Will take away your life. Therefore, my lord, go travel for a while, Till that his rage and anger be forgot, Or till the Destinies do cut his thread of life. Day serves not light more faithful than I'll be. Per. I do not doubt thy faith; But should he wrong my liberties in my absence? Hel. We'll mingle our bloods together in the earth, From whence we had our being and our birth. Per. Tyre, I now look from thee then, and to Tarsus Intend my travel, where I'll hear from thee, And by whose letters I'll dispose myself. The care I had and have of subjects' good 115 On thee I lay, whose wisdom's strength can bear it. Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both. But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe, 120 [Exeunt. 104-109. Will . . . be] Arranged as by Rowe; prose in Qq, Ff 3, 4. 109. faithful] adverbially. III. liberties] "royal rights, prerogatives" (Schmidt). 115. Intend] bend, direct. Compare Antony and Cleopatra, v. ii. 201 "Cæsar through Syria Intends his journey". In the novel, "he intends for Tyre, puts againe to Sea," etc. 116. dispose myself] make my plans to suit. 121. our orbs] our different spheres. An allusion to the Ptolemaic system, on which see note to v. i. 227 below. 122. convince] confute, disprove. Compare Othello, iv. i. 28; Cymbeline, I. iv. 104. 123. shine] Compare Timon of Athens, III, V. IOI. SCENE III.-The Same. An Antechamber in the Palace. Enter THALIARD. So this is Tyre, and this the court. Here must I kill King Pericles; and if I do it not, I am sure to be hanged at home: 'tis dangerous. Well, I perceive he was a wise fellow, and had good discretion, that, being bid to ask what he 5 would of the king, desired he might know none of his secrets: now do I see he had some reason for 't; for if a king bid a man be a villain, he's bound by the indenture of his oath to be one. Hush here come the lords of Tyre. Enter HELICANUS, ESCANES, and other Lords. You shall not need, my fellow peers of Tyre, Further to question me of your king's departure: His seal'd commission, left in trust with me, Doth speak sufficiently he's gone to travel. 5. You... death] Verse first by Rowe; prose in Qq, Ff 3, 4. ΙΟ agreements made out in duplicate, of which each party kept one. Both were written on the same sheet, which was cut in two in a crooked or indented line (whence the name), in order that the fitting of the two parts might prove the genuineness of both in the case of dispute" (The Clarendon Press Editors on Hamlet, v. i. 119). Compare Beaumont and Fletcher, The Knight of the Burning Pestle, IV. ii. 18, 19: "prentice to a grocer in the Strand, By deed indent of which I have one part". This part was called the " counterpane", Thal. [Aside.] How! the king gone! Hel. If further yet you will be satisfied, Why, as it were unlicens'd of your loves, 15 He would depart, I'll give some light unto you. Thal. [Aside.] What from Antioch? Hel. Royal Antiochus, on what cause I know not, 20 Took some displeasure at him, at least he judg'd so; And doubting lest that he had err'd or sinn'd, To show his sorrow he'd correct himself; So puts himself unto the shipman's toil, With whom each minute threatens life or death. 25 Thal. [Aside.] Well, I perceive I shall not be hang'd now, although I would; 17. as it loves] so to speak, without your loving assent being given. 24. So puts himself to all the mariners have to toil] subjects discomfort that undergo. The words can hardly mean that the prince actually played the part of a sailor. 25. threatens . . . death] Though threatens applies to death only, the sense is clear: it is every moment a matter of life or death-of life, if the sailor does his work properly and the elements are not too much for him; of death, if he fails in his duty or the elements baffle his skill. A somewhat similar expression occurs in As You Like It, II. v. 7:— "will you sterner be Than he who dies and lives by bloody drops," where "who dies drops" means that to the executioner his profession is a matter of life and death, i.e. "that by which he lives and failing which he dies" (Ingleby). For "or death," Daniel conjectures "with death". 27. although I would] Malone compares The Winter's Tale, Iv. iv. 862-864: "If I had a mind to be honest, I see Fortune would not suffer me: she drops booties in my mouth". 28, 29. But since . . . seas] Malone first printed lines 26-30 as verse. The reading ears... seas is Dyce's. In the old copies they stand as "the king's seas must please". Percy conjectured "the_king it sure must please (which Steevens adopted); Perring, "the king this news must please For at Steevens conjectured "on"; but at was sometimes used where we should now say "on," as in Othello, Iv. iii. 32: "" to go hang my head all at one side' He 'scap'd the land, to perish at the seas. I'll present myself. Peace to the lords of Tyre! 30 Lord Thaliard from Antiochus is welcome. From him I come With message unto princely Pericles; But since my landing I have understood Your lord has betook himself to unknown travels, 35 Commended to our master, not to us: Yet, ere you shall depart, this we desire, As friends to Antioch, we may feast in Tyre. 40 [Exeunt. NE IV.-Tarsus. A Room in the Governor's House. Enter CLEON, DIONYZA, and Attendants. My Dionyza, shall we rest us here, That were to blow at fire in hope to quench it; 5 38. Commended] it being commended. 40. we may feast] i.e. together. Scene IV. 5. digs hills] endeavours to lessen by digging. Here they're but felt, and seen with mischief's eyes, But like to groves, being topp'd, they higher rise. Cle. O Dionyza, Who wanteth food, and will not say he wants it, IO Till lungs fetch breath that may proclaim them louder ; 15 That if heaven slumber while their creatures want, They may awake their helps to comfort them. ... awake.. 13-17. Our tongues. . . them.] Arranged as by Collier; six lines, ending deepe: weepe proclaime. while Qq, Ff 3, 4. 17. helps] Malone; helpers Qq, Ff 3, 4. them. in 14. do] Malone (1780); to Qq, Ff 3, 4; too Malone (1790). 8, 9. Here . . . rise] For mischief's Steevens conjectured "mistful"; Singer, "mistie"; Walker, "misery's ; Kinnear, "weakness The sense apparently is, as matters now are, we feel and see our griefs in the light in which misfortune shows them, i.e. merely as they really are, whereas if we seek to lessen them, by a comparison with those of others that we have heard of, we shall but increase them, just as groves when lopped only grow to a greater height. Mischief, in the sense of calamity, misfortune, is frequent in Shakespeare. to 9. topp'd] lopped in order stimulate their growth. Compare Jeronimo (pt. i.) : "I'll top thy head for that ambitious word ". For the general sentiment, compare 1. ii. 11-13, above: "the passions of the mind, That have their first conception by mis-dread, |