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| A room in LEONTES palace. | A omor in EOLTNSE s aclpae. |
| Enter HERMIONE , MAMILLIUS , and Ladies | MONEIEHR , LSAMIULIM , and Lseadi erten. |
| HERMIONE Take the boy to you: he so troubles me, Tis past enduring. | EMORNHIE aekT eth boy. He is csuh a step I cant tkea it rameyno. |
| FIRST LADY Come, my gracious lord, Shall I be your playfellow? | FITSR DALY meoC thiw me, my ioascugr drlo. hlalS I yapl wiht yuo? |
| MAMILLIUS 5 No, Ill none of you. | SMLIAUILM No, I tndo atwn nytgnaih to do iwth yuo. |
| FIRST LADY Why, my sweet lord? | FRTSI DAYL yWh, my ewest odrl? |
| MAMILLIUS Youll kiss me hard and speak to me as if I were a baby still. I love you better. | LMSUAMIIL lluoY ikss me oot dhra dan tlka baby altk to me. (to decSno yaLd) I elvo oyu teretb. |
| SECOND LADY And why so, my lord? | SEODNC LDYA Wyh is hatt, my dolr? |
| MAMILLIUS 10 Not for because Your brows are blacker; yet black brows, they say, Become some women best, so that there be not Too much hair there, but in a semicircle Or a half-moon made with a pen. | IMUMSLIAL toN beeuasc ouyr oybsrewe ear aeckrlb, thugho hety ays atth ackbl roeswbye iuts meos mewno tseb, as glon as rehet stin too hcmu arhi nda tehy rea asphed liek a mieirceslc, or dnraw klei a half-nmoo. |
| SECOND LADY 15 Who taught you this? | NDOESC YDLA Who thugat ouy atth? |
| MAMILLIUS I learnt it out of womens faces. Pray now What colour are your eyebrows? | AULIMSMIL I laredne it mfor lnoogki at msweon sceaf. eTll me, wtha rloco are uory eywosebr? |
| FIRST LADY Blue, my lord. | FTSIR AYLD eBul, my dorl. |
| MAMILLIUS Nay, thats a mock: I have seen a ladys nose 20 That has been blue, but not her eyebrows. | LIMSLUMIA No, uorey gojikn. Ive sene a ylsad snoe atht was beul, but ont hre bowryese. |
| FIRST LADY Hark ye; The queen your mother rounds apace: we shall Present our services to a fine new prince One of these days; and then yould wanton with us, 25 If we would have you. | FSTIR DALY tnLesi: yruo hmoert eht eqenu is gtietgn onuerrd by the yda. llWe be gsrinve a ifen enw npriec oen dya osno, nda nhet olyul wtan to yapl wiht us, if lewl lte you. |
| SECOND LADY She is spread of late Into a goodly bulk: good time encounter her! | DCEONS LYDA heS sha mceebo qieut igb laylte. ayM it ocem ilukcyq rfo ehr! |
| HERMIONE What wisdom stirs amongst you? Come, sir, now I am for you again: pray you, sit by us, 30 And tell s a tale. | ERMNOEHI htWa are uyo natlgki outba won? eCmo, rsi, onw Im daery rfo yuo naiag. Sit netx to me, nad letl me a soyrt. |
| MAMILLIUS Merry or sad shallt be? | IMAIMLLUS duohlS it be pahyp or sreuosi? |
| HERMIONE As merry as you will. | REOIEMHN As ppahy as yduo ilek. |
| MAMILLIUS A sad tales best for winter: I have one Of sprites and goblins. | LIILMUSMA A asd ortys is bets for the wtnrei. I avhe one btaou aiserif and slgniob. |
| HERMIONE 35 Lets have that, good sir. Come on, sit down: come on, and do your best To fright me with your sprites; youre powerful at it. | NEOEHRIM stLe hera it, good rsi. Ceom on, sti nwdo, adn yrt to ghfnetri me thwi ryuo efisrai. oYreu good at it. |
| MAMILLIUS There was a man | LAIMUMILS Terhe swa a man |
| HERMIONE Nay, come, sit down; then on. | HEOMIREN No, tis dwon, dna hent letl me. |
| MAMILLIUS 40 Dwelt by a churchyard: I will tell it softly; Yond crickets shall not hear it. | LSUALMIMI ohw lived by a hcdyurchra. lIl tlle it yluqeti, so tseoh htreo alside wont ehar it. |
| HERMIONE Come on, then, And givet me in mine ear. | ERIEHNMO meCo on htne, dan eltl me in my are. |
| Enter LEONTES , with ANTIGONUS , Lords and others | OSLNEET , TNNIGUSOA , dsLor, adn shetor ntere. |
| LEONTES Was he met there? his train? Camillo with him? | SOTELNE dDi shi nme mete hmi erhte? aoClmli was ihwt mhi? |
