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| Bohemia. The palace of POLIXENES. | Bhmieao. hTe aacelp of SNEIXELOP |
| Enter POLIXENES and CAMILLO | INPXOESEL nad MLOCIAL eetrn. |
| POLIXENES I pray thee, good Camillo, be no more importunate: tis a sickness denying thee any thing; a death to grant this. | IESPNLOXE I gbe oyu, olimalC, tsop ebgin so erstpeitsn. tsI irreblte to ndye yuo nhgnyati, tub it dulwo be tdeha to nagrt shti. |
| CAMILLO It is sixteen years since I saw my country: though 5 I have for the most part been aired abroad, I desire to lay my bones there. Besides, the penitent king, my master, hath sent for me; to whose feeling sorrows I might be some allay, or I oerween to think so, which is another spur to my departure. | LLMCIOA Its bnee neixtse reyas isnec veI esne my ctuoryn. ohuglthA Iev dilev aborad so lgon, I tnaw to be uebdri at hmeo. esdBsie, my rsatem, hte kgin, ersrget hsi asoncit adn hsa etns rof me. ehsarPp I nca ease shi greif, if Im otn too pstrsuuuopem in htinnigk I hmigt, nad atth saemk my ueadrrept lal the orem ntegur. |
| POLIXENES 10 As thou lovest me, Camillo, wipe not out the rest of thy services by leaving me now: the need I have of thee thine own goodness hath made; better not to have had thee than thus to want thee: thou, having made me businesses which none without thee can 15 sufficiently manage, must either stay to execute them thyself or take away with thee the very services thou hast done; which if I have not enough considered, as too much I cannot, to be more thankful to thee shall be my study, and my profit 20 therein the heaping friendships. Of that fatal country, Sicilia, prithee speak no more; whose very naming punishes me with the remembrance of that penitent, as thou callest him, and reconciled king, my brother; whose loss of his most precious queen 25 and children are even now to be afresh lamented. Say to me, when sawest thou the Prince Florizel, my son? Kings are no less unhappy, their issue not being gracious, than they are in losing them when they have approved their virtues. | PIELESXNO If oyu olve me, lmCoila, nodt ouencrne eth ters of oryu cesrevi to me by nlivaeg me won. sIt oyru nwo eclexnelec ttah kamse me nede ouy so hcmu. It wodul aveh nebe ttreeb nto to ehav nnowk uoy at lal athn to msis oyu. ceniS yoevu medanag tatsmer here in a way htat no eon acn do thwtuoi yuo, uyo msut hretei asyt adn ees tmhe ghhuotr or keta meth hitw oyu. If I ehntav ebne hlkuftan gehoanndu I ncat be oto tnfhlkluIal pypal fmysle to it neve eomr dan ifdn my pifort in rouy treag edsrhiinpf. eaelPs ndto speak of htat ydaedl tnroucy, iSclaii, aornmye. stI ryve mnae hutrs by nigkam me breeremm thta sraefeusrlom you alcl amdihn idnrocceel gkni, hoews osls of his ucespoir neeuq and edrnclhi douhls be reudnom aewn enev onw. Tlle me, nweh idd you stla ees my nos, Pcerni rFloiezl? ngKsi aer sjtu as uyaphpn wneh rhtie hlnrcdie are ton tusurivo as nhwe eyht oesl htem rftae teehyv rvpode eihrt iursvet. |
| CAMILLO 30 Sir, it is three days since I saw the prince. What his happier affairs may be, are to me unknown: but I have missingly noted, he is of late much retired from court and is less frequent to his princely exercises than formerly he hath appeared. | LMCLIOA riS, it has eben herte dasy einsc I was eht reipnc. I odnt nowk awth shseippan he timgh aveh, tbu I have etdicno htat aetyll seh emro onfte nbaets ofmr hte utorc nad cetelgulfn of shi reypilcn tiduse hant in the atps. |
| POLIXENES 35 I have considered so much, Camillo, and with some care; so far that I have eyes under my service which look upon his removedness; from whom I have this intelligence, that he is seldom from the house of a most homely shepherd; a man, they say, that from 40 very nothing, and beyond the imagination of his neighbours, is grown into an unspeakable estate. | EOXSNLIPE I vhae gthhtuo aotub shit, nad with omes rnnceoc, allmCio, so mhuc so taht veI had oesm of my vsaertsn ekep an yee on imh hwlie esh eneb baetns. mrFo meth veI endrale atht he is fnote at hte hoem of a limeps hpdsrhee, a man, they say, who ahs gone morf hngtino to gznmiaa rhcise, rageetr tnha yan of shi rignosehb ulcdo heav gnimeiad. |
| CAMILLO I have heard, sir, of such a man, who hath a daughter of most rare note: the report of her is extended more than can be thought to begin from such a cottage. | CMLLOIA Ive aedrh of shcu a nma, isr, hwo has a otms xpaeitlncoe teuadghr. ahtW eeplpo asy of erh is oynebd atwh oen udwlo cxepet to evha meco frmo chsu a etctoag. |
| POLIXENES 45 Thats likewise part of my intelligence; but, I fear, the angle that plucks our son thither. Thou shalt accompany us to the place; where we will, not appearing what we are, have some question with the shepherd; from whose simplicity I think it not 50 uneasy to get the cause of my sons resort thither. Prithee, be my present partner in this business, and lay aside the thoughts of Sicilia. | PLISEXNEO eIv drhea het amse thngi, dan I frae htta hses awht ktsae my sno reeth. uYo slhla go whit me to taht laecp, nad in uesdsigi llew oisunetq teh deephshr, swheo ipmlse enartu I nithk iwll make it ysae to dnfi uot ywh my son stviis heter. sPeael, be my apnrert in tsih tmarte and roegtf uoabt iaiiScl. |
| CAMILLO I willingly obey your command. | MLLICAO I lwnigyill eboy uyor docnamm. |
| POLIXENES My best Camillo! We must disguise ourselves. | NSEXPELIO lWfordnue iaCmoll! We mtus guidisse slvorusee. |
| Exeunt | eyTh exti. |
