Act I, Scene iii
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| | 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 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. | |
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| | HELICANUS.: | |
| | 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. | |
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| | THALIARD.[Aside.] | |
| | How! the king gone! | |
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| | HELICANUS.: | |
| | If further yet you will be satisfied, | |
| | Why, as it were unlicensed of your loves, | |
| | He would depart, I 'II give some light unto you. | |
| | Being at Antioch— | |
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| | THALIARD.[Aside.] | |
| | What from Antioch? | |
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| | HELICANUS.: | |
| | Royal Antiochus—on what cause I know not | |
| | Took some displeasure at him; at least he judged so: | |
| | And doubting lest that he had err'd or sinn'd, | |
| | To show his sorrow, he 'ld correct himself; | |
| | So puts himself unto the shipman's toil, | |
| | With whom each minute threatens life or death. | |
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| | THALIARD.[Aside.] | |
| | Well, I perceive | |
| | I shall not be hang'd now, although I would; | |
| | But since he 's gone, the king's seas must please | |
| | He 'scaped the land, to perish at the sea. | |
| | I 'll present myself. Peace to the lords of Tyre! | |
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| | HELICANUS.: | |
| | Lord Thaliard from Antiochus is welcome. | |
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| | THALIARD.: | |
| | From him I come | |
| | With message unto princely Pericles; | |
| | But since my landing I have understood | |
| | Your lord has betook himself to unknown travels, | |
| | My message must return from whence it came. | |
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| | HELICANUS.: | |
| | We have no reason to desire it, | |
| | Commended to our master, not to us: | |
| | Yet, ere you shall depart, this we desire, | |
| | As friends to Antioch, we may feast in Tyre. | |
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