so.
 
CAMILLO
                                    x         ,         ,
                                  Be it | forbid |(my lord).
 
LEONTES
           ,        x       ,             ,        ,
      To bide | upon it:| thou art | not hon|est: or,
           ,         ,           ,      ,     2     ,
      If thou | inclinst | that way,| thou art a | coward,
             ,      ,     ,       ,         ,       2->
      Which hox|es hon|esty | behind,| restrain||ing
              ,          ,          ,           ,         ,      2->
      From course | required:| or else | thou must | be count||ed
         ,         ,       ,       ,   2     ,
      A serv|ant graft|ed in | my ser|ious trust,
            ,       ,      ,         ,        ,
      And there|in neg|ligent:| or else | a fool,
             ,     .   T     T     T     .    T    T     T
      That seest | a game played home,| the rich stake drawn,
             ,         ,          ,
      And takest | it all | for jest.
 
CAMILLO
                                          ,          ,
                                      My gra|cious lord,
         ,        ,     2      ,        ,      ,
      I may | be neg|ligent, fool|ish, and | fearful,
          ,      ,         ,         ,         ,
      In eve|ry one | of these,| no man | is free,
            ,         ,      ,          ,        ,
      But that | his neg|ligence,| his fol|ly, fear,
         ,         ,   2     ,       ,         ,
      Among | the in|finite do|ings of | the world,
            ,           ,          ,        ,          ,
      Sometime | puts^forth | in your | affairs |(my lord).
          ,    ,          ,       ,      ,
      If ev|er I | were will|ful neg|ligent,
          ,        ,       ,      ,     2   ,
      It was | my fol|ly: if | indus|triously
           ,           ,        ,        ,      ,
      I played | the fool,| it was | my neg|ligence,
             ,         ,         ,         x      ,
      Not* weigh|ing well | the end:| if ever | fearful
          ,       ,           ,         x       ,
      To do | a thing,| where I | the issue | doubted,
             ,        ,   ,             ,   ,
      Where of | the ex|ecu|tion did / cry out
          ,          ,        ,           ,        ,
      Against | the non-|perform|ance, 'twas | a fear
             ,        ,          ,         ,          ,
      Which oft | infects | the wis|est: these |(my lord)
       ,      2     ,        ,   2           ,    ,
      Are such^al|lowed in|firmities,| that hon|esty
          ,       ,         ,        ,            ,
      Is nev|er free | of. But | beseech | your grace
           ,        ,         ,         ,         ,        ->
      Be plain|er with | me, let | me know | my tres||pass*
        2       ,   ,        ,       ,        x
      By its / own vis|age; if | I then | deny it,
               x       ,
      'Tis none of | mine.
 
LEONTES
                                   ,          ,      ,
                           Have | not you | seen Ca|millo?
        .    T      T    T           ,               ,    ,
      (But that's past doubt:| you have,| or your / eye-glass
           ,        ,        ,          ,         ,
      Is thick|er than | a cuck|old's horn)| or heard?
        ,    2     ,        ,     ,        ,
      (For to a | vision | so ap|parent | rumor
          ,         ,          ,            ,    ,      2->
      Cannot | be mute)| or thought?| (for cog|ita||tion
          ,      ,             ,           ,          ,
      Resides | not in | that man,| that does | not think)
           ,         ,    2    ,          ,         ,
      My wife | is slip|pery? If | thou wilt | confess,
           ,        ,     ,      ,     ,
      Or else | be imp|udent|ly neg|ative,
           ,          ,          ,           ,            ,
      To have | nor eyes,| nor ears,| nor thought,| then say
            ,        ,       ,          ,         ,
      My wife's | a hob|by-horse,| deserves | a name
           ,        ,     ,     ,             ,
      As rank | as an|y flax-|wench, that | puts to
          ,          ,       T      Tx     .   T      x
      Before | her troth-|plight: say it, and just|ify it.
 
