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3^7^. B^* 6
THE
TEMPLE SHAKESPEARE
By tkikindpermhskm rf Mcurt MaamOam tST Co.
ami W. AMt Wright^ £ij., tkt text hen
wtedhthatofthg** Qmiru^ ^ E£tiom.
First SdMoH ^f this issue ^** CymteliHS " printed August tigd.
Seamd BdUton^ OctoUr t996.
TMrd SdMoM, August tan-
Fourth BdUtoH, AprU rtgp-
Fi/m SdiHmt Februmry sgoo.
Seethed in miits of Penmanmawr.
Taught by Plinlimmon's Druid power,
England's genius filled all measuro
Of heart and soul, of strength and pleasure,
Gave to the mind its emperor,
And life was larger than before;
!Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and son of Shakespeare's wit.
The men who lived with him hccumo
Poets, for the air was fame.
Emrksun.
SMAKespeARes
TRAGeDTOr-
•WITH • PRfiFACC-
• GLOSS AP.Y- &ffK'
' l5RA€L*ODLL9«*:^
** Imogsn, like Juliet, conveys to oar mind tne impressloii
of extreme simplicity b the midst of the most wonderfiU
complexity. To conceive her aright, we most take some
peculiar tint from many characters, and so mingle them
that, like the combination of haes in a sunbeam, the effect
shall be as one to the eye. We must imagine somethii^ of
the romantic enthusiasm of Juliet, of the truth and constancy
of Helen, of the dignified purity of Isabel, of the tender
sweetness of Viola, of the self-possessioo and intellect of
Portia— combined together so equally and so harmoniously
that we can scarcely say that one quality predominates over
the other. But Imogen is less imaginative than Juliet,
less spirited and intellectual than Portia, less serious than
Helen and Isabel ; her dignity b not so imposing as that
of Hermione— it stands more on the defensive ; her sub-
nussioa, though unbounded, is not so passive as that of
Desdemooa ; and thus, while she resembles each of these
characters individually, she stands wholly distinct from
all. .. .
On the whole, Imogen is a lovely compound of goodness,
truth, and affection, with just so much of passion and
intellect and poetry as serve to lend to the lecture that
power and glowing richness of effect whidi it would other-
wise have wanted ; and of her it might be sud, if we could
condescend to quote from any other poet with Shakspeare
open before us, that ' htr p€rtcn wot a paradiu and htr
aaul ike chirub t0 guard it.* **
Mrs Jambson.
HARV/^RD COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM u:ei:::raryof
Preface.
The First EdlUon. **Tke TragaBe of CymkBrn** wzn 6nt
printed in the FoUo of 1623 ; it is the last play in the Tolume,
where it occupies pp. 369-399 (misprinted 993).
The place of Cymbelhu in the First Folio has led some critics
to infer that it was included late, and as an afterthought. The
text of the play is certainly unsatisfactory, and possibly represents
in many cases the poet's *<rough.cast notes" rather than hit
finished work.
Doubtful Passages. The Vision in Act V. Scene iv. was
probably by some other hand than Shakespeare^s ; it recalls the
problems connected with the Masfnt in the Fourth Act of the
Tem^st ; in both cases it is important to remember the fondness
for this species of composition during the reign of James I. The
Vision may have been inserted for some special Court re-
pnssentation.
The exquisite simplicity of the dirge sung by the brothers
over the grave of Fidele (Act IV., Sc ii.) seems to have raised
doubts in the minds of certain commentators as to the authen-
ticity of the lines; they have found ** something strikingly
inferior ** in the concluding couplets, both in thought and ex-
pression ; they would reject, as *< additions,"
" Golden lads tutdgirlt mU mtai.
At tMimn^ytwii^en, eeme to dustf**
preferring no doubt CoUins's more elegant rendering :— >
Preface. ^m Gymbeline
TV fair PiJUVt grtuty tomb
Soft maids and viUagt hi$td$ tkmil Mng
Each 0p€ning tweet 0/ earliest hloom,
Andr^aU the breathing spring r
The "Tragedy" of Gymbeline. The editors of the
First Folio erred in describing Cymbdme as a « Tragedy," and in
placing it in the division of « Tragedies **\**aUis vntward svrrvw "
at the opening of the story, but its close is attuned to the harmony
of peace and happiness, and the play thus satisfies the essentisd
conditions of " Romantic Comedy,*' or more properly of Shake-
spearian ** Tragi • Comedy," — life's commingling of tears and
laughter, sorrow and joy, joy triumphant in tlie end.
Date of Composition. No positive eridence exists for
the date of composition of CynbeUae; the probabilities are in
favour of 1 609- 1 0.
This limit may be ixed from a notice in the MS. Diary of Dr
Simon Forman, a notorious quack and astrologer. His *< Book y
PlaUs and Notes there^/or eommon FoUieie^* shows liim an enthu-
siastic pUy-goer ; it contains his reports of three Shakespearian
representations at the Globe Theatre in 1610-11; Maebetk is
referred to under the former year (possibly an error for 161 1);
The Winter's Toilr was witnessed on the 15th of May, 161 1, two or
three months before the diarist's death ; Cymbelute unfortunately
has no date assigned ; there is merely the statement, preceding
an epitome of the plot,— •
" Remember also the etmry of Cymbalim^ Ksmg of Englasid in Imosu*
time.''
* Among the Ashmolesn MSS. (ao8) in the Bodleian Libnury ; privatdy
printed by HaUiwell-PhilUps.
«1
Gymbeline W» Preface.
CymiiUm^i inflnence on Beaumont and Fletcher's PhUatUr (cp,
the eharacters of Imogen and Euphrasia*) is noteworthy: the
date of the latter play cannot be definitely fixed, but the evidence
points to ar«» i6io.ii; 1608 is the earliest date critics hare
assigned to it. Similarly Webster's **fFkite DevU^ tr, FitUria
Conmiema/' printed In 1611, and written atm 1608, owes some
of its tenderest touches to the most striking scenes in CymMme,
The relation of these two plays, to the present play, as well
. as certain striking resemblances between scenes and situations
in CymieUae and MaeUth (e,g,, Act II. ii., compared with Maebah,
Act II. t), have led to the conjecture that some portions of the
work were written as early as 1606-7, the whole being com-
pleted in 1609-10; one scholar assigns to the former date Act
IL, Sc. i., and Act V., Sc ii.-T.$ Another scholar § calls atten-
tion to a change of treatment to be found in the character of
doten ; in the earlier scenes « he is a mere fool " (e,g. I. iii.,
n. i.) ; in the later ** he is by no means deficient in manliness,
and the lack of his counsel is regretted by the King in Act iV.
Sc !•" He finds in Act HI. Sc ▼. corroboration of his view,
* As a single instance of tlie borrowings, in thought and phraseologyi the
following may be noted :—
« Tfu gods take Petri agtdmi m$; could tkis Boot
ffavg kild mo thfu obo f " {Pkilastor, IV. L).
Cp. CymbtUne, V. iL a-6.
t Some of the parallels are certainly noteworthy ; thus, the reference to
Tarqnin (IL 13-14) recalls ** Tarquisit rmfUhing ttridot " \Macb., II. i. 55,
5Q ; *' ladd witA Mut ofhoaootit own Hncf (IL aa, 23) may be compared
with Dancan*s '^oilvortkm lacod with his goldon Mood"* {Mach,^ II. iiL
118),^^
X G. M. Ingleby(<#. his edition of "Cjwv^^Smt/* x88^
I F. G. rUay.
va
Preface. ^m Cymbelinc
pointing out thit the prose part is a subsequent inserdon,
having some slight discrepancies with the older parts of the
scene. According to this Tiew the story of Cymheline and his
sons, the tribute, ftc, in the last three acts, was written at an
earlier time, in 1606.*
More important than these questionable theories are the
unmistakeable links connecting CyimSelhu with the Shakespearian
fragment of Peridei, with The Tempest^ and especially with Tht
WtiUet't TaU — the crowning glories of the close of the poet*s
literary life ; what the present writer has said of one of these
may be said of all : " on all of them his gentle spirit seems to
rest ; * Timon the Misanthrope ' no longer delights him ; his
visions are of human joy — scenes of forgiveness, reconciliation,
and peace — a world where father is re-united with child, husband
with wife, brother witn brother, friend with friend. Like his
own Miranda, Shakespeare in these Romances again finds tfaf
world beautiful ; —
H<nu many goodly cnmiurt* art thgr* hero I
How heaMUou* mankind u I O brave new wofid
Thai hat suchpiopU in'it**
Perhaps, after all, John Heminge and Henry Condell knew
what they were about, when, in defiance of chronologry and of
their own classification, they opened their precious Folio with
the wonders of Prosperous enchanted island, and closed it with
< the divine comedy ' of < Posthumous and Imogen.'
Sources of the Plot. The main plot of the play is the
love-story of Posthumus and Imogen: this theme, with the
• Cp. "A Chrtmicle History of tko L^o and Wofht e/ WiUiam
Shakesptaro:'
viii
Gymbeline &^ Preface.
famous * wager-mo/j^' and the * chest intrigue,' is set in a
framework of pseudo-British History, and blended with episodes
belonging to that mythical epoch.
I. The Historical Element. So &r as the names
of the British King (whose reign was contemporary with
the birth of Christ), his two sons, and step-son, are con-
cerned, the historical element was derired from Holinshed's
Cironkki of England (Bk. III. ; ch. xiii.-zviii.) ; some few
meagre incidents were taken from the same source, notably
the original of Posthumus* account of the battle, and of his
description of the changed fortunes of the fight, summed
up in " a narrow lane, an oU man, and two 6eys,*l The source
of this episode is found in Holinshed*s History of Scotland,
near the chapters dealing with the story of Macbeth,
The mere name of the heroine is also to be found in
Holinshed's account of ancient British story; but it is
dear that Shakespeare was already familiar with the name
when engaged on Much Ado About Nothing g in the opening
stage-direction of this play « Innogen " is actually men-
tioned as ** tlie wife of Leonato."
II. Tlie Story of Imogen. The story of Imogen
was derived, directly or indirectly, from the Decamerone of
Boccaccio; it is one of the Second Day Stories, "wherein
was discoursed of those who after l>eing baffled by divers
chances have won at last of a joyful issue beyond their
hope." The Ninth Story tells **knv Bernabo of Genoa, duped
by AmbrtgiuolOf loeeth hit good and commandeth that hie innocent
vtfe be put to death. She eecupeth and eerveth the Soldan m
• sMu'/ hcAk, Here ehe Ughteth upm the deeeher of her hmsband
is
Preface. ^m Cymbeline
and MtgeiA the laitir H Mtuutdriof whir* iir iradueer itk^
huihand, rich.**
This rough outline of the plot, at the head of Boccaccio*t
story, indicates, somewhat at least, how far Shakespeare's
▼ersion departs from the Italian. Shakespeare may haTe
read the story as told in the JUcamumUf but there were
many other renderings of the theme, which, perhaps origin-
ally belonging to Byzantine literature, found a place in Old
French Romance and Drama long before it reached Italy; in
all probability « The Rmtmce ef the FioUt^* by Gerbert de
Montruil, area 1225, was the source of Boccaccio's noTeL
From the French, rather than from the Italian, were
derired the oldest German and Scandinarian stories of ^ The
Four Merchante; «r, The Firtumu Wife^ Some such English
variant of the Imogen storywas probably current In England
in the sixteenth century, and may account for certain features
of the play; e,g, the introduction in Act I. Sc. It. of the
representatlTes of the four nationalities,* but it is not at
all unlikely that Shakespeare was also acquainted with
Boccaccio's narratiTc. A curious English Terslon appeared
in a tract entitled « Weet^nard for SwulU^ which was pub-
lished in 1620; its chief Interest lies perhaps in the fact
that the story is there associated with English history, and
referred to the times of Edward IV.f
* It is mteresting to note that not only was the story of " Th€ Four
Merchants'* well known in Denmark in the XVIth century, but daring
the same century Iceland had ballads and rhjrmes on the same theme;
the writer possesses transcripts of several such versions.
t Malone alludes to an edition of 1603 ; but he probably made a nustalce,
the book may have existed in manuscript years before its pablicatioa.
Cymbeline W» Preface.
III. Imogen and Sno'nr-'fvhite. Certain elements
of the plot have ttlU to be accoimted for :—#./. (i) the itory
of the wicked step-dame, with her .subtle interest in the
poisonous properties of herbs: (ii) the stealing of the
princes, and their free life in the wilds and in their cave-
home: (iii) Fldele's happy life with them in the care; its
Hidden end; the re-awakening from death. These, and
other points, serve to knit together the two main threads of
the plot, bnt tiiej are nowhere to be found in Hoiinshed, nor
in Boccaccio, nor in the many variants of the ** wager-story."
The bare enumeration of the three elements must, I think,
ienre to establish Shakespeare's obligation to another source,
—to a folk-story still among the most popular of all nursery
tales,— the story of <« Little Snow-white." The fairy tale as
known to modem English children has come to them from
Germany, but there can be little doubt that an English
M Snow-white" was known to Shakespeare in liis own
youth, and was periiaps even dearer to him than the stories
of<'Childe Rowhnd " and •« Mr Fox** QwU King Lear, XW,
It. 188, and AfodI Ad» JhmA N^Hdng, I. i. iiS-iso). These
latter fairy-tales are happily still preserved among the
treasures of ** English Fairy Tales": some day perhaps
Shakespeare's ^Snow-white" may be added; one would,
however, be much surprised if it differed strikingly from the
tale so dear to us from infancy.
In the tale as in the play we have (i) a weak king
surrendering his child to the tender mercies of a cruel step-
mother, who, to quote from the popular version, <*vra8 a
l>eautifui woman, but proud and haughty"; (ii) the
cottage of the dwarfs which gives Snow-white slielter is
al
Preface. ^m Cymbeljne
described in the best and trnett ▼ersiont u a caTe in the
forest; (it!) Snow-white, hungry and tliirsty, enters die
caTe nninvited, and is found by the Idndly dwarfs, much
in the same way as Fidele by Beiarius, Guiderius and
Anriragus. **0h, heaTensl oh, heavens 1" cried the
dwarfs, « what a loTeiy child I ** **By JitpiUr^ am JUigdi^
quoth Beiarius,
AntarMy^aarmgaul^ • • •
(iT) The dwarfs said, « If you will tal^e care of our house,
cook, and malie tlie beds, wash, sew, and imit, you can stay
with us and you sludl want for notliing." ETen so was it
with Fidele.
** But kit n$ai cooktty ! kg cut omr roait
In eAaracUr$,
And umctd ^ur brotkst ns Juno had iun tick
And kg kor dUttr,** . . .
(t) " Snow-white^" the story tells us, *< kept the house in
order for them ; in the mornings they went to the moun-
tains and looked for copper and gold, in the erenings
they came l»ck, and then their supper had to be ready.
The giri was alone the whole day, so the good dwarib
warned her and said, < Beware of your step-mother, she will
soon know that you are here ; be sure to let no one come
in.*" . . . The situation is practically identical in the
play, save that Imogen's wicked step-mother need not visit
her, for she works her evil power by means of the poisoned
cordial. Both in the play and in the tale tlie poison sends
the victim into a death-iike trance, (ti) The simple nar-
rative of the nursery story is perhaps the best commentary
lymbeline m^ Preface.
on the fweetett scene of the play, the finding of FIdele dead
^**tke Urd ii dtai thai «w hant mad* t§ mmh m "—and the
barial, the sorrow of the princes, and their dirge. ** Snow-
white was dead, and remained dead. The dwarfs laid her
upon a bier, and all seren of them sat round it and wept for
her, and wept three days long. Then they were going to
bnry her, but she still looked as if she were living, and still
had her pretty red cheeks. They said < tm tatmei kury her m
ski dark ground,* and they had a transparent coffin of glass
made. They put the coffin out upon the mountains, and one
of them always stayed by it and watched it. And birds
came too, and wept for Snow-white ; first an owl, then a
raven, and last a dove." Beneath all the complexity of plot
created by Shakespeare, this original can still clearly be de-
tected; in the play the homely robin, «the ruddock,"
does service for the owl, the raven, and the dove of the story.
The parallels might easily be multiplied. These will per-
haps suffice to show that Imogen, « tk« twHi$ttf faintt lily^^
and Fidele, " thai nvut rvty lad,** owed something of their
beauty to the child ** white as snow, as red as blood, and
with hair as black as ebony." « Imogen " Is in very deed
<< Snow-white," the best beloved of childhood's heroines,
transfigured as manhood's Ideal of all womanly perfection.
"Dano tbere lUie fruit, mi 9oul,
tCUI tbeUreeSXe."
DRAMATIS PERSONiE.
Ctmbilimb, J&^ ofBrUam,
Clotin, tmUtht Qfum fy a/tmur huthamd,
PosTHDMlTS LlONAlVl, a geHiiemam, htuband U Iwngen.
Bklauds, a kamukid ktd^ Ssguued ymltr tht name rf Morgan, -
GraDKUDS, "ysmt to CymUime, dhgtasttl wider tkt name*^ Pob^kn
AmvXKAGUS,/ and Cadtvalf tupfotodiom to Morgan,
VmLAM30,/rimdto PosthmmusA ^^^^^^
lAOUMO^Jrieml to J*AilanOf J
CiUDS LaODSf Gemrai tftke Roman forut,
PifAMlO, servant i§ Foithnnuu*
CoKMELioii a pkytitian,
A Roman Captain.
Two British Captains.
A Frenchman, friend to Philario.
Two Lords of Cymbeline's court.
Two Gentlemen of the same.
Two Gaolers.
Queen, wite to Cymbeline.
Imooin, damgkter to CymSeisne hy afirwur queen,
Helen, a Uuhf attending on Imogen,
Lords, Ladies, Roman Senators, Tribunes, a Soothsayer, a Dutch-
< man, a Spaniard, Musicians, Officers, CapUins, SoldierSf
Messengers, and other Attendants.
Apparitions.
Scene: Britain: Romt.
Cymbeline,
Act First.
Scene I.
Britmn. The garden rf CymbeRn/i pakee.
Enter two Gentlemen*
Firit Gent. You do not meet a man but frowns: our
blooda
No more obey the heayens than our courtiers
Still seem as does the king.
See. Gent. But what 's the matter ?
Fhrtt Gent. His daughter, and the heir of 's kingdonii
whom
He purposed to his wife's sole son — a widow
That kte he married — ^hath referred herself
Unto a poor but worthy gentleman : she 's wedded ;
Her husband banish'd ; she imprisoned : all
Is outward sorrow ; though I think the king
Be touched at fery heart.
Acti.Sc.i. ^m Cymbeline
Sec. Geni. None but the king i lo
ftrit Gent. He that hath lost her too : so is the queeni
That most desired the match : but not a courtier,
Although they wear their &ces to the bent
Of the king's looks, hath a heart that is not
Glad at the thing they scowl at.
See. Gent. And why so ?
Firit Gent. He that hath miss'd the princess is a thing
Too bad for bad report : and he that hath her,
I mean, that married her, — alack, good man ! —
And therefore banish'd, is a creature such
As, to seek through the regions of the earth 20
For one his like, there would be something failing
In him that should compare. I do not think
So fiur an outward and such stuff within
Endows a man but he.
See. Gent. You speak him hi.
Firet Gent. I do extend him, sir, within himself.
Crush him together rather than unfold
His measure duly.
See. Gent. What 's his name and birth i
Firet Gent. I cannot delve him to the root: his &ther
Was call'd Sicilius, who did join his honour
Against the Romans with Cassibelan, 30
But had his titles by Tenantius, whom
Cymbeline w* Act i. sc i.
He served with glory and admired success.
So gain'd the sur-addition Leonatus :
And had, besides this gentleman in question.
Two other sons, who in the wars o' the time
Died with their swords in hand; for which their
&ther.
Then old and fond of issae, took such sorrow
That he quit being, and his gentle lady.
Big of this gentleman, our theme^ deceased
As he was bom. The king he takes the babe 40
To his protection, calls him Posthumus Leonatus,
Breeds him and makes him of his bed-chamber :
Puts to him all the learnings that his time
Could make him the receiver of; which he took.
As we do air, fast as 'twas ministePd,
And in 's spring became a harvest : lived in court —
Which rare it is to do— most praised, most loved :
A sample to the youngest, to the more mature
A glass that feated them, and to the graver
A child that guided dotards ; to his mistress, 50
For whom he now is banish'd, her own price
Proclaims how she esteem'd him and his virtue ;
By her election may be truly read
What kind of man he is.
br. GetU. I honour him
s
t 1. Sc. 1.
-
Even oot of your report. But, pny joo, tcD me^
Is she sole child to the king ?
Ftrst Gent. Hia only child.
He had two tontf— if this be worth your hetrio^
Mark it, — the eldest of them at three yein oU^
I' the swathing clothes the other, from their nuiay
Werestoleoy and to this hour no goesi in knowledge
Which way they went.
Sec. Gent. How long it thi« ago ? 6i
First Gent. Some twenty years.
Sec. Gent. That a king's diildren should be so comey'dl
So slackly guarded ! and the search so abw.
That could not trace them !
First Gent. Howsoe'cr 'tu strange^
Or that the negligence may well be langh'd at*
Yet is it true, sir.
Sec. Gent. I do well belie?e yoo.
Ftrst Gent. We must. forbear : here comes Ae genti
man.
The queen and princess. {Etm
Enter tbe Queen, Postbumui and Imogen.
Queen. No, be assured you shall not find me, daughter,
After the slander of most stepmothers,
Evil-eyed unto you : you 're my prisoner, bat
.ymbeline w> Act i. Sc. i.
Your gaoler thall deliver yoa the keys
That lock up your restrabt. For you, Posthumus,
So sooB as I can win the offended kmg,
I will be known your advocate : marry, yet
The fire of rage is in him, and 'twere good
You lean'd unto his sentence with what patience
Your wisdom may inform you.
oitm Please your highness,
I will from hence to-day.
veai. You know the periL 80
I '11 fetch a turn about the garden, pitying
The pangs of barr'd affections, though the king
Hath charged you should not speak together. [Exit.
0. O
Dissembling courtesy ! How fine this tyrant
Can tickle where she wounds ! My dearest husband,
I something fear my Other's wrath ; but nothing —
Always reserved my holy duty — ^what
His rage can do on me : you must be gone.
And I shall here abide the hourly shot
Of angry eyes, not comforted to live, 90
)ut that there is this jewel in the world
''hat I may see again.
My queen ! my mistress !
lady, weep no more, lest I give cause
s
Act I. Sc. i. 4B Cymbeline
Xo be suspected of more tendeneis
Than doth become a man ! I will remain
The loyalist hoaband that did e'er plight troth :
My residence in Rome at one Philario's,
Who to my fitther was a friend^ to me
Known bat by letter : thither write^ my queen.
And with mine eyes I '11 drink the words you send.
Though ink be made of galL
Re-enter Queen.
Queen, Be brief, I pray yon : lOi
If the king come, I shall incur I know not
How much of his displeasure, [^jfside} Yet I '0
moye him
To walk this way : I never do him wrong
But he does buy my injuries, to be friends ;
Pays dear for my offences. ^EkU,
Poet. Should we be taking leave
As long a term as yet we have to live.
The loathness to depart would grow. Adieu I
/mo. Nay, stay a little :
Were you but riding forth to air yourself, no
Such parting were too petty. Look here, love ;
This diamond was my mother's : take it, heart |
But keep it till you woo another wife,
6
ymbeline m^ Act I. sc. t
When Imogen is dead*
»/• Howy bow ! another ?
Yon gentle gods, give me but this I bare,
And sear up my emhracements from a next
With bonds of death! [^Putting <m the ring.'\ Remain,
remain thou here
While sense can keep it on ! And, sweetest, feirest,
As I my poor self did exchange for you
To your so infinite loss, so in our trifles 120
I still win of you : for my sake wear this ;
It is a manacle of love ; I '11 place it
Upon this ftirest prisoner*
[^Putting a bracelet on her arm.
ut. O the gods I
When shall we see again ?
Enter CymheUne and Lords*
ut. Alack, the king !
rm. Thou basest thing, aroid ! hence, from my sight!
If after this command thou fraught the court
With thy unworthiness, thou diest : away !
Thou 'rt poison to my blood.
ut. The gods protect you,
And bless the good remainders of the court !
I am gone. ^Extt.
7
Act I. Sc. L ^w Cymbeline
Imo. There cannot be a pinch in death 130
More sharp than this is.
Cym* O disloyal thing,
That shouldst repair my youth, thou heap'st
A year's age on me !
Imo. I beseech yon, sir.
Harm not yourself with your rezation :
I am senseless of your wrath ; a touch more rare
Subdues all pangs, all fears.
Cym. Past grace? obedience?
/mo. Past hope, and in despair ; that way, past grace.
Cym. That mightst have had the sole son of my queen !
Imo. O blessed, that I might not ! I chose an eagle.
And did aroid a puttock. 140
Cym. Thou took'st a beggar; wouldst have made my
throne
A seat for baseness.
Imo. No; I rather added
A lustre to it.
Cym, O thou yile one 1
Imo. Sir,
It is your &ult that I have loved Posthumus :
You bred him as my playfellow, ond he is
A man worth any woman, overbuys me
Almost the sum he pays.
Cymbeline m ActLSci.
Cjm. What, art thoa mad !
/jM. Almost, tir : heaven restore me ! Would I were
A neat-herd's daughter, and my Leonatus
Our neighbour-shepherd's son !
Cym. Thou foolish thing ! 150
Re-enter Queen.
They were again together : you haye done
Not after our command. Away with her.
And pen her up.
Qmeen. Beseech your patience. Peace,
Dear lady daughter, peace ! Sweet sovereign.
Leave us to ourselves, and make yourself some
comfort
Out of your best advice.
Cym. Nay, let her languish
A drop of blood a day ; and, bemg aged.
Die of thu folly ! [^Exeunt Cymbeline and Lords.
Queen* Fie ! you must give way.
Enter Piianio.
Here is your servant. How now, sir ! What news ?
Pis. My lord your son drew on my master.
Qneen. Ha! 160
No harm, I trust, is done ?
Act I. sc. !• « Cymbeline
Ph. There might have been^
But that my master rather phy'd than fought,
AdcL had no help of anger : they were parted
By gentlemen at hand.
Queen. I am rery glad on 't.
Imo. Your son 's my father's friend ; he takes his
part.
To draw upon an exile ! O brave sir !
I would they were in Afric both together ;
Myself by with a needle, that I might prick
The goer-back. Why came you from your
master?
Pis. On his command : he would not suffer me 170
To bring him to the haven : left these notes
Of what commands I should be subject to
When 't pleased you to employ me.
Queen. This hath been
Your feithftd servant : I dare lay mine honour
He will remain so.
Pis. I humbly thank your highness.
Queen. Pray, walk awhile.
Imo. About some half-hour hence,
I pray you, speak with me : you shall at least
Go see my lord aboard : for this time leave me.
[jExemU.
ymbeline w> Act t. Sc U.
Scene II.
The same* AfutBc flace.
Enter Cloien and two Lords*
irst Lord Sir, I would advise you to shift a
shirt; the violence of action hath made yon
reek as a sacrifice: where air comes out, air
comes in: there's none abroad so wholesome
as that yon rent,
b. If my shirt were Uoody, then to shift it.
Hare I hurt him ?
t. Lord [^jfside^ No, faith ; not so much as his
patience.
trst Lord Hurt him! his body's a passable lO
carcassy if he be not hurt : it is a throughfare
for steely if it be not hurt.
c> Lord ^Aside'^ His steel was in debt; it went
o' the backside the town.
!b. The villain would not sund me.
r. Lord {Aside'] No, but he fled forward still,
toward your face,
tr/f Lord. Stand you ! You have land enough of
Act h Sc. ii.
iCymbelh
See.
do.
See.
your own ; but he added to your haragi gi:fe
3rcm aome ground*
Lord. ^Atide"} As many inches as yon haTe
oceans. Puppies !
I would they had not come between us.
Lord. \Aeide'} So would I, till you had
measured how long a fool you were upon the
ground.
Clo. And that she should love this fellow, and refuse
me!
See, Lord. [jiside'\ If it be a sin to make a true
election, she is damned.
Ftrtt Lord, Sir, as I told you always, her beauty
and her brain go not together : she 's a good
sign, but I have seen small reflection of her wit.
See. Lord. [/iside'\ She shines not upon fools, lest
the reflection should hurt her.
Clo. Come, I 'U to my chamber. Would there had
been some hurt done !
See. Lord. ^Attde'] I wish not so ; unless it had been
the &11 of an ass, which is no great hurt.
Clo. You '11 go with us ?
First Lord. I '11 attend your lordship.
Ch. Nay, come, let 's go together.
See. Lord* Well, my lord. \^EKem
Cymbeline w* Act i. sc Hi.
Scene III.
A room m CymbeBn^i palaa*
Enter Imogem md Puamo.
Imo. I would thoa greVst unto the shores o' the htven.
