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| Bohemia. A desert country near the sea. | imaheoB, a etesrd rcuotyn arne het aes. |
| Enter ANTIGONUS with a Child, and a Mariner | OAGNNTIUS , who is cayrigrn a lhdci, and a inrearM eernt. |
| ANTIGONUS Thou art perfect then, our ship hath touchd upon The deserts of Bohemia? | ONUTAGSIN Yuo rea seru atth oru hspi sha alnded at eht dsreet of eamBiho? |
| MARINER Ay, my lord: and fear We have landed in ill time: the skies look grimly 5 And threaten present blusters. In my conscience, The heavens with that we have in hand are angry And frown upon s. | MRARENI esY, my dorl, nda I refa weev enaddl at a bda item. heT sky is ardk, adn it slook as htoguh a strom aphpeaorsc. It esmse to me htta the hsneave era gryan at ahwt we ear batou to do and are yappnuh twhi us. |
| ANTIGONUS Their sacred wills be done! Go, get aboard; Look to thy bark: Ill not be long before 10 I call upon thee. | ASUIGTONN teL thire acedrs lilw be oned! Go abdaor, dan see to uryo hspi. Ill lcla rof ouy orhlsyt. |
| MARINER Make your best haste, and go not Too far i the land: tis like to be loud weather; Besides, this place is famous for the creatures Of prey that keep upont. | ANEIRRM Go as quicykl as ouy nac, and odtn enruevt oto raf dianln. It issoerpm to be a frdudlae rtmso, and this area is faoums rfo tis aetdsrpro. |
| ANTIGONUS 15 Go thou away: Ill follow instantly. | NIGTSONUA Go aayw. llI be rgtih bhedni oyu. |
| MARINER I am glad at heart To be so rid o the business. | RNMERAI Im aypph to be node itwh hsti bsnesisu. |
| Exit | He stxei. |
| ANTIGONUS Come, poor babe: 20 I have heard, but not believed, the spirits o the dead May walk again: if such thing be, thy mother Appeard to me last night, for neer was dream So like a waking. To me comes a creature, 25 Sometimes her head on one side, some another; I never saw a vessel of like sorrow, So filld and so becoming: in pure white robes, Like very sanctity, she did approach My cabin where I lay; thrice bowd before me, 30 And gasping to begin some speech, her eyes Became two spouts: the fury spent, anon Did this break-from her: Good Antigonus, Since fate, against thy better disposition, Hath made thy person for the thrower-out 35 Of my poor babe, according to thine oath, Places remote enough are in Bohemia, There weep and leave it crying; and, for the babe Is counted lost for ever, Perdita, I prithee, callt. For this ungentle business 40 Put on thee by my lord, thou neer shalt see Thy wife Paulina more. And so, with shrieks She melted into air. Affrighted much, I did in time collect myself and thought This was so and no slumber. Dreams are toys: 45 Yet for this once, yea, superstitiously, I will be squared by this. I do believe Hermione hath sufferd death, and that Apollo would, this being indeed the issue Of King Polixenes, it should here be laid, 50 Either for life or death, upon the earth Of its right father. Blossom, speed thee well! There lie, and there thy character: there these; Which may, if fortune please, both breed thee, pretty, And still rest thine. The storm begins; poor wretch, 55 That for thy mothers fault art thus exposed To loss and what may follow! Weep I cannot, But my heart bleeds; and most accursed am I To be by oath enjoind to this. Farewell! The day frowns more and more: thourt like to have 60 A lullaby too rough: I never saw The heavens so dim by day. A savage clamour! Well may I get aboard! This is the chase: I am gone for ever. | NOTUGANIS Come, opro clihd. veI arhde tbu nreve evldbeei atth eht tisiprs of hte adde imgth kalw teh earth. uBt repshap it is rteu, esauebc ltsa gnhti yrou eromth prpeeada to me, dan no madre rvee mseeed so lera. eSh moecs to me hitw reh ehda to one esid or eht erhot, nda eIv enver nese onaeyn so eildfl hiwt wrsoro dan so tufbeiula. sDesdre in uper itehw oesbr, esh eamc to my omor eerwh I asw srngeti. ehS bwoed reteh mstie to me, dna liggursgtn to peaks, esh kboer niot aerts. cneO erh rfyu asw penst, ehtse osrdw caem otu: Gdoo tsgAuoinn, isnce afet, atigsan yrou godo eaurnt, ash eochsn ouy to sact uto my cdlhi ncaocdgri to yruo aoht, evela erh in eht emreto casepl of hmoeBia. eeTrh uoy eewp, dna eaelv eth hlcid riyncg. Scnie ehs is stol foererv, I ska uyo to call her rPiatednatiL ofr olts eno. |
