TPTT Pericles, Prince of Tyre: ACT IV
Introduction
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
[Prologue]
SCENE I. Tarsus. An open place near the sea-shore.
SCENE II. Mytilene. A room in a brothel.
SCENE III. Tarsus. A room in CLEON's house.
SCENE IV
SCENE V. Mytilene. A street before the brothel.
SCENE VI. The same. A room in the brothel.
ACT V
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SCENE I. Tarsus. An open place near the sea-shore.
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,
5     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
10    The fitter, then, the gods should have her. Here
      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,
15    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,
20    This world to me is like a lasting storm,
      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
25    A nurse of me. Lord, how your favour'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,
30    Leonine, take her by the arm, walk with her.
MARINA
      No, I pray you;
      I'll not bereave you of your servant.
DIONYZA
      Come, come;
      I love the king your father, and yourself,
35    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
40    No care to your best courses. Go, I pray you,
      Walk, and be cheerful once again; reserve
      That excellent complexion, which did steal
      The eyes of young and old. Care not for me
      I can go home alone.
MARINA
45    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
50    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.

Exit DIONYZA

55    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,
60    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
65    When I was born:
      Never was waves nor wind more violent;
      And from the ladder-tackle washes off
      A canvas-climber. 'Ha!' says one, 'wilt out?'
      And with a dropping industry they skip
70    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,
75    I grant it: pray; but be not tedious,
      For the gods are quick of ear, and I am sworn
      To do my work with haste.
MARINA
      Why will you kill me?
LEONINE
      To satisfy my lady.
MARINA
80    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,
85    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,
      Wherein my death might yield her any profit,
      Or my life imply her any danger?
LEONINE
90    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 favour'd, and your looks foreshow
      You have a gentle heart. I saw you lately,
95    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,
      And save poor me, the weaker.
LEONINE
      I am sworn,
100   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
105   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:
110   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
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