1 Pace, gait. 2 To owe, i.e. by your possession of them.

Disdain'd in the reporting.3

Per. Prithee, speak: Falseness cannot come from thee; for thou look'st

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Modest as Justice, and thou seem'st a paláce For the crown'd Truth to dwell in: I'll believe thee,

And make my senses credit thy relation
To points that seem impossible; for thou look'st
Like one I lov'd indeed. What were thy
friends?

3 Disdain'd in the reporting, deemed unworthy of belief even while they are told.

Mar. The king my father did in Tarsus leave me;

Till cruel Cleon, with his wicked wife,

Did seek to murder me: and having woo'd A villain to attempt it, who having drawn to do 't,

A crew of pirates came and rescu'd me;
Brought me to Mytilene. But, good sir,
Whither will you have me? Why do you
weep? It may be,

You think me an impostor: no, good faith;
I am the daughter to King Pericles,
If good King Pericles be.

Per. Ho, Helicanus!

Hel. Calls my lord?

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Call'd Marina