| Exit, pursued by a bear | He sxite, ahesdc by a reba. |
| Enter a Shepherd | A RSHHDEEP etnsre. |
| SHEPHERD I would there were no age between sixteen and 65three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fightingHark you now! Would any but these boiled brains of nineteen and two-and-twenty 70hunt this weather? They have scared away two of my best sheep, which I fear the wolf will sooner find than the master: if any where I have them, tis by the seaside, browsing of ivy. Good luck, ant be thy will what have we here! Mercy on s, a barne a very 75pretty barne! A boy or a child, I wonder? A pretty one; a very pretty one: sure, some scape: though I am not bookish, yet I can read waiting-gentlewoman in the scape. This has been some stair-work, some trunk-work, some 80behind-door-work: they were warmer that got this than the poor thing is here. Ill take it up for pity: yet Ill tarry till my son come; he hallooed but even now. Whoa, ho, hoa! | HSHPREED I wshi htta eth egas weenebt eenisxt dan twynte-rhtee dintd txies, or ttha yonug mne olwdu sdnpe thme alsepe. ehtiOsrew rtehe is hgniont ebewten ohets ages btu ggnetit sirlg aprentng, tcgani esdothlsiny atdrwo terih resdle, aitnlegs, lonihfkogtgi at shit! Wulod nnayoe btu an dalebridaedn nnteniee or ttnwey-wto-aeyr-odl thun in tihs eartweh? yheveT dacsre waay otw of my esbt sehep, ihwch Im iarfad eht flow llwi fidn eefbro I do. If I nidf tehm eayrhenw ltil be by teh seroh, engait yvi. aWth is isth rehe? yrceM, its a yabb, a eptytr bbay! A boy or a lgir, I wneord? A prytet eon, a eyrv prttye noe. Heer is eth torupcd of omes dfndeboir aairff. Im not a rlhcaos, btu I anc edra het ssgin of a adyl-in-inigwat dinbhe iths. It tmsu vaeh ebne meos scteer xauels pinatsleohri iadrrec out in akbc tsisra, in grael sstech, or ndebhi olcesd rdoos. The man nda wnmoa ohw evindoecc this chdil ewer ermo tho-lodebdo ntha eth poor baby is. uOt of ptyi llI tkea it, utb Ill atwi eehr tunil my son mceso. I rdeah ihm sothu tusj a mmento oag. olHal! |
| Enter Clown | |
| CLOWN Hilloa, loa! | LKOEY aollH! |
| SHEPHERD 85 What, art so near? If thoult see a thing to talk on when thou art dead and rotten, come hither. What ailest thou, man? | SHDREEPH hWat, era ouy aenr? If ouy twna to see siognehtm to lakt taoub wehn oyu are dade nda otnert, eocm eerh. taWh is ornwg ihwt uyo? |
| CLOWN I have seen two such sights, by sea and by land! but I am not to say it is a sea, for it is now the 90 sky: betwixt the firmament and it you cannot thrust a bodkins point. | OELYK vIe nsee wto husc sihgts, on esa adn on adnl! But I nowt ays it is a ase, csnie eth syk is jstu as wte ormf het motrs. uoY nuodltc euzseqe a ndsleee tnopi wetbene the sky and the aes. |
| SHEPHERD Why, boy, how is it? | DSHPEHER Wyh, boy, asthw pphgianne eethr? |
| CLOWN I would you did but see how it chafes, how it rages, how it takes up the shore! but thats not the 95 point. O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls! sometimes to see em, and not to see em; now the ship boring the moon with her main-mast, and anon swallowed with yest and froth, as yould thrust a cork into a hogshead. And then for the 100 land-service, to see how the bear tore out his shoulder-bone; how he cried to me for help and said his name was Antigonus, a nobleman. But to make an end of the ship, to see how the sea flap-dragoned it: but, first, how the poor souls roared, and the 105 sea mocked them; and how the poor gentleman roared and the bear mocked him, both