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| Enter Pericles, Atharsus, with Cleon and Dionisa. | Enter Pericles at Tarsus with Cleon and Dionyza, | | Per III.iii.1.1 | |
| and Lychorida with the baby in her arms | | Per III.iii.1.2 | |
| Per. | PERICLES | | | |
| Most honor'd Cleon, I must needs be gone, | Most honoured Cleon, I must needs be gone. | | Per III.iii.1 | |
| my twelue months are expir'd, and Tyrus standes | My twelve months are expired, and Tyrus stands | | Per III.iii.2 | |
| in a litigious peace: / You and your Lady | In a litigious peace. You and your lady | litigious (adj.) quarrelsome, contentious, marred by disputes | Per III.iii.3 | |
| take from my heart all thankfulnesse, / The Gods | Take from my heart all thankfulness. The gods | | Per III.iii.4 | |
| make vp the rest vpon you. | Make up the rest upon you! | | Per III.iii.5.1 | |
| Cle. | CLEON | | | |
| Your shakes of fortune, | Your shakes of fortune, | shake (n.)shaking, shock, blow | Per III.iii.5.2 | |
| though they hant you mortally / Yet glaunce | Though they haunt you mortally, yet glance | mortally (adv.)grievously, bitterly, intensely | Per III.iii.6 | |
| | haunt (v.)pursue, afflict, beset | | |
| | glance (v.)touch, have an impact | | |
| full wondringly on vs. | Full wonderingly on us. | wonderingly (adv.)with wonder, with amazement | Per III.iii.7.1 | |
| Di. | DIONYZA | | | |
| O your sweet Queene! | O, your sweet queen! | | Per III.iii.7.2 | |
| that the strict fates had pleas'd, you had brought her hither | That the strict fates had pleased you had brought her hither, | strict (adj.)harsh, cruel, unrelenting | Per III.iii.8 | |
| to haue blest mine eies with her. | To have blessed mine eyes with her. | | Per III.iii.9.1 | |
| Per. | PERICLES | | | |
| We cannot but obey | We cannot but obey | | Per III.iii.9.2 | |
| the powers aboue vs; / Could I rage and rore | The powers above us. Could I rage and roar | power (n.)(usually plural) god, deity, divinity | Per III.iii.10 | |
| as doth the sea she lies in, / Yet the end | As doth the sea she lies in, yet the end | | Per III.iii.11 | |
| must be as tis: my gentle babe Marina, | Must be as 'tis. My gentle babe Marina, | gentle (adj.)soft, tender, kind | Per III.iii.12 | |
| Whom, for she was borne at sea, I haue named so, | Whom, for she was born at sea, I have named so, | | Per III.iii.13 | |
| Here I charge your charitie withall; leauing her | Here I charge your charity withal, leaving her | | Per III.iii.14 | |
| The infant of your care, beseeching you | The infant of your care, beseeching you | | Per III.iii.15 | |
| to giue her / Princely training, that she may | To give her princely training, that she may | | Per III.iii.16 | |
| be manere'd as she is borne. | Be mannered as she is born. | | Per III.iii.17.1 | |
| Cle. | CLEON | | | |
| Feare not (my Lord) but thinke | Fear not, my lord, but think | | Per III.iii.17.2 | |
| your Grace, / That fed my Countrie with your Corne; | Your grace, that fed my country with your corn, | | Per III.iii.18 | |
| for which, / The peoples prayers still fall vpon you, | For which the people's prayers still fall upon you, | still (adv.)ever, now [as before] | Per III.iii.19 | |
| must in your child / Be thought on, if neglection | Must in your child be thought on. If neglection | neglection (n.)negligence, neglect, disregard | Per III.iii.20 | |
| should therein make me vile, / The common body | Should therein make me vile, the common body, | body (n.)corporate body, collective mass [of people] | Per III.iii.21 | |
| by you relieu'd, / Would force me to my duety: | By you relieved would force me to my duty. | | Per III.iii.22 | |
| but if to that, / My nature neede a spurre, | But if to that my nature need a spur, | | Per III.iii.23 | |
| the Gods reuenge it / Vpon me and mine, | The gods revenge it upon me and mine | | Per III.iii.24 | |
| to the end of generation. | To the end of generation. | generation (n.)posterity, procreation, humankind | Per III.iii.25.1 | |
| Per. | PERICLES | | | |
| I beleeue you, | I believe you. | | Per III.iii.25.2 | |
| your honour and your goodnes, / Teach me too't | Your honour and your goodness teach me to't | | Per III.iii.26 | |
| without your vowes, till she be maried, / Madame, | Without your vows. Till she be married, madam, | | Per III.iii.27 | |
| by bright Diana, whom we honour, / All | By bright Diana, whom we honour, all | Diana, Dian (n.)Roman goddess associated with the Moon, chastity, and hunting | Per III.iii.28 | |
| vnsisterd shall this heyre of mine remayne, | Unscissored shall this hair of mine remain, | | Per III.iii.29 | |
| Though I shew will in't; so I take my leaue: | Though I show will in't. So I take my leave. | will (n.)desire, wish, liking, inclination | Per III.iii.30 | |
| | will (n.)wilfulness, self-will, determination | | |
| Good Madame, make me blessed in your care | Good madam, make me blessed in your care | | Per III.iii.31 | |
| In bringing vp my Child. | In bringing up my child. | | Per III.iii.32.1 | |
| Dion. | DIONYZA | | | |
| I haue one my selfe, | I have one myself, | | Per III.iii.32.2 | |
| who shall not be more deere to my respect | Who shall not be more dear to my respect | respect (n.)regard, admiration, favour, opinion | Per III.iii.33 | |
| then yours, my Lord. | Than yours, my lord. | | Per III.iii.34.1 | |
| Peri. | PERICLES | | | |
| Madam, my thanks and prayers. | Madam, my thanks and prayers. | | Per III.iii.34.2 | |
| Cler. | CLEON | | | |
| Weel bring your Grace ene to the edge ath shore, | We'll bring your grace e'en to the edge o'th' shore, | | Per III.iii.35 | |
| then giue you vp to the mask'd Neptune, and | Then give you up to the masked Neptune, and | NeptuneRoman water-god, chiefly associated with the sea and sea-weather | Per III.iii.36 | |
| the gentlest winds of heauen. | The gentlest winds of heaven. | gentle (adj.)peaceful, calm, free from violence | Per III.iii.37.1 | |
| Peri. | PERICLES | | | |
| I will imbrace | I will embrace | | Per III.iii.37.2 | |
| your offer, come deerest Madame, O no teares | Your offer. Come, dearest madam. O, no tears, | | Per III.iii.38 | |
| Licherida, no teares, | Lychorida, no tears. | | Per III.iii.39 | |
| looke to your litle Mistris, on whose grace | Look to your little mistress, on whose grace | | Per III.iii.40 | |
| you may depend hereafter: come my Lord. | You may depend hereafter. Come, my lord. | | Per III.iii.41 | |
| Exeunt | | Per III.iii.41 | |