Pericles Prince of Tyre.
seene, O come, be buried a second time within these armes.
Ma.My heart leaps to be gone into my mothers bosome.
Per.Looke who kneeles here, flesh of thy flesh Thaisa, thy burden at the Sea, and call'd Marina, for she was yeelded there.
Th.Blest, and mine owne.
Hell.Hayle Madame, and my Queene.
Th.I knowe you not.
Hell.You haue heard mee say when I did flie from Tyre, I left behind an ancient substitute, can you remember what I call'd the man, I haue nam'de him oft.
Th.T'was Hellicanus then.
Per.Still confirmation, imbrace him deere Thaisa, this is hee, now doe I long to heare how you were found? how possiblie preserued? and who to thanke (besides the gods) for this great miracle?
Th.Lord Cerimon, my Lord, this man through whom the Gods haue showne their power, that can from first to last resolue you.
Per.Reuerent Syr, the gods can have no mortall officer more like a god then you, will you deliuer how this dead Queene reliues?
Cer.I will my Lord, beseech you first, goe with mee to my house, where shall be showne you all was found with her. How shee came plac'ste heere in the Temple, no needfulll thing omitted.
Per.Pure Dian blesse thee for thy vision, and will offer night oblations to thee Thaisa, this Prince, the faire betrothed of your daughter, shall marrie her at Pentapolis, and now this ornament makes mee looke dismall, will I clip to forme, and what this fourteene yeeres no razer touch't, to grace thy marridge-day, Ile beautifie.
Th.Lord Cerimon hath letters of good credit. Sir, my father's dead.
Per. Heauen