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Cymbeline

Act I, Scene 6

The same. Another room in the palace.
 
IMOGEN
          ,       ,               ,    ,      ,
      A fath|er cruel,| and a / step-dame | false,
      <-       ,         ,        ,      ,        ,
         A || foolish | suitor | to a | wedded | lady,
             ,         ,        ,         ,         ,       ->
      That hath | her hus|band ban|ished: O,| that hus||band,
        2     ,     ,          ,           ,        ,      2->
      My su/preme crown | of grief,| and those | repea||ted
         ,         x         ,           ,      x
      Vexa|tions of it.| Had I | been thief-|stolen,
      <-          ,     ,          ,            ,     ,   2
        As || my two | brothers,| happy:| but most | miserable
       ,           ,            ,    2       ,           ,
      Is the | desire | that's glo|rious. Blessed | be those
            ,        ,           ,           ,        ,
      How mean | so ere,| that have | their hon|est wills,
             ,        ,         ,          ,         ,
      Which seas|ons com|fort. Who | may this | be? Fie.
 
[Enter PISANIO and IACHIMO]
 
PISANIO
       ,         ,      ,      ,         ,
      Madam,| a nob|le gent|leman | of Rome,
        ,       2       ,          ,
      Comes from my | lord with | letters.
 
IACHIMO
                                              ,          ,
                                           Change you,| madam:
           ,       ,    x         ,    ,
      The worth|y Le|onatus | is in | safety,
             ,            ,         ,
      And greets | your high|ness dear|ly.
 
[Presents a letter]
 
IMOGEN
                                              ,           ,
                                           Thanks | good sir,
               ,      ,
      You're kind|ly wel|come.  \\
 
IACHIMO
       ,        ,              ,     .   T     T    T
      All of | her, that | is out | of door, most rich:
          ,        ,           ,        ,         ,
      If she | be furn|ished with | a mind | so rare
           ,      ,       2  ,   2    ,        ,
      She is | alone | the Ara|bian bird;| and I
             ,         ,        ,        ,         ,
      Have lost | the wag|er. Bold|ness be | my friend:
       ,          ,    ,          ,         ,
      Arm me | auda|city | from head | to foot,
           ,         ,    2   ,          ,        ,
      Or like | the part|hian I | shall fly|ing fight,
       ,           ,      ,
      Rather | direct|ly fly.  \\
 
IMOGEN
He is one of the noblest note, to whose kindnesses I am most infinitely tied. Reflect upon him accordingly, as you value your trust. Leonatus.
          ,        ,       ,
      So far | I read | aloud:  \\
           x          ,     ,       ,        ,
      But even | the ve|ry mid|dle of | my heart
            ,       2      ,          ,          ,       ,
      Is warmed | by the rest,| and takes | it thank|fully.
       ,            ,         ,       ,       ,
      You are | as wel|come (worth|y sir)| as I
             ,         ,          ,            ,        ,
      Have words | to bid | you, and | shall find | it so
          ,         ,        ,
      In all | that I | can do.
 
IACHIMO
       ____     ,         ,
      Thanks | fairest | lady:   (tri with prev)
        ,             ,          ,        x            ,
      What are | men^mad?| Hath na|ture given | them eyes
          ,           ,        ,                ,    ,
      To see | this vaul|ted arch,| and the / rich crop
          ,          ,      ,             ,           ,
      Of sea | and land,| which can | distin|guish 'twixt
           ,       ,       ,                 ,       ,
      The fie|ry orbs | above,| and the / twinned stones
        ,         ,          ,          ,        ,
      Upon | the num|bered beach,| and can | we not
          ,        ,           ,     2    ,    ,
      Parti|tion make | with spec|tacles^so | precious
         T     T    .    T
      'Twixt fair, and foul?
 
IMOGEN
                                    ,           ,    ,       2->
                             What makes | your ad|mira||tion?
 
IACHIMO
          ,       ,     2     ,          ,         ,       ->
      It can|not be | in the eye,| for apes | and mon||keys
         ,      T    T    T             x            ,        2->
      'Twixt | two such shes,| would chatter | this^way || and
           ,           ,         ,       ,      2      ,        ->
      Contemn | with mows | the oth|er. Nor | in the judg||ment:
       ,     ,  2      2       ,        ,       ,
      For | idiots | in this case | of fav|or would
           ,      ,    2     ,      2     ,     ,
      Be wise|ly def|inite: nor | in the ap|petite;
        ,   2         ,      ,   ,                ,
      Sluttery | to such | neat^ex/cellence,| opposed
               ,       ,     ,      ,      ,
      Should make | desi|re vom|it emp|tiness,
           ,       ,          ,
      Not^so | allured | to feed.
 
