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Cymbeline

Act II, Scene 4

Rome. Philario's house.
 
[Enter POSTHUMUS and PHILARIO]
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
        ,        ,            ,         ,         ,
      Fear it | not sir:| I would | I were | so sure
          ,          ,       ,        ,          x
      To win | the king,| as I | am bold,| her honor
          2    ,      T
      Will remain | hers.
 
PHILARIO
                            T    T       2      ,        ,
                          What means | do you make | to him?
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
           ,     ,       ,           ,          ,
      Not an|y: but | abide | the change | of time,
        ,              ,        ,         ,           ,
      Quake in | the pres|ent wint|er's state,| and wish
             ,       ,            ,                  ,     ,
      That warm|er days | would come:| in these / seared hopes
          ,      ,     ,          ,          ,       ->
      I bare|ly gra|tify | your love;| they fail||ing,
      ,     T   T    T          ,       o
      I | must die much | your deb|tor.
 
PHILARIO
            ,      ,         ,          ,     ,
      Your ve|ry good|ness, and | your comp|any,
           ,        ,        ,        ,           ,
      Orepays | all^I | can do.| By this | your king,
             ,          ,        ,         x      ,
      Hath heard | of great | Augus|tus: Caius | Lucius,
            ,      2    ,          ,         ,        ,
      Will do | his commis|sion through|ly. And | I think
              ,          ,          ,       2    ,    ,
      He'll grant | the tri|bute, send | the arrear|ages,
           ,      ,         ,         ,        ,         2->
      Or look | upon | our Rom|ans, whose | remem||brance
          ,      ,                ,
      Is yet | fresh in | their grief.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                          ,       ,
                                       I do | believe
         ,          ,            ,          ,        ,
      (Statist | though I | am none,| nor like | to be)
             ,           ,        ,         ,            ,
      That this | will prove | a war;| and you | shall hear
           ,       ,        ,   2     ,       ,      ->
      The leg|ion now | in Gal|lia, soon|er land||ed
        2       ,   ,        ,          ,          ,       2->
      In our / not-fear|ing Bri|tain, than | have tid||ings
          ,    ,      ,         ,          ,      3  3->
      Of an|y pen|ny tri|bute paid.| Our coun||trymen
           ,      ,   ,           2        ,  2     ,
      Are men | more ord/ered than when | Julius | Caesar
         ,     2          ,         ,            ,            ,
      Smiled at their | lack of | skill, but | found their | courage
       ,             ,        ,           ,      ,
      Worthy | his frown|ing at.| Their* dis|cipline,
        ,    ,                     ,   2             ,    ,
      (Now ming/led with | their cour|ages) will / make known
           ,        ,         ,         ,        ,
      To their | approv|ers they | are peo|ple such
             ,      ,          ,
      That mend | upon | the world.
 
[Enter IACHIMO]
 
PHILARIO
                                        ,     ,
                                   See Ia|chimo.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
            ,         ,            ,      ,         ,
      The swift|est harts,| have post|ed you | by land;
            ,         ,         ,         ,            ,
      And winds | of all | the com|ers kissed | your sails,
           ,          ,       ,
      To make | your ves|sel nim|ble.
 
PHILARIO
                                       ,        ,
                                      Wel|come sir.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
          ,          ,         ,         ,         ,
      I hope | the brief|ness of | your ans|wer, made
            ,      ,     ,     2     ,
      The spee|diness | of your re|turn.
 
IACHIMO
                                                 ,
                                         Your | lady,
          ,      2      ,        ,     2        ,       ,
      Is one | of the fair|est that | I have looked | upon.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
            ,       ,          ,        ,          ,     ->
      And there|withal | the best,| or let | her beau||ty
        ,           2    ,    ,    2     T    T      T
      Look | through a case|ment to al|lure false hearts,
       ,         ,       2
      And be | false with them.
 
IACHIMO
                                 ,         ,         ,
                               Here are | letters | for you.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
             ,       ,        ,
      Their ten|or good | I trust.
 
IACHIMO
                                        ,      ,
                                  'Tis ve|ry like.
 
PHILARIO
           ,      ,       ,         ,        ,
      Was Cai|us Luc|ius in | the Brit|ain court,
            ,           ,
      When you | were there?
 
