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