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| Enter Gower | | Per IV.iv.1.1 | |
| Gower. | GOWER | | | |
| Thus time we waste, & long leagues make short, | Thus time we waste, and long leagues make short, | waste (v.) pass, spend, while away | Per IV.iv.1 | |
| Saile seas in Cockles, haue and wish but fort, | Sail seas in cockles, have and wish but for't, | cockle (n.)cockle shell, mussel-shell | Per IV.iv.2 | |
| Making to take our imagination, | Making to take your imagination | take (v.)captivate, delight, enrapture | Per IV.iv.3 | |
| From bourne to bourne, region to region, | From bourn to bourn, region to region. | bourn (n.)frontier, destination, boundary | Per IV.iv.4 | |
| By you being pardoned we commit no crime, | By you being pardoned, we commit no crime | | Per IV.iv.5 | |
| To vse one language, in each seuerall clime, | To use one language in each several clime | several (adj.)separate, different, distinct | Per IV.iv.6 | |
| | clime (n.)land, region, realm | | |
| Where our sceanes seemes to liue, / I doe beseech you | Where our scene seems to live. I do beseech you | seem (v.)have the look [of], give the appearance [of] | Per IV.iv.7 | |
| | scene (n.)play, drama, performance | | |
| To learne of me who stand with gappes / To teach you. | To learn of me, who stand i'th' gaps to teach you | | Per IV.iv.8 | |
| The stages of our storie Pericles | The stages of our story. Pericles | | Per IV.iv.9 | |
| Is now againe thwarting thy wayward seas, | Is now again thwarting the wayward seas, | thwart (v.)cross, traverse, go over | Per IV.iv.10 | |
| | wayward (adj.)hostile, contrary, antagonistic | | |
| Attended on by many a Lord and Knight, | Attended on by many a lord and knight. | attend (v.)serve, follow, wait [on/upon] | Per IV.iv.11 | |
| To see his daughter all his liues delight. | To see his daughter, all his life's delight. | | Per IV.iv.12 | |
| Old Helicanus goes along behind, | Old Helicanus goes along. Behind | | Per IV.iv.13 | |
| Is left to gouerne it, you beare in mind. | Is left to govern it, you bear in mind, | | Per IV.iv.14 | |
| Old Escenes, whom Hellicanus late | Old Escanes, whom Helicanus late | late (adv.)recently, a little while ago / before | Per IV.iv.15 | |
| Aduancde in time to great and hie estate. | Advanced in time to great and high estate. | estate (n.)high rank, standing, status | Per IV.iv.16 | |
| Well sayling ships, and bounteous winds / Haue brought | Well-sailing ships and bounteous winds have brought | | Per IV.iv.17 | |
| This king to Tharsus, thinke this Pilat thought | This king to Tarsus – think his pilot thought; | | Per IV.iv.18 | |
| So with his sterage, shall your thoughts grone | So with his steerage shall your thoughts grow on – | | Per IV.iv.19 | |
| To fetch his daughter home, who first is gone | To fetch his daughter home, who first is gone. | first (adv.)already, before, previously | Per IV.iv.20 | |
| Like moats and shadowes, see them / Moue a while, | Like motes and shadows see them move awhile; | mote (n.)speck of dust, tiny particle, trifle | Per IV.iv.21 | |
| Your eares vnto your eyes Ile reconcile. | Your ears unto your eyes I'll reconcile. | | Per IV.iv.22 | |
| Dumb-show: | | Per IV.iv.23.1 | |
| Enter Pericles at one doore, with all his trayne, Cleon and | Enter Pericles at one door with all his train, Cleon and | | Per IV.iv.23.1 | |
| Dioniza at the other. Cleon shewes Pericles the tombe, | Dionyza at the other. Cleon shows Pericles the tomb, | | Per IV.iv.23.2 | |
| whereat Pericles makes lamentation, puts on sacke-cloth, | whereat Pericles makes lamentation, puts on sackcloth, | | Per IV.iv.23.3 | |
| and in a mighty passion departs. | and in a mighty passion departs. The rest go out | passion (n.)suffering, torment, deep grief | Per IV.iv.23.4 | |
| See how beleefe may suffer by fowle showe, | See how belief may suffer by foul show! | suffer (v.)be wronged, be abused | Per IV.iv.23 | |
