A priestly farewell to her: suddenly, woman.

[Exit Lychorida.

Sec. Sail. Sir, we have a chest beneath the hatches, caulked and bitumed ready.

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Per. I thank thee. Mariner, say what coast is this? Sec. Sail. We are near Tarsus.

Per. Thither, gentle mariner,

Alter thy course for Tyre.

When canst thou reach it?

Sec. Sail. By break of day, if the wind cease.

Per. O, make for Tarsus !

There will I visit Cleon, for the babe

Cannot hold out to Tyrus: there I'll leave it
At careful nursing. Go thy ways, good mariner:
I'll bring the body presently.

SCENE II. Ephesus. A room in Cerimon's house.

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80

[Exeunt.

Enter CERIMON, a Servant, and some Persons who have been
shipwrecked.

Cer. Get fire and meat for these poor men : 'T has been a turbulent and stormy night.

Serv. I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne'er endured.

Cer. Your master will be dead ere you return;

There's nothing can be minister'd to nature

That can recover him. [To Philemon]

'pothecary,

And tell me how it works.

6

Give this to the

First Gent.

[Exeunt all but Cerimon.

Enter two Gentlemen.

Good morrow.

10

Sec. Gent. Good morrow to your lordship.

Our lodgings, standing bleak upon the sea
Shook as the earth did quake;

The very principals did seem to rend

And all-to topple pure surprise and fear
Made me to quit the house.

4 'T has] T as Q1Q2Q3. It hath The
rest. It has Steevens.

6 ne'er] ne're F3F4. neare Qq.
9 [To Philemon] Malone (1780). om.
QqF3F4

10 [Exeunt...] Exeunt Philemon, Ser

vant, and those who have been ship-
wrecked. Malone (1790). om. Qq
F,F

Good morrow.] Good morrow, sir.
Steevens.

11, 12 Gentlemen...early?] Divided as
by Steevens. One line in QqF3F4.
13, 14 Sir,...sea] As in Steevens. One

line in QqF3F4.

Gentlemen,

15

14 lodgings] lodging F.
15 as] Q1 Q2 Q3 as if The rest.
16-18 The very...house.] Arranged as
by Malone. Two lines, the first
ending topple, in QqFF.

16 principals] Q1Q2Q3 principles The

rest.

17 all-to topple] al-to topple Singer (ed. 2). all to topple QqF3F4. all totopple Dyce.

18 quit] Steevens. quite QQQ3 leave

The rest.

Sec. Gent. That is the cause we trouble you so early; "Tis not our husbandry.

Cer.

O, you say well.

20

First Gent. But I much marvel that your lordship,

having

Rich tire about you, should at these early hours
Shake off the golden slumber of repose.

'Tis most strange,

Nature should be so conversant with pain,
Being thereto not compell'd.

Cer.

I hold it ever,

Virtue and cunning were endowments greater
Than nobleness and riches: careless heirs
May the two latter darken and expend,
But immortality attends the former,
Making a man a god. 'Tis known, I ever
Have studied physic, through which secret art,
By turning o'er authorities, I have,
Together with my practice, made familiar
To me and to my aid the blest infusions
That dwell in vegetives, in metals, stones;
And I can speak of the disturbances

21-24 But...strange,] Arranged as by Malone. Three lines, ending Lordship,...howers,...strange, in QqF,F. 22 Rich tire] Such towers Steevens conj. tire] QQQ3 attire The rest. Tyre Jackson conj. 'tire Collier (ed. 2). 24 'Tis] It is Malone.

26 compell'd] Malone, compelled Qq F3F4

26-39 I...delight] Arranged as by Ma

lone. Twelve lines, ending cunning, ...riches;... expend;... former,...god: ...physicke:...authorities,...famyliar, ...dwels...of the...cures;...delight, in QqF In F, which...delight, lines

38, 39, is read as two lines, the first
ending content.

26 hold] held Malone.
26, 27 ever,......cunning were] Malone.
euer Vertue and Cunning, Were Q1
Q2Q3. euer virtue and cunning.
Were The rest.