IMOGEN
        ,            ,        ,
      What is | the mat|ter trow?  (tri with prev)
 
IACHIMO
            ,       ,
      The cloy|ed will:  \\
            ,   ,   ,     ,     ,      ,         ,
      That satiate yet unsatisfied desire, that tub  ????
              ,          ,         ,   2      ,           ,
      Both filled | and run|ning: rav|ening first | the lamb,
        ,    ,                ,
      Longs aft/er for | the gar|bage.
 
IMOGEN
                                         ,          ,
                                       What,| dear sir,
             ,          ,          ,
      Thus raps | you? Are | you well?  \\
 
IACHIMO
       ____     ,        ,        ,         ___
      Thanks | madam | well: Be|seech you | sir,
          ,         ,        ,          ,            x
      Desire | my man's | abode,| where I | did leave him:
              ,            ,
      He's strange | and peev|ish.
 
PISANIO
                                   ,        ,      ,
                                   I | was go|ing sir,
           ,         ,
      To give | him wel|come.   \\
 
[Exit]
 
IMOGEN
          ,        ,         ,
      Contin|ues well | my lord?  \\
             ,         ,
      His health | beseech | you?
 
IACHIMO
                                    ,     ,      oo
                                  Well,| madam.|
 
IMOGEN
       ,           ,          ,         ,        ,
      Is he | disposed | to mirth?| I hope | he is.
 
IACHIMO
         ,         ,          ,        ,         ,
      Excee|ding pleas|ant: none | a strang|er there,
          ,       ,         ,         ,         ,
      So mer|ry, and | so game|some: he | is called
           ,       ,     ,
      The Bri|ton rev|eller.
 
IMOGEN
                                   ,         ,
                             When he | was here
          ,        ,         ,               ,    ,
      He did | incline | to sad|ness, and / oft times
            ,       ,
      Not^know|ing why.
 
IACHIMO
                          ,      ,         ,
                       I nev|er saw | him sad.
        ,             ,        ,        ,        ,
      There is | a French|man his | compan|ion, one
          ,    ,         ,         2     ,            ,
      An em|inent | monsieur,| that it seems | much^loves
         ,    2    ,         ,        ,     ,
      A Gal|lian girl | at home.| He fur|naces
       .    T     T     T            ,          ,      ,      o
      The thick sighs from | him; whiles | the jol|ly Bri|ton,
              ,        ,       ,                ,      T      T    T
      (Your lord | I mean)| laughs from | his free | lungs: cries oh, (hex with prev)
                 ,     ,         ,           ,          ,
      Can my / sides hold,| to think | that man,| who knows
          ,     ,       ,              ,    ,
      By hist|ory,| report,| or his / own proof
            ,      ,    ,              ,         ,
      What wom|an is,| yea what | she can|not choose
            ,     ,               ,      T     T   T
      But must | be: will | his free | hours languish:
               ,    ,
      For as/sured bon|dage?
 
IMOGEN
                               ,         ,     ,
                             Will | my lord | say so?
 
IACHIMO
       ,   ,          2        ,         ,            ,
      Aye ma/dam, with his | eyes in | flood with | laughter:
          ,      ,    ,            ,  ,
      It is | a re|creat|ion to / be by
            ,          ,           ,
      And hear | him mock | the French|man:    \\
           ,          ,          ,          ,          ,
      But heav|en's know | some^men | are much | to blame.
 
IMOGEN
           ,       ,
      Not he | I hope.
 
IACHIMO
                       ___   __   oo
                       Not | he:|
       T   T   T          ,        ,             ,
      But yet heav|en's boun|ty towards | him, might
           ,           ,       ,     2     ,          ,
      Be used | more thank|fully.| In himself |'tis much;
          ,      ,    2     ,      2     ,        ,
      In you,| which I ac|count his be|yond all^|talents,
         ,            ,         ,       ,        ,
      Whilst I | am bound | to wond|er, I | am bound
          ,     ,
      To pi|ty too.
 
IMOGEN
                      ,            ,     ,
                    What do | you pi|ty sir?
 
IACHIMO
             ,          ,     ,
      Two* creat|ures heart|ily.
 
IMOGEN
                                  Tx   T   T
                                 Am I one sir?
            ,        ,          ,         ,        2    ,
      You look | on me:| what wreck | discern | you in me
           ,           ,    2
      Deserves | your pi|ty?
 
