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Cymbeline

Act I, Scene 1

Britain. The garden of Cymbeline's palace.
 
[Enter two Gentlemen]
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN   (tetra)
           ,         ,       ,           ,
      One do | not meet | a man | but frowns.
              ,           ,      ,           x
      Our* bloods | no* more | obey | the heavens
        ,          ,    ___   oo
      Than our | courti|ers:|
        T     T    T     ,         ___
      Still seem, as | does the | king's.
 
SECOND GENTLEMAN
             ,          ,
      But what's | the mat|ter?     \\
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
            ,         ,          ,      2      ,         ,
      His daught|er, and | the heir | of his king|dom (whom
          ,    ,     2         T     T   T       ,     2->
      He pur|posed to his | wife's sole son,| a wi||dow
             ,        ,          ,         ,          ,
      That late | he mar|ried) hath | referred | herself
       ,  2      ,          ,         ,   2            ,      2->
      Unto a | poor, but | worthy | gentleman.| She's^wed||ded,
           ,        ,          ,       ,          ,
      Her hus|band ban|ished; she | impris|oned, all
          ,        ,          ,         ,           ,
      Is out|ward sor|row, though | I think | the king
            ,          ,      ,
      Be touched | at ve|ry heart.
 
SECOND GENTLEMAN
                                     ,              ,
                                   None but | the king?
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
       ,               ,         ,     ,            ,
      He that | hath lost | her too:| so is | the queen,
             ,        ,           ,      ,     2      ,  2
      That most | desired | the match.| But not^a | courtier,  ??
           ,            ,           ,      ,         ,
      Although | they wear | their fac|es to | the bent
                  ,     ,       ,        ,              ,
      Of the / king's looks,| hath a | heart that | is not
        ,             ,            ,
      Glad at | the thing | they scowl | at.
 
SECOND GENTLEMAN
                                                    ,   ,
                                             And / why so?
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
       ,                ,           ,    ,            ,
      He that | hath missed | the prin|cess, is | a thing
           ,         ,        ,         ,          ,        2->
      Too bad,| for bad | report:| and he | that hath || her
           ,          ,        ,       ,           ,
      (I mean,| that mar|ried her,| alack | good* man,
            ,         ,     ,      2    ,          ,
      And there|fore ban|ished)| is a creat|ure, such,
                ,     ,           ,        ,         ,
      As to / seek through | the re|gions of | the earth
           ,          ,      ,        2       ,          ,
      For one,| his like;| there would be | something | failing
          ,            ,          ,       ,         ,
      In him,| that should | compare.| I do | not think,
           ,        ,                ,    ,         ,
      So fair | an out|ward, and / such stuff | within
          ,       ,         ,
      Endows | a man,| but he.
 
SECOND GENTLEMAN
                                     ,          ,
                               You speak | him far.
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
         ,       ,          ,        ,         ,
      I do | extend | him (sir)| within | himself,
        ,            ,        ,        ,        ,
      Crush him | togeth|er, rath|er than | unfold
           ,        ,
      His meas|ure du|ly.
 