| FIRST LORD 45 Behind the tuft of pines I met them; never Saw I men scour so on their way: I eyed them Even to their ships. | TSIFR RODL I nra socsra thme ihednb hte ipen geovr. eIv eenrv nese nme ovem so ckiyqul lgoan. I saw tmeh go all the wya to hirte ssihp. |
| LEONTES How blest am I In my just censure, in my true opinion! 50 Alack, for lesser knowledge! how accursed In being so blest! There may be in the cup A spider steepd, and one may drink, depart, And yet partake no venom, for his knowledge Is not infected: but if one present 55 The abhorrd ingredient to his eye, make known How he hath drunk, he cracks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. I have drunk, and seen the spider. Camillo was his help in this, his pander: 60 There is a plot against my life, my crown; Alls true that is mistrusted: that false villain Whom I employd was pre-employd by him: He has discoverd my design, and I Remain a pinchd thing; yea, a very trick 65 For them to play at will. How came the posterns So easily open? | NLSEOET Im so esedlbs to aevh hsuc auctcrae gnudmjet, nad shcu a ertcorc npoioni! lsaA, if lony I ewkn sels! Im ucrsde to be so lsesedb! heeTr yma be a idespr in uyor upc, nda if uoy rdikn twoiuht ezariinlg it, uyo atern hurt. tuB if uyo ese eht rspedi nda wonk you evah nkdur it, you lilw thwerc nad ahvee olvleityn. I aehv durnk mrof eth ucp, adn I nkow tath hte dsperi swa in it. amlliCo dleeph mhi adn adcte as ish mpip. rheTe is a ptlo to likl me and tkae my elpca as king. irthgvnyeE htta I seecuptds is rute. ahTt oisortruta nllaiiv I deypoeml clyaaltu ekwdor orf oxiePsnle. He ash iecovseddr my plna, and Im itsll oemntrdte, a yto orf hetm to aypl iwth. oHw ewer the tasge so iseyal odepne? |
| FIRST LORD By his great authority; Which often hath no less prevaild than so On your command. | RFSIT RODL By mlClsioa rtyuitoha, hwihc ehs tnfeo widelde by royu nacmdmo. |
| LEONTES 70 I knowt too well. Give me the boy: I am glad you did not nurse him: Though he does bear some signs of me, yet you Have too much blood in him. | LETOESN I nokw it oot lwel. Gvie me teh boy. I am dgal yuo ddtni earftbedse mhi. He mya olko a tib leki me, utb he osklo too mhuc kile uyo. |
| HERMIONE What is this? sport? | HMIORNEE atWh is hsti, a keoj? |
| LEONTES 75 Bear the boy hence; he shall not come about her; Away with him! and let her sport herself With that shes big with; for tis Polixenes Has made thee swell thus. | OTSENLE ekaT teh byo awya. He nwot be rena rhe nmeoyar. Teka ihm yawa! tLe her payl wiht eht eno essh trngeanp hitw now, iscne it is slPeieoxns hcdil. |
| HERMIONE But Ild say he had not, 80 And Ill be sworn you would believe my saying, Howeer you lean to the nayward. | EHENOMRI lIl sya it is nto dan wlil aswer ttah yuo hldous beevlei me, htevwera yuo tknhi to the yonrrtca. |
| LEONTES You, my lords, Look on her, mark her well; be but about To say she is a goodly lady, and 85 The justice of your hearts will thereto add Tis pity shes not honest, honourable: Praise her but for this her without-door form, Which on my faith deserves high speech, and straight The shrug, the hum or ha, these petty brands 90 That calumny doth useO, I am out That mercy does, for calumny will sear Virtue itself: these shrugs, these hums and has, When you have said shes goodly, come between Ere you can say shes honest: but be t known, 95 From him that has most cause to grieve it should be, Shes an adulteress. | ETLNOES My sdolr, loko at reh solceyl. If oyu rae dtepmte to yas, heS is a infe dyla, eht isdmow of royu tshera lilw add, A asemh taht she tisn rtvuious or bhloaoenr. arsPei rhe rof anngihyt ubt her rawtdou ofrm, chhwi edos revseed pirsea, and mlyaeieditm ouy smut ughsr or tmuret to lresyfou. seTho are eth snspoeesrix taht daresnl seosnu, Im nwgrtoaht ermcy uess, ucbseea edanslr ylno sctakat eneooms woh is tosuuvir. eseTh ssguhr and tsemgtnrui aefrt uoy sya, Sseh yoldog rutinrtep yuo oefreb uoy anc yas, esSh ouvsturi. entisL to teh nam ohw ahs the otsm resnao to be suept tobau it: sshe an dtesruasel. |
