Page 171 - Shakespeare - Vol. 4
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THAISA
Alas, my father, it befits not me
Unto a stranger knight to be so bold.
He may my proffer take for an offence,
Since men take women’s gifts for impudence.
SIMONIDES
How? [70]
Do as I bid you, or you’ll move me else.
THAISA
(aside)
Now, by the gods, be could not please me better.
SIMONIDES
And furthermore tell him we desire to know of him
Of whence he is, his name, and parentage.
THAISA
The King my father, sir, has drunk to you. [75]
PERICLES
I thank him.
THAISA
Wishing it so much blood unto your life.
PERICLES
I thank both him and you, and pledge him freely.
THAISA
And further he desires to know of you
Of whence you are, your name, and parentage. [80]
PERICLES
A gentleman of Tyre, my name Pericles,
My education been in arts and arms,
