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The Winter's Tale

Act V, Scene 3

A chapel in PAULINA'S house.
 
[Enter LEONTES, POLIXENES, FLORIZEL, PERDITA, CAMILLO, PAULINA, Lords, and Attendants]
 
LEONTES
          ,           ,        ,             ,    ,       2->
      O grave | and good | Pauli|na, the / great com||fort
           ,         ,         ,
      That I | have had | of thee?
 
PAULINA
                                           ,         ,
                                   What (sove|reign sir)
         ,          ,        ,       ,    ,      ,    ,
      I did | not well,| I meant | well: All my services
                   ,    ,     ,                      ,    ,
      You have / paid home.| But that | you have / vouchsafed
           2        ,        ,             ,           ,    ,
      (With your crowned | brother,| and these | your con|tracted
        ,               ,               ,    ,          x
      Heirs of | your king|doms) my / poor house | to visit;
          ,      ,    ,              ,             x
      It is | a sur|plus of | your grace,| which never
           ,          ,      x
      My life | may last | to answer.
 
LEONTES
                                      ,      ,
                                      O Pau|lina,
          ,      ,           ,        ,         ,
      We hon|or you | with troub|le: but | we came
          ,         ,   ,    2        ,            ,   2
      To see | the sta|tue of our | queen. Your | gallery*
                   ,      ,       ,              ,         ,
      Have we / passed through,| not with|out* much | content
          ,      ,   x    2               ,   ,
      In ma|ny sing|ularities;| but we / saw not
        ,                ,        ,         ,      ,
      That which | my daught|er came | to look | upon,
            ,      ,         ,    3
      The stat|ue of | her moth|er.
 
PAULINA
                                      3      ,       ,
                                    As she lived | peerless,
                 ,    ,       ,        ,        ,
      So her / dead like|ness I | do well | believe
          ,         ,     ,           ,       ,
      Excels | whatev|er yet | you looked | upon,
           ,        ,           ,      ,               x
      Or hand | of man | hath done:| therefore | I keep it
        ,         ,          ,        ,        ,
      Lonely,| apart.| But here | it is:| prepare
          ,          ,         ,        ,          x
      To see | the life | as live|ly mocked,| as ever
        T     T      T       T     Tx      .   T          ,
      Still sleep mocked | death: behold, and say |'tis well.  ??
          ,          ,         ,    .    T    T    T
      I like | your sil|ence, it | the more shows off
            ,              ,    ,            ,         ,
      Your wond|er: but / yet speak,| first^you |(my liege)
           x           ,           ,
      Comes it not | something | near?
 
LEONTES
                                              ,  2      ,
                                       Her | natural | posture.
        ,                ,          ,        ,        ,
      Chide me |(dear* stone)| that I | may say | indeed
            ,        ,   ,        ,        ,          ,  ->
      Thou art | Hermi|one;| or rath|er, thou || art she,
        2     ,      ,            ,       2     ,     ->
      In thy not | chiding:| for she | was as tend||er
          ,     ,         ,          ,        ,    2->
      As in|fancy,| and grace.| But yet |(Paulin||a)
          ,   ,        ,      2       ,          ,      2->
      Hermi|one | was not | so much^wrink|led, noth||ing
          ,           ,    ,
      So age|d as / this seems.
 
POLIXENES
                                      ,         ,
                                Oh*, not | by much.
 
PAULINA
           ,          ,          ,        ,      ,
      So much | the more | our carv|er's ex|cellence,
              ,        ,         ,         ,           ,         ->
      Which lets | go by | some six|teen years,| and makes || her
        2        ,    ,
      As she / lived now.
 
LEONTES
                              ,          ,            ,
                          As now | she might | have done,
           ,              ,   ,         ,       ,
      So much | to my / good com|fort, as | it is
       ,    ,         2       T    T    T          ,
      Now pierc/ing to my | soul. Oh, thus | she stood,
        2           ,    ,        ,            ,    ,
      Even with / such life | of maj|esty* /(warm life,
          ,         ,        ,            ,            x
      As now | it cold|ly stands)| when first | I wooed her.
      ,   2     ,            ,          ,        ,
      I am a|shamed: does | not the | stone re|buke me,
            x             ,           ,    T   Tx    T
      For being | more* stone | than it?| Oh royal piece:
               ,      ,        ,    ,           ,
      There's^mag|ic in | thy maj|esty,| which has
          ,       ,        ,      ,           ,
      My ev|ils conj|ured to | remem|brance; and
            ,       ,         ,        ,           x
      From thy | admir|ing daught|er took | the spirits,
        ,          ,    ,
      Standing | like stone / with thee.
 
