Is severally in all. Let's quit this ground, And smoke the temple with our sacrifices.— [To Belarius] Thou art my brother; so we 'll hold thee ever. Imogen. You are my father too, and did relieve me, To see this gracious season. Cymbeline. All o'erjoy'd, Save these in bonds; let them be joyful too, For they shall taste our comfort. Imogen. I will yet do you service. My good master, Happy be you! Cymbeline. The forlorn soldier, that so nobly fought, He would have well becom'd this place, and grac'd The thankings of a king. The soldier that did company these three In poor beseeming; 't was a fitment for The purpose I then follow'd.-That I was he, Iachimo. [Kneeling] I am down again; As then your force did. Take that life, beseech you, And here the bracelet of the truest princess Posthumus. Kneel not to me; The power that I have on you is to spare you, Cymbeline. We'll learn our freeness of a son-in-law; Pardon 's the word to all. Arviragus. Nobly doom'd! You holp us, sir, 400 410 420 As you did mean indeed to be our brother; Joy'd are we that you are. Posthumus. Your servant, princes. Good my lord of Call forth your soothsayer. As I slept, methought Appear'd to me, with other spritely shows Of mine own kindred. When I wak'd, I found Is so from sense in hardness, that I can Lucius. Philarmonus! 430 Soothsayer. Here, my good lord. Lucius. Read, and declare the meaning. Soothsayer. [Reads] Whenas a lion's whelp shall, to himself unknown, without seeking find, and be embraced by a piece of tender air; and when from a stately cedar shall be lopped branches, which, being dead many years, shall after revive, be jointed to the old stock, and freshly grow; then shall Posthumus end his miseries, Britain be fortunate and flourish in peace and plenty.' Thou, Leonatus, art the lion's whelp; The fit and apt construction of thy name, Being Leo-natus, doth import so much. 44I [To Cymbeline] The piece of tender air, thy virtuous daughter, Unknown to you, unsought, were clipp'd about Cymbeline. This hath some seeming. Soothsayer. The lofty cedar, royal Cymbeline, Personates thee; and thy lopp'd branches point 450 Thy two sons forth, who, by Belarius stol'n, Cymbeline. Well, My peace we will begin.-And, Caius Lucius, To pay our wonted tribute, from the which We were dissuaded by our wicked queen; Whom heavens, in justice, both on her and hers, Soothsayer. The fingers of the powers above do tune Which I made known to Lucius, ere the stroke Of yet this scarce-cold battle, at this instant Cymbeline. Laud we the gods; And let our crooked smokes climb to their nostrils From our blest altars. Publish we this peace To all our subjects. Set we forward. Let Friendly together; so through Lud's town march, Our peace we'll ratify, seal it with feasts.— Set on there!-Never was a war did cease, 450 470 480 Ere bloody hands were wash'd, with such a peace. [Exeunt. |