TPTT The Winter's Tale: ACT III
Introduction
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
SCENE I. A sea-port in Sicilia.
SCENE II. A court of Justice.
SCENE III. Bohemia. A desert country near the sea.
ACT IV
ACT V
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SCENE I. A sea-port in Sicilia.
Enter CLEOMENES and DION
CLEOMENES
      The climate's delicate, the air most sweet,
      Fertile the isle, the temple much surpassing
      The common praise it bears.
DION
      I shall report,
5     For most it caught me, the celestial habits,
      Methinks I so should term them, and the reverence
      Of the grave wearers. O, the sacrifice!
      How ceremonious, solemn and unearthly
      It was i' the offering!
CLEOMENES
10    But of all, the burst
      And the ear-deafening voice o' the oracle,
      Kin to Jove's thunder, so surprised my sense.
      That I was nothing.
DION
      If the event o' the journey
15    Prove as successful to the queen,--O be't so!--
      As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy,
      The time is worth the use on't.
CLEOMENES
      Great Apollo
      Turn all to the best! These proclamations,
20    So forcing faults upon Hermione,
      I little like.
DION
      The violent carriage of it
      Will clear or end the business: when the oracle,
      Thus by Apollo's great divine seal'd up,
25    Shall the contents discover, something rare
      Even then will rush to knowledge. Go: fresh horses!
      And gracious be the issue!
Exeunt
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