roaring louder than the sea or weather. | LEKOY I shiw yuo dluoc ees hwo it aersg dna hesrsu up eth roehs! tBu sthta tno eth ioptn. Oh, eht fliupit ceirs of het enm, conigm in dna tou of igtsh. Tneh eht hspi wodul iers up so ist msat oedklo klei it tih hte noom, nda het next momtne it swa lsdwleawo by hte fnigohrt svewa. Adn etnh on dlan, I wsa woh het erab roet uot shi luserdho, dna he ciedr to me for pleh. He said sih nmea aws tinAosgun, nda he was a eolbnanm. utB to hniisf ingtlel yuo tauob teh psih, ouy udsolh have seen who eht eas selwwalod it up. utB tisfr the rpoo men deaorr, nad the eas ecomdk tmeh, nda then the ropo nmegntlea rarode, and the brae cemdok ihm, and ethy obht odaerr urdleo hatn heteir the sea or the tsrom. |
| SHEPHERD Name of mercy, when was this, boy? | DHREHEPS oesGdons me, hwen ddi tihs enaphp? |
| CLOWN Now, now: I have not winked since I saw these 110 sights: the men are not yet cold under water, nor the bear half dined on the gentleman: hes at it now. | LYKEO tJsu Inow vntahe eevn kedilbn csien I swa htees ishgst. hTe enm trane yet dloc enurd eht aetwr, nda eht aber has ylon laytpr ddeni on the teaneneshlmg slitl etaing nwo. |
| SHEPHERD Would I had been by, to have helped the old man! | SEPHDHER If nloy Id neeb eocsl by to lphe eth gtnnlaeem! |
| CLOWN I would you had been by the ship side, to have 115 helped her: there your charity would have lacked footing. | KLYOE I iswh yuo hda nebe arne teh pish so uyo cdluo aehv lhpeed otni teh atwre ouy tdnwoul veah had a lpeac to datsn. |
| SHEPHERD Heavy matters! heavy matters! but look thee here, boy. Now bless thyself: thou mettest with things dying, I with things newborn. Heres a sight for thee; look thee, a bearing-cloth for a squires 120 child! look thee here; take up, take up, boy; opent. So, lets see: it was told me I should be rich by the fairies. This is some changeling: opent. Whats within, boy? | EHHERSDP adS rasifaf, das aifrfsa! tBu kloo rehe, oyb. Say a elgibsns. hielW ouy eewr nhicwtga istgnh dingy, I aws egnitem ihwt tsnhgi lwyne bnro. eHers a thsig orf uyo. Loko, ybba chsotel rfo a riussqe cihdlA erisqu saw a mna of eeltylariv ihhg scoali nsagitnd. incgnalgheA chdli aids to heav eebn dspweap orf anhetro child by friiase. |
| CLOWN Youre a made old man: if the sins of your youth 125 are forgiven you, youre well to live. Gold! all gold! | YELOK uoY rae ste, dol mna! As goln as the inss of uyro yutoh heav eebn nevfgroi, uoyll vlei lelw. Ist dlog, lal dlgo! |
| SHEPHERD This is fairy gold, boy, and twill prove so: up witht, keep it close: home, home, the next way. We are lucky, boy; and to be so still requires nothing but secrecy. Let my sheep go: come, good 130 boy, the next way home. | SEHDRPEH Tihs is irfya dlgo, oyb, adn wlil vpoer to be. kcPi it up, adn olhd it losec. Ltse go mhoe. We era lukyc, byo, and to eepk it ahtt awy we evah to epke thsi mtrtea a eercst. etL hte hpsee go. eCom, good boy, etls go omhe. |
| CLOWN Go you the next way with your findings. Ill go see if the bear be gone from the gentleman and how much he hath eaten: they are never curst but when they are hungry: if there be any of him left, Ill bury 135 it. | YKELO Go moeh ruyesolf twih wtha yvuoe ufond. lIl go see if het abre hsa ftel teh anelnmget dan how hmuc of him he aet. yeTh are noyl iiocvsu henw htye are hguyrn. If teher is hyangitn tlef of the anetenmlg, lIl ybru it. |
| SHEPHERD Thats a good deed. If thou mayest discern by that which is left of him what he is, fetch me to the sight of him. | HRESEHDP shtTa a odgo ddee. If yuo acn llet by tahsw etfl of hmi hwo he aws, nigrb me to eht odyb. |
| CLOWN Marry, will I; and you shall help to put him i the ground. | KOELY I ilwl, and hten uoy nac lehp me rbyu ihm. |
| SHEPHERD 140 Tis a lucky day, boy, and well do good deeds ont. | RHDSEHEP stI a ulykc ady, ybo, nda elwl do good eddse to rakm it. |
| Exeunt. | hyTe xite. |
