A pair so famous. High events as these
Strike those that make them; and their story is
No less in pity, than his glory, which
Brought them to be lamented. Our army shall,
In solemn show, attend this funeral;
And then to Rome :-come, Dolabella, see
High order in this great solemnity,

[Exeunt.

CYMBELINE.

DRAMATIS PERSONA.

CYMBELINE, King of Britain.

CLOTEN, Son to the QUEEN by a former Husband.

LEONATUS POSTHUMUS, Husband to IMOGEN.

BELARIUS, a banished Lord, disguised under the name of MORGAN.

GUIDERIUS, Sons to CYMBELINE, disguised under the name of POLYARVIRAGUS, DORE and CADWAL, supposed Sons to BELARIUS.

PHILARIO, Friend to POSTHUMUS,)
IACHIMO, Friend to PHILARIO,

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Italians.

QUEEN, Wife to CYMBELINE.

IMOGEN, Daughter to CYMBELINE by a former Queen.

HELEN, Woman to IMOGEN.

Lords, Ladies, Roman Senators, Tribunes, Apparitions, a Soothsayer, a Dutch Gentleman, a Spanish Gentleman, Musicians, Officers, Captains, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Attendants.

SCENE,-Sometimes in BRITAIN, sometimes in Italy.

CYMBELINE.

SCENE I.-BRITAIN.

ACT I.

The Garden of CYMBELINE'S Palace.

Enter two Gentlemen.

1 Gent. You do not meet a man but frowns: our bloods No more obey the heavens, than our courtiers

Still seem as does the king.

2 Gent.

But what's the matter?

1 Gent. His daughter, and the heir of's kingdom, whoni

He purpos'd to his wife's sole son, (a widow

That late he married,) hath referr'd herself

Unto a poor but worthy gentleman: she's wedded;
Her husband banish'd; she imprison'd: all

Is outward sorrow; though, I think, the king

Be touch'd at very heart.

2 Gent.

None but the king?

I Gent. He that hath lost her, too: so is the queen, That most desir'd the match: but not a courtier,

Although they wear their faces to the bent

Of the king's looks, hath a heart that is not

Glad at the thing they scowl at.

2 Gent.

And why so?

I Gent. He that hath miss'd the princess is a thing
Too bad for bad report: and he that hath her,

(I mean, that married her,-alack, good man!-
And therefore banish'd,) is a creature such
As, to seek through the regions of the earth
For one his like, there would be something failing