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Pericles
[I, 1] |
Antiochus |
103 |
Scorning advice, read the conclusion then:
Which read and not expounded, 'tis decreed,
As these before thee thou thyself shalt bleed.
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2 |
Pericles
[I, 1] |
Daughter of Antiochus |
106 |
Of all say'd yet, mayst thou prove prosperous!
Of all say'd yet, I wish thee happiness!
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3 |
Pericles
[I, 1] |
Antiochus |
207 |
Thaliard,
You are of our chamber, and our mind partakes
Her private actions to your secrecy;
And for your faithfulness we will advance you.
Thaliard, behold, here's poison, and here's gold;
We hate the prince of Tyre, and thou must kill him:
It fits thee not to ask the reason why,
Because we bid it. Say, is it done?
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4 |
Pericles
[I, 1] |
Antiochus |
222 |
As thou
Wilt live, fly after: and like an arrow shot
From a well-experienced archer hits the mark
His eye doth level at, so thou ne'er return
Unless thou say 'Prince Pericles is dead.'
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5 |
Pericles
[I, 2] |
Pericles |
285 |
All leave us else; but let your cares o'erlook
What shipping and what lading's in our haven,
And then return to us.
[Exeunt Lords]
Helicanus, thou
Hast moved us: what seest thou in our looks?
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6 |
Pericles
[I, 2] |
Pericles |
296 |
Thou know'st I have power
To take thy life from thee.
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7 |
Pericles
[I, 2] |
Pericles |
301 |
Rise, prithee, rise.
Sit down: thou art no flatterer:
I thank thee for it; and heaven forbid
That kings should let their ears hear their
faults hid!
Fit counsellor and servant for a prince,
Who by thy wisdom makest a prince thy servant,
What wouldst thou have me do?
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8 |
Pericles
[I, 2] |
Pericles |
311 |
Thou speak'st like a physician, Helicanus,
That minister'st a potion unto me
That thou wouldst tremble to receive thyself.
Attend me, then: I went to Antioch,
Where as thou know'st, against the face of death,
I sought the purchase of a glorious beauty.
From whence an issue I might propagate,
Are arms to princes, and bring joys to subjects.
Her face was to mine eye beyond all wonder;
The rest—hark in thine ear—as black as incest:
Which by my knowledge found, the sinful father
Seem'd not to strike, but smooth: but thou
know'st this,
'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.
Such fear so grew in me, I hither fled,
Under the covering of a careful night,
Who seem'd my good protector; and, being here,
Bethought me what was past, what might succeed.
I knew him tyrannous; and tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than the years:
And should he doubt it, as no doubt he doth,
That I should open to the listening air
How many worthy princes' bloods were shed,
To keep his bed of blackness unlaid ope,
To lop that doubt, he'll fill this land with arms,
And make pretence of wrong that I have done him:
When all, for mine, if I may call offence,
Must feel war's blow, who spares not innocence:
Which love to all, of which thyself art one,
Who now reprovest me for it,—
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9 |
Pericles
[I, 2] |
Pericles |
361 |
Tyre, I now look from thee then, and to Tarsus
Intend my travel, where I'll hear from thee;
And by whose letters I'll dispose myself.
The care I had and have of subjects' good
On thee I lay whose wisdom's strength can bear it.
I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath:
Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both:
But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe,
That time of both this truth shall ne'er convince,
Thou show'dst a subject's shine, I a true prince.
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10 |
Pericles
[I, 4] |
Cleon |
474 |
Here.
Speak out thy sorrows which thou bring'st in haste,
For comfort is too far for us to expect.
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11 |
Pericles
[I, 4] |
Cleon |
491 |
Thou speak'st like him's untutor'd to repeat:
Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
But bring they what they will and what they can,
What need we fear?
The ground's the lowest, and we are half way there.
Go tell their general we attend him here,
To know for what he comes, and whence he comes,
And what he craves.
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12 |
Pericles
[II, 1] |
First Fisherman |
596 |
Look how thou stirrest now! come away, or I'll
fetch thee with a wanion.
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13 |
Pericles
[II, 1] |
Second Fisherman |
647 |
Canst thou catch any fishes, then?
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14 |
Pericles
[II, 1] |
Second Fisherman |
649 |
Nay, then thou wilt starve, sure; for here's nothing
to be got now-a-days, unless thou canst fish for't.
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15 |
Pericles
[II, 1] |
First Fisherman |
658 |
Die quoth-a? Now gods forbid! I have a gown here;
come, put it on; keep thee warm. Now, afore me, a
handsome fellow! Come, thou shalt go home, and
we'll have flesh for holidays, fish for
fasting-days, and moreo'er puddings and flap-jacks,
and thou shalt be welcome.
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16 |
Pericles
[II, 1] |
Pericles |
699 |
An armour, friends! I pray you, let me see it.
Thanks, fortune, yet, that, after all my crosses,
Thou givest me somewhat to repair myself;
And though it was mine own, part of my heritage,
Which my dead father did bequeath to me.
With this strict charge, even as he left his life,
'Keep it, my Pericles; it hath been a shield
Twixt me and death;'—and pointed to this brace;—
'For that it saved me, keep it; in like necessity—
The which the gods protect thee from!—may
defend thee.'
It kept where I kept, I so dearly loved it;
Till the rough seas, that spare not any man,
Took it in rage, though calm'd have given't again:
I thank thee for't: my shipwreck now's no ill,
Since I have here my father's gift in's will.
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17 |
Pericles
[II, 1] |
First Fisherman |
724 |
Why, wilt thou tourney for the lady?
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18 |
Pericles
[II, 1] |
Second Fisherman |
741 |
We'll sure provide: thou shalt have my best gown to
make thee a pair; and I'll bring thee to the court myself.
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19 |
Pericles
[II, 5] |
Simonides |
1065 |
Thou hast bewitch'd my daughter, and thou art
A villain.
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20 |
Pericles
[II, 5] |
Simonides |
1071 |
Traitor, thou liest.
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