SECOND GENTLEMAN
                            ,           ,          ,
                         What's | his name,| and birth?
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
         ,        ,      ,    2        ,          ,
      I can|not delve | him to the | root: his | father
             ,        ,   2    ,          ,         ,     2->
      Was called | Sicil|ius, who | did join | his ho||nor
          ,          ,         ,        ,    ,
      Against | the Rom|ans, with | Cassi|belan,
           ,         ,       ,      ,    2     ,
      But had | his tit|les by | Tenan|tius, whom
            ,           ,       ,        ,          ,
      He served | with glo|ry, and | admired | success:
            ,          ,      ,        ,    x
      So gained | the sur-|addi|tion, Le|onatus.
           ,        ,       ,   ,     2          ,
      And had |(besides | this gen/tleman in | question)
          ,        ,     ,             ,      2      ,
      Two^oth|er sons,| who in | the wars | of the time
        ,      2           ,          ,           ,             ,
      Died with their | swords in | hand. For | which, their | father
            ,          ,         x       ,         ,
      Then old,| and fond | of issue,| took such^|sorrow
                  ,    x      ,         ,        ,
      That he / quit being;| and his | gentle | lady
       ,             ,      ,          ,          ,
      Big of | this gent|leman |(our theme)| deceased
          ,         ,          ,         ,           ,
      As he | was born.| The king | he takes | the babe
        3   3    ,          ,          ,     2    ,   ,     ->
      To his protec|tion, calls | him Pos|thumus Le|ona||tus,
         ,        2      ,          ,        ,     ,
      Breeds | him and makes | him of | his bed-|chamber,
        ,            ,          ,          ,          ,
      Puts to | him all | the learn|ings that | his time
              ,     ,           ,     2      ,          ,
      Could make | him the | receiv|er of, which | he took
          ,       ,      T   .    T   T      ,
      As we | do air,| fast as 'twas min|istered,
         3  3       ,         ,       ,          ,          ,
      And in its spring,| became | a harv|est: lived | in court
               ,        ,       ,           ,             ,
      (Which rare | it is | to do)| most praised,| most loved,
         ,     3  3      ,         ,         ,        ,
      A samp|le to the young|est, to | the more | mature
          ,           ,        ,     ,    2       ,
      A glass | that fea|ted them:| and to the | graver,
          ,           ,       ,   ,      2       ,
      A child | that gui|ded do|tards. To his | mistress,
             ,        ,        ,                ,    ,
      (For whom | he now | is ban|ished) her / own price
            ,          ,         ,      ,      2       ,
      Proclaims | how she | esteemed | him; and his | virtue
          ,      ,        ,        ,       ,
      By her | elec|tion may | be tru|ly read,
             ,        ,        ,
      What kind | of man | he is.  \\
 
SECOND GENTLEMAN
         ,             x   ,         ,        ,
      I hon|or him,/ even out | of your | report.
            ,          ,          2        ,    ,       2      ,
      But pray | you tell | me, is she / sole child | to the king?
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
           ,      ,
      His on|ly child:  \\
        2     ,      ,          ,         ,           ,
      He had two | sons (if | this be | worth your | hearing,
          x           ,        ,         .   T     T    T
      Mark it) the | eldest | of them,| at three years old
        2     ,           ,           ,       ,           ,     3 3->
      In the swa|thing-clothes,| the oth|er from | their nur||sery
              x      ,    2         ,          ,          ,
      Were stolen,| and to this | hour, no | guess in | knowledge
             ,           ,
      Which way | they went.
 
SECOND GENTLEMAN
                                   ,         ,      ,
                             How long | is this | ago?
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
             ,       ,
      Some twen|ty years.  \\
 
SECOND GENTLEMAN
                  ,     ,          ,         ,        ,
      That a / king's child|ren should | be so | conveyed,
           ,        ,        ,     .     T    T   T
      So slack|ly guar|ded, and | the search so slow
             ,           ,
      That could | not trace | them.
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
                                      ,     ,           ,
                                     How|soere |'tis strange,
           ,         ,      ,           ,          ,          ->
      Or that | the neg|ligence | may well | be laughed || at*,
       ,      2     ,       2
      Yet | is it true,| sir.
 
SECOND GENTLEMAN
                                 ,     ,       ,
                              I do | well be|lieve you.
 
