in Pericles, Prince of Tyre — Shakespeare, William; Wilkins, George
Metadata
Play
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Author
Shakespeare, William; Wilkins, George
Year (catalogued)
1609
First performance
1608
Decade
1600s
Genre
Romance
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
King's Men
Theater
Globe;Outdoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)
Lysim. | Lys. | L • . | Li. | Ly. | Ly | Li | L • s. | Ly • . | L •• . | Lys
Words
733
Characters
3747
Typicality
0.45 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A12024
BritDrama no.
1555
Cluster
Cluster 1 — Wives, widows & intimate counsel
Important excerpts
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Full speech
How now, how a dozen of virginities? Hail reverent Sir, the Gods preserve you. Sir King all hail, the Gods preserve you, hail royal sir. Oh sir, a courtesy, which if we should deny, the m st joust God for every graft would send a Caterpillar, and so inflict our Province: yet once more let me entreat to know at large the cause of your kings sorrow. Oh hee'rs the Lady that I sent for Welcome fair one, is't not a goodly present? She's such a one, that were I well assure Came of a gentle kind, and noble stock, I do wish No better choice, and think me r rely to wed, Fair on all goodness that continued sists in beauty, Expect even here, where is a kingly patient, If that thy prosperous and artificial fa e, Can draw him but to answer thee in ought, Thy sacred Physic shall receive such pay, As thy desires can wish. Come, let us leave her, and the Gods make her pro sperous. Mark he your Music? See she will speak to him. She never would tell her parentage, Being demanded, that she would fit still and weep. Music my Lord? I hear Sir, lend me your arm. You may, so t'is the better for you that your re sorters stand upon found legs, how now who some ini quitie have you, that a man may deal withal, and defy the Surgeon? For me be you thoughten, that I came with no ill intent, for to me the very doors and windows auor , fare thee well, thou art a piece of virtue, & I doubt not high traini g hath be noble, hold, heeres more gold for thee, a cum see upon him, die he Like a thief that robs thee of thy goodness, if thou dost hear from me it shall be for thy good. Upon what ground I his distemperature? If shee'd do the deeds of darkness thou wouldst say. Well, call forth, call forth. What prithi? That dignities the renown of a Bawd, no less then it gives a good report to a number to be chaste. I beseech you do. Would you done? Now Pretty one, how long have you been at Thy trade? Why, I cannot name but I shall offend. How long have you be of this profession? Did you go too't so young, were you a gamest at five, or at seven? Why, your herbwoman, she that sets seeds and roots of shame and iniquity. Oh you have herd something of my power, and so stand aloft for more serious wooing, but I protest to thee pretty one, my authority shall not see thee, or else look friendly upon thee, come bring me to some private place Come, come. How's this? how's this? some more, be sage. I did not think thou couldst have spoke so well, n re dremp't thou couldst, had I brought hither cor rupted mind, thy speech had altered it, hold, heeres gold for thee, persever in that clear way thou goest and the gods strengthen thee. Avant thou damned doorkeeper, your house but for this virgin that doth prop it, would and over whelm you. Away. You wish me well, being on shore, honouring of Neptune's triumphs, seeing this goodly vessel ride before us, I made to it, to know of whence you are. May we not see him? Why? the house you dwell in proclaims you to be a Creature of sale. I am the Governor of this place you lie before. Faith she would serve after a long voyage at Sea, Well theres for you, leave us. Wh , hath your principal made known unto you who I am? Behold him, this was a goodly person. 'Tis well bethought, she questionless with her sweet harmony, and other chosen attractions, would allure and make a battery through his de end parts, which now are midway stopped, she is all happy as the fairest of all, and her fellow maids, now upon the leavy shelter that abutts a gainst the Islands side. It is not good to cross him, give him way. A Pillow for his head, so leave him all. W ll my companion friends, if this but answer to my belief, I'll well remember you. Sir, with all my heart, and when you come a shore, I have another sleight.
Plot summary
Plot — Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Pericles comes to Antioch to woo the daughter and heir of King Antiochus. Her suitors must solve a riddle about her, or be executed. Pericles realizes that the riddle cryptically reveals that she and her father are an incestuous couple. Seeing that the game is up, Antiochus pretends that Pericles is mistaken, grants him a forty-day reprieve so that he can try again, and makes arrangements to have him poisoned. Pericles flees to Tyre, but the murderer, Thaliard, follows him. On realizing the danger, Pericles leaves his principality in the care of Helicanus; he has already gone by the ===== PAGE 413 ===== 1607 time Thaliard arrives. He goes to Tarsus, which has been stricken by a famine, and supplies corn to Cleon, the Governor. In Tyre, Thaliard’s murderous intentions are discovered, and Pericles is recalled home. In Antioch, the King and his daughter are destroyed by fire from heaven. On his way home, Pericles is shipwrecked on the coast of Pentapolis, where King Simonides is holding a tournament for the hand of his daughter, Thaisa. Some fishermen retrieve Pericles’ armour from the sea, and, though it is rusty, he is able to compete. He is victorious, and Thaisa falls in love with him. Simonides sends away the other knights, telling them that Thaisa has taken a vow to the goddess Diana not to marry for another year. She insists that she will marry Pericles, with or without her father’s consent. Simonides makes a show of disapproval, but in fact her choice accords with his wishes. The lords of Tyre believe that Pericles is dead, and attempt to elect Helicanus as his successor; Helicanus demurs, and asks them to wait another year and institute a search. A message reaches Pericles, and he sets sail for Tyre; Thaisa insists on going with him, even though she is pregnant. The ship is caught in a storm as she is giving birth to a baby girl, and she apparently dies. The superstitious sailors insist that her body cannot remain on board, and Pericles is forced to bury her at sea. He takes his daughter, Marina, to be brought up in Cleon’s court at Tarsus. Thaisa is washed up at Ephesus, and Cerimon brings her back to life. Believing herself lost to Pericles forever, she becomes a votaress of the goddess Diana. Fourteen years later, Cleon’s wife Dionyza becomes jealous that Marina outshines her own daughter, and hires Leonine to murder her. Before he can do it, she is carried away by pirates; even so, he reports that Marina is dead as ordered, and Dionyza poisons…