CAMILLO
                 ,   ,       ,       ,        ,
      I would / not be | a stand|er-by,| to hear
           ,         ,          ,       ,        ,
      My sove|reign mist|ress cloud|ed so,| without
           ,        ,         ,         ,          ,
      My pres|ent venge|ance tak|en: 'shrew | my heart,
           ,       ,           ,        ,          ,
      You nev|er spoke | what did | become | you less
             ,      ,           ,    ,          ,
      Than this;| which to | reit|erate,| were sin
             x       ,               ,
      As deep as | that, though* | true.
 
LEONTES
                                               ,   2        ,
                                        Is | whispering | nothing?
           ,        ,          ,          ,        x
      Is lean|ing cheek | to cheek?| Is meet|ing noses?
        ,             ,       ,      ,           2    ,
      Kissing | with in|side^lip?| Stopping | the career
           ,          ,        ,         ,       ,
      Of laugh|ter, with | a sigh?| (a note | infallible  ????
           ,        ,    2      ,        ,         ,
      Of break|ing hon|esty*) hors|ing foot | on foot?
        ,             ,         ,         ,             ,
      Skulking | in corn|ers? wish|ing clocks | more* swift?
       ___       Tx      T    T    T     .   T    T
      Hours,| minutes? Noon, mid|night? and all eyes
        ,       2       ,         ,            ,             ,
      Blind with the | pin and | web, but | theirs; theirs^|only,
             ,         ,         ,       ,          ,       o
      That would | unseen | be wick|ed? Is | this noth|ing?
            ,          ,          ,             x          ,      o
      Why then | the world,| and all | that's in it,| is noth|ing,
            ,          x       ,          ,  2    ,       o
      The cove|ring sky is | nothing,| Bohe|mia noth|ing;
           ,         ,        ,      ,         ,          ,
      My wife | is noth|ing, nor | nothing | have these^|nothings, (hex with prev 3)
           ,         ,
      If this | be noth|ing.
 
CAMILLO
                              ,         ,         ,
                            Good | my lord,| be cured
           ,         ,       ,        ,        ,
      Of this | diseased | opin|ion, and | betimes,
            ,           ,     ,
      For 'tis | most dang|erous.
 
LEONTES
                                    2    ,          ,
                                 Say it be,| 'tis true.
 
CAMILLO
            ,        ,
      No*, no,| my lord.
 
LEONTES
                            ,        ,         ,
                        It is:| you lie,| you lie:
         ,           x      ,   2     ,        ,
      I say | thou liest | Camillo,| and I | hate thee,
            ,                ,     ,        ,         ,
      Pronounce | thee a / gross lout,| a mind|less slave,
           ,        ,         ,    ,        ,
      Or else | a hove|ring temp|oriz|er, that
        ,                  ,         ,     T    T   .   Tx
      Canst with | thine^eyes | at once | see good and evil,
          ,       ,          ,                 ,     x
      Inclin|ing to | them both:| were my / wife's liver
         ,        ,         ,          ,           ,
      Infec|ted (as | her life)| she would | not live
           ,      2    ,      ,
      The run|ning of one | glass.
 
CAMILLO
                                    ,              ,
                                   Who / does in|fect her?
 
LEONTES
           ,          ,           ,        x       ,
      Why he | that wears | her like | a medal,| hanging
         ,          ,       ,   2   ,       ,
      About | his neck |(Bohem|ia) who,| if I
           ,          ,       ,                 ,    ,
      Had serv|ants true | about | me, that / bare eyes
          ,     x            ,       ,           ,
      To see | alike mine | honor,| as their | profits,
              ,        ,          ,             ,          ,
      (Their own | partic|ular thrifts)| they would | do that
               ,      . T   T   T       ,          ,
      Which should | undo more do|ing: Aye,| and thou
           ,    ,           ,          ,       ,
      His cup|bearer,| whom I | from mean|er form
              ,             ,         ,                ,    ,
      Have benched,| and reared | to worsh|ip, who / mayst see
        ,        .   Tx     T    T      .    T     T    Tx
      Plainly,| as heaven sees earth,| and earth sees heaven,
          ,       ,          ,          ,        ,
      How I | am gal|led, mightst | bespice | a cup,
           ,          ,   ,       ,        ,
      To give | mine en|emy | a last|ing wink:
              ,         ,          ,
      Which draft | to me | were cord|ial.
 