And question'dst every sail: if he should write
And I not have it, 'twere a paper lost,
As oflfer'd mercy is. What was the last
That he spake to thee ?
Pis. It waSy his queen, his queen !
Imo. Then waved his handkerchief?
Pis. And kiss'd it, madam.
/jBO. Senseless linen ! happier therein than I !
And that was all ?
Pis. No, madam ; for so long
As he could make me with this eye or ear
Distinguish him from others, he did keep lO
The deck, with glove, or hat, or handkerchief
Still wavbg, as the fits and stirs of 's mind
Could best express how slow his soul sail'd on.
How swift his ship.
Imo. Thou shouldst have made him
As little as a crow, or less, ere left
To after-eye him.
Act I. sc. iu. 4B Cymbe
Pu. Madam, so I £d.
Imo. I would have broke mme eye-strings, crack'd
but
To look upon him, till the diminutioa
Of space had pointed him sharp as my needle i
Nay, followed him, till he had melted from
The smallness of a gnat to air ; and then
Have tum'd mine eye^ and wept. Bat,
Pisanio,
When shall we hear from him ?
Ph. Be assured, nuu
i . , With his next vantage.
I \l\ Imo. I did not take my leave of him, but had
Most pretty things to say : ere I could tell hii
How I would think on him at certain hours.
Such thoughts and such ; or I could make him
The shes of Italy should not betray
Mine interest and his honour ; or have charged
At the sixth hour of mom, at noon, at midnigl
To encounter me with orisons, for then
I am in heaven for him ; or ere I could
Give him that parting kiss which I had set
fietwixt two charmmg words, comes in my fai
And, like the tyrannous breathing of the nortl
Shakes all our buds from growing.
H
Hi
li
Cymbelme w* Act i. Sc. !▼.
Enter a Lady*
Lady. The queen, madam,
Denres your highnesa* company.
/«o. Those things I bid you do, get them dispatch'd.
I will attend the queen.
Pit. Madam, I shall. [Exeunt, 40
Scene iV.
Rome. Pbilario'i house.
Enter PbUario^ lacbimo^ a Frenchman^ a Dutcbmanf
ami a Spaniard.
laeb. Believe it, sir, I have seen him in Britain : he
was then of a crescent note; expected to prove
so worthy as since he hath been allowed the name
of : but I could then have looked on him without
the help of admiration, though the catalogue of
his endowments had been tabled by his side and
I to peruse him by items.
PU. You speak of him when he was less furnished
than now he is with that which makes him both
without and within. 10
French. I have seen him in France : we had very
15
li
Act I. sc. iv. <« Cymbel
\
many there could heboid the tun with m firm
eyes as he.
lacb. This matter of marrying his king's dan^ter»
j wherem he must be weighed rather by her value
I than his own, words him, I doubt not, a great
il deal from the matter.
j French. And then his banishment.
> loci. Ajf and the approbation of those that weep
i(, this hunenuUe divorce under her colours are
ci;! wonderfully to extend him ; be it but to fortify
"' ' her judgement, which else an easy battery might
lay flat, for taking a beggar without less quality.
But how comes it he is to sojourn with you i
how creeps acquaintance ?
Pi«i His fiuher and I were soldiers together ; to whom
I have been often bound for no less than my life.
Here comes the Briton : let him be so enter-
tained amongst you as suits, with gentlemen of
your knowing, to a stranger of his quality.
Enier Paiibumus.
I beseech you all, be better known to this
gendeman; whom I commend to you as a
noble fiiend of mine : how worthy he is I wil
leaye to appear hereafter, rather than story him
in his own hearing.
s6
Cymbeline m^ Act i. Sc iv.
French* Sir, we hare known together m Or*
leans.
PoiU Since when I have been debtor to you for
courtesies, which I will be ever to pay and yet
pay still. 40
French. Sir, you o'er-rate my poor kindness : I was
glad I did atone my countryman and you $ it had
been pity you should have been put together
with so mortal a purpose as then each bore, i^n
importance of so slight and trivial a nature.
Pott. By your pardon, sir, I was then a young
traveller ; rather shunned to go even with what
I heard than in my every action to be guided by
others' experiences: but upon my mended judge-
ment — ^if I offend not to say it is mended — my 50
quarrel was not alt(>gether slight.
French. Faith, yes, to be put to the arbitrement
of swords, and by such two that would, by all
likelihood, have confounded one the other, or
have fallen both.
laeh. Can we with manners ask what was the difier-
ence?
French. Safely, I think : 'twas a contention in
public, which may without contradiction suffer
the report. It was much like an argument that 60
Act L sc iv. ^« Cymbe
fell out last nighty where each of ua fell m praiM
of our country mistresses ; this gentleman at thai
time vouching — and upon warrant of Uood]
affirmation— his to be more fair, mtuoos, wise^
chaste^ constant-qualified and less attemptahk
than any the rarest of our kdies in France.
lack That lady is not now living, or this gentleman'i
opinion, by this, worn out.
Pott. She holds her virtue still and I my mind.
lacb* You must not so &r prefer her 'fore ours ol
Italy.
Post. Bdng so fer provoked as I was in France^ 1
would abate her nothing, though I profess my-
self her adorer, not her friend.
lacb. As feir and as good — a kind of hand-in-hanc
comparison — ^had been something too fair anc
too good for any lady in Britany. If she wen
before others I have seen, as that diamond o
yours oudustres many I have beheld, I coul(
not but believe she excelled many : but I haw
not seen the most precious diamond that is^ no]
you the lady.
Past. 1 praised her as I rated her : so do I mj
stone.
lacb. What do you esteem it at?
zS
Cymbeline w» Act i. Sc iv.
PosU More than the world enjoys.
loch. Either your unparagoned mistress u dead, or
she 's outprized by a trifle.
Poit. You are mistaken : the one may be sold or
given, if there were wealth enough for the 90
purchase or merit for the gift: the other is
not a thing for sale, and only the gift of the
gods.
lach. Which the gods have given you ?
Pott. Which, by their graces, I will keep.
lacb. You may wear her in title yours : but, you
know, strange fowl light upon neighbouring
ponds. Your ring may be stolen too : so your
brace of unprizable estimations, the one is but
£rail and the other casual; a cunning thief, or icx>
a that way accomplished courtier, would hazard
the winning both of first and last.
Pott. Your Italy contains none so accomplished
a courtier to convince the honour of my mis-
tress; if^ in the holding or loss of that, you
term her frail. I do nothing doubt you have
store of thieves; notwithstanding, I fear not
my ring.
PAf. Let us leave here, gentlemen.
Pott* Sir, with all my heart. This worthy signior, no
S9
Act I. sc. iv. "om Cymbeli
I thank him, makea no stranger of me ; we
are familiar at first.
lacb. With fiye times so much conversationy I
should get ground of your £dr mistress, make
her go back even to the yielding, had I admit-
tance and opportunity to friend.
Post. No, no.
lacb. I dare thereupon pawn the moiety of my
estate to your ring, which in my opinion o'er-
▼alues it something: but I make my wag^
rather against your confidence than her reputa-
tion: and, to bar your offence herein too, I
durst attempt it against any lady in the world.
Post. You are a great deal abused in too bold a per-
suasion, and I doubt not you sustain what
you 're worthy of by your attempt.
lacb. What's that?
Post. A repulse : though your attempt, as you call
it, deserve more ; a punishment too.
Pbi. Gentlemen, enough of this : it came in too
suddenly ; let it die as it was bom, and, I pray
you, be better acquainted.
lacb. Would I had put my estate and my neigh-
•^ hour's on the approbation of what I have
spoke 1
.^
Cymbeline w» Act i. Sc. iv.
Poit. What lady would you choose to assafl ?
lach. Yours ; whom in constancy you think stands
so safe. I will lay you ten thousand ducats to
your ring, that, commend me to the court
where your lady is, with no more advantage 140
than the opportunity of a second conference,
and I will bring from thence that honour of
hers which you imagine so reserved.
Pott. I will wage against your gold, gold to it : my
ring I hold dear as my finger ; 'tis part of it.
lach. You are afraid, and therein the wiser. If you
buy ladies* flesh at a million a dram, you can-
not preserve it from tainting: but I see you
have some religion in you, that you fear.
Pott. This is but a custom in your tongue; you 150
bear a graver purpose, I hope.
lach. I am the master of my speeches, and would
undergo what 's spoken, I swear.
Post. WiU you \ I shall but lend my diamond till
your return : let there be covenants drawn be-
tween 's : my mistress exceeds in goodness the
hugeness of your unworthy thinking : I dare
you to this match: here's my ring.
Pin. I will have it no lay.
laeh* By the gods, it is one. If I bring you no 160
Act I. Sc. IT.
soffickot tetttmoiiy that I bmi flBJsycd tb^;^
dearettbodflypanofyouriiuatraii^iiiytaitliok -
aand ducats are youra; 8o is your diamond too s
if I come off, and leave her in soch hoooor aa JOB
have tmst in, she your jewd, this your jevd^
and my gold are yours i provided I haw jonr
commrndation for my more free ^f!*w!iinni m
Post. I embrace these conditions; let us have ar- ^j
tides betwixt us. Only, thus &r yon sbsD- / . j
answo:: if you make your foyage vfoa hetf lyo ;?
and give me directly to understand you have '
prevailed, I am no further your enemy | she is
not worth our debate: if she remain unsednoedt
you not makmg it appear otherwise^ for yonr ill
opinion and the assault you have made to her
chastity, you shall answer me with your swonL
lacb. Yourhand; a covenant: we will have these
things set down by lawftl counsel, and straqjit
away for Britain, lest the bargain should a^ch
cold and starve : I will fetch my gold, and i8o
have our two wagers recorded.
Post. Agreed. [Exemi Posthumut tmd laeUim^
French. Will this hold, think you ?
Phi. Signior lachimo will not from it. Pray let us
follow 'em. [JBiwmU
Cymbeline mt^ Act i. Sc v
Scene V.
Brtam. A room m CymbeRfu^s palace.
Enter Queen^ LoiRes^ and ComeSui.
Queen. Whiles yet the dew 's on ground, gather those
flowers ;
Make haste : who has the note of them i
First Laif. I, madam.
Queen. Dispatch. \E»ema La£es.
N0W9 master doctor, have you brought those drugs i
Cor. Pleaseth your highness, ay : here they are, madam :
{^Presenting a smaB box.
But I beseech your grace, without ofFence, —
My conscience Inds me. ask — wherefore you have
Conamanded of me these most poisonous compounds,
Which are the movers of a languishing death.
But, though slow, deadly.
Queen. I wonder, doctor, 10
Thou ask'st me such a question. Have I not been
Thy pupil long i Hast thou not learn'd me how
To make perfumes ? distil ? preserve i jesLf so
That our great king himself doth woo me oft
For my confections i Having thus far proceeded, —
Unless thou think'st me devilish — ^is 't not meet
That I did amplify my judgement in
Act I. Sc. ▼. ^H Gymbeline
Other conclusions ? I urill try the forces
Of these thy compounds on such creatures as
We count not worth the hanging, but none human.
To try the vigour of them and apply a i
Allayments to their act, and by them gather
Their several virtues and effects.
Cor. Your highness
Shall from this practice but make hard your heart t
Besides, the seeing these ef&cts will be
Both noisome and infectious.
Queen. O, content thee.
Enter Pitamo.
J[Atide] Here comes a flattering rascal ; upon him
Will I first work : he 's for his master,
And enemy to my son. How now, Pisanio !
Doctor, your service for this tune is ended ; 30
Take your own way.
Cor. [^Aside2 I do suspect you, madam ;
But you shall do no harm.
Queen. \To Pisanio'} Hark thee, a word.
Cor. {Aside} I do not like her. She doth think she has
Strange lingering poisons : I do know her spirit.
And will not trust one of her malice with
A drug of such damn'd nature. Those she has
•4
Cymbeline w* Act i. Sc. ▼.
Will stupefy and dull the sense awhOe }
Which first, perchance, she'll prove on cats and dogs,
Then afterward up higher : hut there is
No danger in what show of deatfi it makes. 40
More than the locking up the spirits a time,
To be more fresh, reviving. She is fool'd
With a most fidse efiect ; and I the truer,
So to be fidse with her.
Queen. No further service, doctor,
Until I send for thee.
Cor. I humbly take my leave. {Esai.
Queen. Weeps she still, sa/st thou ? Dost thou think
in time
She will not quench and let instructions enter
Where folly now possesses ? Do thou work :
When thou shalt bring me word she loves my son,
I 'U tell thee on the instant thou art then 50
As great as is thy master ; greater, for
ISs fortunes all lie speechless, and his name
Is at last gasp : return he cannot, nor
Continue where he is : to shift his being
Is to exchange one misery with another.
And every day that comes comes to decay
A day's work in him. What shalt thou expect.
To be depender on a thing that leans,
Act I. Sc. ▼. 40 C
WIio cannot be new buh^ iMT hat no fiien^ -
So much as but to prop him? J^Th^ Qmtm in^ im
Urns Pitamo taht ii 9^2 Thou takeit 19 60
Thon knoVat not what; bat take it ftr tfajUbonrt
It is a thing I made^ which hath the king
Fi^e timet redeemed fixMn death: Idonotknov
What is more cordial : nay, I prithee^ take it|
It is an eameat of a farther good
That I mean to thee. Tell thy nuttreaa how
The caae stands with her ; do't as from thfiel£
Think what a chance thoochangest on; hot think .
Thoa hast thy mistress still, to boot, my soo^
Who shall take notice of thee: I 'U mote the kuig
Toany shiqpe of thy preferment, sach 71
As thoa 'It desire ; and dien myself I chieAy«
That set thee on to this desert, am boand
To load thy merit richly. Call nqr women:
Think on my words. [Smi Pimm*
A sly and constant knave ;
Nottobeshaked: the agent for his master ;
And the remembrancer of her to hold
The hand-fast to her lord. I ha^e ^fen him
that
Which, if he take, shall quite unpeople her
Of liegers for her sweet; and which she afto, 80
•6
Cymbeline w» Act i. sc. vi.
Except she bend her humour» shall be assured
To taste of too.
Re-enter Pttank with LaSes.
S09 so ; well done, well done :
The violets, cowslips, and the primroses,
Bear to my closet. Fare thee well, Pisanio ;
Think on my words. [^Exeunt Quem and La&eu
Pit. And shall do:
fiat when to my good lord I prove untrue,
I *11 choke myself: there 's all I '11 do for you. lExit.
Scene VI.
Tie same* Anoiher room In tbefalace.
Enter Imogen alone.
fmo. A £iither cruel, and a step-dame false ;
A foolish suitor to a wedded lady.
That hath her husband banish'd ; — O, that husband !
My supreme crown of grief ! and those repeated
Vexations of it ! Had I been thief-stol'n.
As my two brothers, happy ! but most miserable
It the desire that's glorious : blest be those,
■r
Act I. Sc. tL 4M CTBUbcfi]
How mean toe'er, diat hath tfaor hooeat wDbi
Which aeatoiiB comfort. Who may thiabe? F
Enter Pisamo ami ladAmOm
Pis, Madam, a noble gentleman of Rome,
Comes from my lord with kttera.
facb. Change foOf madii
The worthy Leonatos is m safety.
And greets your highn^s dearly. [/VvxMfr « te
Imo. Thanks^ good a
You 're kindly welcome.
lacb. [Aside} All of her that is out of door most lich
If she be fumish'd with a mind so rare^
She is alone the Arabian bird, and I
Haye lost the wager. Boldness be my friend 1
Arm me, audacity, from head to foot 1
Or, like the Parthian, I shall flying fight ; \
Rather, directly fly.
Imo, {^Reads'} <He is one of the noblest note^
to whose kindnesses I am most infinitely tied.
Reflect upon him accordmgly, as you yaloe
your trust — Leonatus.'
So ^ I read aloud :
But even the very middle of my heart
Is warm'd by the rest, and takes it thankfully.
■s
jmbeline M^ ^^^ ^ s^* v-
You are as welcome^ worthy dr, as I
Have words to bid you, and shall find it so 30
In all that I can do*
ci. Thanks, Purest lady
What, are men mad ? Hath nature given them eyes
To see this vaulted arch and the rich crop
Of sea and land, which can distinguish 'twixt
The fiery orbs above and the twinn'd stones
Upon the numbered beach, and can we not
Partition make with spectacles so precious
'Twixt &ir and foul ?
w. What makes your admiration ?
ci. It cannot be i' the eye ; for apes and monkeys,
'Twixt two such shes, would chatter this way and
Contemn with mows the other : nor i' the judge*
ment; 41
For idiots, in this case of &your, would
Be wisely definite : nor i' the appetite ;
Sluttery, to such neat excellence opposed.
Should make desire vomit emptmess.
Not so allured to feed.
w. What is the matter^ trow ?
cb. The cloyed will.
That satiate yet unsatisfied desire, that tub
Both fill'd and runnmg, ravening first the lamb.
Act I. Sc vL ^fl«i Cymbelim
Longs after for the gaHxtge.
Imo. What, dear air, 5
Thus raps you ? Are yon well ?
lacb. Thanks, madam ; wd
{To Pttanio} Beseech you, sir,
Desire my man's abode where I did lea^e him :
He 's strange and peevish,
P'u. I was going, sir.
To give him welcome. \Em
Imo. Contmues well my lord ? His health, beseech yoa
lach. WeU, madam.
Imo. Is he disposed to mirth ? I hope he is*
lack. Exceeding pleasant ; none a stranger there
So merry and so gamesome : he is call'd 6
The Briton reveller.
Imo. When he was here
He did mcline to sadness, and oft-times
Not knowing why.
lack. I never saw him sad.
There is a Frenchman his companion, one
An eminent monsieur, that, it seems, much loves
A Gallian girl at home : he furnaces
The thick sighs from him ; whiles the jolly Briton
Your lord, I mean, laughs from's free lung^
cries * O,
30
Cymbeline w» Act i. Sc vi
Can my ddes liold, to think that man, who knows
By history, report, or his own proo^ 70
What woman is, yea, what she cannot choose
But must be, will his free hours languish for
Assured bondage ? '
/mo. Will my lord say so ?
lacL Ay, madam ; with his eyes in flood with laughter
It is a recreation to be by
And hear him mock the Frenchman. But, heavens
know.
Some men are much to blame.
Imo. Not be, 1 hope
laeh. Not he: but yet heaven's bounty towards him
Be used more thankfully. In himself 'tis much ;
In you, which I account his beyond all talents, 80
Whilst I am bound to wonder, I am bound
To pity too.
Imo. What do you pity, tar i
lack. Two creatures heartily.
Imo. Am I one^ sir ?
You look on me : what wreck discern you in me
Deserves your pity ?
laeh. Lamentable! What,
To hide me from the radiant sun, and solace
s«
Act I. sc w. ^* Cymbelia
I' the dungeon by a snufF?
Imo. I pray yoa, or.
Deliver with more (^>enne88 your answers
To my demands. Why do you pity me i
lach. That others do, 9
I was about to say, enjoy you r But
It is an office of the gods to venge it.
Not mine to speak on 'u
Imo. You do seem to know
Something of me, or what concerns me : pray yoiv-
Since doubting things go ill often hurts more
Than to be sure they do ; for certainties
Either are past remedies, or, timely knowing.
The remedy then bom, — discover to me
What both you spur and stop.
lach. Had I this cheek
To bathe my lips upon ; this hand, whose touch, 10
Whose every touch, would force the feeler's soul
To the oath of loyalty ; this object, which
Takes prisoner the wild motion of mine eye^
Fixing it only here ; should I, damn'd then.
Slaver with lips as conmion as the stairs
That mount the Capitol ; join gripes with hands
Made hard with hourly falsehood — falsehood, as
With labour ; then by-peeping in an eye
s*
Cymbeline m^ Act i. sc. vi.
Base and unlustroos as the smoky light
That 's fed with stinkug tallow ; it were fit no
That all the plagues of hell should at one time
Encounter such revolt.
Imo» My lord, I fear.
Has forgot Britain.
lach. And himself. Not I
Inclined to this intelligence pronounce
The beggary of his change, but 'tis your graces
That from my* mutest conscience to my tongue
Charms this report out.
/mo. Let me hear no more.
Jach. O dearest soul, your cause doth strike my heart
With pity, that doth make me sick ! A lady
So £iir, and &8ten'd to an empery, 120
Would make the great'st king double, to be partnered
With tomboys hired with that self exhibition
Which your own coffers yield ! with diseased ventures
That play with all infirmities for gold
Which rottenness can lend nature ! such boil'd stuff
As well might poison poison ! Be revenged.
Or she that bore you was no queen and you
Recoil from your great stock.
Imo. Revenged!
How should I be revenged i If this be true, —
Act I. sc. vi. *e Cymbeline
As I have such a heart that both mine ears ijo
Must not in haste abuse, — ^if it be true.
How should I be revenged ?
lach. Should he make me
Live like Diana's priest, betwixt cold sheets,
Whiles he is vaultmg variable ramps.
In your despite, upon your purse ? Revenge it
I dedicate myself to your sweet pleasure.
More noble than that runagate to your bed,
And will continue &st to your affection.
Still close as sure.
Imo. What ho, Pisanio !
lach. Let me my service tender on your lips. 14O
Into. Away ! I do condemn mine ears that have
So long attended thee. If thou wert honourable^
Thou wouldst have told this tale for virtue, not
For such an end thou seek'st, as base as strange.
Thou wrong'st a gentleman who is as far
From thy report as thou from honour, and
Solid t'st here a lady that disdains
Thee and the devil alike. What ho, Pisanio !
The king my &ther shall be made acquainted
Of thy assault : if he shall think it fit 1 50
A saucy stranger in his court to mart
As in a Romish stew, and to expound
34
ymbeline m^ Act i. Sc vi.
Hia beastly mind to us, he hath a court
He little cares for, and a daughter who
He not respects at all. What ho, Pisanio !
cb. O happy Leonatus ! I may say :
The credit that thy lady hath of thee
Deserves thy trust, and thy most perfect goodness
Her assured credit. Blessed live you long !
A lady to the worthiest sir that ever i6o
Country call'd his ! and you his mistress, only
For the most worthiest fit ! Give me your pardon.
I have spoke this to know if your affiance
Were deeply rooted, and shall make your lord
That which he is new o'er : and he n one
The truest mannerM, such a holy witch
That he enchants societies into him ;
Half all men's hearts are his.
to. You make amends.
ch. He sits 'mongst men like a descended god :
He hath a kind of honour sets him off, 170
More than a mortal seeming. Be not angry,
Most mighty princess, that I have adventured
To try your taking of a false report, which hath
Honoured with confirmation your great judgement
In the election of a sir so rare.
Which you know cannot err. The love I bear him
3S
Act I. Sc. vi.
^ m Cymbeli
Made me to £in yoo thus, but the gods made yo
Unlike all others, chaffless. Pray, your pwdoo.
/mo. All's well, sir: take my power i' the court
yours.
loci. My humble thanks. I had almost forgot
To entreat your grace but in a small request, •
And yet of moment too, for it concerns
Your lord ; myself and other noUe friends
Are partners in the business.
Imo. Pray, what is 't ?
lach. Some dozed Romans of us, and your lord—
The best feather of our wing — ^haire mingled sui
To buy a present for the emperor ;
Which I, the &ctor for the rest, have done
In France : 'tis plate of rare device and jewels
Of rich and exquisite form, their values great $
And I am something curious, bemg strange.
To have them in safe stowage : may it please y
To take them m protection i
Imo, Willingly;
And pawn mine honour for their safety : since
My lord hath interest in them, I will keep then
In my bedchamber.
lacL They are m a trunk.
Attended by my men : I will make bold
ymbeline
Act I. Sc. vi.
To send them to you, only for this night $
I must aboard to-morrow.
%o. Oy DO) no.
tL Yes, I beseech ; or I shall short my word aoo
By lengthening my return. From Gallia
I cross'd the seas on purpose and on promise
To see your grace.
10. I thank you for. your pains :
But not away to-morrow !
cL Oy I must, madam :
Therefore I shall beseech you, if you please
To greet your lord with writing, do 't to-night :
I haire outstood my time, which is material
To the tender of our present.
10. I will write.
Send your trunk to me ; it shall safe be kept .
And truly yielded you. You 're very welcome, aio
[Exiunt.
^0^^^^^^
Act II. Sc i. ^m Cymbeline
Act Second.
Scene I.
Britain* Before CymbeRn^s palace*
Enter Cloten and two Lords.
Clo. Was there ever man had such luck ! when I
kissed the jack, upon an up-cast to be hit
away ! I had a hundred pound on 't : and then
a whoreson jackanapes must take me up for
swearing ; as if I borrowed mine oaths of him,
and might not spend them at my pleasure.
First Lord. What got he by that ? You have
broke his pate with your bowl.
Sec. Lord, [jiside'} If his wit had been, like him
that broke it, it would have run all out. ic
Cti. When a gentleman is disposed to swear, it
is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths,
ha?
Sec. Lord. No, my lord; ^jiside'} nor crop the
ears of them.
Ch. Whoreson dog! I giire him satis&ction?
Would he had been one of my rank !
Sec. Lord. ^Aside^ To have smelt like a fool.
Ch. I am not Texed more at any thing in the earth :
Cymbeline w» Act ii. sc. i.
a pox on't! I had rather not be so noble 20
as I am ; they dare not fight with me^ because
of the queen my mother : every Jack-slave hath
his bellyful of fighting, and I must go up and
down like a cock that nobody can match*
&r. Lord. \Ande\ You are cock and capon too ;
and you crow, cock, with your comb on.
(%• Sayest thou \
Stc Lord. It is not fit your lordship should under-
take every companion that you give offence
ta 30
Ch. Noy I know that : but it is fit I should conunit
oSence to my inferiors.
^. Lord. Ay, it is fit for your lordship only.
Chk Why, so I say.
Furst Lord. Did you hear of a stranger that '• come
to court to-night?
Ch. A stranger, and I not know on 't !
Ste. Lord. {Ande^ He's a strange fellow himself,
and knows it not.
Firit Lord. There's an Italian come, and 'tis 40
thought, one of Lconatus' friends.
Ch. Leooatus! a banished rascal; and he's
another, whatsoever he be. Who told you of
this stranger?
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Act 11. Sc. i. ^m Cymbeline
Ftrit Lord. One of your lordship's pages.
Cio. Is it fit I went to look upon him ? is there no
derogation in 't ?
See, Lord. You cannot derogate, my lord.
Clo. Not easily^ I think.
Sec. Lord. {^Aside} You are a fool granted $ there- 50
fore your issues, being foolish, do not dero-
gate.
Clo. Come, I'll go see this Italian: what I have
lost to-day at bowls I '11 win to-night of him.
Come, go.
Sec. Lord. I 'U attend your lordship.
\EKewU Cloten and First Lord.
That such a crafty devil as u his mother
Should yield the world this ass ? a woman that
Bears all down with her brain ; and this her son
Cannot take two from twenty, for hu heart, 60
And leave eighteen. Alas, poor prmcess.
Thou divine Imogen, what thou endurest,
Betwijct a fiither by thy step-darae govem'd,
A mother hourly coining plots,' a wooer
More hateful than the fod expulsion u
Of thy dear husband, than that horrid act
Of the divorce he 'Id make ! The heavens hold firm
The walls of thy dear honour ; keep unshaked
Cymbeline w* Act ii. Sc. i
That temple, thy £ur mind ; that thou mayst stand.
To enjoy thy banbhM lord and this great land ! 70
Scene n.
Imogei^i hedehamber in CymheUn^s palace s
a tnmk in cm corner of it,
Imqgen m hed^ reading s a Lady aitemSng*
Im. Who 'a there i my woman Helen ?
Liufy. Please you, madam.
Imo. What hour is it ?
Loify. Almost midnight, madam.
Imo. I have read three hours then : mine eyes are weak :
Fold down the leaf where I have left : to bed :
Take not away the taper, leave it burning ;
And if thou canst awake by four o' the clock,
I prithee, call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly.
[^Exit Lady.
To your protection I commend me, gods I
From fairies and the tempters of the night
Guard me, beseech ye ! 10
{Sleeps* laeUmo comes from tie trunk,
lack. The crickets sing, and man's o'er-labour'd sense
Repairs itself by rest Our Tarquin thus
Did softly press the rushes, ere he waken'd
Act II. Sc. ii.
<« Cymbeline
The chastity he wounded. Cytherea,
How braTely thou becomest thy bed ! fresh lily !
And whiter than the sheets ! That I might touch
But kiss ; one kiss ! Rubies unparagon'dy
How dearly they do 't ! 'Tis her breathing that
Perfumes the chamber thus : the flame o' the taper
Bows toward her, and would under-peep her lids 2C
To see the unclosed lights, now canopied
Under those windows, white and azure, laced
With blue of heaven's own tinct. But my design.
To note the chamber : I will write all down :
Such and such pictures ; there the window ; such
The adornment of her bed ; the arras, figures.
Why, such and such ; and the contents o' the story.