IACHIMO
                                 ,     ,     __
                              Lamen|table:| what
           ,     ,      2      ,  2      ,          ,
      To hide | me from the | radiant | sun, and | solace
        2     ,        ,       ,
      In the dun|geon by | a snuff?
 
IMOGEN
                                        ,         ,
                                    I pray | you sir,
         ,    2       ,    ,      ,          ,
      Deliv|er with more | open|ness your | answers
          ,       ,      ,            ,     ,
      To my | demands.| Why do | you pi|ty me?
 
IACHIMO
           ,        ,
      That oth|ers do,   \\
       ,          ,        ,       ,            ,
      (I was | about | to say)| enjoy | your-- but
          ,       ,       ,         ,            x
      It is | an of|fice of | the gods | to venge it,
            ,         ,       2
      Not mine | to speak | on it.
 
IMOGEN
                                          ,   ,         ,
                                   You / do seem | to know
        ,          ,       ,     2      ,          ,
      Something | of me,| or what con|cerns me;| pray you
              ,          ,         ,      Tx    T     T
      Since^doub|ting things | go ill,| often hurts more
        ,            ,          ,        ,       ,
      Than to | be sure | they do.| For cert|ainties
       ,    2        ,   ,   2             ,        ,
      Either are | past re/medies*; or | timely | knowing,  ??
           ,    ,          ,       ,     2    ,
      The rem|edy | then^born.| Discov|er to me
             ,          ,          ,
      What both | you spur | and stop.
 
IACHIMO
                                           ,          ,
                                       Had I | this cheek
           ,          ,      ,           ,            ,
      To bathe | my lips | upon:| this hand,| whose^touch,
              ,       ,             ,          ,          ,
      (Whose^eve|ry touch)| would force | the fee|ler's soul
        2      ,        ,     ,         ,   ,
      To the oath | of loy|alty.| This ob|ject, which^
        ,    ,    2           ,   ,                 ,
      Takes pri/soner the | wild mo/tion of | mine^eye,
       ,           ,      ,       ,          ,
      Fixing | it on|ly here,| should I |(damned then*)
       ,              ,        ,       ,          ,
      Slaver | with lips | as com|mon as | the stairs
             ,          ,    ,            ,            ,
      That mount | the cap|itol:| join^gripes,| with hands
             ,           ,       ,            ,         ,
      Made^hard | with hour|ly false|hood* (false|hood^as
            ,         ,        ,        ,       ,
      With lab|or:) then | by pee|ping in | an eye
        ,           ,         ,        ,       ,
      Base and | unlus|trous as | the smo|ky light
              ,           ,        ,        ,         ,
      That's fed | with stink|ing tal|low: it | were fit
            ,           ,           ,                 ,    ,
      That all | the plagues | of hell | should at / one time
          ,        ,        ,
      Encount|er such | revolt.
 
IMOGEN
                                     ,        ,
                                My lord,| I fear
               ,   ,
      Has for/got Bri|tain.
 
IACHIMO
                             ,         ,        ,
                            And | himself,| not I
           ,          ,       ,      ,          ,
      Inclined | to this | intel|ligence,| pronounce
           ,    2   ,          ,           ,          ,      2->
      The beg|gary of | his change:| but 'tis | your gra||ces
             ,        ,       ,            ,         ,
      That from | my mu|test con|science, to | my tongue,
         ,       2     T   T
      Charms this re|port out.
 
IMOGEN
                                 T         ,         ,
                                Let | me hear | no more.
 
IACHIMO
         ,         ,           ,             ,          ,
      O dear|est soul:| your cause | doth^strike | my heart
            ,       ,           ,         ,       ,    2->
      With pi|ty, that | doth make | me sick.| A la||dy
           ,         ,         ,       ,    ,
      So fair,| and fas|tened to | an em|pery,
              ,           ,        ,   ,         2      ,
      Would make | the greatst | king dou/ble, to be | partnered
            ,         ,         2       ,    ,    ,
      With tom|boys^hired,| with that self-|exhi|bition
                    ,   ,         ,         2     ,      ,
      Which your / own cof|fers yield:| with diseased | ventures
             ,          ,       ,      ,          ,
      That play | with all | infirm|ities | for gold,
             ,     2            ,   ,                ,     ,
      Which rot|tenness can / lend na|ture. Such^/boiled stuff
           ,           ,       ,        ,        ,
      As well | might pois|on pois|on. Be | revenged,
          ,           ,               ,   ,          ,
      Or she | that bore | you was / no queen,| and you
          ,           ,     ___     ___
      Recoil | from your | great | stock.
 