27 endowments] endwomens Q5.

33 authorities] Q1Q2 authoritie or au-
thority The rest.

35 blest] QQQ3 best The rest.
36 dwell] F. dwels Qq. dwells F3-
37, 38 And...nature] One line in Col-
lier, reading can for I can.
37 I can] Malone. can QqF,F,

That nature works, and of her cures; which doth give me A more content in course of true delight

Than to be thirsty after tottering honour,

Or tie my treasure up in silken bags,

To please the fool and death.

40

Sec. Gent. Your honour has through Ephesus pour'd forth

Your charity, and hundreds call themselves

Your creatures, who by you have been restored:

And not your knowledge, your personal pain, but even Your purse, still open, hath built Lord Cerimon

Such strong renown as time shall never .......

First Serv.

Cer.

...

Enter two or three Servants with a chest.

So; lift there.

What's that?

45

50

46 your personal] personal Steevens.
46, 47 but......Cerimon] As in Malone.
One line in QqF3F4-

48 time shall never...] time shall neuer.
Q1Q2Q3. neuer shall decay. Q4Q5 Q6
F3F4 time shall never— Malone.
time shall never raze Dyce. time
shall ne'er decay. Staunton. time
shall never end. Anon. conj.
49 Enter...] Enter two or three with a
Chest. Qq (Chist Q1Q2) F3F4. Enter
two Servants with a Chest. Malone.
49, 51, 62 First Serv.] Dyce. Serv. or
Ser. QqF3F4

50 What's] What is Steevens.
51-53 Sir,......wreck.] Divided as by

Malone. Two lines, the first end-
ing shore, in QqF,F. Three, end-
ing now...chest;......wreck, in Stee-

vens.

Even now did the sea toss up upon our shore
This chest: 'tis of some wreck.

Cer. Set 't down, let's look upon 't.

Whate'er it be,

55

Sec. Gent. 'Tis like a coffin, sir.
Cer.
"Tis wondrous heavy. Wrench it open straight:

If the sea's stomach be o'ercharged with gold,
'Tis a good constraint of fortune it belches upon us.
Sec. Gent. 'Tis so, my lord.

Cer. How close 'tis caulk'd and bitumed! Did the

sea cast it up?

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First Serv. I never saw so huge a billow, sir, as toss'd it upon shore.

Cer. Wrench it open: soft! it smells most sweetly in my sense.

Sec. Gent. A delicate odour.

Cer. As ever hit my nostril.

So, up with it.

O you most potent gods! what's here? a corse!
First Gent. Most strange!
Cer.

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69

Shrouded in cloth of state; balmed and entrea

52 up] QqF3F4. om. Malone (1780) and Steevens.

our shore] or shoure Q5.

53, 54 This...let's] This.....let us Malone,
reading as one line.
53 chest] Chist Q1Q2.

wreck] Malone. wracke Qq. wrack
F3F4

54 Set't...let's...upon't] Q1 Q2 Q3 Set it...let us...vpon it The rest. Set't ...let's...on it Steevens. Set it...let's ...on it Boswell.

55, 56 Whate'er...straight:] Arranged as by Malone. The first line ends heauie in QqF3F4

58 'Tis] It is Malone, ending the line. fortune, it.

a] om. Kinnear conj.

it belches] belches it Anon. conj.

belch't Kinnear conj. it] that It Steevens. 60-65 See note (x).

60 bitumed] Wilkins' Novel. bittum'd Malone. bottomed Q1Q2Q3. bottomd Q4QQe bottom'd FF4.

64 Wrench] Come, wrench Steevens. open: soft!] open soft; QQ2 Q3 open; QQQF3F4 open; Soft, soft— Malone.

68 gods] god Boswell.

70-72 Shrouded...characters.] Prose in Q1Q2Q3 Three lines, ending entreasured......Apollo,...characters, in Q4QQF3F4 Three, ending entreasur'd...too!...characters in Steevens. Four, ending state!...spices! ...me...characters, in Malone.

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