| | suffer (v.)perish, be destroyed, collapse | | |
| | show (n.)pretence, fabrication, deception | | |
| | foul (adj.)false, hypocritical, shameful | | |
| This borrowed passion stands for true olde woe: | This borrowed passion stands for true old woe, | borrowed (adj.)assumed, pretended, feigned | Per IV.iv.24 | |
| And Pericles in sorrowe all deuour'd, | And Pericles, in sorrow all devoured, | | Per IV.iv.25 | |
| With sighes shot through, and biggest teares ore-showr'd. | With sighs shot through, and biggest tears o'ershowered, | | Per IV.iv.26 | |
| Leaues Tharsus, and againe imbarques, hee sweares | Leaves Tarsus and again embarks. He swears | | Per IV.iv.27 | |
| Neuer to wash his face, nor cut his hayres: | Never to wash his face, nor cut his hairs. | | Per IV.iv.28 | |
| Hee put on sack-cloth, and to Sea he beares, | He puts on sackcloth, and to sea. He bears | | Per IV.iv.29 | |
| A Tempest which his mortall vessell teares. | A tempest which his mortal vessel tears, | mortal (adj.)human, subject to death, characterized by mortality | Per IV.iv.30 | |
| And yet hee rydes it out, Nowe please you wit: | And yet he rides it out. Now please you wit | wit (v.)know, be aware, realize | Per IV.iv.31 | |
| The Epitaph is for Marina writ, | The epitaph is for Marina writ | | Per IV.iv.32 | |
| by wicked Dioniza. | By wicked Dionyza. | | Per IV.iv.33 | |
| The fairest, sweetest and best lyes heere, | The fairest, sweetest, and best lies here, | | Per IV.iv.34 | |
| Who withered in her spring of yeare: | Who withered in her spring of year. | | Per IV.iv.35 | |
| She was of Tyrus the Kings daughter, | She was of Tyrus the King's daughter | | Per IV.iv.36 | |
| On whom fowle death hath made this slaughter. | On whom foul death hath made this slaughter. | | Per IV.iv.37 | |
| Marina was shee call'd, and at her byrth, | Marina was she called, and at her birth, | | Per IV.iv.38 | |
| Thetis being prowd, swallowed some part ath'earth: | Thetis being proud swallowed some part o'th' earth. | Thetis (n.)[pron: 'theetis] sea-nymph married to Peleus, destined to bear a son (Achilles) greater than his father | Per IV.iv.39 | |
| Therefore the earth fearing to be ore-flowed, | Therefore the earth, fearing to be o'erflowed, | | Per IV.iv.40 | |
| Hath Thetis byrth-childe on the heauens bestowed. | Hath Thetis' birth-child on the heavens bestowed. | birth-child (n.)native, local inhabitant | Per IV.iv.41 | |
| Wherefore she does and sweares sheele neuer stint, | Wherefore she does, and swears she'll never stint, | stint (v.)cease, stop short | Per IV.iv.42 | |
| Make raging Battery vpon shores of flint. | Make raging battery upon shores of flint. | | Per IV.iv.43 | |
| No vizor does become blacke villanie, | No visor does become black villainy | visor (n.)mask | Per IV.iv.44 | |
| | become (v.)be fitting, befit, be appropriate to | | |
| So well as soft and tender flatterie: | So well as soft and tender flattery. | | Per IV.iv.45 | |
| Let Pericles beleeue his daughter's dead, | Let Pericles believe his daughter's dead, | | Per IV.iv.46 | |
| And beare his courses to be ordered; | And bear his courses to be ordered | course (n.)course of action, way of proceeding | Per IV.iv.47 | |
| By Lady Fortune, while our Steare must play, | By Lady Fortune, while our scene must play | scene (n.)play, drama, performance | Per IV.iv.48 | |
| | Fortune (n.)Roman goddess, shown as a woman at a spinning-wheel, or controlling a rudder, and as blind | | |
| His daughters woe and heauie welladay. | His daughter's woe and heavy well-a-day | heavy (adj.)sorrowful, sad, gloomy | Per IV.iv.49 | |
| | well-a-day (n.)lamentation, grief, sorrowing | | |
| In her vnholie seruice: Patience then, | In her unholy service. Patience then, | | Per IV.iv.50 | |
| And thinke you now are all in Mittelin. | And think you now are all in Mytilene. | | Per IV.iv.51 | |
| Exit. | Exit | | Per IV.iv.51 | |