Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Quarto)

The Play of
 101Scorning aduice; read the conclusion then:
 102Which read and not expounded, tis decreed,
 103As these before thee, thou thy selfe shalt bleed.
 104Daugh. Of all sayd yet, mayst thou prooue prosperous,
 105Of all sayd yet, I wish thee happinesse.
 106Peri. Like a bold Champion I assume the Listes,
 107Nor aske aduise of any other thought,
 108But faythfulnesse and courage.
 
 109The Riddle.
 110
  I am no Viper, yet I feed
  111On mothers flesh which did me breed:
  112I sought a Husband, in which labour,
  113I found that kindnesse in a Father;
  114Hee's Father, Sonne, and Husband milde;
  115I, Mother, Wife; and yet his child:
  116How they may be, and yet in two,
  117As you will liue resolue it you.
 118Sharpe Phisicke is the last: But ô you powers!
 119That giues heauen countlesse eyes to view mens actes,
 120Why cloude they not their sights perpetually,
 121If this be true, which makes me pale to read it?
 122Faire Glasse of light, I lou'd you, and could still,
 123Were not this glorious Casket stor'd with ill:
 124But I must tell you, now my thoughts reuolt,
 125For hee's no man on whom perfections waite,
 126That knowing sinne within, will touch the gate.
 127You are a faire Violl, and your sense, the stringes;
 128Who finger'd to make man his lawfull musicke,
 129Would draw Heauen downe, and all the Gods to harken:
 130But being playd vpon before your time,
 131Hell onely daunceth at so harsh a chime:
 132Good sooth, I care not for you.
 133Ant. Prince Pericles, touch not, vpon thy life;
 134For that's an Article within our Law,
 135As dangerous as the rest: your time's expir'd,
 136Either expound now, or receiue your sentence.
Peri.

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Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Quarto)