Clo. "He feems to be of great authority: close" "with him, give him gold; and though authority be" a ftubborn bear, yet he is oft led by the nose with” "gold: fhew the infide of your purfe to the outside of” “his hand, and no more ado: Remember, fton'd, and” "flay'd alive." She. An't please you, fir, to undertake the businefs for us, here is that gold I have: I'll make it as much more; and leave this young man in pawn, 'till I bring it you. Aur. After I have done what I promis'd? She. Ay, fir. AUT. Well, give me the moiety: Are you a party in this business? Clo. In fome fort, fir: but, though my cafe be a pitiful one, I hope, I fhall not be flay'd out of it. Aur. O, that's the cafe of the fhepherd's fon : Hang him, he'll be made an example. Clo. 6.6 Comfort, good comfort: We must to the "king, and fhew our ftrange fights: he must know, "'tis none of your daughter, nor my fifter; we are "gone else." Sir, I will give you as much as this old man does, when the business is perform'd; and remain, as he fays, your pawn, 'till it be brought you. Avr. I will truft you. Walk before toward the feafide ; go on the right hand; I will but look upon the hedge, and follow you. Clo. We are bleff'd in this man, as I may fay, even bleff'd. She. Let's before, as he bids us: he was provided to do us good. [Exeunt Clown, and Shepherd. AUT. If I had a mind to be honeft, I fee, fortune would not fuffer me; fhe drops booties in my mouth. I am courted now with a double occasion; gold, and a means to do the prince my mafter good; Which, who knows how that may turn back to my advancement? I will bring these two moles, these blind ones, aboard him if he think it fit to fhore them again, and that the complaint they have to the king concerns him nothing, let him call me, rogue, for being fo far officious; for I am proof against that title, and what fhame elfe belongs to't: To him will I present them, there may be matter in it. ACT V. [Exit AUTOLICUS. SCENE I. Sicilia. A Room in Leontes' Palace. Enter LEONTES, CLEOMENES, DION, PAULINA, Lords, and Others. CLE. Sir, you have done enough, and have perform'd A faint-like forrow: no fault could you make, LEO. Whilft I remember Her, and her virtues, I cannot forget My blemishes in them; and so still think of Bred his hopes out of. PAU. True, too true, my lord: If, one by one, you wedded all the world; LEO. I think fo. Kill'd! She I kill'd! I did fo: but thou ftrik'ft me Sorely, to fay I did; it is as bitter Upon thy tongue, as in my thought: Now, good now, Say fo but feldom. CLE. Not at all, good lady: You might have spoke a thousand things, that would * Have done the time more benefit, and grac'd Your kindness better. PAU. You are one of those, You pity not the state, nor the remembrance PAU. There is none worthy, Refpecting her that's gone. Befides, the gods 2 v. Note. 24 Queene is well ? Is't not the tenor of his oracle, That king Leontes shall not have an heir, "Till his loft child be found? which, that it fhall, LEO. Thou good Paulina, — Who haft the memory of Hermione, I know, in honour, o, that ever I Had fquar'd me to thy counfel! then, even now, PAU. And left them More rich, for what they yielded. LEO. Thou fpeak'ft truth. No more fuch wives; therefore, no wife: one worse, And better us'd, would make her fainted fpirit Again possess her corps; and, on this stage, Where we offenders now appear, foul-vext Begin, And why to me? PAU. Had the fuch power, She had just cause. LEO. She had; and would incenfe me To murther her I marry'd. PAU. I fhould fo: Were I the ghost that walk'd, I'd bid you, mark 26 And begin, 28 juft fuck caufe Her eye; and tell me, for what dull part in't You chose her: then I'd fhriek, that even your ears LEO. Stars, very stars; And all eyes elfe, dead coals! fear thou no wife; PAU. Will you fwear Never to marry, but by my free leave? LEO. Never, Paulina; fo be bleff'd my spirit! PAU. Unless another, As like Hermione as is her picture, Affront his eye. CLE. Good madam, PAU. I have done. Yet, if my lord will marry, if you will, fir; As, walk'd your firft queen's ghoft, it fhould take joy LEO. My true Paulina, We shall not marry, 'till thou bid'ft us. PAU. That Shall be, when your first queen's again in breath; Enter a Gentleman. Gen. One that gives out himself prince Florinel Son of Polixenes, with his princefs, (the The fair'ft I have yet beheld) desires accefs 17 v. Note. |