The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_Cleo._ Great Apollo
Turn all to the best! These proclamations, 15
So forcing faults upon Hermione,
I little like.
_Dion._ The violent carriage of it
Will clear or end the business: when the oracle,
Thus by Apollo's great divine seal'd up,
Shall the contents discover, something rare 20
Even then will rush to knowledge. Go: fresh horses!
And gracious be the issue! [_Exeunt._
LINENOTES:
ACT III. SCENE I.] ACT II. SCENE IV. Theobald conj.
A sea-port....] Edd. A part of Sicily near the seaside. Theobald. The
same. A street in some town. Capell.
Enter C. and D.] Enter C., D., and an Attendant. S. Walker conj.
[2] _isle_] _soil_ Hanmer (Warburton conj.).
[3] _I shall report,_] _It shames report._ Warburton.
[4] _For most_] _Foremost_ Warburton.
_it_] _they_ Hanmer.
[14] _time ... use_] _use ... time_ Hanmer (Warburton).
SCENE II. _A court of Justice._
_Enter_ LEONTES, Lords, _and_ Officers.
_Leon._ This sessions, to our great grief we pronounce,
Even pushes 'gainst our heart: the party tried
The daughter of a king, our wife, and one
Of us too much beloved. Let us be clear'd
Of being tyrannous, since we so openly 5
Proceed in justice, which shall have due course,
Even to the guilt or the purgation.
Produce the prisoner.
_Off._ It is his highness' pleasure that the queen
Appear in person here in court. Silence! 10
_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, 15
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,
to fly away by night.
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