Ah, bat some natural notes about her body
Above ten thousand meaner moveables
Would testify, to enrich mine inventory. 30
O sleep, thou ape of death, lie dull upon her !
And be her sense but as a monument.
Thus in a chapel lying ! Come off, come off:
[TaUt^ off her braeelit.
As slippery as the Gordian knot was hard !
'Tis mine ; and this will witness outwardly.
As stnmgly as the conscience does within.
To the madding of her lord. On her left breast
jrmbeline w* Act ii. sc. m
A mole cinque^spottedy like the crimson dropi
I' the bottom of a cowslip : here 's a Toucher,
Stronger than ever law could make : this secret 40
Will force him think I have {nck'd the lock and ta'en
The treasure of her honour. No more. To what end?
Why should I write this down, that 's riveted.
Screwed to my memory? She hath been reading
late
The tale of Tereus | here the leaf 's turned down
Where Philomel gave up. I have enough :
To the trunk agam, and shut the spring of it.
Swift, swift, you dragons of the night, that dawning
May bare the raven's eye ! I lodge in fear ;
Though this a heavenly angel, hell is here. 50
iCbei strikes.
One, two, three : time, time !
[Goes mto the trunk. The scene closes.
Scene III.
An antC'chamber adjoining Imogen* s apartments.
Enter Cloten and Lords.
trst Lord. Your lordship is the most patient man
in loss^ the most coldest that ever turned up
Act n. Sc. iii. ^m Cymbelia
Cb. It would make any man cold to Umt*
First Lord. But not ereiy man patient after the
noble temper of your lordship. Yoo are moit
hot and fiurious when you win*
Cb. Winning will put any man into courage. If I
could get this foolish Imogen, I should hafe
gold enough. It 's almost morning, is 't not i i
First Lord. Day^ my lord.
Ch. I would this music would come : I am adfised
to give her music o' mornings ; they say it will
penetrate.
Enter Musidans.
Come on ; tune: if you can penetrate her with
your fingering, so; we'll try with tongue too: if
none will do, let her remain $ but I 'U never gijt
o'er. First, a very excellent good-conceited
thing; after, a wonderful sweet air, with admir-
able rich words to it: and then let her consider.
Song.
Hark, hark ! the lark at heaven's gate sings,
And Phoebus 'gins arise.
His steeds to water at those sprmgs
On chaliced flowers that lies ;
44
N
ymbeline 01^ Act 11. Sc. ki.
And winking Mary-bads begin
To ope their golden efn ;
With every thing that pretty is,
My hdy tweet, arise :
Arise, arise ! 30
(9. So, get you gone. If this penetrate, I will
consider your mosic the better : if it do not, it
M a vice in her ears, which horse-hairs and
calves'-guts, nor the voice of nnpaved eunuch to
boot, can never amend* ^Emnmi Muimam.
e. Lard. Here comes the king.
'0. I am glad I was up so late; for that's the
reason I was up so early: he cannot choose
but take this service I have done fatherly.
Enter CymbeRme and Queen.
Good morrow to your majesty and to my 40
gracious mother.
nm. Attend you here the door of our stem daughter?
Will she not forth?
<9. I have assailed her mth music, but she vouch-
safes no notice.
fiN. The exile of her minion is too new ;
She hath not yet forgot him : some more time
Must wear the print of his remembrance out,
And then she 's yours.
4S
Act 11. Sc. iii. 4H Cymbc/j
Queen. You are most bound to the kh
Who leto go by no vantages that may j
Prefer you to his daughter. Frame yourtelf
To orderly soliciting^ and be friended
With aptness of the season ; make denials
Increase your services ; so seem at if
You were inspired to do those duties which
You tender to her ; that you in all obey her.
Save when command to your dismission tends^
And therein you are senseless.
Cio. Senseless! not so.
Enter a Messenger.
Mess. So like you^ sir^ ambassadors from Rome ;
The one is Caius Lucius.
Cym. A worthy fellow.
Albeit he comes on angry purpose now $
But that 's no fault of his : we must receive him
According to the honour of his sender ;
And towards himself, his goodness forespent on c
We must extend our notice. Our dear son.
When you have given good morning to your nustr<
Attend the queen and us ; we shall have need
To employ you towards this Roman. Come,
queen. [Exeunt all but Chi
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Cymbeline m Act ii. Sc iii.
Clo. If 8he be up» I 'II speak with her ; if not,
Let her lie still and dream. By your leave, ho ! 70
I know her women are about her : what
If I do line one of their hands ? 'Tis gold
Which buys admittance ; oft it doth ; yea, and makes
Diana's rangers false themselves, yield up
Their deer to the stand o' the steder ; and 'tis gold
Which makes the true man kill'd and saves the thief;
Nay, sometime hangs both thief and true man : what
Can it not do and undo ? I will make
One of her women lawyer to me, for
I yet not understand the case myself. 80
By your leave. [^Knach.
Enter a Lady.
Ladjf. Who 's there that knocks ?
Ch. A gentleman.
Lady. No more ?
Clo, Yes, and a gentlewoman's son.
Lady. That 's more
Than some whose tailors are as dear as yours
Can justly boast of. What's your lordship's pleasure ?
Ck. Your lady's person : is she ready i
Latfy. Ay,
To keep her chamber.
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Actn.sc.i«. ^ Cymbeline
Clo. There is gold fox you ;
Sell me your good report.
Lady. How ! my good name ? or to report of you
What I 8hall think is good? TheprinceM! 90
{EioiLadf.
Enter Imogen.
Clo. Good morrow, fiiirest: sister, your sweet hand.
Imo. Good morrow, sir. You lay out too much pains
For purchasing but trouble : the thanks I gife
Is telling you that I am poor of thanks
And scarce can spare them.
Clo. Still I swear I lofe you.
Imo. If you but said so, 'twere as deep with me:
If you swear still, your recompense is still
That I regard it not.
Clo. This is no answer.
Imo. But that you shall not say I yield bdng silent,
I would not speak. I pray you, spare me : faith,
I shall unfold equal discourtesy loi
To your best kindness : one of your great knowug
Should learn, being taught, forbearance.
Clo. To leave you in your madness, 'twere my sin :
I will not.
Imo. Fools are not mad folks.
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ymbeline w» Act ii. be. n.
&. Do you call me fool i
ino. As I am mad, I do :
If you '11 be patient, I '11 no more be mad ;
That cures us both* I am much sorry, sir,
You put me to forget a lady's manners, no
By being so verbal : and learn now for all
That I, which know my heart, do here pronounce.
By the very truth of it, I care not for you,
And am so near the lack of charity —
To accuse myself — I hate you $ which I had rather
You felt than make 't my boast
Clo. You sin against
Obedience, which you owe your &ther. For
The contract you pretend with that base wretch
One bred of alms and foster'd with cold dishes.
With scraps o' the court, it is no contract, none :
And though it be allow'd in meaner parties — 1 2 1
Yet who than he more mean ?— to knit their souls
On whom there is no more dependency
But brats and beggary, in self-figured knot ;
Yet you are curb'd from that enlargement by
The consequence o' the crown, and must not soil
The precious note of it with a base slave,
A hilding for a livery, a squire's cloth,
A pantler, not so eminent.
S«4/ ' 4«
Act II. Sc. iii.
<w Cymbeline
tmo. Pro&ne fellow !
Wert thott the son of Jupiter, and no more ijo
But what thou art besides, thou wert too baae
To be his groom : thou wert dignified enough,
Even to the point of enyy, if 'twere made
Comparatiye for your virtues to be styled
The under-hangman of his kingdom, and hated
For being preferred so well.
Clo. The south-fog rot him !
Imo. He never can meet more mischance than come
To be but named of thee. His meanest garment^
That ever hath but clipped his body, is dearer
In my respect than all the hairs above thee, 140
Were they all made such men. How now, PIsanio !
Enter Piiamo,
CIo. ' His garment ! * Now, the devil —
Imo. To Dorothy my woman hie thee presently, —
Clo. * His garment ! *
Imo, I am sprited with a fool.
Frighted and angerM worse : go bid my woman
Search for a jewel that too casually
Hath left mine arm : it was thy master's: 'shrew me,
If I would lose it for a revenue
Of any king's in Europe ! I do think
90
ymbeline BV^ Act ii. Sc. iv.
I aaw't this morning : confident I am 150
Last night 'twas on mine ann ; I kiss'd it :
I hope it be not gone to teU my lord
That I kiss aught but he.
h. 'Twill not be lost.
no. I hope so : go and search. [^Etdt Piiamo.
b. You haye abused me :
* His meanest garment ! '
w. Ay, I said so, sir :
If you will make 't an action, call witness to 't.
b. I will inform your fiither.
fo. Your mother too :
She 's my good lady, and will conceive, I hope.
But the worst of me. So, I leave you, sir,
To the worst of discontent. [£«//.
^0. I '11 be revenged : 160
* His meanest garment ! ' WelL ^Exst.
Scene IV.
Rome. PUlario'i bouse.
Enter Postbutmu and PtUario.
Tit. Fear it not, sir : I would I were so sure
To win the king as I am bold her honour
Will remain hers.
Ss
Act II. sc. iv. fim Cymbeline
PbL What mesQS do yoa make to him?
Pm/. Not any; bat abide the change of time;
Quake in the present winter's state, and wish
That warmer days would come: in these fear'd hopes,
I barely gratify your love; they fiuling,
I most die much yoor debtor.
PiL Your ^rery goodness and yoor company
Overpays all I can da By this, your king lo
Hath heard of great Augustus : Caius Lucius
Will do 's coDunission throughly : and I think
He'll grant the tribute, send the arrearages^
Or look upon our Romans^ whose remembrance
Is yet fresh in their grief.
PoiL I do believe^
Statist though I am none, nor like to be.
That this will pro^e a war ; and yon shall hear
The legions now in Gallia sooner landed
In our not-fearing Britain than have tidings
Of any penny tribute paid. Our countrymen so
Are men more ordered than when Julius Cesar
Smiled at their lack of sUll, but found their courage
Worthy his frowning at : their discipline.
Now mugled with their courages^ irill make known
To their approvers they are people such
That mend upon the world.
Cymbeline w» Act ii. sc. iv.
^ Enter laebmo.
Phu See! lachimo!
Pott. The nrifteat haita hafe potted you by land.
And winds of all the corners kissM your sails.
To make your vessel nimble.
PhL Welcome, sir.
Port. I hope the briefness of your answer made 30
The speediness of your return.
laeb. Your lady
Is one of the fairest that I have looked upon.
Port. And therewithal the best, or let her beauty
Look through a casement to allure fidse hearts.
And be fidse with them.
laeb. Here are letters for you.
Poet. Their tenour good, I trust.
laeb. 'Tis very like.
PU. Wat Caius Lucius in the Britain court
When you were there ?
laeb. He was expected then.
But not approach'd.
Port. All is well yet
Sparklet thit ttone at it wat wont ? or it H not 40
Too dull for your good wearing \
laeb. If I had lott it,
I thooU have lott the worth of it in gold.
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Act II. Sc. iv. <• Cymbeline
I '11 make a journey twice as ftry to enjoy
A second night of such sweet shortness which
Was mine in Britain ; for the ring is won*
Post. The stone 's too hard to come by.
lack. Not a whit,
Your lady being so easy.
PosU Make not, sir,
Your loss your sport : I hope you know that we
Must not continue friends.
lacL Good sir, we must.
If you keep coyenant* Had I not brought 50
The knowledge of your mistress home, I grant
We were to question fiuther : but I now
Profess myself the winner of her honour,
Together with your ring, and not the wronger
Of her or you, having proceeded but
By both your wills.
Pott. If you can make 't apparent
That you have tasted her in bed, my hand
And ring is yours : if not, the foul opinion
You had of her pure honour gains or loses
Your sword or mine, or masterless leaves both 60
To who shall find them.
lacL Sir, my circumstances,
Being so near the truth as I will make them,
54
ymbeline m Actii.sciv.
MuBt first induce you to believe : whose strength
I will confirm with oath ; which, I doubt not,
You '11 give me leave to spare, when you shall find
You need it not.
»/. Proceed.
ch. First, her bedchamber, —
Where, I confess, I slept not, but profess
Had that was well worth watching, — ^it was hang'd
With tapestry of silk and silver ; the story
Proud Cleopatra, when she met her Roman, 70
And Cydnus swellM above the banks, or for
The press of boats or pride : a piece of work
So bravely done, so rich, that it did strive
In workmanship and value ; which I wonder'd
Could be so rarely and exactly wrought.
Since the true life on 't was—
7//. This is true ;
And this you might have heard of here, by me.
Or by some other.
cb. More particulars
Must justify my knowledge.
9//. So they must,
Or do your honour injury.
ich* The chimney
Is south the chamber ; and the chinmey-piece,
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Act U. Sc. iv.
^m Cymbeline
Chaite Dian bathing ; never saw I figures
So likely to report themselves : the cutter
Was as another nature, dumb ; outwent her.
Motion and breath left out.
Post. This is a thing
Which you might from relation likewise reap,
Being, as it is, much sp^^e of.
laeb. The roof o' the chambei
With golden cherubins is fretted : her andirons—
I had forgot them — were two winking Cupids
Of silver, each on one foot standing, nicely 90
Depending on their brands.
Post, This is her honour !
Let it be granted you have seen all this, — and praise
Be given to your remembrance— the description
Of what is in her chamber nothing saves
The wager you have laid.
lacb. Then, if you can,
[^Showing the braeeki.
Be pale : I beg but leave to air this jewel ; see 1
And now 'tis up agam : it must be married
To that your diamond ; I '11 keep them.
Poit. Jove !
Once more let me behold it : is it that
Which I left with her?
ymbeline m^ Act ii. Sc iv.
cL Sir, — I thank her — that: lOO
She strippM it from her arm ; I see her yet ;
Her pretty action did outsell her gift.
And yet enriched it too : she gave it me
And said she prized it once.
jii. May be she pluckM it off
To send it me.
ci. . She writes so to you, doth she i
ut» O, no, no, no ! 'tis true. Here, take this too ;
^Crwei the ring.
It is a basilisk unto mine eye.
Kills me to look on 't. Let there be no honour
Where there is beauty; truth, where semblance; love,
Where there 's another man : the vows of women
Of no more bondage be to where they are made 1 1 1
Than they are to their virtues ; which is nothing.
O, above measure fiilse 1
hL Have patience, sir,
And take your ring again ; 'tis not yet won :
It may be probable she lost it, or
Who knows if one of her women, being corrupted,
Hath stol'n it from her ?
w/. Very true ;
And so, I hope, he came by 't. Back my ring :
Render to me some corporad sign about her
$7
Act II. Sc. iv. <• Cymbeline
More evident than this ; for this was stofn. lao
laeL By Jupiter, I had it from her arm.
Poit. Hark you, he swears ; by Jupiter he swears.
'Tis true : — ^nay, keep the ring — 'tis true : I am sure
She would not lose it : her attendants are
All sworn and honourable : — ^they induced to steal it!
And by a stranger ! — No, he hath enjo/d her :
The cognizance of her incontinency
Is this : she hath bought the name of whore thusdearly.
There, take thy hire ; and all the fiends of hell
Divide themselves between you !
PbL Sir, be patient: 130
This is not strong enough to be believed
Ot one persuaded well of —
Post. Never talk on 't ;
She hath been colted by him.
lacb. If you seek
For further satisfying, under her breast —
Worthy the pressing — ^lies a mole, right proud
Of that most delicate lodging : by my life,
I kiss'd it, and it gave me present hunger
To feed again, though fiilL You do remember
This stain upon her ?
Pott. Ay, and it doth confirm
Another stain, as big as hell can hold, 140
ymbeline bv^ Act n. ^..
Were there no more bat it*
uL Will you hear more i
^ost. Spare your arithmetic ; never count the turns ;
Once, and a million !
laeb. I '11 be sworn —
Post. No swearing.
If you will swear you have not done 't you lie,
And I will kill thee if thou dost deny
Thou 'st made me cuckold.
laeb* I '11 deny nothing.
Pati. O, that I had her here^ to tear her limb-meal !
I will go there and do 't ; i' the court ; before
Her Either. I '11 do something — {Exh,
PU. Quite besides
The government of patience ! You have won : 1 50
Let 's follow him and pervert the present wrath
He hath against himselJF.
lacb. '^th all my heart. [Exeunt.
Scene V.
Another room m PUIarto^t bouse.
Enter Posthumus.
Past. Is there no way for men to be, but women
Most be half- workers ? We are all bastards ;
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Act ii. sc. V. ^m Cymbeline
And that most venerable man which I
Did call my fiithery was I know not where
When I was stamp'd ; some coiner with his tools
Made me a counterfeit : yet my mother seem'd
The Dian of that time : so doth my wife
The nonpareil of this. O, vengeance, vengeance !
Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained.
And pra/d me oft forbearance ; did it with lO
A pudency so rosy, the sweet yiew on 't
Might well have warmM old Saturn ; that I thought
her
As chaste as unsunn'd snow. O, all the devils !
This yellow lachimo, in an hour, — was 't not ?— ^
Or less, — at first ?— perchance he spoke not, but
Like a ftill-acomM boar, a German one.
Cried < O ! ' and mounted ; found no opposition
But what he lookM for should oppose and she
Should from encounter guard. Could I find out
The woman's part in me ! For there's no motion 20
That tends to vice in man but I affirm
It is the woman's part : be it lying, note it.
The woman's ; flattering, hers ; deceiving, hers ;
Lust and rank thoughts, hers, hers ; revenges, hers ;
Ambitions, covetings, change of prides, disdain,
Nice longing, slanders, mutability,
ymbeline w* Act iii. Sc. i.
All fiiulu that may be named. Day, that hell knows.
Why, hen, in part or all, bat rather all ;
For even to yice
They are not constant, bat are changing still 30
One yice, bat of a minute old, for one
Not half so old as that. I 'U write against them.
Detest them, corse them : yet 'tis greater skill
In a true hate, to pray they hare their will:
The very devils cannot plague them better [Exit.
Act Third.
Seene I.
Bntarn, A haU m CymieBue*! falaee.
ntir in ttate^ CymbeSne^ Queen^ Cloienf and Lords at one
doWf and at anotber^ Caius Luchu and Attendaatu
pn. Now say, what would Augustus Csesar with us i
,uc. When Julius Cxsar, whose remembrance yet
Lives in men's eyes and will to ears and tongues
Be theme and hearing ever, was in this Britain
And conquerM it, Cassibelan, thine uncle, —
Famous in Cesar's praises, no whit less
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Act III. sc. i. <• Cymbeline
Than in his feats desenring it — ^for him
And his succession granted Rome a tributei
Yearly three thousand pounds i which by thee lately
Is left untender'd.
Queen, And, to kill the marrel, lO
Shall be so ever.
Clo. There be many CsBsars
Ere such another Julius. Britain is
A world by itself, and we will nothing pay
For wearing our own noses.
Queen, That opportunity.
Which then they had to take from 's, to resume
We have again. Remember, sir, my liege.
The kings your ancestors, together with
The natural bravery of your isle, which stands
As Neptune's park, ribbed and paled in
With rocks unscaleable and roaring waters, ao
With sands that will not bear your enemies' boats.
But suck them up to the topmast. A kind of
conquest
Caesar made here ; but made not here his brag
Of < Came, and saw, and overcame : ' with shame —
The first that ever touched him — ^he was carried
From off our coast, twice beaten $ and his shipping —
Poor ignorant baubles ! — on our terrible seas.
[^ymbeline bi^ Act iii. Sc. i.
Like egg-shells moved upon their surges, crackM
As easily 'gainst our rocks : for joy whereof
The hmtd Cassibelao, who was once at point — 30
O giglot fortune ! — ^to master Cscsar's sword,
Made Lud's town with rejoicing fires bright
And Britons strut with courage.
Cib. Come, there's no more tribute to be paid:
our kingdom is stronger than it was at that
time; and, as I said, there is no moe such
Caesars : other of them may have crooked noses,
but to owe such straight arms, none.
Cym. Son, let your mother end.
Ch. We have yet many among us can gripe as hard 40
as Ca^sibelan : I do not say I am one ; but I
have a hand. Why tribute ? why should we
pay tribute ? If Csesar can hide die sun from
us with a blanket, or put the moon in his
pocket, we will pay him tribute for light ; else,
sir, no more tribute, pray you now.
Cynu You must know,
Till the injurious Romans did extort
This tribute from us, we were free: Caesar's ambition.
Which swell'd so much that it did almost stretch 50
The rides o' the world, against all colour here
Did put the yoke upon 's ; which to shake off
«3
Actiii. ScL 4m Cymbeline
Becomes a warlike people, whom we reckon
Ourselves to be.
Clo. and Lords, We do.
Cym, Say then to Csesar,
Our ancestor was that Mulmutius which
Ordain'd our laws, whose use the sword of Cesar
Hath too much mangled ; whose repair and franchise
Shall, by the power we hold, be our good deed.
Though Rome be therefore angry. Mulmutius
made our laws.
Who was the first of Britain which did put 60
His brows withm a golden crown, and adl'd
Himself a kmg.
Ltte. I am sorry, Cymbeline,
That I am to pronounce Augustus Caesar —
CsBsar, that hath moe kings his servants than
Thyself domestic officers — ^thine enemy :
Receive it from me, then : war and confudon
In Caesar's name pronounce I 'gainst thee : look
For fiiry not to be resisted. Thus defied,
I thank thee for myself.
Cym, Thou art welcome, Caius.
Thy CsBsar knighted me ; my youth I spent 70
Much under him ; of him I gathered honour ;
Which he to seek of me again, perforce.
Cymbeline a^ Act in. Sc. ii.
Behoret me keep at utterance. I am perfect
That the Panixmians and Dalmatians for
Their liberties are now in arms ; a precedent
Which not to read would show the Britons cold :
So CsBsar shall not find them.
Lue. Let proof speak.
Ch. His majesty bids you welcome. Make pastime
with us a day or two, or longer : if you seek
us afterwards m other terms, you shall find us 80
g in our salt-water girdle : if you beat us out of
^ ' it, it is yours ; if you fidl in the adventure, our
crows shall fiure the better for you ; and there 's
an end.
Lve, So, sir.
Cym. I know your master's pleasure, and he mine :
All the remain is < Welcome.' ^Exeunt.
Scene II.
Another room In the paiaee.
Enter Puanio^ with a letter.
Pu. How ! of adultery ? Wherefore write you not
What monster 's her accuser ? Leonatus I
O master ! what a strange infection
Is &ll'n into thy ear ! What £dse Italian,
36
#
Act III. Sc. u. ^« Cymbeline
As poisonotts-tongued as handed, hath prevail'd
On thy too ready hearing ? Disloyal ! No :
She 's punish'd for her truth, and undergoes.
More goddess-like than wife-like, such assaults
As would take in some virtue. O my master !
Thy mind to her is now as low as were lo
Thy fortunes. How ! that I should murder her i
Upon the loye and truth and vows which I
Have made to thy conmiand ? I, her ? her blood i
If it be so to do good service, never
Let me be counted serviceable. How look I,
That I should seem to lack humanity
So much as this £ict comes to ? [^ReaJmg^ * Do 't :
the letter
That I have sent her, by her own command
Shall give thee opportunity.' O damn'd paper !
Black as the ink that 's on thee ! Senseless bauUe,
Art thou a feodary for this act, and look'st 21
So virgin-like without ? Lo, here she comes.
I am ignorant in what I am commanded.
Enter Imogen,
Imo. How now, Pisanio 1
Pit. Madam, here is a letter from my lord.
Imo. Who ? thy lord i that is my lord Leonatus !
ymbeline n^ Act iii. Sc. «.
Of learn'd indeed were that astronomer
That knew the stars as I his charac^s ;
He 'Id lay the future open. You good gods,
Let what is here contain'd relish of love, 30
Of my lord's health, of his content, yet not
That we two are asunder ; let that grieve him :
Some griefs are medicinable ; that is one of them,
For it doth physic loTe : of his content,
AU but m that I Good wax, thy leave. Blest be
You bees that make these locks of counsel ! Lovers
And men in dangerous bonds pray not alike :
Though forfeiters you cast in prison, yet
You clasp young Cupid's tables. Good news, gods !
[^Readt2 • Justice, and your fether's wrath, 40
should he take me in his dominion, could not
be so cruel to me, as you, O the dearest of
creatures, would even renew me with your eyes.
Take notice that I am m Cambria, at Milford-
Haven : what your own love will out of this
advise you, follow. So he wishes you all hap-
pmess, that remains loyal to his vow, and your,
increasing in love,
Leonatus Posthumus.'
O, for a horse with wings ! Hear'st thou, Pisanio ?
He is at Milford-Haven : read, and tell me 51
67
let III. sc. a.
How bt 'tis thither. If one of mean affiurs
May plod it in a week, why may not I
Glide thither in a day ? Then, true Pisanioy —
Who long'sty like me* to see thy lord ; who loog'st —
Oy let me bate, — but not like me — yet long's!.
But in a fainter kind : — O, not like me ;
For mine 's beyond beyond : say, and speak thick, —
Love's counsellor should fill the pores of hearing.
To the smothering of the sense — ^how far it is 60
To this same blessed Milford : and by the way
Tell me how Wales was made so happy as
To inherit such a haven : but, first of all,
How we may steal from hence : and for the gap
That we shall make in time, from our hence*gomg
And our return, to excuse : but first, how get hence.
Why should excuse be bom or ere begot ?
We '11 talk of that hereafter. Prithee, speak,
How many score of miles may we well ride
'Twixt hour and hour ?
Pis, One score 'twixt sun and sun, 7*
Madam, 's enough for you, and too much too.
Imo. Why, one that rode to 's execution, man,
Could never go so slow : I have heard of ridi
wagers.
Where horses have been nimbler than the sands
68
ymbeline bi^ Act iii. Sc iii.
That run i' the clock's behalf. But this is foolery :
Go bid my woman feign a sicknesSy say
She 'U home to her father : and provide me presently
A riding-suity no costlier than would fit
A fi-anklin's housewife.
!/. Madam, you 're best consider.
to, I see before me, man : nor here, nor here» 80
Nor what ensues, but have a fog in them,
That I cannot look through. Away, I prithee ;
Do as I bid thee : there 's no more to say ;
Accessible is none but Milford way. [^Exeunt.
Scene III.
fVaks : a mountainous country with a eave.
Enter Belarius^ Guiderius^ and jirviragut.
r/. A goodly day not to keep house with such
Whose roof's as low as ours I Stoop, boys : this
gate
Instructs you how to adore the heavens, and bows
you
To a morning's holy office : the gates of monarchs
Are arch'd so high that giants may jet through
And keep their impious turbans on, without
Good morrow to the sun. Hail, thou fair heaven !
69
>: ^
v^re. H^kencm
^f/. Nov far ccr moEUEsfa iport ; «p to fowl Ul!
Yflpcr kgi 2re TocB^ : I'lIsoddmeftuE. Com
When joa. above paceii e me Ekr a crav*
Tbat it IS place which loKOi aad Kts dF:
Aod joa OBJ then renshe what tales I liave
joa
Of courts, of princes, of the tricks m war :
This serrice is not serrice, so being done^
But being so allowed : to a ppr di end dms,
Draws as a profit from all things we see ;
And often, to our comfort, shall we find
The sharded beetle in a safer hold
Than is the fnll-wiog'd eagle. O, this life
Is nobler than attending for a check.
Richer than doing nothing for a bauble,
Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk :
Such gain the cap of him that makes 'em fine,
Yet keeps his book uncross'd : no life to ours.
Gut. Out of your proof you speak : we, poor unfiedg
Have never wingM from view o' the nest, nor k
not
ymbeline a^ Act in. sc iii.
What ak 's from home. Haply this life is best
If quiet life be best, sweeter to you 30
That ha^e a sharper known, well corresponding
With your stiff age : but unto us it is
A cell of ignorance, travelling a-bed,
A prison for a debtor that not dares
To stride a limit.
rv. What should we speak of
When we are old as you ? when we shall hear
The rain and wind beat dark December, how
In this our pinching cave shall we discourse
The freezing hours away ? We haye seen nothing :
We are beastly ; subtle as the fox for prey, 40
Like warlike as the wolf for what we eat :
Our valour is to chase what flies ; our cage
We make a quire, as doth the prison'd bird,
And sing our bondage freely.
eL How you speak !
Did you but know the city's usuries.
And felt them knowingly : the art o' the court,
As hard to leave as keep ; whose top to climb
Is certain falling, or so slippery that
The fear 's as bad as idling: the toil o' the
war,
A pain that only seems to seek out danger 50
PdieiBIIKQfl
Kurfav
ABa natn IS oft a dsiocraaB cpitipo
As record of fair act ; n j» manj 1
Doth iU doerre bj doing weD ; Tiriat '• "
Moit coort'iy at the ccnaore: — O boyi^ diis MfJ
The vorld may read in me : mj body 'a marfcM
With Roman twordi, and my report W9» once
Firat with the beat of note : Cymbdine loved me)
And when a toldier waa the theme, my name
Was not br off: then waa I aa a tree 60
WhoK boaghi did bend with fimit: bntiaooen^
A storm, or robbery, call it what yon will.
