LODOVICO.
[To Iago.] O Spartan dog,
More fell than anguish, hunger, or the sea,
Look on the tragic loading of this bed.
This is thy work. The object poisons sight,
Let it be hid. Gratiano, keep the house,
And seize upon the fortunes of the Moor,
For they succeed on you. To you, lord governor,
Remains the censure of this hellish villain.
The time, the place, the torture, O, enforce it!
Myself will straight aboard, and to the state
This heavy act with heavy heart relate.

[Exeunt.]

PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE

Contents

ACT I
[Chorus. Before the palace of Antioch]
[Scene I. Antioch. A room in the palace]
[Scene II. Tyre. A room in the palace]
[Scene III. Tyre. An ante-chamber in the Palace]
[Scene IV. Tarsus. A room in the Governor’s house]
ACT II
[Chorus. Chorus]
[Scene I. Pentapolis. An open place by the seaside]
[Scene II. The same. A public way, or platform leading to the lists]
[Scene III. The same. A hall of state: a banquet prepared]
[Scene IV. Tyre. A room in the Governor’s house]
[Scene V. Pentapolis. A room in the palace]
ACT III
[Chorus. Chorus]
[Scene I. On shipboard]
[Scene II. Ephesus. A room in Cerimon’s house]
[Scene III. Tarsus. A room in Cleon’s house]
[Scene IV. Ephesus. A room in Cerimon’s house]
ACT IV
[Chorus. Chorus]
[Scene I. Tarsus. An open place near the seashore]
[Scene II. Mytilene. A room in a brothel]
[Scene III. Tarsus. A room in Cleon’s house]
[Scene IV. Before the monument of Marina at Tarsus]
[Scene V. Mytilene. A street before the brothel]
[Scene VI. The same. A room in the brothel]
ACT V
[Chorus. Chorus]
[Scene I. On board Pericles’ ship, off Mytilene]
[Scene II. Before the temple of Diana at Ephesus]
[Scene III. The temple of Diana at Ephesus]

Dramatis Personæ

ANTIOCHUS, king of Antioch.
PERICLES, prince of Tyre.
HELICANUS, ESCANES, two lords of Tyre.
SIMONIDES, king of Pentapolis.
CLEON, governor of Tarsus.
LYSIMACHUS, governor of Mytilene.
CERIMON, a lord of Ephesus.
THALIARD, a lord of Antioch.
PHILEMON, servant to Cerimon.
LEONINE, servant to Dionyza.
Marshal.
A Pandar.
BOULT, his servant.
The Daughter of Antiochus.
DIONYZA, wife to Cleon.
THAISA, daughter to Simonides.
MARINA, daughter to Pericles and Thaisa.
LYCHORIDA, nurse to Marina.
A Bawd.
Lords, Knights, Gentlemen, Sailors, Pirates, Fishermen, and Messengers.
DIANA.
GOWER, as Chorus.

SCENE: Dispersedly in various countries.

ACT I