Hel. With patience bears Such griefs as you do lay upon yourself. Per. Thou speak'st like a physician, Helicanus Who minister'st a potion unto me, That thou would'st tremble to receive thyself. Where, as thou know'st, against the face of death, 'Tis time to fear, when tyrants seem to kiss. Who seem'd my good protector; and being here, To lop that doubt, he'll fill this land with arms, Hel. Alas, Sir! Per. Drew sleep out of mine eyes, blood from my cheeks. Musings into my mind, a thousand doubts How I might stop this tempest, ere it came; · Hel. Well, my Lord, since you have given më leave to speak, Freely I'll speak. Antiochus you fear, And justly too, I think, you fear the tyrant, Therefore, my Lord, go travel for a while, Day serves not light more faithful than I'll be. But should he wrong my liberties in absence Hel. We'll mingle bloods together in the earth, From whence we had our being and our birth. Per. Tyre, I now look from thee then, and to Tharsus Intend my travel, where I'll hear from thee; SCENE III 3 Tyre. An Ante-chamber in the Palace. Enter THALIARD. Thal. So, this is Tyre, and this is the court. Here must I kill King Pericles: and if I do not, '[ am sure to be hang'd at home: 'tis dangerous. Well, I perceive he was a wise fellow, and had good discretion, that being bid to ask what he would of the King, desired he might know none of his secrets. Now do I see he had some reason for it for if a King bid a man be a villain, he is bound by the indenture of his oath to be one. Hush, here come the lords of Tyre. Enter HELICANUS, ESCANUS, and other Lords. Hel. You shall not need, my fellow peers of Tyre, Further to question of your King's departure. His seal'd commission, left in trust with me, Doth speak sufficiently, he's gone to travel. Thal. How! the King gone! [Aside. Hel. If further yet you will be satisfied, Why, as it were unlicens'd of your loves, He would depart, I'll give some light unto you. Being at Antioch Thal. What from Antioch? [Aside. Hel. Royal Antiochus (on what cause I know not,) Took some displeasure at him; at least he judg'd so Thal. Well, I perceive. Aside. I shall not be hang'd now, although I would, But since he's gone, the King it sure must please, He 'scap'd the land, to perish on the seas. But I'll present me. Peace to the Lords of Tyre! Hel. Lord Thaliard from Antiochus is welcome. Thal. From him I come With message unto princely Pericles; But, since my landing, as I have understood Hel. We have no reason to desire it, since Commended to our master, not to us: Yet, ere you shall depart, this west in Tyre. we desire, As friends to Antioch, we may SCENE IV. [Exeunt. s here, ? Cle. My Dionyza, shall we rest us And by relating tales of others' griefs, See if 'twill teach us to forget our own Dio. That we were to blow at fire, in hope to quench it; For who digs hills because they do aspire, Throws down or one mountain, up a higher. O my distressed Lord, even such our griefs; Here they're but felt, and seen with mistful eyes, But like to groves, being topp'd, they higher rise. Cle. O Dionyza, to Cast Who wanteth food, and will not say, he' wants it, Or can conceal his hunger, till he famish?? Our Our tongues and sorrows do sound deep our woes Fetch breath that may proclaim them louder; that, i Cle. This Tharsus, o'er which I have govern¬ ment, (A city, on whom plenty held full hand,) For riches, strew'd herself even in the streets; Whose towers bore heads so high, they kiss'd the clouds, And strangers ne'er beheld, but wonder'd at; Cle. But see what heaven can do! By this our change, These mouths, whom but of late, earth, sea, and air, Were all too little to content and please, Although they gave their creatures in abundance, They are now starv'd for want of exercise : Those palates, who not yet two summers younger, 2 |