Shook down my mellow hangings, nay, my kafe%
And left me bare to weather.
GuL Uncertain &nnr !
Bel. My £iult being nothing, aa I haye told you oft.
But that two yillains, whose false oaths prerail'd
Before my perfect honour, swore to Cymbeline
I was confederate with the Romans ; so
Followed my banishment ; and this twenty yean
This rock and these demesnes haye been my
world : 70
Where I have lived at honest freedom, paid
More pious debts to heaven than in all
jmbeline 01^ Act 111. sc. lu.
The fore-end of my time. But op to the mountains !
This is not hunters' language : he that strikes
The Tenison first shall be the lord 0' the feast ;
To him the other two shall minister ;
And we will fear no poison, which attends
In place of greater state. I '11 meet you in the valleys.
[^Exaint Gutderitu and Arviragus.
How hard it is to hide the sparks of nature !
These boys know little they are sons to the king ; 80
Nor Cymbeline dreams that they are alive.
They think they are mine : and though train'd up
thus meanly
I' the cave wherein they bow, their thoughts do hit
The roofs of palaces, and nature prompts them
In simple and low things to prince it much
Beyond the trick of others. This Polydore,
The heir of Cymbeline and Britain, who
The king his fkther call'd Guiderius, — Jove !
When on my three-foot stool I sit and tell
The warlike feats I have done, his spirits fly out 90
Into my story : say * Thus mine enemy fell.
And thus I set my foot on 's neck,' even then
The princely blood flows in his cheek, he sweats,
Strains his young nerves, and puts himself in posture
That acts my words. The younger brother, Cadwal,
73
Act in. Sc !▼. 'W Cymbeliqj
• }
Once Arviragusy b as like a figure
Strikes life into my speech and shows much more
His own conceiving. Hark, the game is roused !
O Cymbeline ! heaven and my conscience knows
Thou didst unjustly banish me : whereon, lOQ
At three and two years old, I stole these babes,
Thinking to bar thee of succession as
Thou reft'st me of my lands. Euriphile,
Thou wast their nurse; they took thee for theii
mother,
And every day do honour to her grave :
Myself, Belarius, that am Morgan call'd.
They take for natural father. The game is up. \^Exit.
Scene IV.
Country near Milford'Haven.
Enter Pltanio and Imogen,
Imo. Thou told'st me, when we came from horse, the
pbce
Was near at hand : ne'er long'd my mother so
To see me first, as I have now. Pisanio ! man !
Where is Posthumus ? What is in thy mind.
That makes thee stare thus? Wherefore breaks
that sigh
7*
SI
mbi^Kne bi^ Act iii. Sc. !▼.
I'MP the mward of thee ? One but painted thus
Would be interpreted a thing perplex'd
Beyond self-explication : put thyself
Into a haviour of less fear, ere wildness
Vanquish my staider senses. What 's the matter ?
Why tender'st thou that paper to me^ with 1 1
A look untender ? If 't be summer news.
Smile to 't before ; if winterly, thou need'st
But keep that countenance still. My husband's
hand!
That drug-damn'd Italy hath out-craftied him.
And he's at some hard point. Speak, man: thy
tongue
May take of some extremity, which to read
Would be even mortal to me.
Ptf • Please you, read ;
And you shall find me, wretched man, a thing
The most disdain'd of fortune. 20
Imo. [^Readt^ <Thy mistress, Pisanio, hath played
the strumpet m my bed; the testimonies
whereof lie bleeding in me. I speak not out
of weak surmises ; but from proof as strong as
my grief, and as certain as I expect my revenge.
That part thou, Pisanio, must act for me, if thy
fiuth be not tainted with the breach of V>fix%«
75
■-■:v5;
Let III. Sc. iv. ^m CymbeHi
Let thine own hands take away her'fife: I dull
give thee opportanity at Milfbrd-Hafen : die
hath my letter for the purpose : where^ if tiioa ;
fear to strike, and to make me certain it is dooe^
thou art the pandar to her dishonour, and equally
to me disloyal.'
Hi, What shall I need to draw my sword i the paper
Hath cut her throat already. No, 'tis dander }
Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose toii|
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose bceith
Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie
All comers of the world : kings, queens^ and slat
Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave
This viperous slander enters. What cheer, madai
mo. False to his bed ! What is it to be false ?
To lie in watch there, and to think on him i
To weep 'twixt clock and clock ? if deep chai
nature.
To break it with a fearful dream of him,
And cry myself awake ? that 's false to 's bed, is
^//. Alas, good lady !
mo, I &lse ! Thy conscience witness : lachimo.
Thou didst accuse him of incontinency ;
Thou then look'dst like a villain ; now, methinks,
Thy favour 's good enough. Some jay of Italy,
7«
Cymbeline mf» Act m. Sc. iv.
Whose mother was her paintiiigy hath betray'd him:
Poor I am stale, a garment oat of fashion ;
And, for I am richer than to hang by the waUs,
I must be ripp'd : — ^to pieces with me ! — O,
Men's vows are women's traitors ! All good seem-
ing,
By thy revolt, O husband, shall be thought
Put on for villany; not bom where 't grows.
But worn a bait for ladies.
Pit. Good madam, hear me.
Imo. True honest men being heard, like false £neas, 60
Were in his time thought &lse; and Sinon's weeping
Did scandal many a holy tear, took pity
From most true wretchedness : so thou Posthumus,
Wilt lay the leaven on all proper men ;
Goodly and gallant shall be false and perjured
From thy great fail. Come, fellow, be thou honest :
Do thou thy master's bidding. When thou see'st
him,
A little witness my obedience. Look !
I draw the sword myself: take it, and hit
The innocent mansion of my love, my heart : 70
Fear not ; 'tis empty of all things but grief:
Thy master is not there, who was indeed
The riches of it. Do his bidding ; strike.
77
Act III. sc iv. ^m Cjmbk
Thou mayst be valiant in a better causey
But now thou seem'st a cowarcL
Ph. Hence^ yile inttnn
Thou shalt not damn my hand.
Imo. Why, I mutt d
And if I do not by thy hand, thou art
No aervant of thy master's. Against ielf-Jaiij
There is a prohibition so divine
That cravens my weak hand« Come^ here'
heart; —
Something's afore 't. Soft, soft! we'll m
fence ; —
Obedient as the scabbard. What u here ?
The scriptures of the loyal Leonatua^
All tum'd to heresy i Away, away.
Corrupters of my faith ! you shall no more
Be stomachers to my heart. Thus may poor i
Believe £dse teachers : though those that are bet
Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor
Stands in worse case of woe.
And thou, Posthumus, thou that didst set up
My disobedience 'gainst the king my father.
And make me put into contempt the suits
Of princely fellows, shalt hereafter find
It is no act of common passage, but
78
Cymbeline m^ Att iii. Sc iv.
A strain of rareness : and I grieve myself
To think, when thou shait be disedged by her
That now thou drest on, how thy memory
Will then be pang'd by me. Prithee, dispatch :
The lamb entreats the butcher : where 's diy knife?
Thou art too slow to do thy master's bidding, lOO
When I desire it too.
Pu, O gracious lady.
Since I received command to do this business
I have not slept one wink.
Imo, Do 't, and to bed then.
Pis, I '11 wake mine eye-balls blind first.
/no. Wherefore then
Didst undertake it ? Why hast thou abused
So many miles with a pretence ? this place ?
Mine action, and thine own ? our horses' labour ?
The time inviting thee i the perturb'd court,
For my being absent i whereunto I never
Purpose return. Why hast thou gone so far, no
To be unbent when thou hast ta'en thy stand,
The elected deer before thee ?
Pu, But to win time
To lose so bad employment ; in the which
I have consider'd of a course. Good lady.
Hear me with patience.
w
Act in. sc. iv. ^m Cjmlm
Imo. Talk thy tongue weujt q
I have heard I am a strumpet ; and nune etr*
Therein ^Jse atruck, can take no greater wound
Nor tent to bottom that. Bat speak.
PU. Then^na
I thought you would not back again.
Imo. Most likc^
Bringing me here to kill me.
PU. Not so, neither :
But if I were as wise as honest, then
My purpose would prove welL It cannot be
But that my master is abused : some villain,
Ay, and smgular in his art, hath done you both
This cursed injury.
Imo. Some Roman courtezan.
PU. No, on my life.
I '11 give but notice you are dead, and send him
Some bloody sign of it ; for 'tis commanded
I should do so : you shall be miss'd at court,
And that will well confirm it.
Imo. Why, good fellow.
What shall I do the while ? where abide ? how 1
Or in my life what comfort, when I am
Dead to my husband ?
Pis. If you '11 back to the cour
lymbeline Bf^ Act in. sc. iv.
10. No court, 00 fiither $ nor no more ado
With that har^ nobte, shnple nothing,
ThatCloten, whoae loye-auit hath been to me
As fearful aa a tiege.
!/• If not at court.
Then not in Britain miMt you bide.
io. Where then i
Hath Britain all the sun that shines i Day, night,
Are they not but in Britam? V the world's
Tolume 140
Our Britain seems as Of it, but not in 't ;
In a great pool a swan's nest : prithe^ think
There 's livers out of Britain.
/. I am most glad
You think of other place. The ambassador,
Lucius the Roman, comes to Milford-Hayen
To-morrow : now, if you could wear a mind
Dark as your fortune is, and but disguise
That which, to appear itself, must not yet be
But by self-danger, you should tread a course
Pretty and full of view j yea, haply, near 150
The residence of Posthuinus ; so nigh at least
That though his actions were not risible, yet
Report should render him hourly to your ear
As truly as he moves.
36/ 8(
Act III. Sc. iv. « Cymbelii
tmo. O, for such means.
Though peril to my modesty, not death on *t,
I would adventure I
Pii. Well then, here 's the pout :
You must forget to be a woman ; change
Command into obedience ; fear and niceness—
The handmaids of all women, or, more truly.
Woman it pretty self— into a waggish courage ; i
Ready in gibes, quick-answer'd, saucy and
As quarrelous as the weasel ; nay, you must
Forget that rarest treasure of your cheek.
Exposing it — but, O, the harder heart !
Alack* no remedy I — ^to the greedy touch
Of common-kissing Titan, and forget
Your laboursome and damty trims, wherein
You made great Juno angry.
Into. Nay, be brief;
I see into thy end, and am almost
A man already.
Pli. First, make yourself but like one. i
Fore-thinking this, I have already fit —
'Tis in my cloak-bag— doublet, hat, hose, all
That answer to them : would you, in their servii
And with what imitation you can borrow
From youth of such a season, 'fore noble Lucius
■■■BB^S^5MMUiBiiiii^S_i
^^ymbeline m^ Act in. sc. iv.
Present yourself, dedre his service, tell him
Wherein you're happy, — ^which you'll make him
know.
If that his head have ear in music,— doubdess
With joy he will embrace you ; for he 's honourable,
And, doubling diat, most holy. Your means
abroad, 180
You have me, rich ; and I will never &il
Beginning nor supplyment.
Tmo. Thou art all the comfort
The gods will diet me with. Prithee, away :
There 's more to be considered ; but we '11 even
All that good time will give us : this attempt
I am soldier to, and will abide it with
A prince's courage. Away, I prithee.
Pis. Well, madam, we must take a short fareweU,
Lest, being miss'd, I be suspected of
Your carriage firom the court. My noble mistress.
Here is a box ; I had it>from the queen : 191
What 's in't is precious ; if you are sick at 8ea»
Or stomach-qualm'd at land, a dram of this
Will drive away distemper. To some shade.
And fit you to your manhood : may the gods
Direct you to the best j
[mo. Amen : I thank thee. [^Esteunt leveralfy.
»3
Actlll. ScY.
Scene V.
jI r§9m m Cymi£ni*i pataei.
Enter CjnAAui Qmtm^ Cht^f LaciWf and Lordt*
Cym. Thoifiuri sod td &I«1P61L
Lue. Thaokt^ royal «ir.
My emperor hath wrote^ I must irom htnc^ \
And am right sorry that I muBt report ye
My master's enemy.
Cym. Our subjectSt dr»
Win not endore his ydce | and for oundf
To show ksl soverrigpity than they» must me&'
Appear onkhglike.
Lue. 80| sir : I desire of yon
A condact ofer-land to Milfbrd-HaTen,
Madam, all joy befid yoor grace, and you I
Cym. My lords, yon are appointed for that oifice |
The due of honour in no poiot onuL
So £irewell, noble Lndus.
Lue. Youi hand, my lord.
Clo. Receive it friendly ; but from this time forth
I wear it as your enemj.
Luc. Sir^ the efent
Is yet to name the winner : fare yoa welL
Cym. Leave not the Worthy Locius, good my lords.
Cymbeline m^ Act iii. Sc v.
Till he have cross'd the Severn. Happiness !
[^Exeunt Lucius and Lords.
Queen. He goes henee frowning : but it honours us
That we have given him cause.
Ck. 'Tis all the better ;
Your valiant Britons have their wishes in it. 20
Cym* Lucius hath wrote already to the emperor
How it goes here. It fits us therefore ripely
Our chariots and our horsemen be in readiness :
The powers that he already hath in Gallia
Will soon be drawn to head, from whence he moves
His war for Britain.
Queen. 'Tis not sleepy business.
But must be look'd to speedily and strongly.
Cym. Our expectatimi that it would be thus
Hath made us forward. But, my gende queen,
Where is our daughter i She hath not appear'd
Before the Roman, nor to us hath tendered 3 1
The duty of the day : she looks us like
A thing more made of malice than of duty :
We have noted it. Call her before us, for
We have been too slight in sufferance.
\Exit an AHendant.
Queen. Royal sir,
Since the exile of PosthumuB, mo«t tcxk^^
ss
Act III. sc. V. ^m CymbcUirt
Hath her life been ; the cure whereof my loidf
'Tis time must do. Beseech your majesty.
Forbear sharp speeches to her : she '• a lady
So tender of rebukes that words are strokes^ 40
And strokes death to her.
Re^mter Attendani.
Cym. Where is she^ air? Hoi
Can her contempt be answered ?
jitten. Please you, m^
Her chambers are all lock'd, and there 's no i
That will be given to the loud'st of noise we i
Queen. My lord, when last I went to visit her.
She prayed me to excuse her keeping close ;
Whereto constraint by her infirmity.
She should that duty leave unpaid to you,
Which daily she was bound to proffer : this
She wish'd me to make known; but our gret
court 5(
Made me to blame in memory.
Qym. Her doors lock'd ?
Not seen of late ? Grant, heavenSi that which I fea
Prove false ! {^Exh
QM^en. Son, I say, follow the king.
^^^ That man of hers, Pisanio, her old servant,
^ 86
ymbeline 9f^ Act in. Sc. v.
I have not seen thete two dayi^
ueen. Go, look after.
lExit Cbfen.
Pisanio, thou that stand'at so for Posthumus ! •
He hath a drug of mine ; I pray his absence
Proceed by swallowing that ; for he believes
It is a thing most precious. But for her.
Where is she gone? Haply^ despair hath seized
her; 60
Or, wing'd with feryour of her love, she 's flown
To her desired Posthumus : gone she is
To death or to dishonour ; and my end
Can make good use of either : she being down,
I have the placing of the British crown*
Re-enter Cloten.
How now, my son !
h. 'Tis certain she is fled.
Go in and cheer the king : he rages ; none
Dare come about him.
ueen. {Aside^ All the better : may
This night forestall him of the coming day ! \_ExU,
lo* I love and hate her : for she 's hxc and royal, 70
And that she hath all courtly parts more exquisite
Than lady, ladies, woman ; from every one
«7
Act III. Sc. ▼. 4
Thebctt she hadu and dM^ of aD oooaoo^iikF
Ootitllt them all; I lore her tfaens&m t iMt! ^
Diadaiiimg me and dirDwing tKwoan oo
The low PoBthomns ilandan to her jv _
That vhat'f die rare it choked} and in i
I will ooochide to hate hert nay* ioda^
To be rafemed 190a her<r For whan CboII ' J
Shall-
SnUr PuatiU.
Who ia here? What» are yoa packhi^.iiiRak
Come hither : ah, you precioiia pandar I Vfflaii^
Where ia thy lady? In a word; ordae'
Thou art atraightway with the fieoda.
Pu. O, good my lord
Ch. Where ia thy lady i or, by Jupiter,—
I will not adc again. Cloae yillain,
I '11 have this secret from thy heart, or rip
Thy heart to find it Is she with Poathnmns ?
From whose so many weights of baseness cannot
A dram of worth be drawn.
Pb. Alas, my lord.
How can she be with him? When was sb
miss'd ? ^
He is in Rome.
ymbeline w* Act in. sc. v.
fbw Where ii she, fir i Come nearer ;
No fiuther halting : satisfy me home
What is hecome of her.
is. O, my all-worthy lord !
b. All-worthy villain !
Discover where thy mistress is at once.
At the next word : no more of * worthy lord I'
Speak, or thy silence on the instant is
Thy condemnation and thy death.
is. Then, sir.
This paper is the history of my knowledge
Touching her flight. {^Presenting a letter,
lo. Let's see 't. I will pursue her loo
Even to Augustus' throne.
is. {Aside'\ Or this, or perish.
She's £ir enough ; and what he learns by this
May prove his travel, not her danger.
Jo. Hum !
Is. {Asidsl I'll write to my lord she's dead. O
Imogen,
Safe mayst thou wander, safe return again !
S?. Sirrah, is this letter true ?
IS. Sir, as I think.
S^. It is Posthumus' hand; I know't. Sirrah,
if thou wouldst not be a villain, but do me true
89
I etivf ^^
kat
Villao^
X 110
Ha»'' •** u„« canst ''"^ „(
ymbeline mi^ Act in. Sc. v.
even there, thou yillam PosthumaSy will I kill
thee. I would these garments were come. She
said upon a time — ^the bitterness of it I now belch
from my heart — that she held the very garment
of Posthumus in more respect than my noble
and natural person, together with the adornment 140
of my qualities. With that suit upon my back,
will I rayish her: first kill him, and in her eyes ;
there shall she see my valour, which will then be
a torment to her contempt. He on the ground,
my speech of insultment ended on his dead body,
and when my lust hath dined — ^which, as I say,
to vex her I will execute m the clothes that she
so praised — ^to the court I '11 knock her back,
foot her home agdn. She hath despised me
rejoicingly, and I '11 be merry in my revenge. 150
Re-enter PtsamOf witb the chthes.
Be those the garments?
[/• Ay, my noble lord.
^0. How long is't since she went to Milford-
Haven ?
U. She can scarce be there yet.
b. Bring this apparel to my chamber ; that is the
second thing that I have commanded thee : the
9«
III. Sc. ▼!.
third i% that Aoo wik he a voluntary mute to ^
my design. Be but dnteoosi a^d true prefer-
ment thall tender itaelf to diee. My revenge is f6o
now at Milfiml: would I had wings to foOow
it! Come, and be tme. [£x»f.
PU. Thoa bid'it me to my Iom: for , tme to thee
Were to proie fidi^ which I will never be^
To him that it mon true. To Milford go^
And find not her whom thou purvuest. FJoWjflow»
Yon heavenly hleeting% on her I Thb ioolU speed
Be crois'd with alownem ; bbour be hia meed \
Scene V!.
Wahs i t^§n the caw of Bdarhti
EaUr Irnqgoif m Uy^s ckth^u
Imo. I see a man's life is a tedious one :
I have tired myself; and for two nights together
Have made the ground my bed. I should be si
But that my resolution helps me. Milfbid,
When from the mountain-top Ptsanio show'd t
Thou wast within a ken : O Jove ! I think
Foundations fly the wretched ; such, I mean.
lymbeline m^ Act iii. Sc. vi.
Where they should be retieved* Two beggars told
me
I could not miss my way : will poor folks lie^
That have afflictions on them, knowing 'tis lo
A punishment or trial ? Yes ; no wonder,
When rich ones scarce tell true : to lapse in (illness
Is sorer than to lie for need $ and falsehood
Is Worse in kings than beggars. My dear lord !
Thou art one o' the &lse ones : now I think on thee.
My hunger 's gone ; but eyen before, I was
At point to sink for food But what is this ?
Here is a path to 't : 'tis some savage hold :
I were best not call ; I dare not call : yet fiunine.
Ere clean it overthrow nature, makes it valiant. 20
Plenty and peace breeds cowards ; hardness ever
Of hardiness is mother. Ho ! who 's here ?
If any thmg that 's civil, speak ; if savage.
Take or lend. Ho ! No answer ? then I '11 enter.
Best draw my sword ; and if mine enemy
But fear the sword like me, he '11 scarcely look on 't.
Such a foe, good heavens ! [^Exltf to the cave.
Enter Belariusy Gwderius^ and Arviragus.
eL You, Polydore, have proved best woodman and
Are master of the feast : Cadwal and I
93
Act III. Sc. vi.
'om Gymbeline
Will play the cook and serrant ; 'tit our match : 30
The sweat and industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to. Come ; our stomachs
Will make what 's homely savoury : weariness
Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard. Now, peace be here^
Poor house, that keep'st thyself!
Gui, I am throughly weary*
^rv. I am weak with toil, yet strong in appetite.
Gui. There b cold meat i' the cave ; we 11 browse on
that.
Whilst what we have kill'd be cook'd.
BeL [^Looting into the cave] Stay ; come not in.
But that it eats our victuals, I should think 41
Here were a feiry.
Qui. What's the matter, sir?
Bei. By Jupiter, an angel ! or, if not.
An earthly paragon ! Behold divineness
No elder than a boy !
Re-enter Inugen.
Imo. Good masters, harm me not :
Before I enter'd here, I call'd ; and thought
To have begg'd or bought what I have took : good
troth,
Cymbeline
Act III. Sc. vi.
I have stol'D nought ; nor would not, though I had
found
Gold strewed i' the floor. Here *8 money for my
meat : 50
I would have left it on the board so soon
As I had made my meal, and parted
With prayers for the provider.
Gm» Money, youth ?
jtrv. All gold and silver rather turn to dirt !
As 'tis no better reckonM, but of those
Who worship dirty gods.
Imo» I see you 're angry :
KnoWy if you kill me for my fitult, I should
Have died had I not made it.
BeL Whither bound!
Imo. To Milford- Haven.
BeL What 's your name ? 60
Imo. Fidele, sir. I have a kinsman who
Is bound for Italy ; he embark'd at Milford ;
To whom being going, almost spent with hunger,
I am M'n in this offence.
BeL Prithee, ^r youth,
Think us no churls, nor measure our good minds
By this rude place we live in. Well encounter'd !
'Tii almost night : you shall have better cheer
9S
Act III. sc. vi. 'flw Cymbeline
Ere you depart : and thanks to stay and eat it.
Boys, bid him welcome.
Gm, Were you a woman, yoath,
I should woo hard but be your groom. In honesty,
I bid for you as I 'Id buy.
j4rv, I '11 make 't my comfort 7 1
He is a man ; I '11 lovt him as my brother :
And such a welcome as I 'Id give to him
After long absence, such is yours : most welcome !
Be sprighdy, for you fall 'mongst friends.
Imo. 'Mongst friends.
If brothers. [^Aiide] Would it had been so, that they
Had been my father's sons ! then had my prize
Been less, and so more equal ballasting
To thee, Posthumus.
BeL He wrings at some distress.
Gm. Would I could free 't!
Arv. Or I ; whate'er it be, 80
What pain it cost, what danger I Gods !
Bei. Hark, boys.
{JVbispering.
Imo. Great men,
That had a court no bigger that this cave.
That did attend themselves and had the virtue
Which their own conscience seal'd them — laying by
9fS
,
Act III. Sc. vii.
That nothiog-gift of differing multitiidct-*
Could not out-peer these twain. Pardon me, gods!
c I 'Id change my sex to be companion with them,
Es. Since Leonatus' &lse.
BeL It shall be so.
BoySy we '11 go dress our hunt. Fair youths come
in: 90
Discourse is heayy, fasting ; when we have supp'd.
We '11 mannerly demand thee of thy story.
So £u* as thou wilt speak it.
Gm. Pray, draw near.
Jbrv. The night to the oyri and mom to the lark less
welcome.
/«fti Thanks, sir.
Jifv. I pray, draw near. ^Exeunu
Scene VII.
Rome. A puhlk place.
Enter two Senators and TriBunet.
Rrit Sen. This is the tenour of the emperor's writ :
That since the common men are now in action
'Gainst the Pannonians and Dahnatiansi
And that the lemons now in Gallia are
|6^ 97
Act III. sc. vii. ^m Cymbeline
Poll weak to undertake our wars againat
The fidl'n-off Britons, that we do incite
The gentry to this bosmess. He creates
Ladas proconsul : and to you the tribunesi
For this immediate levy, he commends
His absolute commission. Long live Csesar ! lO
Firit Tru Is Lucius general of the forces ?
See. Sen. Ay.
First Tri. Remuning now b Gallia?
First Sen. With those legions
Which I have spoke o^ whereunto your leyy
Must be supplyant : the words of your conunissioo
Will tie you to the numbers and the time
Of their dispatch.
Ftrst TrL We will discharge our duty. [JSWm»#.
•.'»>s£S2>r*^^
'^Knbeline n^ Act iv. Sc i.
Act Fourth.
Scene I.
IVales : near the cave of Bdariut.
Enter Cloten alone*
o. I am near to the place where they should meet,
if Pisanio have mapped it truly* How fit his
garments serve me I Why should his nustress,
who was made by him that made the tailor, not
be fit too ? the rather — saving reverence of the
word — ^for 'tis said a woman's fitness comes by
fits. Therem I must play the workman. I
dare speak it to myself — ^for it is not vain-glory
for a man and his glass to confer in his own
chamber — I mean, the lines of my body are as lo
well drawn as his ; no less young, more strong,
not beneath him in fortunes, beyond him in the
advantage of the time, above him in bu*th, alike
conversant in general services, and more remark-
able in single oppositions: yet this imperceiverant
thingloveshiminmy despite. What mortality is !
Posthumus, thy head, which nowis growing upon
thy shoulders, shall within this hour be off; thy
99
Act IV, Sell ^ [ ^s Cytiil
mistress enforced ; thy garments cut to pie
before thy face t and all this done, spurn her hoa
to her father ; who ouy haply be a Ettle angry]
for my so rough usage ; but my mother^ having j
power of his testmess, shall turn all into my com-*^
meiidatioQs. My horaeistiedupsafe: out^vwort^^
and to a Borr — ' ^ ortunej put them into my I
hand! "] leacnpdon of their meet- 1
ing^place t dares not deceive me^ [M
Enla-ffr^m the tt ar, GuhUnut^ Ar
Bd, [Tq ImQgm} You are not well ; remain here i
cave ;
We '11 come to you after hunting.
Jrv, [Ttf Im&g^'\ Brother, stay he
Are we not brothers ?
Imon So man and mao should h^
But clay and clay diifers in dignity,
Whose dust is both alike* I am very sick,
Gm. Go you to hunting ; I '11 abide with him.
j^mbeline wn^ Act iv. Sc. u.
\o. So dck I am not, yet I am not well ;
But not 80 citizen a wanton as
To aeem to die ere sick : so please you, leave me ;
Stick to your journal course : the breach of custom
Is breach of alL I am ill, but your being by me 1 1
Cannot amend me : society is no comfort
To one not sociable : I am not very sick,
Since I can reason of it. Pray you, trust me here :
I '11 rob none but myself; and let me die^
Stealing so poorly.
If. I lo?e thee; I have spoke it :
How much the quantity, the weight as much.
As I do love my &ther.
j/. What!, how! how!
rv. If it be sin to say so, sir, I yoke me
In my good brother's fault: I know not why 20
I love this youth ; and I have heard you say.
Love's reason 's without reason : the bier at door
And a demand* who is 't shall die, I 'Id say
* My &ther, not this youth.'
J. [Aside'] O noble strain !
worthiness of nature ! breed of greatness !
Cowards father cowards and base things sire base :
Nature hath meal and bran, contempt and grace.
1 'm not their fiither ; yet who this should be.
^m CjvaSb
Act IV. Sc ii.
Doth miracle itself, loved before i
'Tis the ninth hour o' the morn*
yfrv* SrocheTy fiu'cw
Ifno. I wish ye sport.
jirv. You health. So please yooy
Imo. [^Atide} These are kind creatnref. Gods
lies I have heard !
Oor courtiers say all 's savage but at eooits
Experience^ O, thou disproyest report I
The imperious seas breed monstera ; for the <i
Poor tributary rivers as sweet fish.
I am sick still, heart-sick. Pisamo,
I '11 now taste of thy drug. [SwtJIow
Guu I could not stir bin
He said he was gentle, but unfortunate ;
Dishonestly afflicted, but yet honest.
Arv. Thus did he answer me : yet said, hereafter
I might know more.
Bel. To the field, to the field !
We '11 leave you for this time : go in and rest
Arv. We '11 not be long away.
BeL Pray, be not sick.