FIRST GENTLEMAN
           ,         ,           ,          ,      ,
      We must | forbear.| Here comes | the gent|leman,
            ,           ,
      The queen,| and prin|cess.  \\
 
[Exeunt. Enter the QUEEN, POSTHUMUS LEONATUS, and IMOGEN]
 
QUEEN
       ,    2     ,           ,           ,         ,
      No, be as|sured you | shall not | find me |(daughter)
       ,            ,             ,    ,   ,
      After | the sland|er of / most step|mothers,
       Tx    T   T   2        ,          ,   2     ,
      Evil-eyed un|to you: you're | my pris|oner, but
            ,        ,        ,      ,          ,
      Your jail|er shall | deliv|er you | the keys
             ,         ,         ,           ,     ,    2
      That lock | up your | restraint.| For you | Posthumus,
           ,       ,        ,       2   ,        ,
      So soon | as I | can win | the offend|ed king,
          ,         ,           ,   2      ,      ,
      I will | be known | your ad|vocate: mar|ry yet
            ,         ,        ,         ,            ,
      The fire | of rage | is in | him, and |'twere good
             ,        ,        ,       2       ,     ,
      You leaned | unto | his sent|ence with what | patience
            ,         x     ,
      Your wis|dom may in|form you.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                       ,            ,
                                    Please your | highness,
          ,           ,        ,
      I will | from hence | today.
 
QUEEN
                                         ,          x
                                   You know | the peril:
             ,         ,       ,            x     ,   2
      I'll fetch | a turn | about | the garden,| pitying
            ,           ,        ,            ,           ,
      The pangs | of barred | affec|tions, though | the king
              ,             ,           ,        ,
      Hath charged | you should | not speak | togeth|er.
 
[Exit]
 
IMOGEN
      <- ,        ,          ,     ,         ,          ,      2->
         O || dissem|bling court|esy!| How fine | this ty||rant
             x       ,            ,          ,         ,
      Can tickle | where she | wounds? My | dearest | husband,
          ,          ,        ,          ,          ,       ->
      I some|thing fear | my fath|er's wrath,| but no||thing
        ,     2     ,         ,     ,       ,
      (Al|ways reserved | my ho|ly du|ty) what
            ,         ,       ,         ,         ,
      His rage | can do | on me.| You must | be gone,
          ,           ,       ,          ,       ,
      And I | shall here | abide | the hour|ly shot
          ,       ,     ,   ,                ,
      Of ang|ry eyes:| not com/forted | to live,
            ,           ,         ,      ,         ,
      But that | there is | this je|wel in | the world
           ,        ,     x
      That I | may see | again.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                       ,          ,
                                My | queen, my | mistress:
         ,       ,         ,         ,          ,
      O la|dy, weep | no more,| lest^I | give^cause
          ,       ,             ,   ,       ,
      To be | suspect|ed of / more tend|erness
             ,        ,       ,        ,        ,
      Than doth | become | a man.| I will | remain
           ,        ,                     ,     ,     ,
      The loy|alst hus|band, that did // ere plight troth.
          ,     ,          ,        ,        ,    2   ->
      My re|sidence | in Rome,| at one | Philar||io's,
       ,      2    ,       ,         ,         ,
      Who | to my fath|er was | a friend,| to me
        ,             ,        ,         ,          ,
      Known but | by let|ter; thith|er write |(my queen)
            ,           ,           ,           ,           ,
      And with | mine^eyes | I'll drink | the words | you send,
              ,         ,         ,
      Though ink | be made | of gall.
 
QUEEN
                                          ,         ,         ->
                                     Be brief,| I pray || you:
        2        ,    ,    ,      2    ,         ,
      If the / king come,| I shall in|cur, I | know not
            ,        ,         ,         ,             x
      How much | of his | displeas|ure: yet | I'll move him
           ,          ,       ,      ,         ,
      To walk | this way:| I nev|er do | him wrong,
           ,         ,        ,     ,      2      ,
      But he | does buy | my in|juries,| to be friends:
        T    T   .   T      ,
      Pays dear for my | offen|ses.   \\
 
[Exit]
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
         ,            ,        ,
      Should we | be tak|ing leave  \\
           ,        ,        ,         ,         ,
      As long | a term | as yet | we have | to live,
            ,         ,       ,            ,       ,
      The loath|ness to | depart | would grow:| Adieu.
 
