2256Per. Haile Dian, to performe thy iust commaund,

2257I here confesse my selfe the King of Tyre,

2258Who frighted from my countrey did wed at Pentapolis, the

2259faire Thaisa, at Sea in childbed died she, but brought forth a

2260Mayd child calld Marina whom, O Goddesse wears yet thy

2261siluer liuerey, shee at Tharsus was nurst with Cleon, who at

2262fourteene yeares he sought to murder, but her better stars

2263brought her to Meteline , gainst whose shore ryding , her

2264Fortunes brought the mayde aboord vs, where by her

2265owne most cleere remembrance , shee made knowne her

2266selfe my Daughter.

2267Th. Voyce and fauour, you are, you are, O royall

2268Pericles.

2269Per. What meanes the mum? shee die's, helpe Gen-

2270tlemen.

2271Ceri. Noble Sir, if you haue tolde Dianaes Altar

2272true, this is your wife?

2273Per. Reuerent appearer no, I threwe her ouer-boord

2274with these verie armes.

2275Ce. Vpon this coast, I warrant you.

2276Pe. T'is most certaine.

2277Cer. Looke to the Ladie, O shee's but ouer-joyde,

2278Earlie in blustering morne this Ladie was throwne vpon

2279this shore.

2280 I op't the coffin, found there rich Iewells, recoue-

2281red her, and plac'ste her heere in Dianaes temple.

2282Per. May we see them?

2283Cer. Great Sir, they shalbe brought you to my house,

2284whither I inuite you, looke Thaisa is recouered.

2285Th. O let me looke if hee be none of mine, my san-

2286ctitie will to my sense bende no licentious eare, but curbe

2287it spight of seeing: O my Lord are you not Pericles? like

2288him you spake, like him you are, did you not name a tem-

2289pest, a birth, and death?

2290Per. The voyce of dead Thaisa.

2291Th. That Thaisa am I, supposed dead and drownd.

2292Per. I mortall Dian.

2293Th. Now I knowe you better, when wee with teares

2294parted Pentapolis, the king my father gaue you such a ring.

2295Per. This, this, no more, you gods, your present kinde-

2296nes makes my past miseries sports, you shall doe well that

2297on the touching of her lips I may melt, and no more be

2298seene, O come, be buried a second time within these armes.

2299Me. My heart leaps to be gone into my mothers bo-

2300some.

2301Per. Looke who kneeles here, flesh of thy flesh Thaisa,

2302thy burden at the Sea, and call'd Marina, for she was yeel-

2303ded there.

2304Th. Blest, and mine owne.

2305Hell. Hayle Madame, and my Queene.

2306Th. I knowe you not.

2307Hell. You haue heard mee say when I did flie from

2308Tyre, I left behind an ancient substitute, can you remem-

2309ber what I call'd the man, I haue nam'd him oft.

2310Th. T'was Hellicanus then.

2311Per. Still confirmation, imbrace him deere Thaisa, this

2312is hee, now doe I long to heare how you were found ? how

2313possiblie preserued? and who to thanke (besides the gods)

2314for this great miracle?

2315Th. Lord Cerimon, my Lord, this man through whom

2316the Gods haue showne their power, that can from first to

2317last resolue you.

2318Per. Reuerent Syr, the gods can haue no mortall officer

2319more like a god then you, will you deliuer how this dead

2320Queene reliues?

2321Cer. I will my Lord, beseech you first, goe with mee

2322to my house, where shall be showne you all was found with

2323her. How shee came plac'ste heere in the Temple, no

2324needfull thing omitted.

2325Per. Pure Dian blesse thee for thy vision, and will offer

2326night oblations to thee Thaisa, this Prince, the faire betro-

2327thed of your daughter, shall marrie her at Pentapolis, and

2328now this ornament makes mee looke dismall, will I clip to

2329forme, and what this fourteene yeeres no razer touch't, to

2330grace thy marridge-day, Ile beautifie.

2331Th. Lord Cerimon hath letters of good credit. Sir,

2332my father's dead.

2333Per. Heauens make a Starre of him, yet there my

2334Queene, wee'le celebrate their Nuptialls, and our selues

2335will in that kingdome spend our following daies, our sonne

2336and daughter shall in Tyrus raigne.

2337 Lord Cerimon wee doe our longing stay,

2338To heare the rest vntolde , Sir lead's the way.