For you must be our housewife.
Imo. WeU or iU,
I am bound to you.
Cymbeline m^ Act iv. Sc li.
BiL And ahalt be ever.
[^Eseit Imogen^ to the cave*
This youthy howe'er distressed, appears he hath had
Good ancestors,
^rv. How angel-like he sings 1
Gm. But his neat cookery 1 he cut our roots
In characters ;
And sauced our broths, as Juno had been sick, 50
And he her dieter.
Arv. Nobly he yokes
A smiling with a sigh, as if die sigh
Was that it was, for not being such a smile ;
The smile mocking the sigh, that it would fly
From so divine a temple, to commix
With winds that sailors rail at.
Gm. I do note
That grief and patience, rooted in him both.
Mingle their spurs togecner.
Arv. Grow, patience !
And let the stinking elder, grief, untwine
His perishing root with the increasing vine ! 60
BeL It is great mommg* Come, away ! — Who's there?
Enter Cloten.
Ck. I cannot find those runagates ; that villab
Hath mock'd me : I am fiunt.
Act IV Sc. iL <w Cymbeline
Bd. f Those runagates ! *
Means he not ns ? I partly know him ; 'tis
Cloten, the son o' the queen* I fear some ambush.
I sav him not these many years, and yet
I know 'tis he. We are held as outlaws : hence !
Gm. He is but one : you and my brother search
What companies are near : pray you, away ;
Let me alone with him.
{Exeunt Bdarhu and jtrwragw
Clo. Soft! What are yon 70
That fly me thus ? some Tillain mountaineers ?
I have^eard of such. What slave art thou ?
Gm. A thing
More slavish did I ne'er than answering
A slave without a knock.
Clo. Thou art a robber,
A law-breaker, a villain : yield thee, thief.
Gtfi. To who ? to thee ? What art thou \ Have not I
An arm as big as thine \ a heart as big ?
Thy words, I grant, are bigger ; for I wear not
My dagger in my mouth. Say what thou art,
Why I should yield to thee.
Ch. Thou villun base, 80
Know'st me not by my clothes ?
Gut. No, nor thy tailor', rascal.
Cymbeline m Act i v. sc. ii.
Who 18 thy grand&ther : he made those clothes,
Which, as it seems, make thee.
Ch, Thou precious varlet,
My tailor made them not*
Gut. Hence then, and thank
The man that gave them thee. Thou art some fool ;
I am loath to beat thee.
Clo. Thou injurious thief,
Hear but my name, and tremble.
Gut. What 's thy name ?
Ch. Cloten, thou vilhiin.
Gut. Cloten, thou double Tillain, be thy name^
I cannot tremble at it: were it Toad, or Adder,
Spider, 90
'Twould mote me sooner.
Ch. To thy further fear.
Nay, to thy mere confusion, thou shalt know
I am son to the queen.
Gut. I am sorry for 't ; not seeming
So worthy as thy birth.
Clo. Art not afeard i
Gut. Those that I reverence, those I fear, the wise :
At fools I laugh, not fear them.
Cb. Die the death :
When I have slain thee with my proper hand,
105
Act IV. sc. ii. ^ Cymbeline
I 'Q follow those that even now fled hence^
And on the gates of Lud's town set your heads :
Yield, rustic mountaineer* [Exeunt^figbtittg. ibo
Re-enter Belarhu and Arviragus.
Bel. No companies abroad ?
jirv. None in the world : you did mistake hun, sure.
Bd. I cannot tell : long is it since I saw him.
But time hath nothing blurred those lines of fityour
Which then he wore ; the snatches in his voice,
And burst of speaking, were as his : I am absolute
'Twas ray Cloten.
jtrv. In this place we left them :
I wish my brother make good time with him,
You say he is so fell.
BeL Being scarce made up,
I mean, to man, he had not apprehension i lo
Of roaring terrors : for defect of judgement
Is oft the cause of fear. But see, thy brother.
Re-enter Guideriui with Clotet^s head.
Gut. This Cloten was a fool, an empty purse ;
There was no money in 't : not Hercules
Could have knock'd out his brains, for he had none:
Yet I not doing this, the fool had borne
My head as I do his.
dymbelme m^ Act iv. sc a
Bel. What hast thoa done ?
GW. I am perfect what : cut off one Cloten's head,
Son to the queen, after his own report ;
Who callM me traitor, mountaineer ; and swore.
With his own smgle hand he 'Id take us in, 121
Displace our heads where— thank the gods ! — ^they
grow.
And set them on Lud's town.
BeL We are all undone.
Gm. Why, worthy father, what have we to lose.
But that he swore to take^ oar lives ? The law
Protects not us : then why should we be tender
To let an arrogant jnece of flesh threat us,
Play judge and executioner, all himself.
For we do fear the hw i What company
Discover you abroad i
BeL No smgle soul 130
Can we set eye on ; but in all safe reason
He must have some attendants* Though his humour
Was nothing but mutation, ay, and that
From one bad thing to worse, not frenzy, not
Absolute madness could so &x have rayed.
To bring him here alone : although perhaps
It may be heard at court that such as we
Cave here, hunt here, are outlaws, and in time
Act IV. Sc. ii. 40 Cymbeline
May make tome stronger head ; the which he hear-
ing—
As it is like him — ^might break out, and swear 140
He 'Id fetch us in ; yet is 't not probable
To come alone, either he so undertaking.
Or they so suffering : then on good ground we fear,
If we do fear this body hath a tail
More perilous than the head.
Arv. Let ordinance
Come as the gods foresay it : howsoever.
My brother hath done well.
BeL I had no mind
To hunt this day : the boy Fidele's sickness
Did make my way long forth.
Gm. With his own sword, 149
Which he did wave agabst my throat, I have ta'en
His head from him : I '11 throw 't it into the creek
Behind our rock, and let it to the sea.
And tell the fishes he 's the queen's son, Cloten :
That 'saU I reck. lExit.
Bei* I fear 'twill be revenged :
Would, Polydore, thou hadst'not done't! though
valour
Becomes thee well enough.
^rv. Would I had done 't,
ymbeline w^ Act iv. Sc. ii.
So the revenge alone pursued me ! Folydore,
I loTe thee brotherly, but envy much
Thou hast robb'd me of this deed: I would
rerenges,
That possible 'strength might meet, would seek us
through 1 60
And put us to our answer.
f/. WeU, 'tis done:
We '11 hunt no more to-day, nor seek for danger
Where there's no profit. I prithee, to our rock ;
You and Fidele play the cooks: I '11 stay
Till hasty Polydore return, and bring him
To dinner presently.
^. Poor sick Fidele !
I '11 willingly to him : to gain his colour
I 'Id let a parish of such Clotens blood.
And praise myself for charity. £Exst.
f/. O thou goddess.
Thou divine Nature, how thyself thou blazon'st 170
In these two princely boys! They are as gentle
As zephyrs blowing below the violet.
Not wagging his sweet head ; and yet as rough.
Their royal blood encbafed, as the rudest wind
That by the top doth take the mountain pine
And make him stoop to the vale. 'Tis wonder
109
\Iie~enier Quideriui,
Where 'a my brother?
I h&v^ tent CloteD'a cloepoll down the Btreain» <«
In embaasy to hia mother : his body's hoatage
For bia return* \_Sidemn nmk*
Bd* My lEgenloaa inatrumejit 1 ^
Hark, Polydore^ it somida 1 But what occaaioD
Hath Cadwal dow to g^ve it motioa I Hark \
Is be at borne ?
He went hence even now.
What doea be mean ? Smce death of my dear*it
mother 190
It did not a|}eak before. All solemn thinga 1 ^
Should anawer aolemn accidental The matter?
Triumphs for nothing and lamcntiag toya
Is jollity for apes and grief for boy a*
li Cidwal mad?
Cymbeline mf^ Act iv. Sc ii.
Ri'inter Arwagut with Imogen^ as dead^ bearing
her m his arms.
Bd. Look, here he comes.
And brings the dire occasion m his arms
Of what we Uame him for !
Arv. The bird is dead
That we have made so much on. I had rather
Have skippM firom sixteen years of age to sixty.
To have turned my leaping-time into a cratch, 200
Than have seen this.
Gm* O sweetest, feirest lily !
My brother wears thee not the one half so weU
As when thou grew'st thyself.
BeL O melancholy !
Who ever yet could sound thy bottom ? find
The ooze, to show what coast thy sluggish crare
Might easiliest harbour in ? Thou blessed thing !
Jove knows what man thou mightst have made ; but I,
Thou diedst, a most rare boy, of melancholy.
How found you him ?
Arv. Stark, as you see :
Thus smiling, as some fly had tickled slumber, 210
Not as death's dart, being laugh'd at; his right cheek
Reposmg on a cushion.
Gm. Where?
a
fairest flffl
Fiddd
Jt Dot kS
Act IV. Sc u.
Aro. ^* (AeifoorP
Hlf innt thus lai|Bed: I t:bougl]r ht slept^
My clouted bn^gnes from off my fcetj mrfioee n
Answered mjr ttiept too loud.
Gm. Why, he bat slec^
If he befOM^ hell mtke his grare a bed ;
^^th fiemak fiuciet will Uv tomb be haimtedf
And wonnt will not oone to thee.
jtrv. With faireet
Whibt iiimmer hiti^ and I Ure bei^
I 'U fweeien dijtnd gme ; thou shalt
The flower that's like thy face, pale primr^
The aznred harebell, like thy veins ; qo, fi<
The leaf of cghntine^ whom not to ikoder,
Out-tweeten'd not thy breath ; the ruddock
Wbk charitable bill— O bUl, «ore ihamlo^
Those rich-left heirs that let their fathers lie '
Without a monument!— bring thee aU dna I
Yea, and furr'd moss beside^ mdien flowcna
To winter-ground thy corse.
GuL Prithee, have <
And do not play in wench-like words with
Which is 80 serious* Let us bury him,
And not protract with admiration what
Is now due debt. To the grave !
ro»^
ymbeline wn^ Act iv. Sc. u.
^. Say, where shall 'slay him?
vf • By good Eiiriphile, our mother.
nr. Be 't so :
And let us, Polydore, though now our voices
Have got the mannish cracky sing him to the ground.
As once our mother ; use like note and words,
Save that * Euriphile ' must be * Fidele.'
iM. Cadwal,
I cannot sing : I '11 weep, and word it with thee ;
For notes of sorrow out of tune are worse 241
Than priests and bnts that lie.
"v. We '11 speak it then.
;/. Gr^t griefiy I see» medicine the less ; for Cloten
Is quite forgot. He was a queen's son, boys :
And'though he came our enemy, remember
He was paid for that : though notean and mighty,
' rotting
Together, have one dust, yet reverence,
That angel of the world, doth make distinction
Of place 'tween high and low. Our foe was princely;
And though you took his life as being our foe, 250
Yet bury him as a prince.
sL Pray you, fetch him hither,
Therrites' body is as good as Ajaz'i
When neither are alive.
3fih "3
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Jirv. xr you II go
We'llsayour song the whiliL Bn
Gm. Nay, Cadwal, we most hj hia head
My &ther hath a reason fbr't
jtrv. Tlsti
GuL Come on then and remofe him.
jfrv. Sob
Song.
Gift. Fear no more the heat o' the son,
Nor the furious winter's rageti
ThoQ thy wmldly tuk hast done^
Home art gone and ta'en diy y
Golden hds and girls all most.
As chimney-sweepers, come to d
jtrv. Fear no more the frown o' the gi
Thou art past the tyrant's strol
Care no more to clothe and eat ;
To thee the reed is as the oak
The sceptre, learning, physic, mu
All follow this and come to dust
Gut. Fear no more the lightning-flash,
jfrv. Nor the all-dreaded thunder-st
eat ^ tlie amp
iter's rag^ s
5^*'' ha« dime,
; to dsimu
lymbellgj
Giir. F^r not slander, ceoiure rul
^r^. Thou ha^et iiQish'd joy and
Beth* All loTcra young, all lorers inu4
Consign to thee and come to i
GuL No exorciser harm thee !
jfrv. Nor do witchcraft charm thee,
GuL Gho«t no J aid forbear thee I
Arv* Nothing ill come near thee \
BhL Quiet consummation hare ;
Aod fenowncd be thy grave \
Rs^mier Behfius mftth the Itkfy
GuL We have done our obeequie^ : con
3eL Here '« a few Bowers^ but 'bout m
The herbs thai ha?e on them colli
Are strcwinga €tt'at for graTca. I
You were as flowers, now wither'd
The»e herbJetfl ihall^ which we up(
Come on, away : apart npoD our k
The ground that gave them first h
Their pleasure! here are past* so is
[£«ruRi Beiariuij Guid
Jm^ Iji^vakmg} Yeip dr^ to Milford
file way l^^
^t so is
ddtntk
mm
I thank jm.^-^Bj jond bnih^ — I
thither?
'Odf pittikins 1 cui it be i tx mtk yet K
I ha^ gone an m^ i hhhy I '11 lie do W
Boty tcrft 1 no bed£ellawl O godi aod goj
[^Seeing the i
Thcie floven are Bke the pkaeures of t
This bloody many the care on 't, I ho|i
For io I thought I ivaa a ca^e-keeper^
And cook to hoaeet creatnree : but '
'Twas but a bolt of nodung, «hat at aothi
Which the bnin makei of fumefl : our vet
Are aooietiniea like oor judgonenta^ bliiu
fidth,
I tremble atiD widi fear s but if there 1
Yet left in heaven m smaD a drop i
Ai a wren'a ey^ feaPd fp^^ a part of it !
The dream 'a hat ttiD s ctcd wheo I wal
Without me^ m within me ; not imagined,
A headless man ! The ggrmeotA of Postl
I know the shape of 's leg ; tbl» is his haa
His foot Mercurial | Us Mania] thigh ;
The brawns of Hercules : but hia Jonal ^
Murder in heafen ? — How !^ — 'Tis gone.
All curses madded Hecuba ^re the Grec
siS
nt8» hum
bere bo I
of pitjrJ
^/laoeline m^ Act iv. sc. u.
And mine to boot, be darted on thee! Thoa»
Conspired with that irregulous devil, Cloten,
Hast here cot off my lord. To write and read
Be henceforth treacherous ! Damn'd Fisanio
Hath with his forged letters— damn'd Pisanio —
From this most bravest vessel of the world
Stnick the main-top ! OPosthumus! alas, 320
Where is thy head? whereas that? Ay me!
Where's that?
Fisanio might have kill'd thee at the heart.
And left this head on. How should this be ? Pisanio?
Tis he and Cloten : malice and lucre in them
Have laid this woe here. O, 'tis pregnant, pregnant !
The drug he gave me^ which he said was precious
And cordial to me, have I not found it
Murderous to the senses ? That confirms it home :
This is Pisanio's deed, and Cloten's : O !
Give colour to my pale cheek with thy blood, 330
That we the horrider may seem to those
Which chance to find us : O, my lord, my lord !
[^Falls on the body.
r Lucius f a Caption and other Officers^ and a Soothsayer.
To them the legions garrisoned in Gallia
After your will have crossed the sea, attending
117
Act IV. S& H.
fimCi
com
Toa beie at IfflftntHaTen with ^our
They are m rmrlin^i
Ltie* But what from
Ctf/. The senate hadi idri'd up the confincfi
And gentkmen of Itaty, most wUlmg apj
That promiae noUe aerrice : and they com
Under the ooodnct of bold Iaciumo«
Syenna'a brother.
Lvc. Wheo expect you thei
Ci^ WiOi the next benefit o' the wind.
Zar. Thit £m
Makes our hojpes fiur. Commaad ou
numbers j
Bemnster'd; bid the captains look to 't. ^
What ha^ yoa dream'd of late of t]
purpose?
Sooii. Last night the fery godfl showed me a rti
I hat and pray'd for their intelligeDce — thi
I saw Jove's bird, the Roman eagle, wing'
From the spongy south to thta part of the ^
There vanished in the sunbeams 2 which pc
Unless my sins abuse my diTiDation-^
Success to the Roman host.
Luc* Dream often ac
And never £dse. Soft, ho ! what trunk u
taS
ymbeline w> Act iv. sc. i
^^thmitliistop? The ram tpeaka that sometime
It was a worthy huflding. How ! a page 1
Or dead, or sleeping on him i But dead rather ;
For nature doth abhor to make his bed
With the defunct, or sleep upon the dead.
Let 's see the boy's &ce.
1^. He 's alive, my lord.
tie. He '11 then instruct us of thu body. Young one, 36(
Inform us of thy fortunes, for it seems
They crave to be demanded. Who is this
Thou makest thy bloody pillow? Or who was he
That, otherwise than noble nature did.
Hath altered that good picture ? What's thy interes
In thu sad wreck ? How came it? Who is it?
What art thou?
90, I am nothing : or if not,
Nothmg to be were better. This was my master,
A very valiant Briton and a good.
That here by mountaineers lies slam. Alas ! ^y{
There is no more such masters : I may wander
From east to Occident, cry out for service.
Try many, all good, serve truly, never
Find such another master.
ve. 'Lack, good youth !
Thou movest no less with thy complaining than
Thy mailer a bledb^s laj his nam?,
Im. Richard dn Champ. {Mdi} U I do li^
No harm by t^ thon^ the godi hear, I bo;
They'll pardon it. Sayyoo^sir?
Luc. Thynune?
Imo* Fidele^ air.
Lwe. Thoa doat i^profe tliyaelf die very aame
Thy name weU to diy finth, % faith th
Wilt take thy cha&oe widi me ? I will not
Thoo ahak be ao weU maatec'd^ but be sore.
No leaa beloved. The RomtQ emperor'i Ic
Sent by a conaol to me ihodd not aoooer
Than thine own worth prefer thee : go wld
Imo. I'll fellow, «r. But firal» an 't please thd
I '11 hide my maater from the fiie% aa deep J
As these poor pickazea can dig ; and wheal
VTisih wild wood-leaves and weeds I ha' etri
grave
And on it said a century of prayers,
Such as I can, twice o'er, I '11 weep and df
And leaving so his serrice, fellow you.
So please yon entertain me.
Luc* Ay, good youth \
And rather fether thee than ma&ter thee.
My friends,
ymbeline 0ii» Act iv. Sc. iti.
The boy hath taught us manly dataes : kt us
Find out the prettiest daisied plot we can,
And make him with our pikes and partisans
A grave: come, arm him. Boy, he is preferr'd 400
By thee to us, and he shall be interred
As soldiers can* Be cheerftd ; wipe thine eyes :
Some falls are means the happier to arise. [Exmni.
Scene lil.
jt room in CymbeSne*! palace.
Enter CymheEnef Lordi^ PhamOf and Attendants.
pn. Again ; and bring me word how 'tis with her.
[Exit an Attendant.
A fever with the absence of her son ;
A madness, of which her life 's in danger. Heavens,
How deeply you at once do touch me ! Imogen,
The great part of my comfort, gone ; my queen
Upon a desperate bed, and in a time
When fearful wars point at me ; her son gone.
So needful for this present : it strikes me, past
The hope of comfort. But for thee, fellow.
Who needs must know of her departure and 10
Dost seem so ignorant, we '11 enforce it from thee
By a sharp torture.
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,hetc«'»^i,;^cbT«'
ftoW
h<^^
^t
tbe
'aU^«^
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pot
tVvete*'
.4.
^c^^I^'^gS^*^'
t,oif'
■i.
lUgV'
'STcK
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»o4qp'
rte?»I'
ymbeline m^ Act i v. Sc. iv.
The want is but to pat those powers in modoo
That long to move.
fm. I thank you. Let's withdraw )
And meet the time as it seeks us. We fear not
What can from Italy annoy us, but
We grieve at chances here. Away !
[Etceunt all but Puamo.
is. I heard no letter from my master since
I wrote him Imogen was slain : 'tis strange :
Nor hear I from my mistress, who did promise
To yield me often tidings ; neither know I
What is betid to Cloten, but remain 40
Perplex'd in aU. The heavens still must work.
Wherem I am £dse I am honest ; not true^ to be true.
These present wars shall find I love my country,
Even to the note 0' the king, or I '11 fall in them.
All other doubts, by time let them be cleared :
Fortune brbgs in some boats that are not steePd.
{Eml
Scene IV.
IVales, Before tbe cave of Belarius.
Eater Belariui^ Guideriui, and jirvtragut.
m. The noise is round about us.
eL Let us from it
Act IV. sc. i?. ^m Cymb eline
Arv. What pleasure, air, find we b fife, to lock it
From action and adventure ?
GuL Nay, what hope
Have we in hiding nt I Thb way, the Romans
Must or for Britons shy us or receive us
For barbarous and unnatural revolts
During their use^ and slay us after.
Bel* Sons,
We '11 higher to the mountains ; there secure us.
To the king's party there 's no going :' newness
Of Cloten'sdeath— we bebg not known, not muster'c
Among the bands— 4nay drive us to a render 1 1
Where we have lived, and so extort from 's that
Which we have done, whose answer would be deatl
Drawn on with torture.
GuL This is, sir, a doubt
In such a time nothing becoming you,
Nor satisfying us.
jfrv. It is not likely
That when they hear the Roman horses neigh.
Behold their quartered fires, have both their eyes
And ears so cloy'd importandy as now.
That they will waste dieir time upon our note, 2(
To know firom whence we are.
BiL O, I am knorwn
feline
Act IV. Sc. iv.
)f many in the anny: many yean, j^'^'
rhough Cloten then bat young, you tee, not wore him
Prom my remembrance. And beridet, the king
Hath not deserved my service nor yoor loves ;
Who find in my exile the want of breeding,
The certamty of this hard life ; aye hopeless
To have the courtesy your cradle promised^
But to be still hot summer's tanlings and
The shrinking shves of winter,
f. Than be so 30
Better to cease to be. Pray, sir, to the army ;
I and my brother are not known ; yourself
So out of thought, and thereto so o'etgrown^
Cannot be question'd.
(!rv. By this sun that shines,
I '11 thither : what thing is it that I never
Did see man die ! scarce ever look'd on blood.
But that of coward hares, hot goats, and venison !
Never bestrid a horsey save one that had
A rider like myself, who ne'er wore rowel
Nor iron on his heel 1 I am ashamed 40
To look upon the holy sun, to have
The benefit of his blest beams, remaining
80 long a poor unknown.
rtiL By heavens, I 'U go :
sss
Act IV. Sc iT. <■ Cymbeline
If you win UcM me, or, and give me letve^
I '11 take the better care^ but if yoa will not,
The hazard therefore doe fidl on me by
The hands of Romans 1
Arv. So say I : amen.
Bel. No reason I, since of your lives you set
So slight a valuation, should reserve
My crack'd one to more care. Have with yon, boys !
If in your country wars you chance to die^ 51
That is my bed too, kds, and there I '11 lie :
Lead, lead. [Atide} The time seems long; their
blood thinks scorn.
Till it fly out and show them princes bom. {Ettami.
ymbeline «> Actv. Sci.
Act Fifth.
Scene I.
BrUam. The Roman camp.
Enter Poetbumue, fviib a bloody bandlerehuf.
}st. Yea, bloody cloth, I '11 keep thee ; for I wish'd
Thou shouldst be coloured thtu. You married ones,
If each of you should take this course, how many
Must murder wives much better than themselves
For wrying but a little ! O Pisanio !
Every good servant does not all commands :
No bond but to do just ones* Gods ! if you
Should have ta'en vengeance on my fiiults, I never
Had lived to put on this : so had you saved
The noble Imogen to repent, and struck lo
Me, wretch more worth your vengeance. But, alack,
You snatch some hence for little &ults ; that 's love,
To have them £dl no more : you some permit
To second ills with ills, each elder worse^
And make them dread it, to the doers' thrift.
But Imogen is your own : do your best wills.
And make me blest to obey ! I am brought hither
Among the Italian gentry, and to fight
Against my lady's kingdixm : 'tu enou^
Actv. scu. <■ Cymbeline
That, Britain, I have killM thy mistreas; peace! ao
I '11 give DO wound to thee. Therefore, good heayens,
Hear patiendy my purpose : I '11 disrobe me
Of these Italian weeds, and suit myself
As does a Briton peasant: so I '11 fight
Against the part I come with ; so I '11 die
For thee, O Imogen, even for whom my life
Is, every breath, a death : and thus, unknown.
Pitied nor hated, to the &ce of peril
Myself I '11 dedicate. Let me make men know
More valour in me than my habits show. ' 30
Gods, put the strength o' the Leonati in me !
To shame the guise 0' the world, I will begin
The &shion, less without and more within. £Exst.
Scene 11.
FieU ofhaitU behuun the Brttuh and Roman can^*
Entett from one ndcf LuciuSf lachimo, Imogen^ and the
Roman Army; from the other side^ the Britieh army ;
Leonattu Potthumui fottowmg^ Uke a poor lolt&er.
They march over and go out. Then enter agam, in
lUrmiihf lachimo and Posthumue : he vanquuheth
and Mtarmeth lachimo^ and then leaves hmu
laeh. The heaviness and guilt within my bosom
Takes off my manhood: I have belied a lady,
Act V. Sc. ii.
The princess of this country, and the air on 't
Revengingly enfeebles me ; or could this carl,
A yery drudge of nature's, haye subdued me
In my profession ? Knighthoods and honours, borne
As I wear mine, are tides but of scorn.
If that thy gentry, Britain, go before
This lout as he exceeds our lords, the odds
Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. [Etcii. lo
tattle eontsnnesi the Britons Jfys CymbeSne U taken $ then
itetf to his rescue, Bdanus, GmUrius, and jirvhn^riu.
Stand, stand! We haye the advantage of the ground;
The lane is guarded : nothing routs us but
The yillany of our fears.
I Stand, stand, and fight!
ier PosthumuSf and seconds the Britons : they rescue
lymbeUne and exeunt. Then re-enter Lucius, lachimo,
\d Imogen*
Vway, boy, from the troops, and saye thyself;
>r friends kill friends, and the disorder 's such
war were hoodwinkM.
'Tis their fresh supplies.
is a day turned strangely : or betimes
's re-inforce, or fly. [Exeunt.
U9
Act V. Sc. HL
Scene IIL
Anotheir pari of the field,
Enier Po^thumus and a British Lmd,
Lord* Camest thou from where they maile the «tand^
Poet. iMi
Though you, it leemSf come from the flieriL
Lord. I did*
Poet, No blame be to you, wr ; for all was bat.
But that the heaTeo« fought: the kiDg himsdf
Of his wingi destitute, the army brokeo,
Aod but the backs of Britona seen, all flying
Through a strait lane ; the enemy full-hearted,
Lolling the tongue with slaughterings hzriug worl
More plentiful than tools to do 't, struck down
Some mortally, some slightly touch' d, some Ming lo
Merely through i^£ i that the strait pa^s was damm^i
With dead men hurt behind^ and cowards linog
To die with leogtheri'd ahame-
Lord, Where was this lane?
Poet. Close by the batUe, ditch'd, and wall*d with tuif j
Which gave advantage to an ancient soldier,
An hgoeat one, I warrant ; who deserved
So long a breeding as his white beard came to,
N
ymbeline m^ Act v. Sc. m
In doing this for 'a coantry. Athwart the lane
He, with two stripUngs— lads more like to run
The countiy base than to commit such slaughter ; 20
With &ces fit for masks, or rather fairer
Than those for preservation cased, or shame. —
Made good the passage ; cried to those that fled,
* Our Britain's harts die flying, not our men :
To darkness fleet souls that fly backwards. Stand ;
Or we are Romans, and will give you that
Like beasts which you shun beastly, and may save
But to look back m frown : stand, stand ! ' These
three)
Three thousand confident, in act as many,—
For three performers are the file when ail 30
The rest do nothing, — ^with this word * Stand, stand,'
Accommodated by the place, more charming
With their own nobleness, which could have turn'd
A distaff to a lance^ gilded pale looks.
Part shame, part spirit renewed ; that some^ tum'd
coward
But by example, — O, a sin in war,
DanmM in the first beginners ! — 'gan to look
The way that they did, and to grin like lions
Upon the pikes o' the hunters. Then began
A stop i' the chaser, a retire ; anon 40
«3«
Act V. Sc. iii. ^^ Cymbeline
A root, confttrion thick : forthwith they fly
Chickens, the way which they stoop'd eagles ; slayes,
The strides they yictors made: and now our
cowards.
Like fragments in hard yoyages, became
The life o' the need : having found the back-door
open
Of the unguarded hearts, heavens, how they wound !
Some slain before, some dying, some their friends
O'er-bome i' the former wave : ten chased by one
Are now each one the slaughter-man of twenty :
Those that would die or ere resist are grown 50
The mortal bugs o' the field.
Lord. This was strange chance :
A narrow lane, an old man, and two boys.
Post. Nay, do not wonder at it : you are made
Rather to wonder at the things you hear
Than to work any. Will you rhyme upon 't,
And vent it for a mockery ? Here is one :
< Two boys, an old man twice a boy, a lane.
Preserved the Britons, was the Romans' bane.'
Lord, Nay, be not angry, sir.
