That for our gold we may provision have, But weary for the staleness. O, sir, a courtesy, Lys. The lady that I sent for. Welcome, fair one! Is't not a goodly presence? Hel. A gallant lady. Lys. She's such, that were I well assur'd she came Of gentle kind, and noble stock, I'd wish No better choice, and think me rarely wed. Fair one, all goodness that consists in bounty Expect even here, where is a kingly patient: If that thy prosperous-artificial feat Can draw him but to answer thee in aught, Thy sacred physick shall receive such pay As thy desires can wish. Mar. Sir, I will use My utmost skill in his recovery, Provided none but I and my companion Be suffer'd to come near him. Lys. Come, let us leave her, And the gods make her prosperous! [MARINA Sings. Lys. Mark'd he your musick? See, she will speak to him, Mar. No, nor look'd on us. Lys. Mar. Hail, sir! my lord, lend ear : My lord, that ne'er before invited eyes, But have been gaz'd on, comet-like she speaks Who stood equivalent with mighty kings: But there is something glows upon my cheek, You would not do me violence. Per I do think so. I pray you, turn your eyes again upon me.— Mar. No, nor of any shores: Yet I was mortally brought forth, and am No other than I appear. Per. I am great with woe, and shall deliver weeping. My dearest wife was like this maid, and such a one My daughter might have been: my queen's square brows; Her stature to an inch; as wand-like straight; And cas'd as richly: in pace another Juno; Who starves the ears she feeds, and makes them hungry, The more she gives them speech.-Where do you live? Mar. Where I am but a stranger: from the deck You may discern the place. Per. Where were you bred? And how achiev'd you these endowments, which Mar. Should I tell my history, "Twould seem like lies disdain'd in the reporting. Per. Pr'ythee speak ; Falseness cannot come from thee, for thou look'st Mar. So indeed I did. Per. Report thy parentage. I think thou said'st Thou hadst been toss'd from wrong to injury, And that thou thought'st thy griefs might equal mine, If both were open'd. 4 Possess. Mar. Some such thing indeed I said, and said no more but what my thoughts Did warrant me was likely. Tell thy story; Per. If thine consider'd prove the thousandth part Of my endurance, thou art a man, and I Have suffer'd like a girl: yet thou dost look Like Patience, gazing on kings' graves, and smiling Extremity out of act. What were thy friends? How lost thou them? Thy name, my most kind vir gin? Recount, I do beseech thee; come, sit by me. Mar. My name, sir, is Marina. Per. O, I am mock'd, And thou by some incensed god sent hither To make the world laugh at me. Mar. Or here I'll cease. Per. Patience, good sir, Nay, I'll be patient; Thou little know'st how thou dost startle me, To call thyself Marina. Mar. The name Marina, Was given me by one that had some power; My father, and a king. Per. And call'd Marina ? Mar. How! a king's daughter! You said you would believe me; But are you flesh and blood? But, not to be a troubler of your peace, I will end here. Per. Have you a working pulse? and are no fairy? Mar. My mother was the daughter of a king; As my good nurse Lychorida hath oft Per. O, stop there a little ! This is the rarest dream that e'er dull sleep My daughter's buried. [Aside.] Well :—where were you bred? I'll hear you more, to the bottom of your story, Mar. You'll scarce believe me; 'twere best I did give o'er. Per. I will believe you by the syllable Of what you shall deliver. Yet, give me leave :- bred? Mar. The king, my father, did in Tharsus leave me; Till cruel Cleon, with his wicked wife, Did seek to murder me: and having woo'd A crew of pirates came and rescued me; 5 i. e. No puppet dress'd up to deceive me. |