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You hear my spell is lawful; do not shun her,
Until you see her die again, for then

You kill here double. Nay, present your hand;
When she was young, you woo'd her; now in age,

Is the become the suitor.

Leo. Oh, she's warm;

If this be magick, let it be an art

Lawful as eating.

Pol. She embraces him.

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If she pertain to life, let her speak too.

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Pol. Ay, and make manifest where the has liv'd,

Or how ftol'n from the dead.

Pau. That she is living,

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Were it but told you, should be hooted at
Like an old tale; but it appears she lives,
Tho' yet she speak not. Mark a little while.
Please you to interpose, fair Madam, kneel,

And pray your mother's blessing ; turn, good Lady,

Our Perdita is found. [Presenting Perdita, zubo kneels to Her.

Her. You Gods, look down,

And from your sacred vials pour your graces
Upon my daughter's head! tell me, mine own,
Where haft thou been preserv'd? where liv'd? how found
Thy father's Court? for thou shall hear that I,
Knowing by Paulina that the Oracle
Gave hope thou waft in being, have preferv'd
My self, to see the issue.

Pau. There's time enough for that;
Lest they defire, upon this push, to trouble
Your joys
joys with like relation. Go together,
You precious winners all, your exultation
Partake to every one ; I, an old turtle,
Will wing me to fome wither'd bough, and there
My mate, that's never to be found again,
Lament 'till I am loft.

Leo. O peace, Paulina :

Thou should'st a husband take by my consent,
As I by thine a wife. This is a match,

And made between's by vows. Thou haft found mine,
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But how, is to be question'd; for I faw her,
As I thought, dead; and have, in vain, faid many
A prayer upon her grave. I'll not seek far
(For him, I partly know his mind) to find thee
An honourable husband. Come, Camillo,
And take her by the hand; whose worth and honesty

Is richly noted; and here justified

By us, a pair of Kings. Let's from this place.
What? look upon my brother: both your pardons, [To Her.

That e'er I put between your holy looks

My ill fufpicion this your son-in-law,
And fon unto the King, from heav'n's directing,
Is troth-plight to your daughter. Good Paulina,
Lead us from hence, where we may leisurely
Each one demand, and answer to his part
Perform'd in this wide gap of time, fince first
We were dissever'd, Hastily lead away.

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Knights attending on the King, Officers, Messengers
Soldiers and Attendants.

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ACT I. SCENE I
SCENE A Palace.

Enter Kent, Glo'ster, and Edmund the Bastard.

Thought the King had more affected the Duke
of Albany than Cornwall.
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It did always feem so to us : but now in the division of the kingdom, it appears not which of the Dukes he values most; for qualities are so weigh'd, that curiosity in neither can make choice of either's moiety. Kent. Is not this your son, my Lord ?

Glo. His breeding, Sir, hath been at my charge. I have fo often blush'd to acknowledge him, that now I am braz'd to't.

Kent. I cannot conceive you.

Glo. Sir, this young fellow's mother could; whereupon she grew round-womb'd, and had indeed, Sir, a son for her cradle, ere she had a husoand for her bed. Do you smell a fault?

Kent. I cannot wish the fault undone, the issue of it being so proper.

Glo. But I have a fon, Sir, by order of law, some years elder than this, who yet is no dearer in my account; though this knave came somewhat sawcily into the world before he was fent for, yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making, and the whorson must be acknowledg'd. Do you know this nobleman, Edmund?

Baft. No, my Lord.

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