Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1610 [c.1610-1611] (Annals) romance · King's Men unassigned nearest T14 Royal love, favour and dynastic relation · 500 words
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I: the most peerless piece of Earth, I think, That ere the Sun shone bright on. Oh Hermione, As every present Time doth boast itself Above a better, gone; so must thy Grave Give way to what's seen now. Sir, you yourself Have said, and writ so; but your writing now Is colder than that Theme: she had not been, Nor was not to be equalled, thus your Verse Flowed with her Beauty once; 'tis shrewdly ebbed, To say you have seen a better. Pardon, Madame: The one, I have almost forgot (your pardon:) The other, when she has obtained your Eye, Will have your Tongue too. This is a Creature, Would she begin a Sect, might quench the zeal Of all Professors else; make Proselytes Of who she but bid follow. How? not women? Women will love her, that she is a Woman More worth than any Man: Men, that she is The rarest of all Women. Go Cleomines, Yourself (assisted with your honoured Friends) Bring them to our embracement. Still 'tis strange, He thus should steal upon us. Had our Prince (jewel of Children) seen this hour, he had paired Well with this Lord; there was not full a month Between their births. Prithee no more; cease: thou knowst He dies to me again, when talk'd-of: sure When I shall see this Gentleman, thy speeches Will bring me to consider that, which may Vnfurnish me of Reason. They are come. Your Mother was most true to Wedlock, Prince, For she did print your Royal Father off, Conceiving you. Were I but twenty one, Your Father's Image is so hit in you, (His very air) that I should call you Brother, As I did him, and speak of something wildly By us performed before. Most dearly welcome, And your fair Princess (Goddess) oh: alas, I lost a couple, that 'twixt Heaven and Earth Might thus have stood, begetting wonder, as You (gracious Couple) do: and then I lost (All mine own Folly) the Society, Amity too of your brave Father, whom (Though bearing Misery) I desire my life Once more to look on him. By his command Have I here touched Sicilia, and from him Give you all greetings, that a King (at friend) Can send his Brother: and but Infirmity (Which waits upon worn times) hath something seized His wished Ability, he had himself The Lands and Waters, 'twixt your Throne and his, Measured, to look upon you; whom he loves (He bade me say so) more than all the Sceptres, And those that bear them, living. Oh my Brother, (Good Gentleman) the wrongs I have done thee, stir Afresh within me: and these thy offices (So rarely kind) are as Interpreters Of my behindhand slackness. Welcome hither, As is the Spring to th' Earth. And hath he too Exposed this Paragon to th' fearful usage (At least ungentle) of the dreadful Neptune, To greet a man, not worth her pains; much less, Th' adventure of her person?
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I: the moſt peereleſſe peece of Earth, I thinke, That ere the Sunne ſhone bright on. Oh Hermione, As euery preſent Time doth boaſt it ſelfe Aboue a better, gone; ſo muſt thy Graue Giue way to what's ſeene now. Sir, you your ſelfe Haue ſaid, and writ ſo; but your writing now Is colder then that Theame: ſhe had not beene, Nor was not to be equall'd, thus your Verſe Flow'd with her Beautie once; 'tis ſhrewdly ebb'd, To ſay you haue ſeene a better. Pardon, Madame: The one, I haue almoſt forgot (your pardon:) The other, when ſhe ha's obtayn'd your Eye, Will haue your Tongue too. This is a Creature, Would ſhe begin a Sect, might quench the zeal Of all Profeſſors elſe; make Proſelytes Of who ſhe but bid follow. How? not women? Women will loue her, that ſhe is a Woman More worth then any Man: Men, that ſhe is The rareſt of all Women. Goe Cleomines, Your ſelfe (aſſiſted with your honor'd Friends) Bring them to our embracement. Still 'tis ſtrange, He thus ſhould ſteale vpon vs. Had our Prince (Iewell of Children) ſeene this houre, he had payr'd Well with this Lord; there was not full a moneth Betweene their births. 'Prethee no more; ceaſe: thou know'ſt He dyes to me againe, when talk'd-of: ſure When I ſhall ſee this Gentleman, thy ſpeeches Will bring me to conſider that, which may Vnfurniſh me of Reaſon. They are come. Your Mother was moſt true to Wedlock, Prince, For ſhe did print your Royall Father off, Conceiuing you. Were I but twentie one, Your Fathers Image is ſo hit in you, (His very ayre) that I ſhould call you Brother, As I did him, and ſpeake of ſomething wildly By vs perform'd before. Moſt dearely welcome, And your faire Princeſſe (Goddeſſe) oh: alas, I loſt a couple, that 'twixt Heauen and Earth Might thus haue ſtood, begetting wonder, as You (gracious Couple) doe: and then I loſt (All mine owne Folly) the Societie, Amitie too of your braue Father, whom (Though bearing Miſerie) I deſire my life Once more to looke on him. By his command Haue I here touch'd Sicilia, and from him Giue you all greetings, that a King (at friend) Can ſend his Brother: and but Infirmitie (Which waits vpon worne times) hath ſomething ſeiz'd His wiſh'd Abilitie, he had himſelfe The Lands and Waters, 'twixt your Throne and his, Meaſur'd, to looke vpon you; whom he loues (He bad me ſay ſo) more then all the Scepters, And thoſe that beare them, liuing. Oh my Brother, (Good Gentleman) the wrongs I haue done thee, ſtirre Afreſh within me: and theſe thy offices (So rarely kind) are as Interpreters Of my behind-hand ſlackneſſe. Welcome hither, As is the Spring to th' Earth. And hath he too Expos'd this Paragon to th' fearefull vſage (At leaſt vngentle) of the dreadfull Neptune, To greet a man, not worth her paines; much leſſe, Th' aduenture of her perſon?