IMOGEN
                                               ,
                                          Revenged:
             ,        ,        ,          ,         ,
      How should | I be | revenged?| If this | be true,
          ,          ,        ,            ,           ,
      (As I | have such | a heart,| that both | mine ears
            ,         ,        ,        ,        ,
      Must not | in haste | abuse)| if it | be true,
       ,           ,           ,
      How should | I be | revenged?
 
IACHIMO
                                        ,          ,
                                     Should he | make me
        T    T   Tx         ,      .  T     T     T
      Live like Dian|a's priest,| betwixt cold sheets,
         ,             ,        ,   ,       ,
      Whiles he | is vaul|ting va|ria|ble ramps,
           ,        ,       ,           ,            x
      In your | despite,| upon | your purse:| Revenge it.
         ,     ,        ,      2       ,       ,
      I de|dicate | myself | to your sweet | pleasure,
            ,              ,   ,     ,      2      ,
      More nob|le than / that run|agate | to your bed,
            ,        ,       ,     ,     2    ,
      And will | contin|ue fast | to your af|fection,
              ,          ,
      Still close | as sure.
 
IMOGEN
                                   ,      ,   ,
                             What ho,| Pisa|nio?
 
IACHIMO
       ,           ,        ,       ,          ,
      Let me | my serv|ice tend|er on | your lips.
 
IMOGEN
        ,       ,        ,           ,           ,
      Away,| I do | condemn | mine ears,| that have
           ,       ,        ,     ,     2       ,  2 
      So long | attend|ed thee.| If thou wert^|honorable
              ,             ,           ,         ,        ,
      Thou wouldst | have told | this tale | for vir|tue, not
            ,        ,            ,          ,          ,
      For such | an end | thou seekst,| as base,| as strange:
              ,         ,      ,         ,       ,
      Thou wrongst | a gent|leman,| who is | as far
            ,        ,         ,          ,       ,
      From thy | report,| as thou | from hon|or: and
         ,        ,       ,      ,         ,
      Soli|cits here | a la|dy that | disdains
        ,      2        x       ,           ,      ,  2
      Thee, and the | devil a|like. What | ho, Pi|sanio?
            ,         ,       ,          ,        ,       2->
      The king | my fath|er shall | be made | acquain||ted
          ,        ,         ,           ,         ,
      Of thy | assault:| if he | shall think | it fit,
          ,      ,        ,         ,          ,
      A sauc|y strang|er in | his court,| to mart
          ,      ,        ,     ,           ,
      As in | a Rom|ish stew,| and to | expound
            ,        ,        ,        ,        ,
      His beast|ly mind | to us;| he hath | a court
          ,        ,      ,             ,        ,
      He lit|tle cares | for, and | a daught|er who
          ,         ,         ,          ,      ,    2 ->
      He not | respects | at all.| What ho,| Pisan||io?
 
IACHIMO
      ,    ,       2  ,     ,        ,
      O | happy | Leona|tus I | may say,
           ,        ,         ,      ,         ,
      The cred|it that | thy la|dy hath | of thee
           ,           ,        2      ,     ,          ,
      Deserves | thy trust,| and thy most | perfect | goodness
               ,    ,         ,        ,          ,
      Her as/sured cred|it. Bles|sed live | you long,
         ,     ,        ,     2    ,           x
      A la|dy to | the worth|iest sir | that ever
        ,          T    T    .   T         ,          ,    ->
      Country | called his; and you | his mist|ress, on||ly
         2        ,   ,    2     ,      ,    2        ,
      For the / most worth|iest fit.| Give me your | pardon,
                 ,     ,         ,      2      ,    ,
      I have / spoke this | to know | if your af|fiance
             ,      ,        ,            ,           ,
      Were deep|ly roo|ted, and | shall make | your lord,
        ,              ,         ,        ,       ,
      That which | he is,| new ore:| and he | is one
           ,       ,           ,       ,      ,
      The tru|est man|nered: such | a ho|ly witch,
            ,        ,        ,    ,        x
      That he | enchants | soci|eties | into him;
            ,             ,          ,
      Half^all | men's^hearts | are his.
 
IMOGEN
                                               ,       ,
                                         You make | amends.
 