CAMILLO
                                            ,         ,
                                           Sir |(my lord)
          ,          ,          ,        2     ,     ,
      I could | do this,| and that | with no rash | potion,
       ,             ,   2      ,            ,           ,
      But with | a ling|ering dram,| that should | not work
         ,      2     ,     ,           ,       ,
      Malic|iously, like | poison:| but I | cannot
          ,            ,         ,     2     ,       ,
      Believe | this crack | to be | in my dread | mistress
        ,   ,             ,       ,      ,
      (So sove/reignly | being | honor|able).
       2       ,
      I have loved | thee.
 
LEONTES
                                   ,          ,               ,  ,
                           Make* that | thy ques|tion, and / go rot:
             ,     ,   2      ,       ,     ,
      Dost think | I am so | muddy,| so un|settled,
        2    ,         ,         ,       ,    ,
      To appoint | myself | in this | vexa|tion?
       ,   2       ,  2          ,         ,         ,
      Sully the | purity | and white|ness of | my sheets
         ,     2      ,           T      T     Tx      ,
      (Which to pre|serve, is | sleep: which being | spotted,
       .   T       T     T          ,          ,     oo
      Is goads, thorns, net|tles, tails | of wasps)|
        ,    ,                 ,       2       ,         ,
      Give scand/al to | the blood | of the prince,| my son,
           ,        ,          ,          ,         ,
      (Who I | do think | is mine,| and love | as mine)
           ,      ,   ,        2           ,        ,
      Without | ripe mov/ing to it?| Would I | do this?
             ,          ,
      Could man | so blench?
 
CAMILLO
                                 ,        ,           ,
                             I must | believe | you (sir)
         ,                ,    ,       ,   2    x
      I do,| and will / fetch off | Bohem|ia for it:
          ,        ,      ,      2     ,             ,
      Provid|ed, that | when he's re|moved, your | highness
             ,       ,           ,          ,          ,
      Will take | again | your queen | as yours | at first,
        x     2         T     T    .    T    ,         ,
      Even for your | son's sake, and there|by for | sealing
           ,   x          ,             ,           ,
      The in|jury of | tongues, in | courts and | kingdoms
        ,           ,    2       ,
      Known, and | allied to | yours.
 
LEONTES
                                              ,       ,
                                     Thou | dost ad|vise me,
       Tx   T  . T         ,       ,                ,
      Even so as I | mine own | course have | set^down:
             ,     ,   ,                ,        ,
      I'll give | no blem/ish to | her hon|or, none.
 
CAMILLO
           ,
      My lord,  \\
       ,              ,        ,      ,          ,
      Go then:| and with | a count|enance | as clear
            ,          ,           ,       ,      2    ,  2
      As friend|ship wears | at feasts,| keep with Bo|hemia,
            ,           ,     ,           ,    ,
      And with | your queen:| I am | his cup|bearer,
       ,         ,             ,         ,     ,
      If from | me he | have whole|some bev|erage,
          ,         ,          ,
      Account | me not | your serv|ant.
 
LEONTES
                                         ,        ,
                                       This | is all:
       ,            ,      T   .   T    T      2     ,
      Do it,| and thou | hast the one half | of my heart;
        2    ,            ,             ,
      Do it not,| thou splitst | thine own.
 
CAMILLO
                                                   x          ,
                                            I'll do it,| my lord.
 
LEONTES
       2       ,       ,        ,          ,       ,
      I will seem | friendly,| as thou | hast ad|vised me.
 