IMOGEN
       T     T  .   Tx
      Nay, stay a little:  \\
        ,             ,        ,         ,          ,
      Were you | but ri|ding forth | to air | yourself,
            ,      2      ,     ,        T    T     T
      Such^part|ing were too | petty.| Look here (love)
            ,        ,        ,           ,          ,
      This dia|mond was | my moth|er's; take | it (heart)
            ,         ,         ,      ,        ,
      But keep | it till | you woo | anoth|er wife,
            ,     x       T
      When Im|ogen is | dead.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                               T    T     x
                              How, how?| Another?
           ,        ,      ,             ,        ,
      You gent|le gods,| give me | but this | I have,
            ,        ,       ,           ,        ,
      And sear | up^my | embrace|ments from | a next
             ,          ,         ,        ,           ,
      With bonds | of death.| Remain,| remain | thou here,
              ,             x      ,          ,         ,
      While sense | can keep it | on: and | sweetest,| fairest,
         ,        ,      ,              ,          ,
      As I |(my poor | self) did | exchange | for you
           ,        ,   2      ,     ,   2       ,
      To your | so in|finite loss;| so in our | trifles
          ,      ,    2           ,     T    T    T
      I still | win of you.| For my | sake wear this,
       ,   2     ,    ,         ,            ,
      It is a | mana|cle of | love, I'll | place it
        ,           ,        ,   2
      Upon | this fair|est pris|oner.
 
IMOGEN
                                      ,         ,
                                      O | the gods!
        ,              ,       ,
      When shall | we see | again?
 
[Enter CYMBELINE and Lords]
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                      ,          ,
                                   Alack,| the king.
 
CYMBELINE
            ,        ,     .  T    T      T        ,
      Thou bas|est thing,| avoid hence, from |my sight:
          ,       ,         ,            ,            ,
      If aft|er this | command | thou fraught | the court
            ,       ,       ,           ,       ,
      With thy | unworth|iness,| thou diest.| Away,
                ,       ,        ,
      Thou'rt* pois|on to my | blood.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                              ,        ,
                                      The | gods pro|tect you,
            ,           ,        ,        ,         ,
      And bless | the good | remain|ders of | the court:
      ,        ,
      I am | gone.
 
[Exit]
 
IMOGEN
                            ,         2    ,          ,
                   There | cannot | be a pinch | in death
             ,            ,
      More sharp | than this | is.
 
CYMBELINE
                                   ,       ,       ,
                                   O | disloy|al thing,
               ,          ,         ,             ,
      That shouldst | repair | my youth,| thou heapst
           ,      T   T  T
      A year's | age on me.
 
IMOGEN
                               2    ,          ,
                              I beseech | you sir,
        T   T    T    ,           ,      ,
      Harm not your|self with | your vex|ation,
       2     ,         ,          ,         ,            ,
      I am sense|less of | your wrath;| a touch | more^rare
           ,           ,            ,
      Subdues | all* pangs,| all* fears.
 
CYMBELINE
        T    T    T  ,   2
      Past grace? O|bedience?  (tri with prev)
 
IMOGEN
             ,         ,       ,           ,           ,
      Past^hope,| and in | despair,| that way | past^grace.
 
CYMBELINE
              ,            ,          ,     ,            ,
      That mightst | have had | the sole | son of | my queen.
 
IMOGEN
           ,           ,          ,        ,          x
      O blessed,| that I | might^not:| I chose | an eagle,
       ,           ,       ,
      And did | avoid | a put|tock.  \\
 
CYMBELINE
              ,        ,          ,             ,
      Thou tookst | a beg|gar, wouldst | have made | my
      <-   ,          ,          ,
        Throne,|| a seat | for base|ness.  \\
 
IMOGEN
       ,       ,        ,         ,        x
      No; I | rather | added | a lus|ter to it.
 
CYMBELINE
      _    __     __    ___
      O | thou | vile | one!
 
