Appear in person here in court. [Silence!]

[Enter] Hermione guarded; Paulina and Ladies attending.

Leon. Read the indictment.

[Off. [reads] Hermione, queen to the worthy Leontes, king of

Sicilia, thou art here accused and arraigned of high treason, in committing

adultery with Polixenes, king of Bohemia, and conspiring

with Camillo to take away the life of our sovereign lord the king,

thy royal husband: the pretence whereof being by [circumstances]

partly laid open, thou, Hermione, contrary to the faith and allegiance

of a true subject, didst counsel and aid them, for their better safety,