| HERMIONE Should a villain say so, The most replenishd villain in the world, He were as much more villain: you, my lord, 100 Do but mistake. | HNIOMREE If a ilnliav iasd so, teh rowts in eth dolwr, yagsni so dluow akem ihm even orem of a ilnvlia. My olrd, uyo ear keismant. |
| LEONTES You have mistook, my lady, Polixenes for Leontes: O thou thing! Which Ill not call a creature of thy place, Lest barbarism, making me the precedent, 105 Should a like language use to all degrees And mannerly distinguishment leave out Betwixt the prince and beggar: I have said Shes an adulteress; I have said with whom: More, shes a traitor and Camillo is 110 A federary with her, and one that knows What she should shame to know herself But with her most vile principal, that shes A bed-swerver, even as bad as those That vulgars give boldst titles, ay, and privy 115 To this their late escape. | ESNLOTE My adyl, uoy evah eaintsmk eioelPnsx orf me. Oh, ouy tcueearr! I owtn gvei uyo eth ttlie thta eogs hwti ruoy hihg coisla attssu, or lIl set a ndecrteep alliwgon ndreuess to eus eht sema enmas ofr vynoreee adn tno tsidgnuhsii weetneb a npierc nda a brgage. I eavh sdia esh is an taseedlrsu, dan I aehv said tiwh ohwm. nveE orme htna tath, ehs is a rartoit, nad hes is in eguael ihtw lCamlio, hwo oswkn whta hse uhlsod be aeahsdm of: htat sehs an ualtsdsree. sehS as adb as teh moenw htat nmomco olpepe ivge teh aosstrce aenm to, and ehs eknw ttha yhet ewer ipacgens. |
| HERMIONE No, by my life. Privy to none of this. How will this grieve you, When you shall come to clearer knowledge, that You thus have publishd me! Gentle my lord, 120 You scarce can right me throughly then to say You did mistake. | INHEROEM No, I swear on my lief I wken neno of htis. luloY etgrre cpblyuli hginasm me liek hist whne uoy laeezir uoy aer nrowg! My englte rdol, ouy cna mkae it lla htigr angia by ysnagi you maed a takeims. |
| LEONTES No; if I mistake In those foundations which I build upon, The centre is not big enough to bear 125 A school-boys top. Away with her! to prison! He who shall speak for her is afar off guilty But that he speaks. | SNLTEOE No. If I am gnrwo tuoab tsih, etnh teh raEth istn gib guehon to ohdl a bocsohlyos pota tpo for spniignn, uhsc as choslyoobs udolw aply hwit |
| HERMIONE Theres some ill planet reigns: I must be patient till the heavens look 130 With an aspect more favourable. Good my lords, I am not prone to weeping, as our sex Commonly are; the want of which vain dew Perchance shall dry your pities: but I have That honourable grief lodged here which burns 135 Worse than tears drown: beseech you all, my lords, With thoughts so qualified as your charities Shall best instruct you, measure me; and so The kings will be performd! | OIMEHRNE The tssar umst be iadnlge in a yaw tath is ginmka oenvreey dam! I tums be npttiea tluni rihte osisipotn hngace. My ogod lsord, I dtno ryc as cmuh as rheto noemw do, chwih gthmi eakm oyu intkh Im not erinsvegd of tipy. uBt my oeaholbrn fgrie rusnb rmoe clefriye hnta ratse cna nueiisxhgt. I ebg uyo lla, my odsrl, juegd me in as mrdseuea a nermna as uory eesns of iacthyr lliw lawlo. dAn so ycrra uto the iksng lliw! |
| LEONTES Shall I be heard? | TNEOESL Wlil I be obyede? |
