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Enter IMOGEN and PISANIO.
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Enter IMOGEN and PISANIO.
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IMOGEN
I would thou grew’st unto the shores o’ th’ haven
And questionedst every sail. If he should write
And I not have it, ’twere a paper lost
As offered mercy is. What was the last
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That he spake to thee?
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IMOGEN
I would thou grew’st unto the shores o’ th’ haven
And questionedst every sail. If he should write
And I not have it, ’twere a paper lost
As offered mercy is. What was the last
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PISANIO
It was his queen, his queen!
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PISANIO
It was his queen, his queen!
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IMOGEN
Then waved his handkerchief?
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IMOGEN
Then waved his handkerchief?
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PISANIO
And kissed it, madam.
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PISANIO
And kissed it, madam.
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IMOGEN
Senseless linen, happier therein than I.
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And that was all?
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IMOGEN
Senseless linen, happier therein than I.
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PISANIO
No, madam. For so long
As he could make me with this eye or ear
Distinguish him from others, he did keep
The deck, with glove or hat or handkerchief
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Still waving, as the fits and stirs of ’s mind
Could best express how slow his soul sailed on,
How swift his ship.
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PISANIO
No, madam. For so long
As he could make me with this eye or ear
Distinguish him from others, he did keep
The deck, with glove or hat or handkerchief
Could best express how slow his soul sailed on,
How swift his ship.
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IMOGEN
Thou shouldst have made him
As little as a crow, or less, ere left
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To after-eye him.
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IMOGEN
Thou shouldst have made him
As little as a crow, or less, ere left
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PISANIO
Madam, so I did.
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PISANIO
Madam, so I did.
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IMOGEN
I would have broke mine eyestrings, cracked them,
but
To look upon him till the diminution
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Of space had pointed him sharp as my needle;
Nay, followed him till he had melted from
The smallness of a gnat to air; and then
Have turned mine eye and wept. But, good Pisanio,
When shall we hear from him?
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IMOGEN
I would have broke mine eyestrings, cracked them,
but
To look upon him till the diminution
Nay, followed him till he had melted from
The smallness of a gnat to air; and then
Have turned mine eye and wept. But, good Pisanio,
When shall we hear from him?
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PISANIO
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Be assured, madam,
With his next vantage.
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PISANIO
With his next vantage.
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IMOGEN
I did not take my leave of him, but had
Most pretty things to say. Ere I could tell him
How I would think on him at certain hours
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Such thoughts and such; or I could make him swear
The shes of Italy should not betray
Mine interest and his honor; or have charged him
At the sixth hour of morn, at noon, at midnight
T’ encounter me with orisons, for then
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I am in heaven for him; or ere I could
Give him that parting kiss which I had set
Betwixt two charming words, comes in my father,
And like the tyrannous breathing of the north
Shakes all our buds from growing.
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IMOGEN
I did not take my leave of him, but had
Most pretty things to say. Ere I could tell him
How I would think on him at certain hours
The shes of Italy should not betray
Mine interest and his honor; or have charged him
At the sixth hour of morn, at noon, at midnight
T’ encounter me with orisons, for then
Give him that parting kiss which I had set
Betwixt two charming words, comes in my father,
And like the tyrannous breathing of the north
Shakes all our buds from growing.
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Enter a LADY.
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Enter a LADY.
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LADY
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The Queen, madam,
Desires your Highness’ company.
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LADY
Desires your Highness’ company.
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IMOGEN
(to PISANIO)
Those things I bid you do, get them dispatched.
I will attend the Queen.
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IMOGEN
(to PISANIO)
Those things I bid you do, get them dispatched.
I will attend the Queen.
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PISANIO
Madam, I shall.
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PISANIO
Madam, I shall.
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They exit.
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They exit.
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
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Enter IMOGEN and PISANIO.
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Enter IMOGEN and PISANIO.
|
|
IMOGEN
I would thou grew’st unto the shores o’ th’ haven
And questionedst every sail. If he should write
And I not have it, ’twere a paper lost
As offered mercy is. What was the last
5
That he spake to thee?
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IMOGEN
I would thou grew’st unto the shores o’ th’ haven
And questionedst every sail. If he should write
And I not have it, ’twere a paper lost
As offered mercy is. What was the last
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PISANIO
It was his queen, his queen!
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PISANIO
It was his queen, his queen!
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IMOGEN
Then waved his handkerchief?
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IMOGEN
Then waved his handkerchief?
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PISANIO
And kissed it, madam.
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PISANIO
And kissed it, madam.
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IMOGEN
Senseless linen, happier therein than I.
10
And that was all?
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IMOGEN
Senseless linen, happier therein than I.
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PISANIO
No, madam. For so long
As he could make me with this eye or ear
Distinguish him from others, he did keep
The deck, with glove or hat or handkerchief
15
Still waving, as the fits and stirs of ’s mind
Could best express how slow his soul sailed on,
How swift his ship.
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PISANIO
No, madam. For so long
As he could make me with this eye or ear
Distinguish him from others, he did keep
The deck, with glove or hat or handkerchief
Could best express how slow his soul sailed on,
How swift his ship.
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IMOGEN
Thou shouldst have made him
As little as a crow, or less, ere left
20
To after-eye him.
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IMOGEN
Thou shouldst have made him
As little as a crow, or less, ere left
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PISANIO
Madam, so I did.
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PISANIO
Madam, so I did.
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IMOGEN
I would have broke mine eyestrings, cracked them,
but
To look upon him till the diminution
25
Of space had pointed him sharp as my needle;
Nay, followed him till he had melted from
The smallness of a gnat to air; and then
Have turned mine eye and wept. But, good Pisanio,
When shall we hear from him?
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IMOGEN
I would have broke mine eyestrings, cracked them,
but
To look upon him till the diminution
Nay, followed him till he had melted from
The smallness of a gnat to air; and then
Have turned mine eye and wept. But, good Pisanio,
When shall we hear from him?
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PISANIO
30
Be assured, madam,
With his next vantage.
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PISANIO
With his next vantage.
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IMOGEN
I did not take my leave of him, but had
Most pretty things to say. Ere I could tell him
How I would think on him at certain hours
35
Such thoughts and such; or I could make him swear
The shes of Italy should not betray
Mine interest and his honor; or have charged him
At the sixth hour of morn, at noon, at midnight
T’ encounter me with orisons, for then
40
I am in heaven for him; or ere I could
Give him that parting kiss which I had set
Betwixt two charming words, comes in my father,
And like the tyrannous breathing of the north
Shakes all our buds from growing.
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IMOGEN
I did not take my leave of him, but had
Most pretty things to say. Ere I could tell him
How I would think on him at certain hours
The shes of Italy should not betray
Mine interest and his honor; or have charged him
At the sixth hour of morn, at noon, at midnight
T’ encounter me with orisons, for then
Give him that parting kiss which I had set
Betwixt two charming words, comes in my father,
And like the tyrannous breathing of the north
Shakes all our buds from growing.
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Enter a LADY.
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Enter a LADY.
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LADY
45
The Queen, madam,
Desires your Highness’ company.
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LADY
Desires your Highness’ company.
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IMOGEN
(to PISANIO)
Those things I bid you do, get them dispatched.
I will attend the Queen.
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IMOGEN
(to PISANIO)
Those things I bid you do, get them dispatched.
I will attend the Queen.
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PISANIO
Madam, I shall.
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PISANIO
Madam, I shall.
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They exit.
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They exit.
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