IACHIMO
           ,    .   T    T    T     2    ,       ,
      He sits | amongst men like | a descend|ed god;
           ,        ,        ,       ,         ,
      He hath | a kind | of hon|or sets | him off,
        ,      2     ,        ,         ,        ,
      More than a | mortal | seeming.| Be not | angry
              ,       ,    ,          ,     2    ,
      (Most^migh|ty prin|cess) that | I have ad|ventured
          ,          ,     2    ,         ,      ,
      To try | your tak|ing a false | report,| which hath
       ,     2        ,      ,              ,       ,
      Honored with | confir|mation | your great | judgment
       ,    2   ,          2   ,         ,
      In the e|lection | of a sir,| so rare,  (tetra with next)
        ,          __     ,       ___
      Which you | know,| cannot | err.
            ,        ,
      The love | I bear | him,  \\
        T   T  .  T          ,       2      ,          ,
      Made me to fan | you thus,| but the gods | made^you
           ,         ,         ,            ,            x
      (Unlike | all^oth|ers) chaff|less. Pray | your pardon.
 
IMOGEN
        T     T   T
      All's well sir:  \\
        T   T  Tx      ,         ,          ___
      Take my power | in the | court for | yours.
 
IACHIMO
          ,         ,              ,  ,        ,
      My hum|ble thanks:| I had / almost | forgot
        2    ,            ,          ,       ,         ,
      To entreat | your grace,| but in | a small | request,
           ,        ,       ,         ,        ,
      And yet | of mo|ment too,| for it | concerns
             ,        ,         ,      ,        ,
      Your lord,| myself,| and oth|er nob|le friends
            ,        ,        ,
      Are part|ners in | the bus|iness.
 
IMOGEN
                                         ,           x
                                       Pray | what is it?
 
IACHIMO
            ,      ,       ,        ,           ,
      Some doz|en Rom|ans of | us, and | your lord
             ,     ,          2      ,           ,        ,
      (The best | feather | of our wing)| have ming|led sums
          ,       ,        ,         ,    ,
      To buy | a pres|ent for | the emp|eror:
            ,        ,       ,          ,           ,
      Which I |(the fac|tor for | the rest)| have done
            ,            ,          ,        ,           x
      In France:| 'tis plate | of rare | device,| and jewels
           ,       2   ,         ,           ,        ,
      Of rich,| and exqui|site form,| their val|ues great,
          ,        ,         ,    2    ,        ,
      And I | am some|thing cur|ious, be|ing strange
           ,        2     ,      ,        ,          ,
      To have | them in safe | stowage:| may it | please you
           ,          ,       ,
      To take | them in | protec|tion.
 
IMOGEN
                                        ,       ,
                                       Wil|lingly:
            ,          ,      ,            ,        ,
      And pawn | mine hon|or for | their safe|ty, since
           ,           ,        ,         ,          ,         ->
      My lord | hath inte|rest in | them, I | will keep || them
       ,       ,    ,
      In | my bed|chamber.
 
IACHIMO
                              2     ,       ,
                          They are in | a trunk
         ,       ,       ,               ,    ,
      attend|ed by | my men:| I will / make bold
           ,          ,         ,            ,    ,
      To send | them to | you, on|ly for / this night:
          ,       ,        ,
      I must | aboard | tomor|row.
 
IMOGEN
                                         ,   ,
                                   O* / no, no.
 
IACHIMO
       ,          ,        ,           ,          ,
      Yes I | beseech:| or I | shall short | my word
           ,     2     ,       ,          ,    ,
      By leng|thening my | return.| From Gal|lia,
           ,            ,        ,         ,        ,       2->
      I crossed | the seas | on pur|pose, and | on pro||mise
          ,           ,
      To see | your grace.
 
IMOGEN
                               ,          ,           ,
                           I thank | you for | your pains:
           ,      ,       ,      3
      But not | away | tomor|row.
 
IACHIMO
                                    3    ,     ,
                                   O I must | madam.
             ,        ,         ,           ,          ,
      Therefore | I shall | beseech | you, if | you please
           ,            ,          ,          x         ,
      To greet | your lord | with writ|ing, do it | tonight,
       2      ,    ,          ,           ,     ,  2
      I have out|stood my | time, which^|is ma|terial
        2     ,       ,        ,
      To the tend|er of | our pres|ent.
 
IMOGEN
                                        ,          ,
                                        I | will write:
        ,           ,         ,               ,         ,
      Send your | trunk to | me, it | shall safe | be kept,
           ,       ,       ,             x     ,
      And tru|ly yield|ed you:| You're very | welcome.
 
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