IACHIMO
                              ,          ,        ,
                             He was | expect|ed then,
           ,          ,
      But not | approached.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                              ,         ,
                             All is | well yet,
      <-  ,                ,         ,         ,     T   Tx   T
        Sparkles || this stone | as it | was wont,| or is it not
       ,    ,                       ,
      Too dull / for your | good* wear|ing?
 
IACHIMO
                                             ,    2        x
                                            If | I had lost it,
           ,            ,          ,         ,        ,
      I should | have lost | the worth | of it | in gold,
             ,        ,        ,         ,      2   ,
      I'll make | a journ|ey twice | as far,| to enjoy
         ,        ,      .   T    T     T           ,
      A sec|ond night | of such sweet short|ness, which
            ,        ,         ,          ,        ,
      Was mine | in Bri|tain, for | the ring | is won.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
             ,            ,         ,
      The stone's | too hard | to come | by.
 
IACHIMO
                                              ,        ,
                                             Not | a whit,
            ,      x         ,
      Your la|dy being | so ea|sy.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                     ,     ,
                                   Make | not sir,
             ,           ,         ,          ,          ,
      Your loss,| your sport:| I hope | you know | that we
            ,        ,        ,
      Must^not | contin|ue friends.
 
IACHIMO
                                           ,         ,
                                    Good* sir,| we must
       ,         ,   ,              ,          ,
      If you | keep co/venant.| Had I | not brought
            ,         ,         ,          ,        ,
      The know|ledge of | your mist|ress home,| I grant
           ,         ,        ,         ,       ,
      We were | to ques|tion furth|er: but | I now
           ,        ,          x       ,        ,
      Profess | myself | the winner | of her | honor,
          ,       ,           ,         ,          ,      2->
      Togeth|er with | your ring;| and not | the wrong||er
          ,        ,     ,           ,       ,
      Of her | or you,| having | procee|ded but
           ,           ,
      By both | your wills.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                             ,    2          x       ,
                            If you can | make it ap|parent
            ,           ,      ,        ,         ,
      That you | have tast|ed her | in bed;| my hand,
            ,         ,         ,          ,      ,      2->
      And ring | is yours.| If not,| the foul | opin||ion
           ,      2      ,     ,        ,          ,
      You had | of her pure | honor | gains, or | loses,
             ,          ,         ,             ,     ,
      Your sword,| or mine,| or mast|erless / leave both
          ,            ,
      To who | shall find | them.
 
IACHIMO
                                   ,        ,       ,      ->
                                  Sir,| my cir|cumstan||ces
        x          ,          ,      ,  2         ,
      Being | so near | the truth | as I will | make them,
             ,         ,     ,           ,               ,
      Must first | induce | you to | believe:| whose^strength
      ,     2      ,           ,          T   T    T
      I will con|firm with | oath, which^|I doubt not,
               ,         ,          ,           ,            ,
      You'll give | me leave | to spare,| when you | shall find
              x      ,
      You need it | not.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                              T
                        Pro|ceed.
 
IACHIMO
                                    T     .   T      ,
                                  First, her bed | chamber
         ,            ,        ,      ,              ,
      (Where I | confess | I slept | not, but | profess
            ,          ,      ,    ,           2         ,
      Had that | was well | worth wat/ching) it was | hanged
      <-         ,     ,         ,            x           ,
        With || tape|stry of | silk, and | silver, the | story
        ,     2   ,        ,         ,         ,
      Proud Cleo|patra,| when she | met her | Roman,
           ,         ,         ,          ,         ,
      And Cyd|nus swelled | above | the banks,| or for
            ,          ,          ,         ,          ,
      The press | of boats,| or pride.| A piece | of work
           ,        ,         ,          ,          ,
      So brave|ly done,| so rich,| that it | did strive
           ,       ,         ,        ,        ,        2->
      In work|manship,| and val|ue, which | I won||dered
             ,        ,      ,       ,        ,
      Could be | so rare|ly and | exact|ly wrought
        ,           T    T    Tx
      Since the | true life on it | was--
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                            ,         ,
                                          This | is true:
            ,          ,            ,          ,        ,
      And this | you might | have heard | of here,| by me,
          ,        ,
      Or by | some oth|er.
 
