Per.
Hail, Dian! to perform thy just command,
I here confess myself the king of Tyre;
Who, frighted from my country, did wed
At Pentapolis the fair Thaisa. ^note
At sea in childbed died she, but brought forth
A maid-child call'd ^note Marina ^note; who ^note, O goddess,
Wears yet thy silver livery. She at Tarsus
Was nursed with Cleon; who ^note at fourteen years
He sought to murder: but her better stars
Brought her to Mytilene; 'gainst ^note whose shore
Riding ^note, her fortunes brought the maid aboard us ^note,
Where, by her own most clear remembrance, she
Made known herself my daughter. ^note

Thai.
Voice and favour!
You are, you are—O royal Pericles! ^note— [Faints. ^note

Per.
What means the nun? ^note she dies! help, gentlemen! ^note

Cer.
Noble sir, ^note
If you have told Diana's altar true,
This is your wife. ^{note note}

Per.
Reverend ^note appearer, no;
I threw her overboard ^note with these very arms. ^note

Cer.
Upon this coast, I warrant you.

Per.
'Tis most certain.

Cer.
Look to the lady. ^note O, she's but overjoy'd ^note.
Early in ^note blustering morn this lady was
Thrown upon ^note this shore. I oped ^note the coffin, ^note
Found there ^note rich jewels; recover'd ^note her, and placed ^note her
Here in Diana's temple. ^note

Per.
May we see them?

Cer.
Great sir, they shall be brought you to my house,
Whither ^note I invite you. Look, Thaisa is
Recovered ^note. ^note

Thai.
O, let me look ^note!
If ^note he be none of mine, my sanctity
Will to my sense bend no licentious ear ^note,
But curb it, spite of seeing. O, my lord,
Are you not Pericles? Like him you spake ^note,

Like him you are: did you not name a tempest,
A birth, and death? ^note

Per.
The voice of dead Thaisa!

Thai.
That Thaisa ^note am I, supposed dead
And drown'd ^note. ^note

Per.
Immortal ^note Dian!

Thai.
Now I know you better.
When we with tears parted Pentapolis,
The king my father gave you ^note such a ring. ^note [Shows a ring. ^note

Per.
This, this: no ^note more, you gods! your present kindness
Makes my past miseries sports ^note: you shall do well,
That on the touching of her lips I may
Melt, and no more be seen. O, come, be buried
A second time within these arms. ^note

Mar.
My heart
Leaps to be gone into my mother's bosom. ^note [Kneels ^note to Thaisa.

Per.
Look, who kneels here! Flesh of thy flesh, Thaisa;
Thy burden at the sea, and call'd Marina
For she was yielded there.

Thai.
Blest, and mine own!

Hel.
Hail, madam, and my queen!

Thai.
I know you not.

Per.
You have heard me say, when I did fly from Tyre,
I left behind an ancient substitute:
Can you remember what I call'd the man? ^note

I have named him oft.

Thai.
'Twas Helicanus then.

Per.
Still confirmation:
Embrace him, dear Thaisa; this is he.
Now do I long to hear how you were found; ^note
How possibly preserved; ^note and who ^note to thank,
Besides the gods, for this great miracle. ^{note note}

Thai.
Lord Cerimon, my lord; this man ^note,
Through whom the gods have shown their power; that ^note can
From first to last resolve you. ^note

Per.
Reverend ^note sir,
The gods can have no mortal officer
More like a god than you. Will you deliver
How this ^note dead queen re-lives? ^note

Cer.
I will, my lord.
Beseech you, first go with me to ^note my house,
Where shall be shown you all was found with her;
How she came placed ^note here in ^note the temple;
No needful thing omitted. ^note

Per.
Pure ^note Dian ^note, bless ^note thee for thy vision! I ^note

Will offer night-oblations ^note to thee. Thaisa, ^note
This prince, the fair-betrothed ^note of your daughter,
Shall marry her ^note at Pentapolis. And now,
This ornament
Makes ^note me look dismal ^note will I ^note clip to form;
And what this fourteen years no razor touch'd ^note,
To grace thy marriage-day, I'll beautify. ^note

Thai.
Lord Cerimon hath letters of good credit, sir, ^note
My ^note father's dead. ^note

Per.
Heavens ^note make a star of him! Yet there ^note, my queen,
We'll celebrate their nuptials, and ourselves
Will in that kingdom spend our following days:
Our son and daughter shall in Tyrus reign. ^note
Lord Cerimon, we do our longing stay
To hear the rest untold: sir, lead's ^note the way. [Exeunt. ^note Enter Gower. ^note

Gow.
In Antiochus ^note and his daughter you have heard
Of monstrous lust the due ^note and just reward:
In ^note Pericles, his queen and daughter, seen,
Although ^note assail'd with fortune ^note fierce and keen,
Virtue preserved ^note from ^note fell destruction's blast,

Led ^note on by heaven and crown'd with joy at last:
In Helicanus may you well descry
A figure of truth, of faith, of loyalty ^note:
In reverend ^note Cerimon there well appears
The worth that learned charity aye wears:
For wicked Cleon and his wife, when fame
Had spread their ^note cursed deed and ^note honour'd name
Of Pericles, to rage the city turn,
That him and his they in his palace burn;
The gods for murder seemed ^note so content ^note
To punish ^note, although not done, but meant.
So, on your patience evermore attending,
New joy wait on you! Here our play has ^note ending. [Exit. ^note

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