1137The truth of this appeare: Prepare you Lords,

1138Summon a Session, that we may arraigne

1139Our most disloyall Lady: for as she hath

1140Been publikely accus'd, so shall she haue

1141A iust and open Triall. While she liues,

1142My heart will be a burthen to me. Leaue me,

1143And thinke vpon my bidding. Exeunt.

1146Cleo. The Clymat's delicate, the Ayre most sweet,

1147Fertile the Isle, the Temple much surpassing

1148The common prayse it beares.

1149Dion. I shall report,

1150For most it caught me, the Celestiall Habits,

1151(Me thinkes I so should terme them) and the reuerence

1152Of the graue Wearers. O, the Sacrifice,

1153How ceremonious, solemne, and vn-earthly

1154It was i'th' Offring?

1155Cleo. But of all, the burst

1156And the eare-deaff'ning Voyce o'th' Oracle,

1157Kin to Ioues Thunder, so surpriz'd my Sence,

1158That I was nothing.

1159Dio. If th' euent o'th' Iourney

1160Proue as successefull to the Queene (O be't so)

1161As it hath beene to vs, rare, pleasant, speedie,

1162The time is worth the vse on't.

1163Cleo. Great Apollo

1164Turne all to th' best: these Proclamations,

1165So forcing faults vpon Hermione,

1166I little like.

1167Dio. The violent carriage of it

1168Will cleare, or end the Businesse, when the Oracle

1169(Thus by Apollo's great Diuine seal'd vp)

1170Shall the Contents discouer: something rare

1171Euen then will rush to knowledge. Goe: fresh Horses,

1172And gracious be the issue. Exeunt.

1176Leo. This Sessions (to our great griefe we pronounce)

1177Euen pushes 'gainst our heart. The partie try'd,

1178The Daughter of a King, our Wife, and one

1179Of vs too much belou'd. Let vs be clear'd

1180Of being tyrannous, since we so openly

1181Proceed in Iustice, which shall haue due course,

1182Euen to the Guilt, or the Purgation:

1183Produce the Prisoner.

1184Officer. It is his Highnesse pleasure, that the Queene

1185Appeare in person, here in Court. Silence.

1186Leo. Reade the Indictment.

1196Her. Since what I am to say, must be but that

1197Which contradicts my Accusation, and

1198The testimonie on my part, no other

1199But what comes from my selfe, it shall scarce boot me

1200To say, Not guiltie: mine Integritie

1201Being counted Falsehood, shall (as I expresse it)

1202Be so receiu'd. But thus, if Powres Diuine

1203Behold our humane Actions (as they doe)

1204I doubt not then, but Innocence shall make

1205False Accusation blush, and Tyrannie

1206Tremble at Patience. You (my Lord) best know

1207(Whom least will seeme to doe so) my past life

1208Hath beene as continent, as chaste, as true,

1209As I am now vnhappy; which is more

1210Then Historie can patterne, though deuis'd,

1211And play'd, to take Spectators. For behold me,

1212A Fellow of the Royall Bed, which owe

1213A Moitie of the Throne: a great Kings Daughter,

1214The Mother to a hopefull Prince, here standing

1215To prate and talke for Life, and Honor, fore

1216Who please to come, and heare. For Life, I prize it

1217As I weigh Griefe (which I would spare:) For Honor,

1218'Tis a deriuatiue from me to mine,

1219And onely that I stand for. I appeale

1220To your owne Conscience (Sir) before Polixenes

1221Came to your Court, how I was in your grace,

1222How merited to be so: Since he came,

1223With what encounter so vncurrant, I

1224Haue strayn'd t' appeare thus; if one iot beyond

1225The bound of Honor, or in act, or will

1226That way enclining, hardned be the hearts

1227Of all that heare me, and my neer'st of Kin

1228Cry fie vpon my Graue.

1229Leo. I ne're heard yet,

1230That any of these bolder Vices wanted

1231Lesse Impudence to gaine-say what they did,

1232Then to performe it first.

1233Her. That's true enough,

1234Though 'tis a saying (Sir) not due to me.

1235Leo. You will not owne it.

1236Her. More then Mistresse of,

1237Which comes to me in name of Fault, I must not

1238At all acknowledge. For Polixenes

1239(With whom I am accus'd) I doe confesse

1240I lou'd him, as in Honor he requir'd:

1241With such a kind of Loue, as might become

1242A Lady like me; with a Loue, euen such,

1243So, and no other, as your selfe commanded:

1244Which, not to haue done, I thinke had been in me

1245Both Disobedience, and Ingratitude

1246To you, and toward your Friend, whose Loue had spoke,

1247Euen since it could speake, from an Infant, freely,

1248That it was yours. Now for Conspiracie,

1249I know not how it tastes, though it be dish'd

1250For me to try how: All I know of it,

1251Is, that Camillo was an honest man;

1252And why he left your Court, the Gods themselues

1253(Wotting no more then I) are ignorant.

1254Leo. You knew of his departure, as you know

1255What you haue vnderta'ne to doe in's absence.