LEONATUS POSTHUMUS, husband to Imogen. Appears, Act I. sc. 2; sc. 5. Act II. sc. 4; sc. 5. sc. 2; sc. 3; sc. 4; sc. 5.

Act V. sc. 1;

BELARIUS, a banished lord, disguised under the name

of Morgan.

Appears, Act III. sc. 3; sc. 6.

Act IV. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act V. sc. 2; sc. 5.

GUIDERIUS, son to Cymbeline, disguised under the name of Polydore, supposed son to Belarius. Appears, Act III. sc. 3; sc. 6. Act IV. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act V. sc. 2; sc. 5.

ARVIRAGUS, Son to Cymbeline, disguised under the name of Cadwal, supposed son to Belarius.

Appears, Act III. sc. 3; sc. 6.

Act IV. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act V.

sc. 2; sc. 5.

PHILARIO, a Roman, friend to Posthumus.
Appears, Act I. sc. 5. Act II. sc. 4.

IACHIMO, a Roman, friend to Posthumus. Appears, Act I. sc. 5; sc. 7. Act II. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act V. sc. 2; sc. 5.

A French Gentleman, friend to Philario.
Appears, Act I. sc. 5.

CAIUS LUCIUS, general of the Roman forces.

Appears, Act III. sc. 1; sc. 5. Act IV. sc. 2. Act V. sc. 2;

sc. 5.

A Roman Captain.

Appears, Act IV. sc. 2.

Two British Captains.

Appear, Act V. sc. 3.

PISANIO, gentleman to Posthumus.

Appears, Act I. sc. 2; sc. 4; sc. 6; sc. 7. Act II. sc. 3. Act III. sc. 2; sc. 4; sc. 5. Act IV. sc. 3. Act V. sc. 5.

CORNELIUS, a physician.

Appears, Act I. sc. 6. Act V. sc. 5. Two Gentlemen of Cymbeline's Court. "Appear, Act I. sc. 1.

Two Gaolers.

Appear, Act V. sc. 4.

QUEEN, wife to Cymbeline.

Appears, Act I. sc. 2; sc. 6. Act II. sc. 3. Act III. sc. 1; sc. 5.

IMOGEN, daughter to Cymbeline, by a former Queen.
Appears, Act I. sc. 2; sc. 4; sc. 7. Act II. sc. 2; sc. 3.
Act III. sc. 2; sc. 4; sc. 6. Act IV. sc. 2. Act V. sc. 5.
HELEN, woman to Imogen.
Appears, Act II. sc. 2.

Lords, Ladies, Roman Senators, Tribunes, Apparitions, a Soothsayer, Musicians, Officers, Captains, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Attendants.

SCENE, SOMETIMES IN BRITAIN; SOMETIMES IN ROME.

1 Gent. You do not meet a man but frowns: our

bloods

No more obey the heavens, than our courtiers

Still seem as does the king."

2 Gent.

But what 's the matter?

1 Gent. His daughter, and the heir of his kingdom,

whom

He purpos'd to his wife's sole son, (a widow,

That late he married,) hath referr'd herself
Unto a poor but worthy gentleman: She 's wedded;
Her husband banish'd; she imprison'd: all

Is outward sorrow; though, I think, the king
Be touch'd at very heart.

2 Gent.

None but the king?

1 Gent. He that hath lost her, too: so is the queen, That most desir'd the match: But not a courtier, Although they wear their faces to the bent

Of the king's looks, hath a heart that is not
Glad at the thing they scowl at.

a Blood is used by Shakspere for natural disposition. The meaning of the passage then is-You do not meet a man but frowns: our bloods do not more obey the heavens than our courtiers still seem as the king seems.

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2 Gent.

And why so?

1 Gent. He that hath miss'd the princess is a thing Too bad for bad report: and he that hath her, (I mean, that married her,―alack, good man!And therefore banish'd,) is a creature such As to seek through the regions of the earth For one his like, there would be something failing In him that should compare. I do not think So fair an outward, and such stuff within, Endows a man but he.

2 Gent.

You speak him far. "

1 Gent. I do extend him, sir, within himself; Crush him together, rather than unfold

His measure duly.

2 Gent.

What's his name, and birth?

1 Gent. I cannot delve him to the root: His father
Was call'd Sicilius, who did join his honour,
Against the Romans, with Cassibelan;
But had his titles by Tenantius, whom
He serv'd with glory and admir'd success:
So gain'd the sur-addition, Leonatus:
And had, besides this gentleman in question,
Two other sons, who, in the wars o' the time,

Died with their swords in hand; for which, their father
(Then old and fond of issue) took such sorrow
That he quit being; and his gentle lady,
Big of this gentleman, our theme, deceas'd
As he was born. The king, he takes the babe
To his protection; calls him Posthumus Leonatus ;
Breeds him, and makes him of his bed-chamber :
Puts to him all the learnings that his time
Could make him the receiver of; which he took,

a You carry your praise far.

b The Gentleman says-I do extend him-appreciate his good qualities-but only within the real limits of what they are: instead of unfolding his measure duly, I crush him togethercompress his excellence.

As we do air, fast as 't was ministered,

And in 's spring became a harvest: Liv'd in court,
(Which rare it is to do,) most prais'd, most lov'd :
A sample to the youngest; to th' more mature
A glass that feated them; and to the graver,
A child that guided dotards: to his mistress-
For whom he now is banish'd,-her own price
Proclaims how she esteem'd him and his virtue;
By her election may be truly read

What kind of man he is.

Even out of your report. But, 'pray you, tell me,
Is she sole child to the king?

1 Gent.
His only child.
He had two sons, (if this be worth your hearing,
Mark it,) the eldest of them at three years old,
I' the swathing clothes the other, from their nursery
Were stolen; and to this hour no guess in knowledge
Which way they went.

2 Gent.

How long is this ago?

1 Gent. Some twenty years.

2 Gent. That a king's children should be so convey'd! So slackly guarded! And the search so slow,

That could not trace them!

1 Gent.

Howsoe'er 't is strange, Or that the negligence may well be laugh'd at, Yet is it true, sir.

2 Gent.

I do well believe you.

1 Gent. We must forbear: Here comes the gentle

man,

The queen, and princess.

SCENE II.-The same.

[Exeunt.

Enter the QUEEN, POSTHUMUS, and IMOGEN.

Queen. No, be assur'd, you shall not find me, daughter,

After the slander of most step-mothers,