To place upon the volume of your deeds, Thai. But you, my knight and guest; To whom this wreath of victory I give, And crown you king of this day's happiness. To make some good, but others to exceed; And you're her labour'd scholar. Come, queen o' the feast, (For, daughter, so you are) here take your place: Marshal the rest, as they deserve their grace. Knights. We are honour'd much by good Simonides. Sim. Your presence glads our days: honour we love, For who hates honour, hates the gods above. Marshal. Sir, yond's your place. Per. Some other is more fit. 1 Knight. Contend not, sir; for we are gentlemen, That neither in our hearts, nor outward eyes, Envy the great, nor do the low despise'. Sit, sir; sit. By Jove, I wonder, that is king of thoughts, To place-] The old copies, anterior to the folio, 1685, have "I place." 1 THAT neither in our hearts, nor outward eyes, ENVY the great, nor do the low despise.] This is the reading of the quarto, 1619, and of all subsequent impressions. The quarto, 1609, has Hate for That," Enries for "Envy," and shall for “ do." 66 2 66 he not thought upon.] We follow all the old editions in giving these two lines to Simonides, instead of Pericles, to whom they seem to have been needlessly transferred. Of marriage, all the viands that I eat Do seem unsavoury, wishing him my meat! Sim. He's but a country gentleman: He has done no more than other knights have done, Thai. To me he seems like diamond to glass. Where now his son, like a glow-worm in the night, I Knight. Who can be other, in this royal presence? Sim. Here, with a cup that's stor❜d unto the brim, (As you do love, fill to your mistress' lips) We drink this health to you. Knights. Sim. Yet pause a while; We thank your grace. Yond' knight doth sit too melancholy, As if the entertainment in our court Had not a show might countervail his worth. Note it not you, Thaisa? Thai. To me, my father? Sim. What is it O! attend, my daughter: Princes, in this, should live like gods above, Who freely give to every one that comes 3 Which tells ME-] The quarto, 1609, omits "me," found in all later copies. In the last line but one of this speech, the quarto, 1609, alone reads, "He's both their parent." To honour them; and princes, not doing so, To make his entrance more sweet, here say, Do as I bid you, or you'll move me else. Thai. [Aside.] Now, by the gods, he could not please me better. Sim. And farther tell him, we desire to know, Thai. The king my father, sir, has drunk to you. Thai. Wishing it so much blood unto your life. Thai. And, farther, he desires to know of you, Of whence you are, your name and parentage. Per. A gentleman of Tyre (my name, Pericles, My education been in arts and arms') Who looking for adventures in the world, Was by the rough seas reft of ships and men, And after shipwreck driven upon this shore. Thai. He thanks your grace; names himself Pericles, A gentleman of Tyre, Who only by misfortune of the seas Bereft of ships and men, cast on the shore5. My education BEEN in arts and arms,] i. e. My education having been in arts and arms. Malone altered "been" of all the old editions to being; but that "been" is the right word we have the evidence of the novel founded upon "Pericles," where we meet with the very same words "his education been in arts and arms." 5 - cast on the shore.] This speech is perfectly intelligible: we print it in the words of all the old copies, which we prefer to patching up a text, as Sim. Now by the gods, I pity his misfortune, Will very well become a soldier's dance. Here is a lady that wants breathing too: And that their measures are as excellent. Per. In those that practise them, they are, my lord. Sim. O! that's as much, as you would be denied [The Knights and Ladies dance. Of your fair courtesy.-Unclasp, unclasp; Thanks, gentlemen, to all; all have done well, But you the best. [To PERICLES.] Pages and lights, to conduct These knights unto their several lodgings!—Yours, sir, We have given order to be next our own. Per. I am at your grace's pleasure. Sim. Princes, it is too late to talk of love", And that's the mark I know you level at: Therefore, each one betake him to his rest; To-morrow all for speeding do their best. [Exeunt. modern editors seem to have done, under the supposition that they could restore the versification. 6 Princes, it is too late to talk of love,] In the quarto, 1609, this speech is made part of what is said by Pericles; but the obvious error is corrected, in a hand-writing of the time, in the copy belonging to the Duke of Devonshire. SCENE IV. Tyre. A Room in the Governor's House. Enter HELICANUS and ESCANES. Hel. No, Escanes; know this of me, For which the most high gods, not minding longer Even in the height and pride of all his glory, A fire from heaven came, and shrivell'd up Hel. And yet but just; for though Enter Three Lords. 1 Lord. See! not a man, in private conference Or council, has respect with him but he. 2 Lord. It shall no longer grieve without reproof. 3 Lord. And curs'd be he that will not second it. 1 Lord. Follow me, then.-Lord Helicane, a word. Hel. With me? and welcome. Happy day, my lords. 1 Lord. Know, that our griefs are risen to the top, And now at length they overflow their banks. Hel. Your griefs! for what? wrong not the prince you love. |