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$Unique_ID{SSP01618}
$Title{Pericles, Prince of Tyre: Act IV, Scene I}
$Author{Shakespeare, William}
$Subject{}
$Log{Dramatis Personae*01600.txt}
Portions copyright (c) CMC ReSearch, Inc., 1989
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE
ACT IV
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SCENE I: Tarsus. An open place near the sea-shore.
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{Enter DIONYZA and LEONINE.}
DIONYZA: Thy oath remember; thou hast sworn to do't:
'Tis but a blow, which never shall be known.
Thou canst not do a thing in the world so soon,
To yield thee so much profit. Let not conscience,
Which is but cold, inflaming love i' thy bosom,
Inflame too nicely; nor let pity, which
Even women have cast off, melt thee, but be
A soldier to thy purpose.
LEONINE: I will do't; but yet she is a goodly creature.
DIONYZA: The fitter, then, the gods should have her. Here 10
she comes weeping for her only mistress' death.
Thou art resolved?
LEONINE: I am resolved.
{Enter MARINA, with a basket of flowers.}
MARINA: No, I will rob Tellus of her weed,
To strew thy green with flowers: the yellows, blues,
The purple violets, and marigolds,
Shall as a carpet hang upon thy grave,
While summer-days do last. Ay me! poor maid,
Born in a tempest, when my mother died,
This world to me is like a lasting storm, 20
Whirring me from my friends.
DIONYZA: How now, Marina! why do you keep alone?
How chance my daughter is not with you? Do not
Consume your blood with sorrowing: you have
A nurse of me. Lord, how your favor's changed
With this unprofitable woe!
Come, give me your flowers, ere the sea mar it.
Walk with Leonine; the air is quick there,
And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. Come,
Leonine, take her by the arm, walk with her. 30
MARINA: No, I pray you;
I'll not bereave you of your servant.
DIONYZA: Come, come;
I love the king your father, and yourself,
With more than foreign heart. We every day
Expect him here: when he shall come and find
Our paragon to all reports thus blasted,
He will repent the breadth of his great voyage;
Blame both my lord and me, that we have taken
No care to your best courses. Go, I pray you,
Walk, and be cheerful once again; reserve 40
That excellent complexion, which did steal
The eyes of young and old. Care not for me
I can go home alone.
MARINA: Well, I will go;
But yet I have no desire to it.
DIONYZA: Come, come, I know 'tis good for you.
Walk half an hour, Leonine, at the least:
Remember what I have said.
LEONINE: I warrant you, madam.
DIONYZA: I'll leave you, my sweet lady, for a while:
Pray, walk softly, do not heat your blood:
What! I must have a care of you.
MARINA: My thanks, sweet madam. 50
[Exit DIONYZA.]
Is this wind westerly that blows?
LEONINE: South-west.
MARINA: When I was born, the wind was north.
LEONINE: Was't so?
MARINA: My father, as nurse said, did never fear,
But cried 'Good seaman!' to the sailors, galling
His kingly hands, haling ropes;
And, clasping to the mast, endured a sea
That almost burst the deck.
LEONINE: When was this?
MARINA: When I was born:
Never was waves nor wind more violent; 60
And from the ladder-tackle washes off
A canvas-climber. 'Ha!' says one, 'wilt out?'
And with a dropping industry they skip
From stem to stern: the boatswain whistles, and
The master calls, and trebles their confusion.
LEONINE: Come, say your prayers.
MARINA: What mean you?
LEONINE: If you require a little space for prayer,
I grant it: pray; but be not tedious,
For the gods are quick of ear, and I am sworn 70
To do my work with haste.
MARINA: Why will you kill me?
LEONINE: To satisfy my lady.
MARINA: Why would she have me kill'd?
Now, as I can remember, by my troth,
I never did her hurt in all my life:
I never spake bad word, nor did ill turn
To any living creature: believe me, la,
I never kill'd a mouse, nor hurt a fly:
I trod upon a worm against my will,
But I wept for it. How have I offended, 80
Wherein my death might yield her any profit,
Or my life imply her any danger?
LEONINE: My commission
Is not to reason of the deed, but do it.
MARINA: You will not do't for all the world, I hope.
You are well favor'd, and your looks foreshow
You have a gentle heart. I saw you lately,
When you caught hurt in parting two that fought:
Good sooth, it show'd well in you: do so now:
Your lady seeks my life; come you between, 90
And save poor me, the weaker.
LEONINE: I am sworn,
And will dispatch.
[He seizes her.]
{Enter Pirates.}
First Pirate: Hold, villain!
[LEONINE runs away.]
Second Pirate: A prize! a prize!
Third Pirate: Half-part, mates, half-part.
Come, let's have her aboard suddenly.
[Exeunt Pirates with MARINA.]
{Re-enter LEONINE.}
LEONINE: These roguing thieves serve the great pirate Valdes;
And they have seized Marina. Let her go:
There's no hope she will return. I'll swear
she's dead,
And thrown into the sea. But I'll see further: 100
Perhaps they will but please themselves upon her,
Not carry her aboard. If she remain,
Whom they have ravish'd must by me be slain.
[Exit.]