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Wales. Before the cave of Belarius.
[Enter IMOGEN, in boy's clothes]
IMOGEN
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I see | a man's | life is a | ted|ious one,
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I have tired | myself,| and for two | nights
to|gether
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Have made | the ground | my bed.| I should | be
sick,
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But that my | reso|lution | helps me.| Milford,
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When from the | mountain-|top, Pi|sanio | showed
thee,
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Thou wast | within | a ken:| O Jove,| I think
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Founda|tions fly | the wretch|ed: such | I mean,
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Where they should | be re|lieved. Two*| beggars |
told me
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I could not | miss my | way: will | poor folks
lie,
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That have | afflic|tions on | them, know|ing 'tis
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A pun|ishment,| or trial?| Yes; no^|wonder,
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When rich | ones^scarce | tell true. To lapse |
in full||ness
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Is sor|er than | to lie | for need:| and
false||hood
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Is worse | in kings,| than beg|gars. My / dear
lord,
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Thou art | one of the | false ones*:| Now I |
think on thee, ??
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My hun|ger's gone;| but even | before,| I was
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At point | to sink | for food.| But what | is
this?
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Here is | a path | to it: 'tis | some* sav|age
hold:
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I were best | not call;| I dare | not call:| yet
fam||ine
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Ere clean it | orethrow na|ture, makes it |
valiant.
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Plenty,| and peace breeds cow|ards: hard|ness
ever
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Of hard|iness | is moth|er. Ho?| Who's^here?
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If an|ything | that's civil,| speak: if | savage,
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Take or lend. Ho?| No ans/wer? Then I'll | enter.
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Best^draw | my sword:| and if | mine en|emy
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But fear | the sword like me,| he'll scarce|ly
look || on it.
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Such | a foe,| good* heav|ens. \\
[Exit, to the cave. Enter BELARIUS, GUIDERIUS, and ARVIRAGUS]
BELARIUS
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You Pol|idore | have proved | best wood/man, and
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Are mast|er of | the feast:| Cadwal,| and I
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Will play | the cook,| and serv|ant, 'tis | our
match:
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The sweat | of ind|ustry | would dry,| and die
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But for the | end it | works to.| Come, our |
stomachs
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Will make | what's^home|ly sav|ory: wear|iness
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Can snore | upon | the flint,| when rest|y sloth
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Finds the down pil|low hard.| Now peace | be
here,
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Poor* house,| that keepst | thyself.
GUIDERIUS
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I am tho|roughly wea||ry.
ARVIRAGUS
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I am weak | with toil,| yet strong | in
ap|petite.
GUIDERIUS
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There is / cold meat | in the cave,| we'll browse
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Whilst^what | we have killed,| be cooked.
BELARIUS
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Stay,| come not in: (tri with prev)
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But that | it eats | our vic|tuals, I | should
think
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Here were | a fai|ry.
GUIDERIUS
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What's | the mat|ter, sir?
BELARIUS
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By Jup|iter | an ang|el: or | if not
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An earth|ly par|agon.| Behold | divine||ness
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No^eld|er than a boy. ??
IMOGEN
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Good* mast|ers harm | me not:
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Before | I ent|ered here,| I called,| and thought
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To have begged,| or bought,| what I have | took:
good troth,
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I have stolen | nought, nor | would not, though |
I had found
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Gold strewed / in the | floor. Here's^|money |
for my meat,
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I would | have left | it on | the board | so soon
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As I | had made | my meal;| and part/ed
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With || prayers | for the | provid|er.
GUIDERIUS
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Mon|ey? Youth.
ARVIRAGUS
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All gold | and silv|er rath|er turn | to dirt,
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As 'tis | no bet|ter reck|oned, but | of those
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Who worsh|ip dir|ty gods.
IMOGEN
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I see | you're an||gry:
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Know,| if you kill | me for | my fault,| I should
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Have died,| had I | not made | it.
BELARIUS
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Whith|er bound?
IMOGEN
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To Mil|ford-Hav|en.
BELARIUS
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What's | your name?|
IMOGEN
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Fide|le sir.| I have | a kins|man, who
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Is bound for Italy; he embarked at Milford, ????
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To whom | being going,| almost | spent with |
hunger,
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I am fallen | in this | offense.
BELARIUS
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Prithee |(fair* youth)
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Think us no churls:| nor meas|ure our / good
minds
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By this rude | place we | live in.| Well
en|countered,
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'Tis al|most night,| you shall | have bet|ter
cheer
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Ere you | depart:| and thanks | to stay | and eat
it.
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Boys, bid him | welcome.
GUIDERIUS
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Were you | a wom|an, youth,
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I should woo | hard, but | be your | groom in |
honesty*,
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I bid | for you, as | I do buy. ??
ARVIRAGUS
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I'll make it | my com||fort
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He | is a man,| I'll love | him as my | brother:
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And such | a wel|come as | I'd give | to him
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(*After long | absence)^|such is | yours.
Most^|welcome: ??
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Be spright|ly, for | you fall |'mongst^friends.
IMOGEN
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'Mongst^friends?
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If broth|ers: would | it had | been so,| that
they
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Had been | my fath|er's sons,| then had | my
prize
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Been less,| and so | more^e|qual bal|lasting
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To thee | Posthumus.
BELARIUS
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He wrings | at some | distress.
GUIDERIUS
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Would I | could free it.
ARVIRAGUS
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Or I,| whatere | it be,
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What pain | it cost,| what dang|er: Gods!|
BELARIUS
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Hark | boys.|
IMOGEN
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Great | men
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That had | a court | no big/ger than | this cave,
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That did at|tend them|selves, and | had the |
virtue
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Which^their / own cons|cience sealed | them:
lay|ing by
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That noth|ing-gift | of dif|fering mul|titudes
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Could not | out-peer | these twain.| Pardon | me
gods,
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I'd change | my sex | to be | compan|ion with
them,
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Since Le|ona|tus' false.
BELARIUS
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It shall | be so:
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Boys we'll | go dress | our hunt.| Fair* youth |
come^in:
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Discourse is heav|y, fast|ing: when | we have
supped
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We'll man|nerly | demand | thee of thy | story.
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So far | as thou | wilt speak it.
GUIDERIUS
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Pray draw near.
ARVIRAGUS
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The night | to the owl, \\
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And morn | to the / lark less | welcome.
IMOGEN
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Thanks sir.
ARVIRAGUS
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I pray | draw | near.
[Exeunt]