Post. 'Lack, to what end ?
Who dares not stand his foe, I 'U be his friend ; 60
^ox if he '11 do as he is made to do,
»3»
Cymbeline bh^ Act v. Sc ill.
I know he '11 quickly fly my fnendsh^ too.
Yoa have put me into rhyme.
Lord. Farewell ; you 're angry. \ExU.
Po4L Still going ? This is a lord ! O noble misery !
To be i' the field, and ask * what news ? ' of me !
To-day how many would have given their honours
To have saved their carcasses ! took heel to do \
And yet died too ! I, in mine own woe charmM,
Could not find death where I did hear him
groan,
Nor feel him where he struck. Being an ugly
monster, 70
'Tis strange he hides him in fresh cups, soft
beds.
Sweet words ; or hath moe ministers than we
That draw his knives i' the war. Well, I will
find him:
For bemg now a fevourer to the Briton,
No more a Briton, I have resumed again
The part I came in : fight I will no more,
But yield me to the veriest hind that shall
Once touch my shoulder. Great the slaughter b
Here made by the Roman ; great the answer be
Britons must take. For me, my ransom's der '
On either side I come to spend m^ ^t»a^
Act V. Sc. iiL 4IQ CymbelJne
Which neither here I *11 keep nor bear again.
But end it by some means for Imogen.
EtUer two British Captains and SoUiersm
First Ci^ Great Jupiter be praised ! Lucius is taken :
'Tis thought tlie old man and his sons were
angels.
Sec. Cap. There was a fourth man, in a silly habit,
That gave the afFront with them.
First Cap. So 'tis reported :
But none of 'em can be found. Standi who's
there?
Post. A Roman ;
Who had not now been drooping here if sec.onds 90
Had answered him.
Sec. Cap. Lay hands on him ; a dog I
A leg of Rome shall not return to tell
What crows haye peck'd them here. He brags his
service
As if he were of note : brmg him to the king.
Enter Cymielinef Belanus^ Guiderius^ jirviragus^ Pisanio^
and Roman Captives. The Captains present Postiumus
to CymheUnCf who delivers him aver to a Gaoler : then
exeunt mimes.
Cymbeline w^ Act v. sc. iv.
Scene IV.
A British prison.
Enter Posthumus and two Gaolers.
First GaoL You shall not now be stolen, you have locks
upon you :
So graze as you find pasture.
Sec. Gaoi. Ay, or a stomach.
[Exeunt Gaolers.
Pott. Most welcome, bondage ! for thou art a way,
I think, to liberty : yet am I better
Than one that 's sick o' the gout ; since he had rather
Groan so in perpetuity than be cured
By the sure physician, death, who is the key
To unbar these locks. My conscience, thou act
fetter'd
More than my shanks and wrists : you good gods,
give me
The penitent instrument to pick that bolt, lo
Then, free for ever ! Is 't enough I am sorry ?
So children temporal fathers do appease ;
Gods are more fuU of mercy. Must I repent ?
I cannot do it better than in gyves,
Desired more than constrain'd ; to satisf^^
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A*=*vsc'' «■ Cymbeline
If of my freedom 'tis the main part, take
No stricter render of me than my all.
I know you are more clement than yile men,
Who of their broken debtors take a third,
A sixth, a tenth, letting them thrive again 20
On their abatement : that 's not my desire :
For Imogen's dear life take mine ; and though
Tis not so dear, yet 'tis a life ; you coin'd it^
Tween man and man they weigh not eyery stamp ;
Though light, take pieces for the figure's sake :
You rather mine, being yours: and so, great powers,
If you will take this audit, take this life^
And cancel these cold bonds. O Imogen I
I 'U speak to thee in silence. {Sleeps.
Solemn mune. Enter ^ at in an afparitum^ StciRus Letmatut^
father to Postbumut^ an oldnum^ attired Uke a warriors
leaSng in bis band an ancient matron^ Us wife and
motber to Postbumus^ witb music before tbem : then^
after otber music, follow tbe two young Leonati,
brothers to Postbumus, witb wounds as tbey died in
tbe wars* Tbey circle Postbumus round as be lies
sleeping.
Sid. No more, thou thunder-master, show 30
Thy spite on mortal flies :
ActV.ScW- .^-^i
Vf hose fece 1 M ^^^ ^j,d
Camecrymg *
A. thing of pity-
- «ke bis ancestry*
That coiud 8tan» r
^O^ftrntfol object be
Act V. Sc. iv. «ia Cvmbeline
In eye of Imogeiif that best
Could deem his dignity i
Moth. With marriage wherefore was he mock'd
To be exiledy and thrown
From Leonati seat, and cast 60
From her his dearest onei
Sweet Imogen ?
^i^. Why did you suffer lachimoy
Slight thing of Italy,
To taint his nobler heart and bram
With needless jealousy ;
And to become the geek and scorn
O' the other's villany i
Sec. Bro, For this, from stiller seats we came.
Our parents and us twain, 70
That striking in our country's cause
Fell bravely and were slain, '
Our fealty and Tenantius' right
With honour to maintam.
First Bro. Like hardiment Posthumus hath
To Cymbeline performed :
Then, Jupiter, thou king of gods,
Why hast thou thus adjourn'd
mbeline m^ Act v. Sc. iv.
The graces for his merits due;
Being all to dolours turnM ? 80
Thy crystal window ope ; look out ;
No longer exercise
Upon a valiant race thy harsh
And potent injuries.
ti. Since, Jupiter, our son is good,
Take off his miseries.
• Peep through thy marble mansion ; help ;
Or we poor ghosts will cry
To the shining synod of the rest
Against thy deity. . 90
^i Bro* Help, Jupiter ; or we appeal.
And from thy justice fly.
iiter descends in thunder and Rghtningy sitting upon an
eagle : be throws a thunderbolt* The Ghosts fall on
their knees.
>. No more, you petty spirits of region low.
Offend our hearing; hush ! How dare you ghosti
Accuse the thunderer, whose bolt, you know.
Sky-planted, batters all rebelling coasts ?
1)9
Act V. Sc. iv.
^CjTM
Poor shadows of Elyrimn^ hence^ and rest
Upon your neyer- withering banks of flo
Be not with mortal accidents oppreet ;
No care of yours it u ; yon know 'tis oi
Whom best I love I cross ; to make my g
The more dela/d, delighted* Be coot
Your low-laid son our godhead will tqilift ;
His comforts thriye, his trials well are •
Our Jovial star reign'd at \m birth, and in
Our temple was he married. Riae^ and
He shall be lord of lady Imogen,
And happier much by his affliction mad>
This tablet lay upon his breast, wherein
Our pleasure his full fortune doth confim
And so away : no &rther with your din
Express impatience, lest you stir up min
Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline.
Sicu He came in thunder ; his celestial breath
Was sulphurous to smell : the holy eagle
StoopM, as to foot us : his ascension is
More sweet than our blest fields : his roya
Prunes the immortal wing and cloys his be;
As when his god is pleased.
Ail. Thanks, Jupite
140
ymbeline 9^ Actv.Sciv.
ci. The marble payement closes, he is entered 120
His radiant roof. Away ! and, to be blest^
Let us with care perform his great behest.
{The GbosU vamsb.
74t. {^Wakmg} Sleep, thou hast been a grandsire, and
begot
A &ther to me ; and thou hast created
A mother and two brothers : but, O scorn !
Gone ! they went hence so soon as they were bom :
And so I am awake. Poor wretches that depend
On greatness' favour dream as I have done ;
Wake, and find nothing. But, alas, I swerve :
Many dream not to find, neither deserve^ 1 30
And yet are steepM in favours ; so am I,
That have this golden chance, and know not why.
What fairies haunt this ground ? A book ? O rare
one
Be not, as is our faogled world, a garment
Nobler thsn that it covers : let thy effects
So follow, to be most unlike our courtiers,
As good as promise.
\^Reads'] * When as a lion's whelp shall, to
himself unknown, without seeking find, and be
embraced by a piece of tender air, and when from 1 40
Act V. Sc. iv. *m CymbelJD
a statdy cedar shall be lopped branches, which,
being dead many years, shall after rerive^ be
jointed to the old stock and freshly grow, then
shall Posthumus end his miseries, Britain be
fortunate and flourish in peace and plenty.'
'Tis still a dream ; or else such stuff as madmen
Tongue, and brain not : either both, or nothing :
Or senseless speaking, or a speaking such
As sense cannot untie. Be what it is.
The action of my life is like it, which i
I 'U keep, if but for sympathy.
Re-enter Gaolers.
First GaoL Come, sir, are you ready for
death?
Pott. Over-roasted rather ; ready long ago.
First Gaol. Hanging is the word, sir: if you
be ready for that, you are well cooked*
Post. So, if I prove a good repast to the spec-
tators, the dish pays the shot.
First Gaol. A heavy reckoning for you, sir.
But the comfort is, you shall be called to no i
more payments, fear no more tavern-bills;
which are often the sadness of partmg, as the
procuring of mirth : you come in faint for want
ymbeliae m Actv.sciv.
of meat, depart reeKng with too much drink $
•orry that yon hare paid too much, and aorry
that you are paid too much ; parte and brain
both empty, the bram the heavier for bring too
light, the purse too light, being drawn of heavi-
ness : of this contradiction you shall now be
quit. O, the charity of a penny cord 1 it sums 170
up thousands in a trice: you have no true debitor
and creditor but it ; of what 's past, u, and to
come, the discharge: your neck, sir, is pen,
book, and counters ; so the acquittance foUows.
M/. I am merrier to die than thou art
to live.
Tii Gaol. Indeed, sir, he that sleeps feels not
the toothache : but a man that were to sleep
your sleep, and a hangman to help him to bed,
I think he would change places with his officer ; 180
for, look you, sir, you know not which way you
shall go.
>//. Yes, indeed do I, fellow.
rit GaoL Your death has eyes in 's head then ;
I have not seen him so pictured : you must
either be directed by some that take upon them
to know, or to take upon yourself that which I
am sure you do not know, or jump the after-
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Act V. Sc. iv.
inqaiiy on your own peril : and how yw
•haU speed m your journey't end, I think yw'n I]
never return to tell one.
Poit. I tell thee, fellow, there are none want cjM to
direct them the way I am gcang, but nch at
wink and will not lue thenu
First Gaol. What an infinite mock ia thii^ that a
man should have the best use of eyes to see the
way of blindness ! I am sore hangii^ '• the
way of winking.
Enter a Messmgir
Mess* Knock off his manacles ; bring yoor priacmer
to the king. t<
Post. Thou brings good news, I am called to be
made free.
Ftrst GaoL I '11 be hanged then.
Post. Thou shalt be then freer than a gaoler ; no
bolts for the dead. [JSxeunt ail but First Gaol
Ftrst GaoL Unless a man would marry a gallows
and beget young gibbets, I never saw one so
prone. Yet, on my conscience, there are verier
knaves desire to live, for all he be a Roman :
and there be some of them too, that die against 2:
their wills; so should I, if I were one. I
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^
Cymbeline w* Act v. sc. v.
would we were all of one mind, and one nund
good ; O, there were desolation of gaolers and
gallowses 1 I speak against my present profit,
bat my wish hath a preferment in 't. [JEiui.
Scene V.
Cym^eBtu^i tent.
Enter CymbeUne^ Belarhu^ Gmderhu^ Arvir<^rnif
FifoniOf LordSf Officeri, and Attendants.
Cym. Stand by my side^ you whom the gods haye made
Preserrers of my throne. Woe is my heart,
That the poor soldier, that so richly fought.
Whose rags shamed gilded arms, whose naked breast
SteppM before targes of proof, cannot be found :
He shall be happy that can find him, if
Our grace can make him so.
Bd. I never saw
Such noble fury in so poor a thing ;
Such precious deeds in one that promised nought
But beggary and poor looks.
Cym. No tidings of him ? lO
Pa. He hath been searched among the dead and living.
But no trace of him.
9«i M5
Actv. Sc. V. < g Cymbeline
Cym. To my grirf, I am
The heir of his reward ; [To Bdarmt, GmJerhu^
and Arviragiu\ which I will add
To you, the liver, heart, and brain of Britain,
By whom I grant ahe lives. 'Tis now the time
To ask of whence you are : report it.
Bd. Sir,
In Ounbria are we bom, and gentlemen *
Farther to boast were neither true nor modest,
Unless I add we are honest. *
Qrm. Bow your knees.
Arise my knights o' the battle : I create you ao
Companions to our person, and will fit yon
With dignities beconung your <
Enter ComeStu ami LaiEei.
There 's business in these faces. Why so sadly
Greet you our victory i you look like Romans,
And not o' the court of Britain.
Cor. Hail, great king I
To sour your happiness, I most report
The queen is dead.
Cym, Who worse than a phyncian
Would this report become i But I consider,
By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death
Cymbeline gifc Act v. Sc v.
'WHl seize the doctor too. How ended she ? 30
Cor. With horror, madly dying, like her life ;
Which, bemg cruel to the world, concluded
Most cruel to herself. What she confessed
I will report, so please you : these her women
Can trip me if I err ; who with wet cheeks
Were present when she finished.
Cynu Prithee, say.
Cor. First, she confessed she never loved you, only
Affected greatness got by you, not you :
Married your royalty, was wife to your place, •
Abhorr'd your person.
Cynu She alone knew this ; 40
And, but she spoke in dying, I would not
Believe her lips in opening it. Proceed.
Cor. Your daughter, whom she bore in hand to love
With such integrity, she did confess
Was as a scorpion to her sight ; whose lifi^
But that her flight prevented it, she had
Ta'en off by poison.
Cym. O most delicate fiend ! .
Who is 't can read a woman ? Is there more ?
Cor» More, sir, and worse. She did confess she had
For you a mortal mineral ; which, being took, 50
Should by the minute feed on life and lingering
H7
Act V. sc V. 40 CymbftKii ?
By inches waste yoa : b mMch dme die popoie^
By watching, weeping, tendance^ kiarin^ to
O'ercome yoa witJi her show, and in tune^
When she had fitted you with her crafty to woA
Her son into the adoption of the crown :
But, Ruling of her end by his strange
Grew shameless-desperate ; open'd, in
Of heayen and men, her purposes ; repented
The evils she hatched were not eflfected ; so 60
Despairing died.
Cynu Heard yoa all this^ her women?
Ladies. We did, so please your highness.
Cym. luCneeyes
Were not m &ult, for she was beautiful.
Mine ears that heard her flattery, nor my heart
That thought her like her seeming ; it had been fidooi
To have mistrusted her : yet, O my daughter
That it was folly in me, thou mayst say.
And prove it in thy feeling. Heaven mend all !
Enter Lucius^ lachimo^ tbe Sootbsayer^ and other Romm
Prisoners^ guarded ; Posthumus behind^ and Imogen.
Thou comest not, Caius, now for tribute ; that
The Britons have razed out, though with the loss 70
Of many a bold one ; whose kinsman have made suit
148
Cymbeline m^ Act v. sc. v.
That thrir good sonlt may be appeased with slaughter
Of you their captives, which ourself hare granted :
So think of your estate.
Lue* Consider, sir, the chance of war : the day
Was yours by accident ; had it gone with us,
We should not, when the Uood was cool, have
threaten'd
Our prisoners with the sword. But since the gods
Will have it thus, that nothing but our lives
lifay be call'd ransom, let it come : sufficeth 80
A Rcmian with a Roman's heart can suffer :
Augustus lives to think on 't : and so much
For my peculiar care. This one thing only
I will entreat ; my boy, a Briton bom.
Let him be ransomM : never master had
A page so kind, so duteous, diligent,
So tender over his occasions, true.
So fieat, so nurse-like : let his virtue job
With my request, which I 'U make bold your highness
Cannot deny ; he hath done no Briton harm, 90
Though he have served a Roman : save him, sir.
And spare no blood beside.
I have surely seen him :
His fiivour is ^miliar to me. Boy,
Thou hast look'd thyself into my graces
Act V. sc V. <g Cymbeline
And art nune own. I knownot why, noir wherefore.
To say, live, boy : ne'er thank thy master ; live :
And ask of Cymbeline what boon thou wilt,
Fitting my bounty and thy state, I 'U give it ;
Yea, though thou do demand a prisoner.
The noblest ta'en.
Jmo. I humbly thank your highness. lOO
Luc. I do not bid thee beg my life, good lad.
And yet I know thou wilt.
Imo. No, no : alack.
There's other work in hand: I see a thmg
Bitter to me as death : your life^ good master.
Must shuffle for itself.
Luc. The boy disdains me^
He leaves me, scorns me : briefly die their joys
That place them on the truth of girls and boys.
Why stands he so perplex'd i
Cym. What wouldst thou, boy i
I love thee more and more : think more and more
What 's best to ask. Know'st him thou look'st on i
speak, no
Wilt have him live i Is he thy kin ? thy friend i
Imo, He is a Roman ; no more kin to me
Than I to your highness; who, being bom your
vassali
Cymbeline 9ifc Act v. Sc. v.
Am aomethmg nearer*
Cjm. Wherefore eyett him m> ?
'Imo. I '11 tell you, nr, in private, if you please
To g^Te me hearing.
Cjm. Ajt with all my heart.
And lend my beat attention. What's thy name ?
Imo. Fidel^ air.
Cjm. Thott'rt mygoodyoathi my page;
i '11 be thy master : mlk with me ; speak freely.
[^CymieBite and Imogen cmnverse apart.
Bdm Is not this boy revived from death ?
Jirv» One sand another 1 20
Not more resembles that sweet rosy lad
Who died, and was Fidele. What think you ?
Gm. The same dead thing alive.
BJ» Peace, peace I see further ; he eyes us not ; for-
bear ;
Creatures may be alike : were't he, I am sure
He would have spoke to us.
Gm. But we saw him dead.
Bd. Be silent ; let 's see further.
. Pii. {Aside] It is my mistress :
Since she is living, let the time run on
To good or bad. {Cymbdine and Imogen come forward.
Cym* Come^ stand thou by our side ;
isi
Act V sc. V. tm Cymbeline
Make thy demand aloud. [A lacUmo} Sir, step
yoa forth; 130
Give answer to this boy, and do it fieely ;
Or, by our greatness and the grace of it,
Which is our honour, bitter torture shall
Winnow the truth from fidsehood. On, speak to him*
Imo, My boon is that this g^tkman may render
Of whom he had thu ring.
Post. ljfMe2 What's that to him?
Cym. That diamond upon your finger, say
How came it yours i
lacL Thou 'it torture me to leave unspoken that
Which, to be spoke^ would torture thee.
Cym. Howl me? 140
lacL I am glad to be constram'd to utter that
Which torments me to conceal. By yillany
I got this ring : 'twas Leonatus' jewel ;
Whom thou didst banish ; and— which more may
grieve thee.
As it doth me,— « nobler sir ne'er lived
'Twixtskyandground* Wiltthouhearmor^mylord?
Cym. All that belongs to this.
lacL That paragon, thy daughter.
For whom my heart drops blood and my false spirits
Quail to remember— Xxive me leave ; I faint.
ymbeline mt^ Act v. Sc. v.
mu Mydanghterf what of her? Renew thy atrength :
I had rather thoa ahouldat live while nature will 151
Than die ere I hear more : strive^ man, and speak.
vA. Upon a time — mihappy waa the clock
That atmck the hour ! — ^it was in Rome^ — accurst
The mansion where 1 — ^'twas at a feast, — ^O, would
Our viands had been poison'd, or at least
Those which I heaved to head ! — the good Pos-
thumus, —
What should I say ? he was too good to be
Where ill men were; and was the best of all
Amongst the rarest of good ones — sitting sadly, 160
Hearing us praise our loves of Italy
For beauty that made barren the swelled boast
Of him that best could speak ; for feature^ hming
The shrine of Venus, or straight-pight Minerva,
Postures beyond brief nature ; for condition,
A shop of all the qualities that man
Loves woman for ; besides that hook of wiving,
Fairness which strikes the eye —
Hi. I stand on fire :
Come to the matter.
:i. All too soon I shall.
Unless thou wouldst grieve quickly. This Posthumus,
Most like a noble lord in love and one 1 7 1
SS3
Act V. sc. V. ^ Cymbeline
That had a royal loyer, took his hint,
And not dispraising whom we praised, — ^therein
He was as calm as yirtae — ^he began
His mistress' picture ; which by his tongue bdng
made,
And then a mind put in 't, either oar brags
Were crack'd of Idtchen-trolls, or his description
Proved us unspeaking sots.
Cym. Nay, nay, to the purpose.
lacL Yoor daughter's chastity — there it begins.
He spake of her, as Dian had hot dreams, 1 80
And she alone were cold : whereat I, wretch.
Made scruple of his praise, and wager'd with him
Pieces of gold 'gainst this which then he wore
Upon his honoured finger, to attain
In suit the pbce of 's bed and win this ring .
By hers and mine adultery : he^ true knight,
No lesser of her honour confident
Than I did truly find her, stakes this ring ;
' And would so, had it been a carbuncle
Of Phoebus' wheel ; and might so safely, had it 190
Been all the worth of 's car. Away to Britain
Post I m this dengn : well may you, sir.
Remember me at court ; where I was taught
Of your chaste daughter the wide difference
ISymbellne mf^ Act v. sc. v.
'Twixt amorous and ▼illanoos. Being thus quench'd
Of hope, not longing, mine Italian brain
'Gan in your duller Britain operate
Mott yilely ; for my yantage, excellent ;
And, to be brief, my practice so prevailed.
That I retum'd with simular proof enough 200
To make the noble Leonatus mad,
By wounding his belief in her renown
' With tokens thus, and thus ; averring notes
Of chamber-hanging, pictures, this her bracelet, —
cunning, how I got it ! — nay, some marks
Of secret on her person, that he could not
But thmk her bond of chastity quite crack'd,
1 having ta'en the forfeit. Whereupon —
Methinks I see him now —
Poii. {Advancing^ Ay, so thou dost,
Italian fiend! Ay me, most credulous fool, 210
Egre^ous murderer, thief, any thing
That 's due to all the villains past, in being.
To come ! O, give me cord, or knife, or poison.
Some upright justicer ! Thou, king, send out
For torturers ingenious : it is I
That all the abhorred thmgs o' the earth amend
By being worse than they. I am Posthumus,
That kill'd thy daughter : villain-like^ I liej
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Act V. sc. ▼. mm Cymbeline
That earned a lesser yOhun than myself,
A sacrilegious thie^ to do "t The temple tto
Of Tirtae was she ; yea, and she herself.
Spit, and throw stones, cast mire upon me^ set
The dogs o' the street to bay me: every villain
Be call'd Posthumus Leonatus, and
Be viUany less than 'twas 1 O Imogen !
My queen, my lifie^ my wife! O Imogen,
Imogen, Imogen !
/mo. Peace, my lord ; hear, hear—
Poii. Shall 's have a play of this ? Thou scornful page^
There lie thy part. [StrHmg her: skefaOs.
Pii, O, gentlemen, help ! tzg
Mine and your mistress ! O, my lord Posthumus !
You ne'er kill'd Imogen till now* Help, help !
Mine honoured lady !
C^. Does the world go round ?
Foil How come these staggers on me ?
Pis. Wake, my mistress!
Qrm. If this be so, the gods do mean to strike me
To death with mortal joy.
Pu. How fiires my mistress i
Imo. O, get thee from my sight ;
Thou gavest me poison : dangerous fellow, hence !
Breathe not where princes are.
ymbeline wt^ Act v. sc. v.
fm. The tone of Imogen !
is. Lady,
The godB throw stones of sulphur on me, if 240
That box I gave you was not thought by me
A precious thing : I had it from the queen.
fwh New matter still ?
■0. It poison'd me.
IT. O gods !
I left out one thing which the queen confessed.
Which must approve thee honest : * If Pisanio
Have/ said she, * given his mistress that confection
Which I gave him for cordial, she is served
As I would serve a rat.'
fm. What 's this, Cornelius ?
?r. The queen, sir, very oft importuned me
To temper poisons for her, still pretending 250
The satisfaction of her knowledge only
In killing creatures vile, as cats and dogs.
Of no esteem : I, dreading that her purpose
Was of more danger, did compound for her
A certain stuff, which being ta'en would cease
The present power of life, but in short time
All offices of nature should again
Do their due functions. Have you ta'en of it ?
to. Most like I did, for I viras dead.
A€t V. Sc. V. '^^ Cymbeline
BiL My boya.
There was our error.
GuL This is, sure, Fidele. 260
Imo. Why did you throw your wedded lady from you ?
Think that you are t^n a rock, and now
Throw me again. [Embraemg Urn*
Post. Hang there like fruit, my soul,
TiU the tree die!
Cym. How now, my flesh, my child !
What, makest thou me a dullard in this act ?
Wilt thou not speak to me ?
Itno. [^KneeRng^ Your blessing, sir.
BeL [To Gut. and Arv."} Though you did love this
youth, I blame ye not ;
You had a motive for 't.
Cym. Hij tears that fall
Prove holy water on thee ! Imogen,
Thy mother 's dead.
Into. I am sorry for 't, my lord. 270
Cym. O, she was naught ; and long of her it was
That we meet here so strangely : but her son
Is gone, we know not how nor where.
Pis. My lord,
Now fear is from me, I '11 speak troth. Lord Cloten.
Upon my lady's missing, came to me
Cymbelin e m Act v. sc. v.
With his 8Word drawn ; foam'd at the mouth, and
•wore,
If I discoverM not which way she was gone.
It was my instant death. By accident,
I had a feigned letter of my master's
Then in my pocket ; which directed him 280
To seek h^ on the rooontams near to Milford;
Where, in a frenzy^ m my master's garments.
Which he enforced from me^ away he posts
With unchaste purpose, and with oath to violate
My lady's honour : what became of him
I further know not.
Gmu Let me end the story:
I slew him there.
Cynu Marry, the gods forfend !
I would not thy good deeds should from my lips
Pluck a hard sentence : prithee^ valiant youth.
Deny 't again.
Gut. I have spoke it, and I did it. 290
Cym. He was a prince.
GvL A most incivil one : the wrongs he did me
Were nothing prince-like ; for he did provoke me
With language that would make me spurn the sea.
If it could so roar to me: I cut off's head ;
And am right gkd he is not standing here
«S9
,ho« art conden* «». »"
Td.o.gbt b^ *«» ""^ ^"'^ Bind the oft-der. S«
t. « the flUO he Blew,
^^ ever «car
^^" And *ousWtdi«for^ into aUhreet 3
^OT mine 0*0 pa" ,^
M.
Cymbeline n^ Act v. Sc v.
Though haply well for yon.
Ar^. Your danger 's ours.
Giu. And our good his.
Bd. Have at it then, by leave.
Thou hadsty great king, a subject who
Was call'd Belarius.
Cym. What of him ? he is
A banish'd traitor.
Bel. He it is that hath
Assumed this age, indeed a banish'd man ;
I know not how a traitor.
Cym*. Take him hence : 320
The whole world shall not save him.
Bd. Not too hot :
First pay me for the nursing of thy sons ;
And let it be confiscate all, so soon
As I have received it.
CfKu Nursing of my sons !
BeU I am too blunt and saucy : here 's my knee :
Ere I arise I will prefer my sons ;
Then spare not the old father. Mighty sir,
These two young gentlemen, that call me father
And think they are my sons, are none of mine ;
They are the issue of your loins, my liege^ 330
And blood of your begetting.
Millie nk Act V. Sc. V.
If these be they, I know not how to wish
A pair of wordiier sons.
9eL Be pleased awhfle.
This gentleman, whom I call Polydore,
Most worthy prince, as yours, b true Guiderius :
This gentleman, my Cadwal, ArTiragus,
Your younger princely son ; he^ sir, was lappM 360
In a most curious mantle, wrought by the hand
Of his queen mother, which for more probation
I can with ease produce.
Cfffk Guiderius had
Upon his neck a mole, a sanguine star ;
It b a mark of wonder.
?#£ Thisishes
Who hath upon him sdll that natural stamp :
It was irise nature's end in the donation.
To be his evidence now.
Ms O, what am I ?
A mother to the birth of three ? Ne'er mother
Rejoiced deliverance more. Blest pray you be, 370
That, after this strange starting from your orbs.
You may reign in them now ! O Imogen,
Thou hast lost by this a kingdom.
No, my lord ;
I have got two worlds by 't O my gentle brothers,
i6j
Act V. Sc. V. ' '^^ Cymbeline
Ha?e we thus met ? O, nefor say hereafter
But I am truest speaker : you call'd me brother^
When I was but your sister ; I you broihert,
When ye were so indeed.
CytiL Did you e'er meet i
Arv. Ay, my good lord.
Gfif* And at first meeting loyedf
Contmued so, until we thought he died* 380
Cor, By the queen's dram she swallowed.
Cym. O rare instinct!
When shall I hear all through ? This fierce abridge-
ment
Hath to it circumstantial branches, which
Distinction should be rich in. Where i how lifed
you?
And when came you to serve our .Roman capttre?