[Exit]
 
CAMILLO
         ,    ,      ,      ,         ,
      O mis|era|ble la|dy. But | for me,
             ,      ,    2     ,         ,        ,   2
      What case | stand I in?| I must | be the | poisoner  ??
           ,       ,    ,       2      ,          x
      Of good | Polix|enes,| and my ground | to do it
       ,         ,     ,      2   ,        ,
      Is the | obed|ience | to a mast|er; one,
           ,      ,         ,         ,           ,
      Who in | rebel|lion with | himself,| will have
       ,              ,        ,        ,          ,
      All that | are his,| so too.| To do | this deed,
          ,       ,         ,    2        ,       ,     2->
      Promo|tion fol|lows: If | I could find | exam||ple
           ,          ,           ,        ,         ,
      Of thous|ands that | had struck | anoin|ted kings,
            ,          ,             ,    x           ,
      And flour|ished aft|er, I'd / not do it:| but since
            ,           ,           ,          ,          ,
      Nor brass,| nor stone,| nor parch|ment bears | not^one,
           ,     ,       ,            x         ,
      Let vil|lany | itself | forswear it.| I must
           ,          ,          x         ,       ,       2->
      Forsake | the court:| to do it,| or no,| is cer||tain
          ,   .   T     T     Tx      T    T    T
      To me | a break-neck. Happy | star reign now,
              ,        ,   2
      Here* comes | Bohem|ia.
 
POLIXENES
                               ,          ,           ,
                             This | is strange:| methinks
          ,       ,        ,     .   T    T    T
      My fav|or here | begins | to warp. Not speak?
            ,     ,
      Good day | Camil|lo.
 
CAMILLO
                             ,          ,      ,
                           Hail | most roy|al sir.
 
POLIXENES
        ,             ,      2      ,
      What is | the news | in the court?
 
CAMILLO
                                           T    T    .   T
                                         None rare (my lord).
 
POLIXENES
            ,          ,         ,        ,      ,
      The king | hath on | him such | a count|enance,
       ,   2        ,           ,         ,       ,
      As he had | lost some | province,| and a | region
        ,      2       ,         T    Tx   T         x
      Loved, as he | loves him|self: even now | I met him
            ,     ,      ,      ,          ,
      With cust|omar|y comp|liment,| when he
        ,    2        ,    2       ,   ,            ,
      Wafting his | eyes to the | contrar/y, and | falling
         ,         ,         ,        ,     ,
      A lip | of much | contempt,| speeds from / me, and
       ,    ,           2     ,        ,         ,
      So leaves / me, to con|sider | what is | breeding,
              ,        ,         ,
      That chang|eth thus | his man|ners.  \\
 
CAMILLO
          ,          ,         ,
      I dare | not know |(my lord).
 
POLIXENES
      <-  T     T   T      T  T    T         ,          ,    ___
         How, dare not?|| Do not? Do | you know,| and dare | not?
       ,     ,   2          ,          ,      ,
      Be in|telligent | to me,| 'tis there|abouts:
           ,         ,          ,         ,          ,
      For to | yourself,| what you | do know,| you must.
             x      ,           T   T     T     ,   2
      And cannot | say, you | dare not. Good | Camillo,
              ,           ,        ,        ,        x
      Your changed | complex|ions are | to me | a mirror,
              ,      .   T     T     T        ,         ,
      Which shows | me mine changed too:| for I | must be
          ,     ,         ,    ,         ,      2->
      A part|y in | this alt|era|tion, find||ing
          ,          ,           x
      Myself | thus alt|ered with it.
 
CAMILLO
                                        ,     2      ,
                                      There is a | sickness
              ,      ,        ,           ,       ,
      Which puts | some of | us in | distemp|er, but
         ,        ,       2    ,          ,         ,
      I can|not name | the disease,| and it | is caught
          ,          ,          ,
      Of you,| that yet | are well.
 
