Antiochus, King of Antioch Pericles, Prince of Tyre Helicanus, lord of Tyre Escanes, lord of Tyre Simonides, King of Pentapolis Cleon, governor of Tarsus Lysimachus, governor of Mytilene Cerimon, a lo...

Enter Gower. Before the palace of Antioch. To sing a song that old was sung, From ashes ancient Gower is come; Assuming man’s infirmities, To glad your ear, and please your eyes. It hath been sung at ...

Antioch. A room in the palace. Antiochus: Enter Antiochus, Prince Pericles, and followers. Antiochus: Young prince of Tyre, you have at large received The danger of the task you undertake. Pericles: I...

Tyre. A room in the palace. Pericles: Enter Pericles. Pericles: To Lords without. Let none disturb us.⁠—Why should this change of thoughts, The sad companion, dull-eyed melancholy, Be my so used a gue...

Tyre. An ante-chamber in the palace. Thaliard: Enter Thaliard. Thaliard: So, this is Tyre, and this the court. Here must I kill King Pericles; and if I do it not, I am sure to be hanged at home: ’tis ...

Tarsus. A room in the Governor’s house. Cleon: Enter Cleon, the governor of Tarsus, with Dionyza, and others. Cleon: My Dionyza, shall we rest us here, And by relating tales of others’ griefs, See if ...

Gower: Enter Gower. Gower: Here have you seen a mighty king His child, I wis, to incest bring; A better prince and benign lord, That will prove awful both in deed and word. Be quiet then as men should...

Pentapolis. An open place by the sea-side. Pericles: Enter Pericles, wet. Pericles: Yet cease your ire, you angry stars of heaven! Wind, rain, and thunder, remember, earthly man Is but a substance tha...

The same. A public way or platform leading to the lists. A pavilion by the side of it for the reception of King, Princess, Lords, etc. Simonides: Enter Simonides, Thaisa, Lords, and Attendants. Simoni...

The same. A hall of state: a banquet prepared. Simonides: Enter Simonides, Thaisa, Lords, Attendants, and Knights, from tilting. Simonides: Knights, To say you’re welcome were superfluous. To place up...

Tyre. A room in the Governor’s house. Helicanus: Enter Helicanus and Escanes. Helicanus: No, Escanes, know this of me, Antiochus from incest lived not free: For which, the most high gods not minding l...

Pentapolis. A room in the palace. Simonides: Enter Simonides, reading a letter, at one door: the Knights meet him. First Knight: Good morrow to the good Simonides. Simonides: Knights, from my daughter...

Gower: Enter Gower. Gower: Now sleep yslaked hath the rout; No din but snores the house about, Made louder by the o’er-fed breast Of this most pompous marriage-feast. The cat, with eyne of burning coa...

Pericles: Enter Pericles, on shipboard. Pericles: Thou god of this great vast, rebuke these surges, Which wash both heaven and hell; and thou, that hast Upon the winds command, bind them in brass, Hav...

Ephesus. A room in Cerimon’s house. Cerimon: Enter Cerimon, with a Servant, and some Persons who have been shipwrecked. Cerimon: Philemon, ho! Philemon: Enter Philemon. Philemon: Doth my lord call? Ce...

Tarsus. A room in Cleon’s house. Pericles: Enter Pericles, Cleon, Dionyza, and Lychorida with Marina in her arms. Pericles: Most honour’d Cleon, I must needs be gone; My twelve months are expired, and...

Ephesus. A room in Cerimon’s house. Cerimon: Enter Cerimon and Thaisa. Cerimon: Madam, this letter, and some certain jewels, Lay with you in your coffer: which are now At your command. Know you the ch...

Gower: Enter Gower. Gower: Imagine Pericles arrived at Tyre, Welcomed and settled to his own desire. His woeful queen we leave at Ephesus, Unto Diana there a votaress. Now to Marina bend your mind, Wh...

Tarsus. An open place near the sea-shore. Dionyza: Enter Dionyza and Leonine. Dionyza: Thy oath remember; thou hast sworn to do’t: ’Tis but a blow, which never shall be known. Thou canst not do a thin...

Mytilene. A room in a brothel. Pandar: Enter Pandar, Bawd, and Boult. Pandar: Boult! Boult: Sir? Pandar: Search the market narrowly; Mytilene is full of gallants. We lost too much money this mart by b...

Tarsus. A room in Cleon’s house. Cleon: Enter Cleon and Dionyza. Dionyza: Why, are you foolish? Can it be undone? Cleon: O Dionyza, such a piece of slaughter The sun and moon ne’er look’d upon! Dionyz...

Gower: Enter Gower, before the monument of Marina at Tarsus. Gower: Thus time we waste, and longest leagues make short; Sail seas in cockles, have an wish but for’t; Making, to take your imagination, ...

Mytilene. A street before the brothel. Gentlemen: Enter, from the brothel, two Gentlemen. First Gentleman: Did you ever hear the like? Second Gentleman: No, nor never shall do in such a place as this,...

The same. A room in the brothel. Pandar: Enter Pandar, Bawd, and Boult. Pandar: Well, I had rather than twice the worth of her she had ne’er come here. Bawd: Fie, fie upon her! she’s able to freeze th...

Gower: Enter Gower. Gower: Marina thus the brothel ’scapes, and chances Into an honest house, our story says. She sings like one immortal, and she dances As goddess-like to her admired lays; Deep cler...

On board Pericles’ ship, off Mytilene. A close pavilion on deck, with a curtain before it; Pericles within it, reclined on a couch. A barge lying beside the Tyrian vessel. Sailors: Enter two Sailors, ...

Gower: Enter Gower, before the temple of Diana at Ephesus. Gower: Now our sands are almost run; More a little, and then dumb. This, my last boon, give me, For such kindness must relieve me, That you a...

The temple of Diana at Ephesus; Thaisa standing near the altar, as high priestess; a number of Virgins on each side; Cerimon and other Inhabitants of Ephesus attending. Pericles: Enter Pericles, with ...