IACHIMO
                            ,        ,     ,
                          More | partic|ulars
            ,     ,        ,
      Must jus|tify | my know|ledge.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                      ,          ,
                                     So | they must,
          ,         ,      ,    ,
      Or do | your hon|or in|jury.
 
IACHIMO
                                         ,      2->
                                   The chim||ney
           ,           ,        ,          ,        ,
      Is south | the chamb|er, and | the chim|ney-piece
         T    Tx    T         x      ,       ,
      Chaste Dian bath|ing: never | saw I | figures
           ,      ,       ,           ,            x
      So like|ly to | report | themselves;| the cutter
       ,    2   ,        ,         ,         ,
      Was as a|nother | nature,| dumb; out|went her,
       ,              ,           ,
      Motion | and breath | left^out.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                        ,           ,
                                      This is | a thing
             ,            ,       ,        ,         ,
      Which you | might from | rela|tion like|wise^reap,
        x      2      ,          ,     2
      Being, as it | is, much^|spoke of.
 
IACHIMO
                                                 ,    2        ,
                                         The | roof of the | chamber
             ,       ,     ,          x           ,   2
      With gold|en cher|ubins | is fretted.| Her and|irons
       ,      2    ,                  ,    ,       ,      ->
      (I | had forgot | them) were / two wink|ing Cu||pids
           x        ,        ,           ,          ,
      Of silver,| each on | one foot*| standing,| nicely
         ,        ,            ,
      depend|ing on | their brands.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                      ,    2       ,
                                    This is her | honor:
       ,    2       ,          2       ,          ,           ,
      Let it be | granted | you have seen | all this |(and praise
           x          ,       ,     ,       2     ,
      Be given | to your | remem|brance) the de|scription
           ,        ,         ,        ,        ,
      Of what | is in | her chamb|er noth|ing saves
           ,      ,           ,
      The wag|er you | have laid.
 
IACHIMO
                                    ,            ,
                                  Then if | you can
           ,       ,          ,         ,           x
      Be pale,| I beg | but leave | to air | this jewel: see,  ????
           ,         ,      ,         ,        ,       2->
      And now |'tis up | again:| it must | be mar||ried
           ,          ,          ,      ,
      To that | your dia|mond, I'll | keep them.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                                 __
                                                Jove--
        T    T   T      2    ,         ,        ,
      Once more let | me behold | it: is | it that
        ,         ,
      Which I | left with | her?
 
IACHIMO
                                  ,        ,            ,
                                 Sir |(I thank | her) that
              ,           ,         ,       ,         ,
      She stripped | it from | her arm:| I see | her yet:
            ,      ,        ,         ,          ,
      Her pret|ty ac|tion, did | outsell | her gift,
           ,         ,         ,          ,        ,
      And yet | enriched | it too:| she gave | it me,
            ,           ,          ,
      And said,| she prized | it once.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
       ,             ,          ,
      Maybe | she plucked | it off  (tri with prev)
             x      ,
      To send it | me.
 
IACHIMO
                               ,            ,      ,
                      She | writes so | to you?| Doth she?
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
         ,         ,          ,      ,           ,
      O no,| no*, no,| 'tis true.| Here, take^|this too*,  ????
       ,         ,     ,       ,         ,
      It is | a bas|ilisk | unto | mine eye,
        ,     2       ,    2      ,           ,       ,
      Kills me to | look on it:| Let there | be no | honor
              ,          ,        ,            ,            ,
      Where there | is beaut|y: truth,| where sem|blance: love,
        ,          2   ,        ,           ,        ,
      Where there's a|nother | man. The | vows of | women
          ,          ,        ,        ,         2      ,
      Of no | more* bon|dage be,| to where | they are made,
        ,          ,    2         ,          ,         ,
      Than they | are to their | virtues,| which is | nothing;
      T  .  T   T         ,
      O, above meas|ure false.
 