How parted with your brothers ? how first met them \
Why fled you from the court ? and whither ? These^
And your three motives to the battle, with
I know not how much more, should be demanded;
And all the other by-dependiuices, 390
From chance to chance : but nor the time nor place
Will serve our long inter'gatories. See^
Posthumus anchors upon Imogen ;'
And she» like harmless lightning, throws her eye
lymbeline mf^ Act v. Sc. v.
On lum, her brodiersy me^ her master^ hittug |
Each object with a joy : the coanterchange {
Is severally in alL Let's quit this ground, |
And smoke the temple with our sacrifices. |
[70 Bebrau'] Thou art my brother ; so we '11 hold \
thee ever. I
no. You are my fitther too ; and did relieye me, 400 ;;;
To see this gracious season* \
fm. AUo'erjo/d, ^
Save these in bonds : kt them be joyfid too^
For they shall taste our comfort.
no* My good master,
I will yet do you service.
ue. Happy be you!
pa. The forlorn soldier that so nobly fought,
He would have well becomed this place and graced
The thankings of a king.
oii. I am, sir,
The soldier that did company these three
In poor beseeming } 'twas a fitment for
The purpose I then foUow'd. That I was he, 410
Speak, lachimo : I had you down, and might
Have made you finish.
ici* \jKneeiing2 I am down again :
But now my heavy conscience sinks my knee^
««s
Act V. Sc V. <^g Cymbeline
At then your force did* Take that life, beseech yoo»
Which I 80 often owe : but your ring first }
And here the bracelet of the truest princess
That erer swore her fiuth.
Post. Kneel not to me :
The power that I have on you is to spare you ;
The malice towards you to forgive you : live.
And deal with others better.
Cym. NoUy doom'd ! 420
We '11 learn our freeness of a son*m-law ;
Pardon 's the word to all.
Arv. * You holp us» sir,
As you did mean indeed to be our brother ;
Joy'd are we that you are.
Post. Your servant, princes. Good my lord of Rome^
Call forth your soothsayer : as I slept, methought
Great Jupiter, upon his eagle back'd,
Appear'd to me^ with other spritely shows
Of mine own kindred : when I waked, I found
This label on my bosom ; whose containing 430
Is so from sense in hardness, that I can
Make no collection of it : let him show
His skill in the conftruction.
Luc. Philarmonus !
Sco^A. Here, my good lord«
ymbeline n^ Act v. Sc. ▼.
}te. Read« and dechre the meaning.
otL {^Readt^ < When as a lion's whelp shall, to
himself unknown, without seeking find, and be
embraced by a piece of tender air, and when
from a stately cedar shall be lopped branches,
which, being dead many years, shall after revive,
be jointed to the old stock and freshly grow, 440
then shall Posthumus end his miseries, Britain be
fortunate and flourish in peace and plenty.'
Thou, Leonatus, art the lion'a whelp ;
The fit and apt construction of thy name^
Being Leo-natus, doth import so much.
[To CymbeSne] The piece of tender air, thy vir-
tuous daughter.
Which we call * mollis aer ; ' and * mollis aer '
We term it * mulier : ' which * mulier * I divine
Is this most constant wife ; who even now,
Answering the letter of the oracle, 450
Unknown to you, unsought, were clipp'd about
With this most tender air.
ym. This hath some seeming.
w/i. The lofty cedar, royal Cymbeline,
Personates thee : and thy lopp'd branches point
Thy two sons forth ; who, by Belarius stoPn,
For many years thought dead, are now revived,
167
Act, HBHV ^^ tlymticf
moit majestic cedar jom'di whose Usue ]
X ruiiu 'M Britaiii peace and pleMy.
Cjffl. Wdl;
My peace we will begini And, Caius Luciut,
Although die Tictor^ we eubmlt to C^aax
Aod t the Roman empire, proitu»mg
To pav *■*• * — *-* *^;k„^.. fr^^ ^ji^ which
We » wicked queen i
Whon- . ith on her and hers
Hare lait - »
SooiL The f above do tuoe
The haiu f^ aiui p^^. The vmon.
Which I iwiuc known to .uciue ere the atjoke
Of thi6 yet scarce- CO Jd batde, at this instant
1 8 full accomplifth'd ; for the Roman eagle, f70
From south to weat on wing soaring at oft,
Le«sen^d herself and in the beams o' the fiun
So Tanish'd : which foreshowed our princely eagle,
The imperial Csesar, ahoutd again unite
His favour with the radiant Cymbehne,
Which shines here in the west
Cjm. Laud we the gods j
And let our crooked smokes climb to their nosu-ils
From our blest altars* Publish we this peace
To ail our subjects. Set we forward : let
ibeline 9^ Actv.Scv.
\ Roman and a Britiah ensign wave 480
Priendly together : so through Lud's town march :
^d m the temple of great Jupiter
3ur peace we '11 ratify ; seal it with fieasts.
Set on there 1 Never was a war did cease,
Sre bloody hands were wash'd, with such a peace.
S^rX^a<U
Glossary.
Abodb ; "desire my man's a.**, L$, bid
my servant to stay : I. vi. 53.
Absoluts, absolutely certam, posi-
tive ; IV. u. 106.
Abuse, deceive ; I. vi. 131 ; IV. ii. 3C1.
Abusbd, deceived; I. iv. 124; III. iv.
105.
Act, action, operation; I. v. aa.
Action, state, course; V. iv. 150.
Adjourn'd, deferred ; V. iv. 78.
Admiration, wonder, astonishment;
I. iv. 5 ; I* vL 38.
— — , veneration and wonder ; IV. ii.
939.
Adorbx, idolater ; I. iv. 74.
Advbnturb, mnthe risk ; III. It. 156.
Advbnturbd, dared, ventured ; I. vL
best a.*', deliberate coosi-
179.
AdVICB i ocsK au . ua
deration ; I. i. i <6.
Apbard, afraid ; I V. iL 94.
Apfbctbd, loved ; V. v. 38.
Appiancb, fidelity; I. vL 163.
Appirmation : "bloody a.", "sealbg
the truth with his blood " ; I. iv. 64.
Appront ; " gave the a.", confronted
the enemy ; V. iii. 87.
— , confront ; IV. iii. 99.
Apric, Africa ; I. L 167.
Aptbr. afterwards ; I. v. 80 ; I. vL 50 ;
II. iu. 19.
— , according to ; IV. ii. 3^34.
Aptbr-bvb, look afrer ; I. in. 16.
Air's prom, air there is away from ;
III. UL 90.
Albbit, although ; II. ilL 6z.
Allow'd, acknowledged: III. iiL 17.
Amazed, confused ; IV. iii. aS.
Ambnd, make better ; V. ▼. 91&
Ancibnt, old, aged ; V. iii z<.
Andirons, irons at the skie of the in*
place ; II. iv. 88.
Annoy, luun ; IV. iii. 94.
Answbr, punishment ; Iv. It. 13.
, return, retaliation ; V. iii. 79.
Answbr, conespond to j IV. iL zoa.
Answbb'd him, done like him ; V. ifi
9z.
Apb, mimic, imitator; II. iL 31.
Apparbnt, plain, evklent ; II. hr. 56L
Afprbhbnsion, oooceptum; IV. B.
zia
Approbation, attestatum ; I. hr. Z34
Approvb, prove ; IV. ii. 480 ; V. ▼. 845.
Approvbrs: "their a.*, tluwe n^
make trial of their courage; II. iv.
35*
Arabian bird, the phoenix ; I. vL 17.
Arm, take up into the arms; IV.
iL4oo.
Arras, hangings of tapestry; II. iL
96.
As, for ; I. vi. zsa
,like;II.iv.84.
,asif;IV.a.so; V.iLz6; V.lifc
116.
AssuMBD, put on; V. ▼. 3Z9.
At, on ; 111. iv. Z9^.
Atonb, reconcile ; I. iv. 49.
Attbmptablb, open to temptation;
I. iv. 65.
Attbndbd, listened to; I. vL Z49.
Attending, doing service ; III. uL as.
, awaitbff, V. iv. 38.
AvBRRiNG, alleging ; v. ▼. 903.
Avoid 1, bcigone J away 1 ; L C 195.
170
Cymbeline m^
Glossary.
Back^, iMttd npon the back of; V.
T. 437.
Basb, a paa» In which the quickest
nuiner u the winner ; V. ilL aa
Basilisk, the&bnloas monster whose
look was sopposed to strike the be-
holder with death; II.iv.z07.
Batb. beat down, deduct ; III iL 56.
Bat, baik at ; V. ▼. sas-
Bbastlt, like beasts; III. iii. 40 ; V.
iiLs7.
BacoMBDy become : V. ▼. 406.
Bbbalf ;•« b the dock's b." ^«. dohig
the senrioe of a ck)ck ; III. iL 75.
Bblcb fbom, vomit from ; III. ▼. 137.
V^r.
Bbht, cast, look ; I. L 13.
Bmsbch, I bes e e c h ; I. L z,
Bbbbbmhig, appea r anc e ; v. ▼. 409.
Barrw, happened ; (Ft, *^^iidtnTiy.
fiL4o>
Bb what it n; let it be what it may ;
V. iv. 149.
Bbtomdmatukb, which are immortal ;
V. T. 165.
Bloobs, temperaments; I. L s.
Bold, sure, confident; II. iv. a.
BoMDAGS, oblisatbn; II. iv. zzi.
Book, tablet : v. iv. 133,
Boot: "tob.^, hi addition; I. v. 69;
II. m. 35.
BoKB IN HAND, falsely jpretendedi
abased with fidse hopes ; v. v. 43.
Bow, makes to bow ; III. iiL ^.
-^, stoop in entering ; III. uL 83.
BxAiN NOT, do not tanderstand ; V. iv.
147,
BsANDt, torches: II. iv. 91.
BiAVBLT, well ; II. iL 15.
BiATBKV, ** state of defiance**; III. I
tB.
BiAWNS, arms; IV. iL 3x1.
BxBBDiNO, life; V. iii. 17.
Bring, aooompany, escort; I. L Z7S.
BioouKS. thkSTsSoes: IV. f
iL ai4.
0XOOUBS, UUKK auucs t * * •
Bugs, bngbean;. V. iiL «.
BoT, aaKspC, without ; V. v. 311.
Bv, from ; II. !▼. 77, 78 ; III. v. 58.
Bt-dbpbndancks, a ccess ory dream-
stances; V. v. 9901.
Bv-PKBPiNG, looking aside, side-long
108.
Calvb^-guts, fiddle^trings ; II. iiL
33*
Capon, perhaps need qoibblingly fer
**ea^ MS,** ia, ** with a coxcomb ";
ILL as/
Carl, churl, peasant ; V. iL 4.
Carriac»; "jrour c.**, canyiog yoo
off; Ill.iv. Z9a
CAsno, covered; V. iiL aa.
Cavb, live in a cave ; IV. iL 138.
Cavb-kbbpbr, one who lives in a cave;
IV. iL a98.
Cbnturt, hundred ; IV. iL 30Z.
Cbrtaintt, certain results ; Iv. iv. ay.
Chapflbss, without chaff; I. vi. 178.
Chancs, event, circumstance; V. v.
391-
Changb tou, do 3roa change odour ;
I. vi. xz.
Charactbrs, handwriting ; III. iL a8«
, letters; IV. iL4o.
Chargb, burden, take hoM of; IIL
iv.44.
Charm*d, made invulnerable; V. iiL
68.
Charming, having magical, protect*
ing power; I. iiL 35.^ .
— ^; **more c. , t,4, chanmn^ more,
bewitching others more ; V. liL 3a.
Chbck, reproof; III. iiL aa.
Cinqub-spottbd, with five spots; II.
ii. 38.
C1RCUM8TANCBS, details, particulars;
II. iv. 6a. ™i t~
Citizbn, cockney • bred, effeminate
IV. U. 8. ^
«f«
Glossary.
Cymbeline
CnriL, dviliMd ; III. vL n.
Cuban, altogether; III. vL ao.
Cupp'd, surrounded, encircled ; II. SL
139.
Clipped about, embraced ; V. ▼. 451.
Closb, secret ; III. v. 85.
Closbt, private chamber ; I. v. 84.
Cloth, dress, livery j II. iii. zsS.
Clotpoll, head ; IV. iL 184.
Cloutbd BROGUB8, hob-nailed boots ;
IV. il .14.
Cloys, strokes with his daws ; V. iv.
118.
CooNizAMcs, visible token; II. Iv.
X97.-
Collection or, inference from ; V. v.
433*
Colour ; "agabst all &**, contrary to
all appearance of right : III. i. 51.
Colours ; ** under her c.", i^, ** under
her banner, by her faiflttence'*; I. iv.
.ao.
Comport, happbess, loy; V. v.
Common-kissing, kissing ai
and everything ; III. iv. x66.
Companion, fellow ; (used contempt-
uously) ; II. i. 29.
Company, accompany; V. ▼. 408.
Comparativb por, comparing with;
II. Ul X34.
. Conclusions, experiments; I. v. z8.
Condition, character ; V. v. 165.
Conduct, escort, safe-conduct; III.
▼. 8.
CoNPBcnoNS, oompositioa of drugs ;
I. v. x5 ; V. V. 946.
Confident; "three thousand c.'*,
with the confidence of three thou-
. sand ; V. iii. ao.
CoNPiNBRS, borderers ; IV. ii. 337.
Confounded, destrojred; I. iv. 54.
Consequence, succession; II. iiL
Z96.
Consider, pay, reward ; II. iii. 39.
, take Into consideration; v. ▼.
tjrtlunc
CONtTAMT-QVALIFIEDk filltfafill ; L hf.
65.
GoNSTEUCTiON, tote tpretation ; V. t.
433*
Consummation, end, death ; IV. IL
Containing ; ** whose c.**, the con-
tents of whidh ; V. ▼• 430.
Content thbe, trouble not thysdf
about it; I. v. 96.
Conyby'd, stolen ; I. i. 63.
Conyinoe, overcome ; I. iv. 104.
Cordial, raviving to the q;>irita ; L y.
64.
CouMTBtCHANGB, MKhaoga ; V. Y.
Counters, round nieoos of natal nsad
in calculations ; V. iv. 174.
Crack'd, blustered, fanned; V. y.
, broken: V. y. aor.
Crare, skiff, a small vessd; (Synp>
soo*s coq}., adopted by Steevens : It,
**cart**; Warburton, adopted 1^
Theobald, **earruck**; "•nftTi
"«a«K*'*);IV.». 90s.
Crescent, increasing, growing; L
iv. 9.
Crop, harvest, produce ; I. vL 33.
CuRB*D, restrained ; II. Itt. 195.
Curious, careful ; I. vi. 191.
Cutter, sculptor ; II. iv. 83.
CvDNUS, a river in CUida ; IL hh
7<-
CvTHERBA, Venos; II. iL 14.
Damm'd, stopped up ; V. iiL zi.
Dark, mean, obscure ; III. iv. 147.
Dear, deeply fdt ; V« y. 345.
Debitor and creditor,
book; V.iv. 171.
Decay, destroy ; I. y. 56.
Defect
178
>BCAY, destroy ; I. y. 56.
>efect; "d: of Judgement**, l§,
"the defective use of Judgement"
(Ingleby);IV. ii. zzz.
Depinitb, resolute ; I. vi. 43.
Cymbelin6 9ifc
Glossary.
Dbucatb, anmingt (f) Ingenloci, ut-
Ihl ; V. ▼. 47.
Dbughtsd, deliglitfttl : V. It. zoa.
DsFniD, impend, remain in tospense ;
IV.i&.a3.
Dbpbmsimg, retdng, leaning: II. Iv.
91.
DnsrsKATB; '*npon a d. bed**, dan-
gfitaoMtf ill ; IV. ill 6.
Dnrrrx: "In my d.!*, in defiance of
me; IV. L 16.
Dix THB DBATR, die ft violent death ;
IV.B.96.
DtwrmRwa MULTmnns, waTering
multitudes, fickle mobe ; III. vL 86.
DiscovBK, aiicloee, confess ; I. vl 98 ;
IIL V. 95.
JHtmooMD, surfeited } III. iv. 96.
DuMisnoN, rejection, dinnissal; II.
ifi.S7*
DooiTD) decided ; V. v. 490.
DoDBTiMG, suspecting that : I, li, os*
DiAWN, tapped, emptied ; V. iv. zo8.
Dbawm to hbad, gathered together,
levied; III. V. as.
Dbuo-damn'd, detested fer its drugs
and poisons; IIL iv. 15.
BAxmn*, moMT paid beforefawid as a
pledge : I. v. 65.
Bldbk, dder-tree ; IV. 9. 59.
SuMW, i#. later, of more recent date ;
V.L14.
EuKTBD, chosen ; III. iv. zis.
Blbction, choice ; I. iL 30.
Kumrr, empire ; I. vi. iso.
Bmcmafbd, enraged : IV. iL 174.
BMCOUims. meet ; I. iii. 3a.
, meet with : I. vL iia.
Bmdbd, died ; V. v. 30.
SwFOBCB, fiovce, compel : IV. UL sz.
Smfobcsd, forced ; iV. i. 19.
SiiLA«GBMBNT. liberty ; II. iii. za<. ^^
EirrmBTAiN, take into service ; I V. u.
394*
StTATB, state, condition ; V. v. 74.
BvBw, keep pace with, profit by ; IIL
iv. 184.
, just; III. vLz6.
EvBMT, issue, result ; III. v. 14.
EvBR, ever ready; I. iv. 30.
Exhibition, allowance ; 1. vL zm.
ExoscuBiL ooqjurer: IV. iL sTfi.
BxTBNo; "to e. him , Ig. to increase
his reputation ; I. iv. ez.
; •Mf do e. Um within hfanseiri
tg, 1 praise him not mor^ but even
, than Im deserves ; I. C as.
ExTRBMiTT, cruelty ; III. iv. 17.
Faiu fiuiU. offence: (Upton ooi^.
Faiiubs, eva fiiries; IL iL 9.
FALL'N-orp, revolted; III. vU. fi.
Falsb, turn fidse; IL iiL 74.
Fan, winnow, test ; 1. vL Z77.
Fanglbd, gaudily ornamented ; V. iv.
>34*
Far: "speak Um f.**, praise him
higkly ; (Ff. 5, ^ "/air'y; UL 2^
Fast, fasted; (F£ a. 3, 4, **^asP*;
Hanmer, "/S«r/&ir'' ; &&); IV. 0.
347.
Fathbrlt, in a fistherly way ; IL iiL
39*
Favouk, beauty, diarm ; L vL ^
— — , external appearance, IV. iu Z04.
— — , countenance; V. v. 93.
Fbar. fear for : I. iv. Z07.
FxArD, mixed with fear; (Tyrwhitt
cooj., adopted by KnighL " seated** ;
Hudson, "Mfv**; Else, cooi.
"i&«r" ; &C., &c); IL iv. 6.
Fkarful, full of fear ; IIL iv. 45.
Fbat, dexterous, neat ; V. v. 88.
Fbatkd, fiuhioned ; (Rowe^
"ft»tuf>ir)\ Johnson, "JiM^");
I. L 49.
Fbatusb, shape, exterior ; V. v. z63*
Fbll, cruel ; I V. ii. 109.
Fbllows, equals b rank; IIL Iv.
93.
«73
GlosMfr.
CfmbelmS'
f ffOt>AftY, ■oeempnn; ITT, En.
TitTCH^ taJ« : 1. 1. Bi*
Fetch in, take, captnre ; IV* ii. 14*,
Fit, ready ; IIL iv, 171^
FiTMfcKT, equipnQcnt ; V, ¥, 40^
Fits, befits; If I, t» aa-
FfTTKUj pre(»ar«d i V* t. "j^
Fitting, befitlmg, bcconiiDi; V. t.
Four, kick ; UJ. t* 149.
For, Of for; 1L Lil. 117 ; V. iit Ba
, fit ToT^ oniT worthjr of ; II. til laS.
—J because ; 111. iv, y ; tV.li isg
, for want of; IIL vi. tp
For all, wjce Tor all; II. i«. iii.
Fore-snDi eajli4& (Art; T^T- iii- 7^
FaR£$PS]«t-| pr«viotiflly bestowed^ IL
Lil. €4,
Forest ALL, deprive ; III. v. 69.
FoHB-THiNEtNc^, fore^Bceuig, adtid^
paling ; lit. It. 171.
FoKFaiTBHSj those who jbrfcit Hhab
bonds; III. ii. 3a.
FonpKND, forbid ; V. v. aft?*
FoJtLOJiti, km, not to be Ibimd ; V. t.
405*
FoijKQATroHs, '^ qaibbimp bctwpen
fixed pUcea and cbantable institn-
tions" (Schmidt); IIL vi. 7.
Fra&memts, ocra[», renmaotaof food;
V. lii. 44.
Frame to, confonn; IL iiL iii.
FsANcmsa, free ejcerclse ; III. L 5^.
Framklin, yeoman" HI. tL 79.
Fk aught, burden ; 1. 1 la^
F KEEN ass, geDcroEky ; V* v. 491.
Fret J EDj omaoicDted, emboi^d ; II-
iv. &g.
FiHEKi), lover; I. iv, 74.
— — J *' to ir.'\ for my friend ; I, iv*
FitiifNi>LV, 141 a fricDidiy manaer; V*
V. 4S1.
Frei^htsd, afTcightedi frisbtcocd ; IL
iij. 14J.
Fkou, iwof fjoia ; I. Iv. 17.
Flttfti, fcr from ; V* v, 431.
Foct-HSARTfiD, fdU oT coma^ m^A
confidence ; V, ifj, 7^
FuHBS, dd u^ioEkt ; IV. u. yit.
Fu^Ac^, gjvcs foftb ISka a frniuKr
L Yi, 66.
Gaih ; " g. hii ooJonr," t^. " 10 watsn
him to h^tb " ; iV. U. 167,
GAtxowsa*, eWlottf ; V, It. n4.
'Gak, began ; V. IE 37-
Gitoc, dope i V, W. 67.
GsNTLK, of gentle biith ; IV, ii |»
Gici^Tt faiM, wanton ; III. i 31.
'Gjns, begins ; IL iiL av
Give ms lkav|£, puv^ v«; T. «
145.
GivKH OPT, nportfid, oiad« owt^ T.
T, |ia.
Gc3 ftAcic, iuccninb, givm way; L i»v
Go nc^osK, creel ; V, ii. g.
Go KVKH^ acdord ; I. iv. 47,
GoiLDiAN KNOT, the ocleWaCed ^
nut^ by Alexander ; IL ii. 34.
Grsat cooRTt important ooint \na^
nv» J HI, T, s^
GniUT HORMiBtG, broBid day; IT. ^
61.
GuiBK, practiee j V. L 3a.
OrwtA, ferteti; V* iv, 14,
HahitS^ garmenta ; V. L 3?^
HANti-FAsr, ranrriage eD^aigeiEieDti L
V. 7a.
HANctm», bBD^iD^ frrut ; III. IE H
Hapl?, iWTb*i»; 111, iil ■g; IV. 1
HAftTT, Akiifnl, gifted : III, iv. 177.
Harder, tDO batdi 111. iv. 16^
Harpivkht, boldaeaa, bnvcfy; ?,
iv. 75,
HaKDEHVaft, haniihood, bravery; III
vL *».
HARnHas«i hardship, waot ; IIL vt
J:l.
Cymbeline
Glossary.
Havb at it, in ten myitory; V. t.
3x5*
Havb WITH TOU 1, Take me with yoa 1 ;
IV. iv. so.
Having, possessions ; I. iL 19.
Haviour, behaviour ; III. iv. 9b
Hbad, armed force; IV. ii. 139.
Hbavbd to hbad, raised to my lips ;
V. v. 157.
Hbcuba, the wife of Priam ; IV. ii. 313.
HssfiLBTS, small herbs \ IV. iL 387.
Hib thbb, hasten ; II. liL 1^3.
HiLDiNG, mean wretch j II. ui. zeS.
Hind, boor, serf; V. iii. 77.
Hold, fastness ; III. vi. x8.
HoLP, did help : V. v. 42a.
Homb, thoroughly : III. v. 09.
HoRSB-HAiRS, fiddle-bow : II. iii. 33.
How MUCH, however much ; IV. ii. X7.
Hunt, game taken in the chase ; III.
vL 90.
Ignorant, silly, inexperienced; III.
L97.
Impbrcbivbrant, doU of perception ;
(Ft, **im/gruf$ffwtt** (probably
the correct reading) ; Hanmer, *' iii-
ftntvertmi) " ; I v ; t is.
Impbsious, imperial ; IV. iL 33.
Importancb, import, occasion ; I. iv.
Importantly, with matters of such
importance ; IV. iv. i&
lN,into;III.vL6|.
Incivil, uncivil; V. v. 099.
Injurious, mahcious, unjust; III. L
4JB.
— , insolting, insolent ; IV. ii. 86.
Instruct, inform : IV. ii. 360.
Insultmbnt, insult ; III. v. 145.
Into, onto; I. vi. 167.
Irrbgulous, lawless, unprincipled ;
IV. iL 3XS.
Ii, is in existence \ I. iv. 8x.
IssuBS, deeds, actions ; II. L sx*
It, its; III. iv. 160.
Jack, a small bowl at which the players
aimed in the game of bowls; "to
kiss the jack** is to have touched the
jack, and to be in excellent pontion;
II. i. 8.
Jack*slavb, lowborn fellow ; (a term
of contempt) ; II. L aa.
Jat, a loose woman ; a term of fs>
proach ; III. iv. 51.
Jbalousv, suspicion ; IV. iS. as.
bt, strut ; III. iiL s*
oin; "j. his honour", t.#. "gave his
noble ud" ; I. L 39.
Journal, diurnal, daily ; IV. iL za
Jovial ; " our J[. star ; (in the old
astrology, Jupiter was " the joyful-
lest star, and of the happiest augury
of all", hence propitious, kindly);
V. iv. zos.
Jovial, Jove-like : IV. iL 3x1.
Jot*!), rejoiced ; V. v. 434.
Jump, risk : V. iv. z88.
JusTiCBR, judge ; V. v. 9x4.
Kbbp housb. stay at home ; III. iiL z.
Kbn; "witnin a Ic", within sight;
III. vi. 6.
Kitchbn-trulls, kitchen-maids; V.
V. 177.
Knowing, knowledge; I. iv. 30; II.
iii. xoa.
Known togbthbr. been acquainted
with each other ; I. iv. 36.
Labbl, tablet ; V. v. 43a
Laboursomb, elaborate ; III. iv. Z67.
Lady ) ** my good L", (?) friend ; used
ironically ; iI. iii. X58.
Laming, crippling ; v. v. \t\.
Lapp*d, wrapped, enfolded ; V. v.
360.
Latb, lately ; I. L 6 ; II. ii. 44.
Laud we, let us praise ; V. v. 476.
Lat, wager ; I. iv. zs9.
Lay thb lbavbn on, corrupt and do*
prave ; III. iv. 64.
«75
Glossary*
^Cymbeline
Lban'd onto, bowed to, rabmltted to ;
I. L 78.
Lbans. is about to fall ; I. ▼. 58.
Lbarhtd. uught ; I. v. xa.
Lbavb ;" by L", with your permiation ;
V. V. 315.
Lbavb. leave off^ cease ; I.iv. Z09.
Lbpt. left off; 1. iii. xc.
, left off reading : II. il. 4.
Less: "without I. , without more.
with les5 (probably to be explained
as a double negative); I.i v. ai.
Lbt BLOOD, 1st suffer, perish ; IV. ii.
x68.
LiBGBRS, ambassadors Ff., ^* LtU-
gtrt")\ I. ▼. 80.
LiKB, equal ; 1. 1. ax { V. ▼. 75.
— , the same ; IV. ii. 237.
.likely; II. iv. x6.
— , equally: III. iiL 4X.
LiMB'MBAL. lunb from limb ; II. iv. 147.
LiNB, fill with gold ; II. iii. 73.
Long op, through, owing to ; V. v. 97 x.
Looks us, seems to us : III. v. 33.
LuciNA, toe goddess of childbirth ; V.
iv. 43.
Lud's town, the old name of London ;
IIL L 38.
Maddbd, maddened ; IV. ii. 3x3.
Madding, maddening, making mad;
II. ii. 37.
Madb finish, put an end to ; V. v. 4x2.
Makbs, produces, causes ; I. vi. 38.
Maktial, resembling Mars; IV.i1.3xa
Mary-buds, marigolds ; II. iii. a6.
Match, arranjgement ; III. vi. 30.
Mattbr, bosmess ; IV. iii. aS.
Mean affairs, ordinary affairs ; III.
ii. 5a.
Means; "your m.**, as to your
means; lU. iv. x8o.
Mercurial; "foot m.". i.$. "light
and nimble like that or Mercury" ;
IV. iL 3x0.
Mbrb, otter ; I V. L 9a
MBia,only; V. ▼. 334,
Mineral, poison : v. ▼. 50.
Minion, darling, fiivonrite ; II. iiL 4S.
MisBRv; "noble m.**. miseraUe no-
bility ; V. iU. 64.