POLIXENES
                                     T     T    .  T
                                    How caught of me?
        ,             ,        ,         ,     ,
      Make me | not sight|ed like | the bas|ilisk,
       2        ,          ,          ,           ,           x
      I have looked | on thous|ands, who | have sped | the better
          ,       ,           ,       ,        ,   2
      By my | regard,| but killed | none so:| Camillo,
       ,    2       ,       ,        x          ,
      As you are | certain|ly a | gentleman,| thereto
        T     T   . T   2        ,          ,       ,
      Clerk-like exper|ienced, which | no less | adorns
            ,        ,         ,         ,       ,
      Our gent|ry, than | our par|ents' nob|le names,
           ,          ,      2       x     ,      ,
      In whose | success | we are gentle:| I be|seech you,
          ,           ,             ,        ,         ,        ->
      If you | know aught | which does | behove | my know||ledge,
        ,       ,     2     ,         ,    2    ,
      There|of to | be informed,| impris|on it not
          ,     ,         ,      3
      In ig|norant | conceal|ment.
 
CAMILLO
                                   3     ,     ,
                                  I may not | answer.
 
POLIXENES
          ,          ,         ,        ,        ,
      A sick|ness caught | of me,| and yet | I well?
          ,        ,           ,           ,     ,   2
      I must | be ans|wered. Dost | thou hear | Camillo,
         ,         ,        ,          ,         ,
      I con|jure thee,| by all | the parts | of man,
             ,       ,        ,           ,     2      ,
      Which hon|or does | acknow|ledge, where|of the least
          ,           ,         ,           ,        ,
      Is not | this suit | of mine,| that thou | declare
            ,     ,      ,           ,          ,
      What in|cidenc|y thou | dost guess | of harm
           ,          ,          ,         ,           ,
      Is creep|ing toward | me; how | far^off,| how* near,
             ,        ,       ,        ,       ,
      Which way | to be | prevent|ed, if | to be:
          ,          ,           x
      If not,| how best | to bear it.
 
CAMILLO
                                      ,    2         ,
                                     Sir, I will | tell you,
            ,         ,          ,             ,  ,
      Since^I | am charged | in hon|or, and / by him
          2    ,      ,  3 3       ,           ,         ,
      That I think | honorable:| therefore | mark my | counsel,
              ,         x         ,       ,          ,
      Which must | be even | as swift|ly fol|lowed, as
          ,            x          ,          ,         ,
      I mean | to utter it;| or both | yourself,| and me,  ??
       T    T    .   T          ,
      Cry lost, and so | good night.
 
POLIXENES
                                     ,          ,   2
                                    On, good | Camillo.
 
CAMILLO
      ,          ,       ,        ,       ,
      I am | appoint|ed him | to murd|er you.
 
POLIXENES
           ,     ,   2
      By whom,| Camillo?
 
CAMILLO
                          ,         ,
                         By | the king.
 
POLIXENES
                                             ,
                                       For what?
 
CAMILLO
            ,      ,          ,    ,                 ,
      He thinks,| nay with | all conf/idence | he swears,
       ,              x          ,         ,      ,
      As he | had seen it,| or been | an inst|rument
           ,          x           ,            ,            ,
      To vice | you to it,| that you | have touched | his queen
          ,      ,
      Forbid|denly.
 
POLIXENES
                         ,     .   T    T     T
                    Oh then,| my best blood turn
       ,          ,      ,             ,   ,
      To an | infect|ed jel|ly, and / my name
           ,           ,          ,        ,          ,
      Be yoked | with his,| that did | betray | the best:
        ,              ,        ,    ,       ,
      Turn then | my fresh|est rep|uta|tion to
         ,        ,           ,            x        ,
      A sav|or, that | may strike | the dullest | nostril
            ,       ,         ,        ,           ,
      Where I | arrive,| and my | approach | be shunned,
           ,      ,      ,       2         ,        ,
      Nay hat|ed too,| worse than the | greatst in|fection
            ,           ,         ,
      That ere | was heard,| or read.
 
