1614Pol. I pray thee (good Camillo) be no more importu-

1615nate: 'tis a sicknesse denying thee any thing: a death to

1616grant this.

1617Cam. It is fifteene yeeres since I saw my Countrey:

1618though I haue (for the most part) bin ayred abroad, I de-

1619sire to lay my bones there. Besides, the penitent King

1620(my Master) hath sent for me, to whose feeling sorrowes

1621I might be some allay, or I oreweene to thinke so) which

1622is another spurre to my departure.

1623Pol. As thou lou'st me (Camillo) wipe not out the rest

1624of thy seruices, by leauing me now: the neede I haue of

1625thee, thine owne goodnesse hath made: better not to

1626haue had thee, then thus to want thee, thou hauing made

1627me Businesses, (which none (without thee) can suffici-

1628ently manage) must either stay to execute them thy selfe,

1629or take away with thee the very seruices thou hast done:

1630which if I haue not enough considered (as too much I

1631cannot) to bee more thankefull to thee, shall bee my stu-

1632die, and my profite therein, the heaping friendshippes.

1633Of that fatall Countrey Sicillia, prethee speake no more,

1634whose very naming, punnishes me with the remembrance

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1635of that penitent (as thou calst him) and reconciled King

1636my brother, whose losse of his most precious Queene &

1637Children, are euen now to be a-fresh lamented. Say to

1638me, when saw'st thou the Prince Florizell my son? Kings

1639are no lesse vnhappy, their issue, not being gracious, then

1640they are in loosing them, when they haue approued their

1641Vertues.

1642Cam. Sir, it is three dayes since I saw the Prince: what

1643his happier affayres may be, are to me vnknowne: but I

1644haue (missingly) noted, he is of late much retyred from

1645Court, and is lesse frequent to his Princely exercises then

1646formerly he hath appeared.

1647Pol. I haue considered so much (Camillo) and with

1648some care, so farre, that I haue eyes vnder my seruice,

1649which looke vpon his remouednesse: from whom I haue

1650this Intelligence, that he is seldome from the house of a

1651most homely shepheard: a man (they say) that from very

1652nothing, and beyond the imagination of his neighbors,

1653is growne into an vnspeakable estate.

1654Cam. I haue heard (sir) of such a man, who hath a

1655daughter of most rare note: the report of her is extended

1656more, then can be thought to begin from such a cottage

1657Pol. That's likewise part of my Intelligence: but (I

1658feare) the Angle that pluckes our sonne thither. Thou

1659shalt accompany vs to the place, where we will (not ap-

1660pearing what we are) haue some question with the shep-

1661heard; from whose simplicity, I thinke it not vneasie to

1662get the cause of my sonnes resort thether. 'Prethe be my

1663present partner in this busines, and lay aside the thoughts

1664of Sicillia.

1665Cam. I willingly obey your command.

1666Pol. My best Camillo, we must disguise our selues. Exit