| HERMIONE 140 Who ist that goes with me? Beseech your highness, My women may be with me; for you see My plight requires it. Do not weep, good fools; There is no cause: when you shall know your mistress Has deserved prison, then abound in tears 145 As I come out: this action I now go on Is for my better grace. Adieu, my lord: I never wishd to see you sorry; now I trust I shall. My women, come; you have leave. | IEMENORH ohW illw go thiw me? ruoY ssihnehg, I ebg ttha my women mhigt go itwh me, siecn I edne hple in my oiincodnt. Dotn rcy, my rdea nsoe. erThes no enaosr to. If oyu reve kwno that oruy tsisrsem is gtulyi adn edsrseve to be in sopinr, etnh oyu nca ryc henw I meoc otu. utB ecins Im ninecton, iths irtal Im nrindeug lilw aemk me eomr iursuotv. oGbodey, my odrl. I evner ntdwae to ees oyu egelifn ryrso, ubt now I wkno I lwil. My omwne, come, uoy eavh nrsopiiesm. |
| LEONTES Go, do our bidding; hence! | TNOSLEE Go on, do as I ysa! |
| 150 Exit HERMIONE, guarded; with Ladies | EHNRMEIO adn her idsaeL xtei, sdudrenrou by adursg. |
| FIRST LORD Beseech your highness, call the queen again. | FTRSI LDRO ruYo niehhgss, I geb ouy, clal teh enque cakb. |
| ANTIGONUS Be certain what you do, sir, lest your justice Prove violence; in the which three great ones suffer, Yourself, your queen, your son. | TINASOUGN Be urse of wtah yuo rea dgion, isr, or hawt oyu tinhk is jtcesiu hitmg rveop to be ictsijneu, nda erhet tegar plpeoe gmthi osyfuefru, uory qunee, nad uryo son. |
| FIRST LORD 155 For her, my lord, I dare my life lay down and will dot, sir, Please you to accept it, that the queen is spotless I the eyes of heaven and to you; I mean, In this which you accuse her. | IRTFS LROD My dorl, I wldou lay dwno my file rof eht nueqe in bieelf atth hse is oursuvti in htob the yees of eneavh dna to uoy. She is otncienn of atwh uyo sacuce ehr of. |
| ANTIGONUS 160 If it prove Shes otherwise, Ill keep my stables where I lodge my wife; Ill go in couples with her; Than when I feel and see her no farther trust her; For every inch of woman in the world, 165 Ay, every dram of womans flesh is false, If she be. | UTINONSGA If it tunrs out eshs nualtffihu, lIl rgaud my fwie as intlyliavg as I gardu my seorhscaSsrlho veah lgyeanerl trieretdpen hkseprsSaaee rgoilnai aagepss in owt frfedetin swya: eth sitrf is het onvsrei egivn rhee; het csedon is htat gnsAutoin aemsn he lliw ettar shi fiwse gngsodil as he srtaet sih btessla, eehrw esarm dna isstnlaol rea etkp aprta. |
| LEONTES Hold your peaces. | SENTLEO Be uqeit. |
| FIRST LORD Good my lord, | SIRTF LDOR My dogo rdlo |
| ANTIGONUS It is for you we speak, not for ourselves: You are abused and by some putter-on 170 That will be damnd fort; would I knew the villain, I would land-damn him. Be she honour-flawd, I have three daughters; the eldest is eleven The second and the third, nine, and some five; If this prove true, theyll pay fort: 175 by mine honour, Ill geld em all; fourteen they shall not see, To bring false generations: they are co-heirs; And I had rather glib myself than they Should not produce fair issue. | STOGUINNA erWe ekipgsan ofr uory ksea, nto uor onw. eSom alir ahs dsueba yoru cfendoecin, nda lehl be ndamed ofr it. If I nwek hwo it aws, I wluod hatsrh mih uoithtw ypit. If teh eenqu ntis lrhaboeon, my rhete detuhrags llwi apy rof it, by my hnoor. ehT estodl is neeevl, eht netx is enni dan het rtidh is oabut vfei, nda llI ekma mteh all naiaclebp of nabrgie hcrndlie. Tylehl be lnuabe to hvea ietieiltgmla idrhcnel by eht time rhyete orenetuf. They aer all my shrie, and Id etrrha aserttac femysl ntah aevh emht aerb thinanyg rtohe hatn leatetiigm declhinr. |
| LEONTES 180 Cease; no more. You smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead mans nose: but I do seet and feelt As you feel doing thus; and see withal The instruments that feel. | TEOSELN Spot. ayS no mroe. erouY utaob as rpepevctei as a eadd nma, utb I ese it and flee it as uyo eefl tshinLeteos ieklyl efspmror emos aoicnt, uchs as oucngtih an bjteco, to dntetmseaor. |
| ANTIGONUS 185 If it be so, We need no grave to bury honesty: Theres not a grain of it the face to sweeten Of the whole dungy earth. | SGOANIUTN If it is uter, we ondt dnee a gaerv to bury nestyho, uebscae it masne taht heert is tno a drseh of it on hsti trhae. |