PERDITA
                                              ,         ,
                                        And give | me leave,
           ,        ,         ,     ,          ,
      And do | not say |'tis sup|ersti|tion, that
          ,           ,        ,           ,         ,    ->
      I kneel,| and then | implore | her bles|sing. La||dy,
        ,      ,            ,   2       ,          ,
      Dear | queen, that | ended when | I but | began,
        ,    2         ,         ,          ,
      Give me that | hand of | yours to | kiss.
 
PAULINA
                                                      ,
                                                O*,| patience:
            ,      ,        ,       ,          ,       ->
      The stat|ue is | but new|ly fixed;| the col||or's
       ,    ___
      Not | dry.  \\
 
CAMILLO
           ,          ,             ,    ,          ,
      My lord,| your sor|row was / too sore | laid^on,
             ,          ,       ,        ,      ,
      Which six|teen* wint|ers can|not blow | away,
          ,     ,        ,       T    Tx  T
      So man|y sum|mers dry:| scarce any joy
           ,     ,     T    T    T    ,
      Did ev|er so | long live; no | sorrow,
             ,       x            ,
      But killed | itself much^|sooner.
 
POLIXENES
                                         ,         ,
                                       Dear my | brother,
           ,          ,          ,          ,           x
      Let him | that was | the cause | of this,| have power
       .   T   T   T          ,           ,        ,
      To take off so | much^grief | from you,| as he
             ,      ,           ,
      Will piece | up in | himself.
 
PAULINA
                                       ,         ,
                                   Indeed | my lord,
         ,          ,            ,       2     ,     ,
      If I | had thought | the sight | of my poor | image
              ,            ,            ,          ,          ,
      Would thus | have wrought | you (for | the stone | is mine)
           ,            ,       2
      I'd not | have showed | it.
 
LEONTES
                                     ,      ,          ,
                                 Do not | draw the | curtain.
 
PAULINA
           ,       ,           ,      2      ,          ,     2->
      No long|er shall | you gaze | on it, lest | your fan||cy
            ,       ,         ,
      May think | anon,| it moves.
 
LEONTES
                                       ,        ,
                                  Let be,| let be:
        ,    2         ,           ,        ,        ,
      Would I were | dead, but | that me|thinks al|ready.
             ,         ,          ,          ,         ,
      (What was | he that | did make | it?) See |(my lord)
             ,          ,           ,                   ,     ,
      Would you | not^deem | it breathed?| And that / those veins
           ,          ,    ,
      Did ver|ily / bear blood?
 
POLIXENES
                                 ,          ,
                                Master|ly done:
           ,      ,            ,      ,         ,
      The ve|ry life | seems^warm | upon | her lip.
 
LEONTES
           ,        ,        ,         ,        x
      The fix|ture of | her eye | has mot|ion in it,
          ,          ,           ,
      As we | are mocked | with art.
 
PAULINA
                                            ,           x
                                     I'll draw | the curtain:
            ,      ,           ,          ,         ,
      My lord's | almost | so far | transport|ed, that
              ,       ,      x
      He'll think | anon | it lives.
 
LEONTES
                                           ,        ,
                                     O | sweet Pau|lina,
        ,    2       ,          ,        ,        ,
      Make me to | think so | twenty | years to|gether:
          ,         ,      ,         ,           ,
      No set|tled sens|es of | the world | can match
            ,              ,   ,         ,      2   ,
      The pleas|ure of / that mad|ness. Let | it alone.
 
PAULINA
       2    ,       ,     2       ,     ,     ,
      I am sor|ry (sir)| I have thus | far stirred / you: but
      ,      2     ,           ,
      I could af|flict you | farther.
 