IMOGEN
                             ___
                             Sir,
        2     ,      ,          ,          ,    ,
      It is your | fault that | I have | loved Pos/thumus:
            ,       2    ,     ,  ,              ,
      You bred | him as my | playfel/low, and | he is
         ,          ,     ,       ,     ,       ->
      A man | worth^a|ny wom|an: ov|erbuys || me
       ,     2     ,         ,
      Al|most the sum | he pays.
 
CYMBELINE
                                   ,               ,
                                 What? Art | thou mad?
 
IMOGEN
          ,            x         ,           ,         ,
      Almost | sir: heaven | restore | me: Would | I were
      .   T    T      T         ,        ,    x
      A neat-herd's daught|er, and | my Le|onatus
            ,         ,          ,
      Our neigh|bor shep|herd's son.
 
CYMBELINE
                                           ,         ,
                                     Thou fool|ish thing:
        ,            ,       ,        ,           ,
      They were | again | togeth|er: you | have done
           ,      ,         ,      ,          ,
      Not^aft|er our | command.| Away | with her,
           ,         ,
      And pen | her up.
 
QUEEN
                            ,           ,           ,
                        Beseech | your pa|tience: Peace
             ,      ,          ,       ,    ,
      Dear* la|dy daught|er, peace.| Sweet sov/ereign,
           x              ,           ,          ,          ,       ->
      Leave us to | ourselves;| and make | yourself | some com||fort
       ,      2       ,        ,
      Out | of your best | advice.
 
CYMBELINE
                                    ,      2        ,
                                   Nay, let her | languish
          ,         ,        ,         ,       ,
      A drop | of blood | a day,| and be|ing aged
       ,    2        ,
      Die of this | folly.
 
[Exeunt CYMBELINE and Lords]
 
QUEEN
                            ,           T    T   T
                           Fie, you | must give way.
        ,             ,         ,     ,               ,
      Here is | your serv|ant. How | now sir?| What news?
 
PISANIO
           ,          ,      ,           ,
      My lord | your son | drew on | my mast|er.
 
QUEEN
                                                  ,
                                                 Ha?
           ,        ,          ,
      No harm | I trust | is done?
 
PISANIO
                                           ,            ,
                                   There might | have been,
            ,        ,       ,         ,             ,
      But that | my mast|er rath|er played,| than fought,
           ,         ,        ,        ,          ,      2->
      And had | no help | of ang|er: they | were par||ted
          ,      ,         ,
      By gent|lemen,| at hand.
 
QUEEN
                                 2     x      ,    2
                                I am very | glad on it.
 
IMOGEN
             ,         ,           ,          ,           ,
      Your son's | my fath|er's friend,| he takes | his part
           ,     x         T T   T     ,
      To draw | upon an | exile. O | brave sir,  ??
          ,       ,      2      ,        ,      ,
      I would | they were in | Afric | both to|gether,
          ,     ,     2      ,           ,            ,
      Myself | by with a | needle,| that I | might* prick
           ,      ,          ,     ,      2        ,
      The go|er-back.| Why came | you from your | master?
 
PISANIO
          ,         ,         ,          ,       ,
      On his | command:| he would | not suf|fer me
           ,          ,        ,        ,            ,
      To bring | him to | the ha|ven: left | these notes
           ,         ,          ,         ,        ,
      Of what | commands | I should | be sub|ject^to,
          2      ,       ,           ,
      When it pleased | you to | employ | me.
 
QUEEN
                                                ,           ,
                                              This | hath been
             ,        ,              ,   ,           x
      Your faith|ful serv|ant: I / dare lay | mine honor
       ,     2    ,     2
      He will re|main so.
 
PISANIO
                               ,         ,            ,
                          I | humbly | thank your | highness.
 
QUEEN
        T    T  .  T     oo
      Pray walk awhile.|
 
IMOGEN
         ,           ,           ,
      About | some half-|hour* hence,
        ,          ,          __
      Pray you | speak with | me;   (tri with prev two)
            ,          ,         ,         ,       ,
      You shall |(at least)| go see | my lord | aboard.
            ,           ,
      For this | time^leave | me.    \\
 
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