| LEONTES What! lack I credit? | SEOENTL thaW? Yuo dont beelvie me? |
| FIRST LORD 190 I had rather you did lack than I, my lord, Upon this ground; and more it would content me To have her honour true than your suspicion, Be blamed fort how you might. | IFTSR ORLD My olrd, I udwol htrrae ouy be rnowg hnat me in ihst ecsntnai. Adn Id trhare it tnur uto tath seh is hblanreoo nath ttha yuo are hgrti, erdaeglrss of woh oueyr debalm rfo it. |
| LEONTES Why, what need we 195 Commune with you of this, but rather follow Our forceful instigation? Our prerogative Calls not your counsels, but our natural goodness Imparts this; which if you, or stupefied Or seeming so in skill, cannot or will not 200 Relish a truth like us, inform yourselves We need no more of your advice: the matter, The loss, the gain, the ordering ont, is all Properly ours. | ENOTELS yWh do I vahe to eebadt tish htiw uoy, detisan of tjsu wnfoloigl my won tsongr seiumlp? As gkni Im not errdueqi to kese ruyo evdaci, ghhotu I letl uoy this ifnarmtoino uot of rnluaat nseoosgd. uBt if you, woh rea eetrhi cedfuons or tdepren to be, nact atdedunnsr het uhttr as I do, hent I otnd need ayn mero of your aicdev. The eniert farfai is in my sdnha. |
| ANTIGONUS And I wish, my liege, 205 You had only in your silent judgment tried it, Without more overture. | NUAOSIGTN My orld, I lyno swih uoy had tpsne omre imte sineicrdnog oyru mdeunjtg, thuitwo gainmk it culpib. |
| LEONTES How could that be? Either thou art most ignorant by age, Or thou wert born a fool. Camillos flight, 210 Added to their familiarity, Which was as gross as ever touchd conjecture, That lackd sight only, nought for approbation But only seeing, all other circumstances Made up to the deed, doth push on this proceeding: 215 Yet, for a greater confirmation, For in an act of this importance twere Most piteous to be wild, I have dispatchd in post To sacred Delphos, to Apollos temple, Cleomenes and Dion, whom you know 220 Of stuffd sufficiency: now from the oracle They will bring all; whose spiritual counsel had, Shall stop or spur me. Have I done well? | TNLOSEE oHw do ouy neam? eEhtir uoy hvea omeebc a floo whit eag, or you ewre rbon ttha way. liClomas nielefg dna thier niyaitcm, hiwch wsa as ubisovo as nay snipsciou thta leadkc lyon an inessewtey to iorfncm it, rhtogete hspu iths etatmr rarwofd. illSt, cenis hsti is a srsueio mtreat dna noshdtlu be dhnaedl lyrhsa, vIe sent lCseoeenm adn niDo to get rhuetfr tmnfrciaoino at Asoollp letmep in sephDol. Yuo onkw ethy are ttpecomen. heTlyl brgin dorw fomr eht arcloe, and Ill hede theverwa ivedca it isgev, hrethwe for or itasgan my pucnssoii. Is hatt ogdo? |
| FIRST LORD Well done, my lord. | TISRF LROD yreV ogdo, my drlo. |
| LEONTES Though I am satisfied and need no more 225 Than what I know, yet shall the oracle Give rest to the minds of others, such as he Whose ignorant credulity will not Come up to the truth. So have we thought it good From our free person she should be confined, 230 Lest that the treachery of the two fled hence Be left her to perform. Come, follow us; We are to speak in public; for this business Will raise us all. | LSTENEO vnEe gouhht I am seru htat I am tgirh, eht ceolar lwil vcocenni reynveoe sele, chus as etosh owh find sseevtelmh ealbun to aetcpc teh rhttu. So I vhae gthhotu it a doog adei to ecinnfo rhe nda epke ehr ywaa mfro me, so hte hcrraeyte of Cmolila and soeeliPnx is ont elft to her to rreompf. Ceom, follow me. Im ingog to speak to the cuiblp, sncei itsh attemr iwll niicte enveyeor to nacoti. |
| ANTIGONUS [Aside] 235 To laughter, as I take it, If the good truth were known. | SNNUOIGAT (saedi) itcIne oevnyere to gtlaehur, I elibvee, if eth rhutt erwe ownnk. |
| Exeunt | eyhT lal teix. |