PHILARIO
                                     ,         ,
                               Have pa|tience sir,
            ,           ,       ,      .   T   T   T
      And take | your ring | again,| 'tis not yet won:  ??
          ,         ,    ,          ,         ,
      It may | be prob|able | she lost | it: or
       T    T    .  T      2     ,        x         ,      2->
      Who knows if one | of her wom|en, being | corrup||ted
              x          ,
      Hath stolen | it from | her.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                   ,      ,
                                  Ve|ry true,
      <-     ,        ,         ,     ,        T   T   T
        And so || I hope | he came | by it:| back my ring,
       ,    2      ,         ,   2       ,      ,
      Render to | me some | corporal | sign a|bout her
            ,    ,           ,          ,           x
      More^ev|ident | than this:| for this | was stolen.
 
IACHIMO
          ,    ,       ,         ,         ,
      By Jup|iter,| I had | it from | her arm.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
        ,              ,         ,    ,          ,
      Hark you,| he swears:| by Jup|iter | he swears.
             ,          ,          ,           ,     2     ,
      'Tis true,| nay keep | the ring;| 'tis true:| I am sure
                   ,    ,         ,       ,       2
      She would / not lose | it: her | attend|ants are
      <- ,       ,          ,  2         ,        ,             x
        All || sworn and | honora|ble: they | induced | to steal it?
           ,       ,         ,    ,     2     ,
      And by | a strang|er? No,| he hath en|joyed her,
           ,      ,         ,       ,    2   ,
      The cog|nizance | of her | incon|tinency
           ,       2        ,           ,         ,            ,     ->
      Is this:| she hath bought | the name | of whore,| thus^dear||ly.
        ,       ,        ,        ,        ,         ,
      There,| take thy hire, and all the fiends of hell  ????
          ,           ,         ,
      Divide | themselves | between | you.
 
PHILARIO
                                            ,        ,        ->
                                           Sir,| be pa||tient:
        ,      2       ,        ,         ,        ,
      This | is not strong | enough | to be | believed
          ,        ,        ,
      Of one | persua|ded well | of.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                       x       ,    2
                                     Never | talk on it:
       ,               ,       ,
      She hath | been col|ted by | him.
 
IACHIMO
                                         ,         ,
                                        If | you seek
           ,        ,     ,       ,    2       ,
      For furth|er sat|isfy|ing, und|er her breast
        ,             ,          ,    .   T     T     T
      (Worthy | the pres|sing) lies | a mole, right proud
                  ,   ,   2     ,         ,        ,
      Of that / most del|icate lod|ging. By | my life
           ,      ,     2       ,        ,         ,
      I kissed | it, and it | gave me | present | hunger
           ,       ,             ,         ,      ,      2->
      To feed | again,| though full.| You do | remem||ber
             ,       ,
      This stain | upon | her?
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
                                ,       2     ,         ,
                               Aye,| and it doth | confirm
        ,        ,         ,         ,          ,
      Anoth|er stain,| as big | as hell | can hold,
        ,        2       ,         ,
      Were there* no | more but | it.
 
IACHIMO
                                              T    T    T
                                      Will | you hear more?
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
        ,             ,     ,
      Spare your | arith|metic:  \\
       ,        ,           ,      ,             ,
      Never | count the | turns: once,/ and a | million.
 
IACHIMO
        ,        ___
      I'll be | sworn.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
      __     ,
      No | swearing:  (di with prev)
       ,              ,                 ,      x          ,
      If you | will swear | you have / not done it,| you lie,
          ,          ,           ,          ,       ,
      And I | will kill | thee, if | thou dost | deny
               ,         ,
      Thoust^made | me cuck|old.
 
IACHIMO
                                  ,       ,    ,
                                I'll | deny | nothing.
 
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
      ,           ,          ,         ,          ,      ,  ->
      O that | I had | her here,| to tear | her limb-||meal:
                ,        2      x       2      ,         ,
      I | will go | there and do it,| in the court,| before
            ,              ,   ,
      Her fath|er. I'll / do some|thing.
 
[Exit]
 
PHILARIO
                                           ,         ,
                                         Quite | besides
           ,       ,        ,          ,          ,
      The gov|ernment | of pa|tience. You | have won:
        ,    ,               2     ,         ,         ,
      Let's fol/low him,| and pervert | the pres|ent wrath
           ,        ,          ,
      He hath | against | himself.
 
IACHIMO
                                         ,         ,
                                   With all | my heart.
 
[Exeunt]

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