CAMILLO
                                       T    .     T     x
                                     Swear his thought over
           ,        ,   2     ,         ,       ,
      By each | partic|ular star | in heav|en, and
          ,           ,   x             ,         ,
      By all | their in|fluences;| you may | as well
          ,         ,     ,         ,          ,
      Forbid | the sea | for to | obey | the moon,
       ,            ,        ,          ,         ,
      As (or | by oath)| remove | or (couns|el) shake
           ,       ,        ,        ,          ,      2->
      The fab|ric of | his fol|ly, whose | founda||tion
           ,       ,          ,           ,        ,     2->
      Is piled | upon | his faith,| and will | contin||ue
            ,        ,        ,
      The stand|ing of | his bod|y.
 
POLIXENES
                                     ,          2       ,
                                    How | should this grow?
 
CAMILLO
          ,     ,    ,             ,          ,         2->
      I know | not: but / I am | sure 'tis | safer || to
         ,             ,            ,        ,          ,
      Avoid | what's^grown,| than ques|tion how |'tis born.
           ,                ,    ,         ,    ,
      If there|fore you / dare trust | my hon|esty,
             ,        ,      ,          ,            ,
      That lies | enclos|ed in | this trunk,| which you
              ,       ,         ,       ,        ,
      Shall bear | along | impawned,| away | tonight,
            ,      ,     2       ,   ,    2       ,
      Your fol|lowers | I will whis|per to the | business,
            ,         ,           ,          ,        ,       ->
      And will | by twos,| and threes,| at seve|ral post||erns,
        ,       ,    2       ,        2    ,          ,
      Clear | them of the | city:| For myself,| I'll put
           ,        ,         ,          ,           ,
      My fort|unes to | your serv|ice (which | are here
           ,        ,   2    ,         ,        ,      ->
      By this | discov|ery lost).| Be not | uncert||ain,
       ,      2     ,      ,       ,        ,
      For | by the hon|or of | my par|ents, I
            ,         ,       ,              ,         ,
      Have ut|tered truth:| which if | you seek | to prove,
          ,          ,          ,           ,         x
      I dare | not stand | by; nor | shall you | be safer,
            ,          ,      ,          T    T    T
      Than one | condemned | by the | king's own mouth:
            ,        ,   ,        ,     oo
      Thereon | his ex|ecut|ion sworn.|
 
POLIXENES
         ,       ,
      I do | believe | thee:  \\
         ,          ,       2      ,      ,             ,
      I saw | his heart | in his face.| Give me | thy hand.
          ,      ,        ,          ,       ,
      Be pil|ot to | me, and | thy plac|es shall
              ,         ,         ,           ,      ,
      Still neigh|bor mine.| My ships | are read|y, and
           ,      ,        ,         ,        ,       ->
      My peop|le did | expect | my hence | depar||ture
       ,      ,     ,          ,     __
      Two | days a|go. This | jealou|sy
       ,           ,         ,         ,           ,
      Is for | a prec|ious creat|ure: as | she's rare,
            ,        ,      ,    2        ,          ,
      Must it | be great;| and as his | person's | mighty,
            ,       x         ,      2     ,         ,
      Must it | be vio|lent: and | as he does | conceive,
       ,          ,        ,      ,            x
      He is | dishon|ored by | a man,| which ever
            ,         ,     ,            ,       ,
      Professed | to him:| why his | reveng|es must
           ,     .   T    T    Tx       ,         ,
      In that | be made more bitter.| Fear ore|shades me:
            ,    ,       ,         ,          ,       2->
      Good^ex|pedi|tion be | my friend,| and com||fort
            ,         ,       ,    2        ,            ,
      The grac|ious queen,| part of his | theme, but | nothing
                ,    ,       ,          ,     ,   2
      Of his / ill-tane | suspi|cion. Come | Camillo,
          ,        ,           ,       ,       ,
      I will | respect | thee as | a fath|er, if
              ,          ,     T     T     T   .      ,
      Thou bearst | my life | off, hence: let us | avoid.
 
CAMILLO
          ,        ,        ,    ,     2     ,
      It is | in mine | author|ity | to command
            ,        ,          ,           ,            ,       2->
      The keys | of all | the post|erns: please | your high||ness
           ,         ,        ,      ,          ,
      To take | the urg|ent hour.| Come sir,| away.
 
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