Per. So long could I Stand by, a looker on. Pau. Either forbear,

Quit presently the Chappel, or refolve you
For more amazement; if you can behold it,
I'll make the Statue move, indeed; defcend,
And take you by the hand; but then you'll think,
Which I proteft against, I am affifted

By wicked Powers.

Leo. What you can make her do,

I am content to look on; what to speak,
I am content to hear; for 'tis as cafie
To make her fpeak, as move.

Pau. It is requir'd,

You do awake your faith; then all ftand ftill:
And thofe, that think it is unlawful business
I am about, let them depart.

Leo. Proceed;

No foot fhall ftir.

[Mufick.

Pau. Mufick; awake her: ftrike; 'Tis time, defcend; be ftone no more, approach, Strike all that look upon with marvel. Come, I'll fill your Grave up: ftir; nay, come away: Bequeath to death your Numnefs; for from him Dear life redeems you; you perceive, the ftirs; [Hermione comes down.

Start not; her Actions fhall be holy, as,
You hear, my Spell is lawful; do not fhun her,
Until you fee her die again, for then

You kill her double. Nay, present your hand;
When he was young, you woo'd her, now in age,
Is fhe become the fuitor.

Leo. Oh, the's warm;

If this be Magick, let it be an Art

Lawful as eating.

Pol. She embraces him.

Cam. She hangs about his neck;

If the pertain to life, let her fpeak too.

[Embracing ber.

Pol.

Pol. Ay, and make it manifest where he has liv'd, Or how ftol'n from the dead?

Pau. That he is living,

Were it but told you, fhould be hooted at
Like an old Tale; but it appears, the lives,
Tho' yet she speak not.

Mark a little while.

Please you to interpofe, fair Madam, kneel,

And pray your Mother's Bleffing; turn, good lady: Our Perdita is found.

[Prefenting Perdita,

Her. You Gods, look down,

who kneels to Herm.

And from your facred vials pour your graces
Upon my daughter's head; tell me, mine own,
Where haft thou been preferv'd? where liv'd? how found
Thy father's Court? for thou shalt hear, that I,
Knowing by Paulina that the Oracle

Gave hope thou waft in Being, have preserv'd
My felf, to fee the iffue.

Pau. There's time enough for That;
Left they defire, upon this pufh, to trouble
Your 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,

But how, is to be queftion'd; for I faw her,

As I thought, dead; and have, in vain, faid many
A prayer upon her Grave. I'll not feek far

(For him, I partly know his mind) to find thee
An honourable husband. Come, Camillo,

And take her by the hand; whofe worth and honefty Is richly noted; and here juftified

By us, a pair of Kings. Let's from this place. What? look upon my brother: Both your Pardons, That e'er I put between your holy looks

My ill fufpicion: this, your fon-in-law,

And fon unto the King-whom heav'ns directing,
Is troth-plight to your daughter. Good Paulina,
Lead us from hence, where we may leifurely
Each one demand, and answer to his part
Perform'd in this wide gap of time, fince firft
We were diffever'd. Haftily lead away. [Exeunt omnes.

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LIFE and DEATH

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KING JOHN.

KING John.

Prince Henry, Son to the King.

Arthur, Duke of Bretagne, and Nephew to the King,

Pembroke,

Faulconbridge, Baftard-Son to Richard the First. Robert Faulconbridge, fuppos'd Brother to the Baftard. James Gurney, Servant to the Lady Faulconbridge, Peter of Pomfret, a Prophet,

Elinor, Queen-Mother of England.

Conftance, Mother to Arthur.

Blanch, Daughter to Alphonfo King of Caftile, and Neice to King John.

Lady Faulconbridge, Mother to the Baftard, and Robert Faulconbridge,

Citizens of Angiers, Heralds, Executioners, Meffengers, Soldiers, and other Attendants.

The SCENE, fometimes in England; and, Sometimes, in France,

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