LEONTES
                                         ,       ,
                                        Do Paul|ina:
            ,        ,        ,        ,          ,
      For this | afflic|tion has | a taste | as sweet
          ,     ,       ,          ,          ,
      As an|y cord|ial com|fort. Still | methinks
             ,       ,      ,       2        T    T     Tx
      There is | an air | comes from her.| What fine chisel
              x     ,          ,          ,        ,
      Could ever | yet cut^|breath? Let^|no man^|mock me, ??
          ,          ,
      For I | will kiss | her.
 
PAULINA
                                 ,         ,         ,
                               Good | my lord,| forbear:
           ,      ,      ,         ,        ,
      The rud|diness | upon | her lip,| is wet;
              ,         ,         ,          ,           ,
      You'll mar | it, if | you kiss | it; stain | your own
            ,      ,          ,         ,          ,      ->
      With oil|y paint|ing: Shall | I draw | the curt||ain.
 
LEONTES
       ,    ,    ,     ,      ,
      No:| not these twenty years.
 
PERDITA
                                        ,        ,
                                   So long could I  ????
        T    T  .   T      ,
      Stand by, a look|er on.
 
PAULINA
                                ,           ,
                              Either | forbear,
        ,    ,                ,       ,       ,         2->
      Quit pres/ently | the chap|el, or | resolve || you
            ,       ,         ,        ,          x
      For more | amaze|ment: If | you can | behold it,
             ,          ,       ,        ,        ,
      I'll make | the stat|ue move | indeed;| descend,
            ,         ,         ,          ,             ,
      And take | you by | the hand:| but then | you'll think
             ,        ,        ,     ,   2    ,
      (Which^I | protest | against)| I am as|sisted
           ,        x
      By wick|ed powers.
 
LEONTES
                               ,          ,         ,
                         What you | can make | her do,
      ,           ,         ,     ,              ,
      I am | content | to look | on: what | to speak,
      ,           ,         ,          ,        ,    2->
      I am | content | to hear:| for 'tis | as eas||y
           ,          ,          ,
      To make | her speak,| as move.
 
PAULINA
                                      ,   2      ,
                                     It is re|quired
      <-        ,     ,           ,            T    T     T
        You || do a|wake your | faith: Then,| all stand still:
      __            ,            ,            ,  ,        ,
      On:  \\  || those that | think it | is un|lawful | business
      ,         ,          ,        ,
      I am | about,| let them | depart.
 
LEONTES
                                            ,
                                       Proceed:
           ,            ,
      No foot | shall stir.
 
PAULINA
                             ,         ,            ,
                            Music;| awake | her: strike:
             ,         ,         ,          ,         ,
      'Tis time:| descend:| be stone | no more:| approach:
              ,           ,      ,           ,        ,
      Strike^all | that look | upon | with marv|el: Come:
             ,           ,           ,     T     T  . T
      I'll fill | your grave | up: stir:| nay, come away:
           ,          ,            ,                 ,   ,
      Bequeath | to death | your numb|ness: (for / from him,
        T    T   .  T           ,         ,           ,
      Dear life redeems | you) You | perceive | she stirs:
       ___    ___        ,         ,         ,      ,
      Start | not:| her act|ions shall | be ho|ly, as
            ,         ,         ,        ,         ,        o
      You hear | my spell | is law|ful: do | not shun | her,  (hex with prev)
         ,         ,         ,       ,          ,
      Until | you see | her die | again;| for then
            ,          ,       ,         ,           ,
      You kill | her doub|le: Nay,| present | your hand:
            ,          ,           ,           ,        ,
      When she | was young,| you wooed | her: now,| in age,
          ,        ,          ,
      Is she | become | the suit|or?
 
LEONTES
                                     ,           ,
                                    Oh | she's warm:
           ,        ,       ,        ,       ,
      If this | be mag|ic, let | it be | an art
       ,           ,
      Lawful | as eat|ing.
 
POLIXENES
                           ,        ,      ,
                          She | embrac|es him.
 
CAMILLO
            ,        ,          ,
      She hangs | about | his neck,  \\
          ,         ,         ,                ,    ,
      If she | pertain | to life,| let her / speak too.
 
POLIXENES
       ,           ,        ,  2        ,               ,
      Aye, and | make it | manifest*| where she | has lived,
          ,       x                ,
      Or how | stolen from | the dead.
 