Mob, more; III. L 36.
MoiBTY, half; I. iv. xx8.
MoRT4kL, deadly, fatal ; I. iv. 44.
Motion, impulse ; II. v. ao.
MoTivBs; "your three m.**, the
motives of you three ; V. ▼. 388.
MovB, induce ; I. L X03.
MovBD, incited, instigated ; V. ▼. 349.
Mows, grimaces, wry fisces; I. vi. 4X.
it (fancifully <* * ' "
mallUa4r'*)\ V. v.
MULIBR
X76
dei'ivwl fioiD
MuxBST, most silent ; I. vl 116.
NAUGHt, wicked ; V. ▼. 871.
Nbat-hbrd, keeper of cattle ; L L X49.
Nice, capriaons ; II. v. 36.
NiCBNBSS, coyness ; III. iv. 158.
NoNPARBiL, paragon ; II. v. C
North, north-wmd ; I. iii. 36.
NoTB. reputation ; I. iv. a.
, list; (?) "prescription, receipt**;
I. V. a.
, eminence ; II. iii. xa7.
— — , notice, attention; Iv. iiL 44.
^."our n.", taking notice of as;
IV. iv. ao.
, take note, notice j II. iL 84.
Nothing, not at all ; I. iv. 106.
NoTHiNGKSiFT, gift of oo valoa ; IIL
vL 86.
Now, just now ; V. iii. 74.
Numbered, abundantly provided; L
vL 36.
Occasions; "over his o.**, (Ha "in
regard to what was required";
according to some, "beyond adiat
was required ** ; V. v. 87.
'Odspittikins, a petty oath: IV.iLsg).
O'brgrown. overgrovm witn haJr and
beard ; IV. iv. 33.
Cjmbeline
Glossary.
Ov,witli: I. vLiso.
Of, OB ; II. UL 1x9; IV. hr. 48.
. by; II. OL Z38 ; III. vL 55 : IV.
IT. aa ; V. V. 3140.
— , over ; IV. l 13.
— » about, in praise of; V. v. 177.
Opfbk'd; **o. mercy," (!) tMurdon
granted (but cominfftoo late) ; I. iii. 4.
On, of; I. T. 7S; I", iv. 43; IV. S.
zoB.
Oirs, of ns ; (F. z. **m^»** ; SteeTens,
**ifu9''\ Van|}ian coq}. 'V «f ") ;
V. V. XIX,
Om't, of it ; I. L Z64 : V. IL 3.
Ofbm^ diicloaed ; V. t. 58.
Opbbatb, to act to work, to be active;
V. T. 197.
Ok, before ; II. ir. Z4.
regulated
OsBS, orbitt; V. ▼. m,
Okdbk'd; ** more a , better
•nddiic^tlined; ILir.az.
OxDBKLT, proper; II. iiL 58.
Obihmamcs, what is ordained ; IV. ii.
Z45.
Ox BBS, before ; III. iL 67.
, ratber tban ; V. UL 90W
Oirr>PBBX, excel ; III. vL 87*
OoTSBLL, exceed in value ; II. §▼. see.
OuTSBLU, ontraluea, la auperior to ;
III. V. 7 4.
OuTtTOOD^ orentayed ; I. vL ao7.
OuTWAXP, external appeaiaace ; I. L
*3*
OvBSBinrs, paya too dear a price ; I. L
146^
OwB, own ; III. L 38.
pAcmra, nmniog off; (I) plotting;
III. T. 80.
Pai2>, puniihed ; IV. IL 846.
Palbd nc, announded : III. L 19.
Pamdas, accnimpHce ; III. ir. 3a.
pAMo'Dk pained ; IIL ir. 98.
pAMTun, Iceeper of the pantry ; II.
8Lza9.
Pabagow, patten, model ; III. ri. 44*
Pakt ; '* for mine own p.", for myielf ;
V. V. 3»3«
Paxtbd, dcmarted : III. ri. 59.
PAxnsAif, balberd; lY. U. 399.
Pakts, endowments ; III. v. 7s
Passablb, affording free passage ; I.
ii. 10.
Passagb, occurrence ; III. iv. 94.
Pbcuuax, own partioilar, private ; V.
▼.83.
Pbkvisr, foolish ; I. vL si.
Pbmbtkatb, touch ; II. iiL 15.
Pbnitbnt, repentant : V. iv. 10.
Pbxfbct ; *' I am p. , I am perfectly
well awar^ I well know ; III. i. 73.
——^ perfectly well I
IV. iL Z18.
X-SKTVIBUI, UJ lUCW 2 AAA. k f%m
Pbsvbxt, averted; II. iv. 151.
Pinch, pain, pang ; I. L xyx
Plbasbth, ifit jrieaae ; I. v. 5.
' *'at p. , OB the point of; III
Point; "
L 30; III. vL S7.
Point roxTH, indicate ; V.
▼.434-
Post, liasten ; V. v. zoa.
PosTiNO, hurryhkg; III. iv. 38.
PoaTuif g,
Pownt,
forms ; V •
III.
t«5.
-X-H*
PxAcncs, plot, stratagem : V. v. zoa
PBBPn, reoommMid ; II. IiL 3z ; IV
— -»pn»iote ; V. v. %ai^
PKBPBXIIBNT, PCOBM
PsNGNANT, evident ; IV.
V. Iv. azs.
PussNTLT. faamediately; IL CL Z43.
PsBTTT, lahr, advantagwos; IIL iv.
IL V.
Z50.
Pbobbs, (I) ostentatioua attire
Pbust, priestaaa; I. vL zm.
PxiNCB, pky the prince; III. IB. 85.
PxizB, value; (Haamer, "Mm";
Vaughan, "/*&»-); nf. ri. 77.
Pkobation, proof; V. v. 369.
Pxorass MTSBLF, proclaim myself (by
the exuberance 01 my prals^ ; 1. Iv.
73.
Glossary.
^w Cymbeline
Pmmb, Mger. iMdy : v. hr. MJL
Pkoop, expoienoe ; I. vL 70 ; III. uL
*7*
PsopsR, handiCBM ; III. hr. 64.
, own; IV. U.97.
Pkunbs, anrantes Us plnnuum with
hisfiU; V.iv. »i8.
PuDBMCT. modesty ; II. v. xi.
Put on, incite tow instigate ; V. L 9.
PuTTOCK, kite ; I. L 140.
QuAutBLOut, qtunrelsoiiie; III. It.
i6a.
QuAsivx*D PIRB8, ounp fires; IV. hr.
18.
QuBMCH, become oool ; I. v. 47.
QUBSTiON, mat to the trial, ia* figlat a
dnel; II.lv. 5a.
Ramps, leaps ; I. vL 134.
Rangbrs, nymphs : II. iO. 7^
Rank, nmkness; (used qoibbliogly);
II. L 17.
Raps, transports ; I. vL 51.
Rarb, ovarpofwering, eaqnislte; I. L
Z35.
RavbninOi dsTMiiing greedily; I. vL
49*
Razbd out, erased; (F£, **rm^d
aut*^\ V. V. 2a
Rigbt, truly ; III. ▼. 3.
Ripblt, speedily ; III. t. aa.
Rbady, 2.#. dressed for jRoing oat,
ready dressed ; (taken quiSblingly hi
the more ordinary sense in tlie
reply); II. iiLSd.
Rbasom op, argue about, talk about ;
IV. iL 14.
Rbck, care ; IV. B. zm*
Rbcoil, degenerate :X vL zsS.
Rbpt'st, didst deprive; (Ft, ng^**);
III. iiL Z03.
Rblation, hearsay, report: II. It. 8d.
Rbmain, remainder, rest ; III. L 87.
Rbmaindbbi ; '* the good r. of the
eoart," 1$, "the court vUcih now
gsts rid Ok bht
(used ironically) ; 1. L lao.
Rbmbmbbamcbb op MSB, be wiw re-
Blinds her ; I. T. 77.
IV.
iv.ii.
, surrender ; V. iv. 17.
1 rehue, tell ; V. t. mj.
Rbpbntbd, regretted ; V7t. 59.
Rbpobtj "suffer the r.", any be
told;I.iT.6o.
— — ,fiune; III. ffl. 57.
Rbstt, torpid; HI. H. 34*
Rbtibb, retreat; V. UL 40.
Rbvolt, inconstancy: I. vL zza.
Rbpolts, niToIters, desertera; IV. hr.
6.
Rock, rodnrembenoe ("sodi as a
man has round lenige od ib 8I19*
wreck'*(Ingleby);V.T. '
Romish, Roman ; I. vL zj
«S«.
lUDDOCK, robin redbreaal
«^Mb&l»**);IV.iLa8i.
Lumaoatb, renegKle; I. ri.
APB, sound ; IV. iL 131.
Samplb, example : L 1.48.
Sauct, insolent ; I. vL icz.
SaVIMO BB VBBBWCB b vSis^
IV. Ls.
Satbst moof, what do yoB myt;
II. L 87.
Scobm, modcery ; V. It. 1*5.
11*
Scbxptubbb, wriUogs (with perhaps a
suggestion of iu ocdmazy OMaafag) ;
Ill.iv.83.
Sbas up, piob. due to a I ,
jL) •;■«"- At «P., with
** sear*** ** cere,** iL«. seal, oovsri-
waz, as linen is dbped in melted WIS
to be used as a snroiid. Up^ ** o«f
ment,** *^oere ctoth**) ; I. L zztf.
Sbaboi'Di searched Mr ; V. t. is.
Sbason, ttme ; IV. IiL aa.
Sbasoms oompokt, ^«. ** gives happl*
uass its proper ssit **; I. vL g.
Cymbeline gifc
Glossary.
ia. Mt etch oCfaar ; I. L 1*4.
OUGK, ponoe ; IV. iL x6o.
stfl] t."vev«r Dttt on an
;I.L3.
SbbminGi cxtanwlappaanuioe :¥. ▼.6«.
-— , appeanmc* ot fact ; " this hath
aone a.**, thia aeena well-foanded ;
V. ▼. 4SS-
SiLVt Mtma ; I. vL xaa.
SBLP-nouKBD, Mlf-oontracted, fionned
by themielvas: (Theobald ooi|'
adopted by Warburton, **U{
Sv«?5-); ILia.ia4.„ ,„ ^
Sbmibuss, o n co n ec i ooa ; II. UL 58.
Sbnssubs or, insensible to ; I. L 135.
Sbxvimg; **in their a.**, ensploying,
wing them ; III. ir. 173.
Sbt on, forwaird, march on; V. ▼. 484.
Sbts, which seu : I. vL Z7a
Sbt up, iadte ; III. Iv. 90.
Sbvbkallt, each in his own way ; V.
T. 397.
Shaksd» shaken ; I. ▼. 7^
Shall, will ; III. Iv. zaz.
Shams, shyness, modesty ; V. ill sa.
S h a mti OT a-DM r B a A T B, shamelessly
dflip^fste { V. V. 58.
Shakdbd. protected by scaly wing-
cases ; Ilf UL aa
Shhs, woomn : hULwg,
Shop, store ; V. v. ttf.
Bhokt, take frooL impair; I. vL aoa
Shot, taven reckooingi score ; V. iv.
158.
Show, deoeitfiil appea r anc e ; V. ▼. 54.
Shows, appear a nces : V. ▼. 4s8.
*Shhbw MB, i^. beshrew me ; a mild
oath; II. UL 147.
Shximb, image ; V. ▼. 164.
SiLLT, simple; V. UL 8d.
SiMULAK, fidask ooonterfeited ; V. v.
aoa
SiMOLB oppotmoNS, sbgle oombata ;
(I) " wiien compared as to particnlar
^fiPft^npl j Amf^ ^f ** (Sduaiot); IV. i,
«5
SiHxa, makaa to sbk ; V. t. 4x3*
SiMOH, wiio persuaded the Trojans to
admit bto the city the wooden bona
fiUad with armed mm; III. iv. 6s.
Sn, man ; I. vL s6o.
SiKKAH, a form of address to an in-
ferior ; III. v. 80.
Slight in suppbbancb, carelem in
permitthig it ; III. v. 35.
Sup tou, let yoo go free ; IV. UL aa.
Slvttbkt, the practice of a slot ; I.
VL44.
Snupp, a candle that hasbfon snuffed ;
I.VL87.
So, it b weU ; II. UL 16.
SoLACB, take deUght ; I. vL 86.
Soldibr to, anUsted to ; CD equal to ;
IIL iv. z86.
So UKBTOO, if it pleaaayoB : II. UL 99.
SoMBTHiNO, aoasewfaat ; LL86; I.Iv.
Sombtimb, somerimea ; II. UL 77.
i once ; V. v. 333.
SoBBi,more griavous, moraevU; III.
vL 13.
South-pog; **the S. rot Um**; it
waa supposed that the south wfaid
was diargad with aU noxious vapours
and diseases; II. ULZ36.
Spbctaclbs, organs of vision ; I. vL 37.
Spbbd: "how you shaU a.", how yoo
wUlmsa; V. i v. 190.
Spkiohtlv, of good cfaaeri b good
• ;III.vC75.
Spbitbd» haunted ; II. iXL Z44.
Spbitblt, spirit-Uke, ghostly; V. v.
4a8.
Spuat, shoots of the root of a tree; IV.
U.^
STAflOBia, gkldinass, reaUng; V. v.
a33.
Stand, ** station of huntaoMB waiting
for game- ;n..ia.^!J..
Stand, withstand ; V. iU. 60.
STANDTtT io, dost Stand up so; III. ▼.
«n
Glossary*
Cymbeline
Staxvb, ditt of ooU ; I. It. tto.
Statbs, "ponoM of U^Mit nnk":
III. iv. sir ^^
Statut, sutesman, poHricfain ; IL hr.
16.
Still, coadBiiaUy ; II. ▼. s&
— — , tuwayi ; V. v. aso.
Story, L«. the tolject of the em-
broiaery on the tapestry ; II. ii ar.
Stort him, give an aooount of huB ;
I. iv. 34.
Straight-pight, itraight fiaced, erect ;
V. V. 164.
Strain, impolie, motive ; III. iv. 95.
, stock, race ; IV. iL a4.
Strait, straight ; V. iiL 7.
Strangb. forMgn, a fereiner ; I. vL S4*
Stricter, more restricted, kirn exact-
ing; V.iv. 17.
Stridb a umit, overpaii the boond ;
III. iii. 3S.
Strow, strew : IV. B. 88^
Suit, clothe ; V. L 83.
Soppltant, anziliaxy; III. vfl. 14.
Suppltmbnt, coDtinoanoe of aapphr ;
(Pope, •• M/^jr **) ; III. W. z8a.
SuR-ADDiTiOM, stuname j I. L 33.
SwBBT, sweet-heart; (Collier MS.,
•<MfV«");I.v. 80.
SwsRVS, go astray, mistake; V. hr.
leg.
Stbmna, the mkr of Syenna ; IV. IL
34'*
SvKOD, assembly of the gods ; V. hr. 89.
Tables, tablets; III. li. 39.
Take, take pay; III. vi. 04.
Take in, make to yield,
III. U. 9.
— , conquer, o verco m e ; IV. IL zaz
Take me up, take me to task ; II. L 4.
Talents ; "beyond all t'
any sum ; I. id. 80.
Tanlings, those taaaed by the son ;
IV. iv. e9.
Taxoms, tMtgttt ; *'t of proof*, targets
of lasted metal: (7.4, "r«pxvte'*;
Pope^ ''MtUt*'; Cspen, "^^xv");
V. T. 5.
Tastb, leal, experience; V. ▼. 403.
Tastimo or, ea rp e ri e nda g, feeling ; V.
V. 308.
Temper, mix ; V. t. asoi.
Tender ; " t. of oar nresent**. tender-
ing of our present gm ; I. vt. ao8.
Tender op, sensitive to ; III. ▼. 40.
Tent, probe; III. hr. iz8.
That, for that, becanse : IIL t. yi.
, since that: III. vU: 4.
i that ediich ; IV. U. zaSt ▼• <▼•
135.
,sothat; V. IB. zz: V. It. 4&
Tkubto, b additkn thereto ; iV. hr.
33*
Thick, ftst, qnlcklyj III. B. A
THiMiisis; (S. Walinrooiii. ''^iUt^i
II. U. 90W
Threat, threaten ; IV. B. zay.
Throughpare, thoronghiare, I. B. iz.
Throughly, thoronm^; IL iT. za. ;
in.vi.3& ^^
TKUHOBR-tTOMB, tfaoodar bolt; IV.
T1RE8T ON, preyest upon (as a hawk);
III. iv. 97.
Titan, the god of the Son ; IIL hr.
z66.
Title, name; Lhr. 96.
To, as to ; I. hr. ZC4.
, compared to ; III. B. zo.
, is to be compared to : III. BL s&
, b addition to; IV. ii. 333.
Tomboys, hoydens; I. vL zaa.
Tongue, speak; V. hr. Z47.
Touch, ieelin|^ emodon ; I. L 13^
Tovi, triiies ; i V. B. 190.
Trims, dress, apparel; IL
Trip me, refute mt, ghre
IL hr. tSf,
the Us;
l«0
TkOTH,tbe
truth ; V. t. 874.
me
Glossary.
sr:I. VL47.
li. iiL 7&
loaest man ; L t. 43.
/. V. 838.
mbling each oCfaar like
35*
be n.**, to aabend tliy
. ZIZ.
lertake, perfonn ; I. iv.
tza
ihre Mtitrfacrion ; II. L
; I. It. 87;
rated ; II. ill 34.
Dvaliutble: I. it. 99.
tors, blockheads want-
speech : V. ▼. Z78.
ietottvine; IV.U.59.
« iv. 97.
)w dixected atnight up;
I.", thflj oae ua; IV.
''ato.**, atallhaaudi;
due ; IV. iv. 40,
DTtnnity; I.ilLa4.
j; V.V.Z98.
votmble opportunity {
; I. vi. 9a.
r, verbose ; II. iiL zzz.
Qoten himself; IV. iL
if v.", lull of pcomise ;
I. iv. Z44-
lish ; III. IV. z6ob
.TV.
V. 499.
WAUCijirithdraw, walk arfdt; I. 1.
19 in nunny]
I.iv.(h,__
Z76; V. v. zzo
Wantom. ooa DtoQidit 1
IV. B. I ^^
Wakkamt. pfedfles
Watch ; '* &iw>, awake : lIL iv. 43.
WATCHiMOt keeping awake far; IL
iv.68.
Wat; **this w."
way; IV. iv. 4.
by acthig b this
Wbbdb, garments ; V. L 83.
w^ a
IIL
Will bmcoumtbs'ou ^
vL«.
WBiiai-lika» womanish : IV. &. ejoi.
Wbmt bbfobb, exoeUed : I. iv. 77.
What, what a thing; IV. L z6.
Wnnr as, wlMn; (Dyoa^ "wkstrnt'^;
V. Iv. Z38 ; V.T.
.who;
WncH, ^
;II.
IILBS, Wllik i »
Who^ wfaooi : V. V. 87.
Whom, iHiid: IIL L 53.
Windows, eydkis ; IL iL aa.
WniK, shut their eyes; V. iv. Z94.
WufKiNO, having the eyes shut; IL
IiL ad.
^,blbd;ILIv.89.
WiMTBMsiouMD, pfotect from the
inclement weauer of the winter;
(Collier MS., '* wbtUr - gmard'* \
Bailey coiU. ^^wbtiir/trnTi Else,
**windmr0im4r)i IV. 0. aa9.
With, by; ILffl. Z44; V. wTi-
Woodman, huntsiaan ; III. vL a8.
WosMS, seipents: III. iv. 37.
Would so^ would have done so ; V. v.
Z89.
Wbinos, writhes; IIL vL 79.
Writs against, denounce ; II. v. 3a.
Wrtino, swerving ; V. L 5.
Yoo'KB BIST, you had better; IIL iL
iSz
Notes.
L I. 5. *^hcr ih kbtg*; T]rrwhltt't eonjectare; FT., <db^/ Oi
JA^s'; Hannier, •ikOtJtim/s*.
I. L 153. ' J jfiar^s i^* \ thit raiding teenit weak; one es-
pectt aome ttronger ezprMiion. Warbnrton, adopted by
Theobald, *m ji«rv [!.#. speedy] i^^'; Hamner, *mai^ A yttu^*
^*\ Nicholion, ^ mw tkam Ti^ ytar»* ^* \ t^«., f^#.
L III. 9. 'maktmi^Mktkiityttear*', Fi^^JUi* tor 'ikit:
h It. si. *«rv vmJirfiilfy *'; Warbnrton eoij. <4rid^ wMdbr-.
fidfyu'i Capelloonj. *wvminfidu*\ ^d&^^tmdwnierfiui
L It. 79-So. *tmiU mti ktd'; MakMie>t emendation o£ Ff.,
LIT. t%%. <Air«l(i«M';aoFf. 5, 4; Ff. i, s, < A«mAi «» ' ; Grant
White, 'iirtk4§*i Anon. eonj. *iirm$ni9*; Vanghan conj.
I. It. 146. *sfr»U^\ Warburton't emendation, adopted by
Theobald; Ft, *mFrimd*\ Becket conj. <^^'; Jackaon oonj.
* agiam'r ; CoUier MS., < is/%«»^' ; Ingleby eonj. < h»rfrimd\
I. T. 68. VioMr #Am( tkMgMrt M* ; to F£ ; Rowe reads < ^^bms
filM«AMMf«M'; Theobald, * tkaitgttkm Amua m\
L tL S5. <i^wf#— '; Boswell's reading; F£, </nwl.'; Hanmer,
*tniut^\ Ilanii,'#nMil,'; Thirlbyconj. <lrw^'.
I H. $6. <eMiiAir'<*(r)««rich Innnmbers'; Theobald, < «».
Cymbeline g » Notes.
mmin'd'i Waiiraitoiii ^kmmBPd*; Fanner eoi^. •mmBif^d';
Jackson eonj. < memin^i* ; TiMobald't eaceilent emendation has
nmch to commend it.
I. Ti 45. *duht vnmT trnfimut*; Johnson ezpUined these
difficnlt nords as follows :— <* JMn, when it approached i/tottry,
and considered it in comparison with tmck mgi excellence^ would
n^ oaij b9 mt s» m&armi It >M; bnt seiied with a fit of loathing,
would ^tmk mfiimM, would feel the conmlsions ol disgust,
though behig unfed, it had no object*" P^pe^ * 4uir§ vomit ev^m
tmpAitis * t Owp^L ' d$tbr§ vttui t§ iHtfiAitu ' s Hudson, ' duirt vt&ui
L vL 109. ' mikutrmu ' ; Rowe's emen d at ion o< FL, < iUmiirimu'*\
n. iL 49. *Ur* tis rm9tifitg9*\ Thaobald'b conj., adopted by
SCWfens; Jtl., ^ ktan tht Rmtm tjft\
IL iiL aS. < JVkk §viry tkmg thM pnfthf it '; Hanmer (nnneces-
earilfyfer the sake of the rikyme^ < IP««I eir Ot M^t tMat pntty
Um*i Waiburton, * JFkk •mrjikh g iUifrHtyUm*.
n.lU.SS* '«<^*$ Rowu^e emendation of Ff.,<«i9w'.
ILilL5S.<Mfi(My's the leading of OolUer (ed. s) ; P. 1 leads
•MBdtf'i Ff. a, 5, 4> '*Mii*i Pope, «Mfi^'.
n. ilL 106. *Jin mi*i Watbuiton's conjeetnre, adopted by
Thaobald, <Mr« m#' ; but no change is necessary.
UL t to, 'fwii'; Seward conj., adopted 1^ Hanmer; F£,
OL L 54. *fFtdh* these words are part of Cymbeline's speech
In Fl ; OoUier MS. assigns tliem to Cloten, and the arrangement
has iwen generally adopted.
laflLt. «Ah^'; Hanmer*b emendation of Ff:,«Ab^'.
ULiiLC *imfUm*i F. l,*riirfMdr';F£s,J,4,*r«r«M**
_ ;, «t lAt Anew/ Sc(^
ni. h, |». < irA«» riM^A^ mat her pmt^m^^* i.e. * wbo
beauty to her pftmCed f«c« * ; or, perhaps * whfxie pa.!nte4
the mm of her womati-like qiuUties' ; according to othei
mother tided tisd abetted her dmughter in her trade %
11 1< U. 8 1. ^iifw^i^\ Rowe^i emendatiOD of Ff.^ ■«/«
III. Iv. 104, ^r^-m^mb^wyf-hsUt hUmd frit*^^ Hanmer*i
tlon \ Ff. read * FU wai# iwf eyt-AaUfi/nt * ^ Rowe^ « /'tf
tye^iUhfi-it ' ^ lohiuoa conj., adopted bj tnglebj, * FU
tyt4aUt mtfrtt * | Collier MS.^ * m trael mmee^^laHifi
III. It. ij$. Vaughn prapoied * ft^itk thai harMk m
iimffy m mtkimg ' \ Spencei ■ Utmk mM ' {Kf* bwe e
*tkaigmo^*t' We^
ElLiT. ijS* ^HH^Ft ijktm^' perhapi tbew word* I
atiifned to Pinnio.
Ul. U. 177; * Whkk fwt'U «dir himhiaw^; HannicT*!
Ff. read ^JTiluA vcff i*<uU il^ i-nv'i Theobald, 'J
Ill* T. 44. 'kufii ^mtht' I CapeU'i einendatioti ; Ff.
^imt**'y lSjm9,*imidatmuMt\
HI. t; 7>. Pofltibly, u cxplaified by Johmoo, theie
to b« exfilaiiied » meatiLDg, ' than tay lady, than
Cymbeline w^ Notes.
dum all womankind'; Hanmer, *tJlam my im^ wi mdng firm
MOTMW «
m. Ti. 71. Pttrliapt we ahonld lead, with Hanmer, < PiUd^ ; £«.
< rd bid for yon and make up my mind to haTe yon *•
m. Tii. 9. *emmimb*\ Wari>nrton*8 emendation, adopted by
Theobald ; Ff., *§mma^ \ (perhaps a 'commands to be glTen').
IV. U. 151. *kimtotir*i Theobald's emendation of Pf., <AiiMr>.
IV. ii. 168. * parish* \ Hanmer, *murisk'i Oarrick's Torsion,
< rkfir'; Becket conj. *pan^\
IV. ii. 114. «<rA«ndUbcl,''ete.; the kindly serriee of the Robin
Redbreast is often referred to in EUxabethan literature^ «^.
Tki MttU rtt^nmti ttmfMk ckmrUU*
Diaytoo, TktOtvl
It is worth while noting that the story of Tk* Babes im tks I9W
was dramatised as early as 1600 in Tarriiigton's ** Tw§ LamtntaUt
TkagtAs/*
IV.iii. 56; * I kiord aa UiUr\ U (t)*Vw not had a line*;
Hanmer reads ^Pvt Am/'; Capell, </ Jbw iw/'; Mason conj^
and Waibnrton eonj., adopted by Collier (ed. %), * / Aad',
y. i. 15. * lihM/d^ It AbiMfv'lir^'; perhaps this means that
the guilty benefit by their dread, for dieir dread makes them
repent, and repentance brings them sahation. Theobald sug-
gested *^iatU • . . sirift'i bat the tezt^ though somewhat
difficult, may be correct
V. Ui. 16. *tkai/ U <that death '.
y. ilL 45. <i4ry's Theobald's correcUon of Ff., «ll«'; U
'retracing as sUfcs the strides they made as Tictors '.
y. ilL 55. *Ni9, tb mi wmdir*; Theobald mds^' N«^^ ^\mx
Notes. ^^ Cymbeline
wonder^; StanntoPCOttj. '^y^dfc^wwrf rr '; « Posthumiu first bidt
him not wonder, then telli him in another mode of reproach tliat
wonder was all he was made for " (Johnson).
V. ▼. 54. *amd m tkm*; so P. i ; Ff. S, 5, 4, *yti amd im Imm')
S. Walker conj. ^amdimi^ «mw/ ftc.
y. T. 165. The stege-direction was first Inserted by Hanmer,
and explains the meaning of the lines, and gets rid of a long
series of nnneoessary emendations.
V. T. 505. < ttar * ; *kadevtr s, /or,' Lt, had ever reoeiTed a scar
for; F£ i, t, *s€am*\ Collier conj. */«»«'; Singer (ed. 2),
* icon * ; Bailey conj. * mur *,
V. T. 578. <IP%M^'; Rowers emendation of Pf., «fP%MtM';
Capell, 'JVJkm yom\
y. ▼. |8s. ^JUrOf* disordered ;(f) vehement, rapid; Collier oonj.
fi^d* ; Bailey conj. « M^\
y. T. 584. « i&iwciMM/AMifil if r^V^-'^Onght to be rendered
distinct by a liberal amplitude of narratiiie " (Steefens).
y. T. 391. < Mw id^ hdit^gtdvrki ' ; TyrWhitt conj., adopted by
Malone ; Ff„ * mr hi^ JtiUmgafrkt^t
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