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[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
,
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,
Without | a burd|en: time | as long | again
,
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Would be | find^up |(my broth|er) with | our
thanks,
,
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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
,
, ,
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With one | we thank | you, man|y thous|ands moe,
,
,
That go | before | it.
LEONTES
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,
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,
,
, ,
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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 ,
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,
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 ,
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,
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 ,
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, ,
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
,
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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.
[Exeunt]