PAULINA
                                         ,     2      ,
                                       That she is | living,
        ,             ,            ,          ,      ,
      Were it | but told | you, should | be hoot|ed at
                 ,    ,     ,           ,           ,
      Like^an / old tale:| but it | appears | she lives,
              ,          ,      T     T  .  T        ,
      Though yet | she speak | not. Mark a lit|tle while:
         ,             ,      ,           ,        ,
      Please you | to int|erpose |(fair* mad|am) kneel,
         x              ,          ,          ,          ,
      And pray your | mother's | blessing:| Turn good | lady,
       ,       ,  2       ,
      Our Per|dita is | found.
 
HERMIONE
                                      T    T    T
                              You | gods look down,
            ,          ,        x       ,           ,
      And from | your sac|red vials | pour your | graces
        ,          ,          ,      ,             ,
      Upon | my daught|er's head:| Tell me |(mine own)
        ,                 ,          ,             ,           ,
      Where hast | thou been | preserved?| Where lived?| How found
            ,         ,           ,            ,         ,
      Thy fath|er's court?| For thou | shalt hear | that I
        ,              ,       ,         ,   ,
      Knowing | by Pauli|na, that | the or|acle
            ,            ,        ,        ,          ,
      Gave^hope | thou wast | in be|ing, have | preserved
          ,        ,         ,
      Myself,| to see | the is|sue.  \\
 
PAULINA
                ,       ,           ,
      There's time | enough | for that,  \\
        ,      2     ,      ,           ,          ,
      Lest they de|sire (u|pon this | push) to | trouble
             ,           ,       ,        ,       ,     2->
      Your joys,| with like | rela|tion. Go | togeth||er
            ,        ,        ,          ,    ,      2->
      You prec|ious win|ners all:| your ex|ulta||tion
           ,        ,      ,    T   .  T    Tx
      Partake | to eve|ry one:| I (an old turtle)
             ,        ,          ,         ,           ,
      Will wing | me to | some with|ered bough,| and there
           ,            ,      ,        ,        ,
      My mate |(that's nev|er to | be found | again)
          ,      ,   2       ,
      Lament,| till I am | lost.
 
LEONTES
                                       ,         ,
                                 O*| peace Paul|ina:
               ,         ,         ,        ,        ,
      Thou shouldst | a hus|band take | by my | consent,
         ,        ,         ,      ,           ,
      As I | by thine | a wife.| This is | a match,
            ,           x          ,                  ,     ,
      And made | between us | by vows.| Thou hast / found mine,
           ,     ,   2       ,           ,       ,
      But how,| is to be | questioned:| for I | saw her
         2     ,        ,           ,          ,           ,
      (As I thought)| dead: and | have (in | vain) said | many
           ,      x           ,            T    T   T
      A prayer | upon her | grave. I'll | not seek far
            ,        ,       ,          ,         ,         2->
      (For him,| I part|ly know | his mind)| to find || thee
          ,    ,      ,          ,     ,   2
      An hon|ora|ble hus|band. Come | Camillo,
            ,         ,         ,      T     T     .   T       2->
      And take | her by | the hand:| whose worth, and hone||sty
           ,      ,              ,    ,     ,
      Is rich|ly not|ed: and / here just|ified
          ,       ,         ,             ,           ,
      By us,| a pair | of kings.| Let's^from | this place.
        T     T  . T         ,         ,           ,      2->
      What? Look upon | my broth|er: both | your pard||ons,
            ,       ,        ,           ,      ,
      That ere | I put | between | your ho|ly looks
          ,        ,         ,      2      ,       ,
      My ill | suspi|cion: This | is your son-|in-law,
           ,     ,  2        ,             x         ,
      And son | unto the | king, whom | heavens di|recting
           ,       ,     2          ,         ,        ,
      Is troth-|plight to your | daughter.| Good Paul|ina,
        ,              ,            ,         ,      ,
      Lead us | from hence,| where we | may leis|urely
        T   T   .  T        ,       ,         ,
      Each one demand,| an ans|wer to | his part
            ,                 ,   ,     .   T     T     T
      Performed | in this / wide gap | of time, since first
           ,        ,          ,   2    ,      ,
      We were | dissev|ered: hast|ily lead | away.
 
[Exeunt]

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