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CYMBELINE.

PERSONS REPRESENTED.

CYMBELINE, King of Britain.

CLOTEN, Son to the Queen, by a former Husband.

LEONATUS POSTHUMUS, a Gentleman, Husband to Imogen.

BELARIUS, a banished Lord, disguised under the name of MORGAN.

GUIDERIUS, Sons to Cymbeline, disguised under the names of POLYDORE ARVIRAGUS, S and CADWAL, supposed Sons to Belarius.

PHILARIO, Friend to Posthumus,

IACHIMO, Friend to Philario,

Italians.

A FRENCH GENTLEMAN, Friend to Philario.

CAIUS LUCIUS, General of the Roman Forces.
A ROMAN CAPTAIN.

Two BRITISH CAPTAINS.

PISANIO, Servant to Posthumus.

CORNELIUS, a Physician.

Two GENTLEMEN.

Two GAOLERS.

QUEEN, Wife to Cymbeline.

IMOGEN, Daughter to Cymbeline by a former Queen.

HELEN, Woman to Imogen.

Lords, Ladies, Roman Senators, Tribunes, Apparitions, a Soothsayer, a Dutch Gentleman, a Spanish Gentleman, Musicians, Officers, Captains, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Attendants.

SCENE-Sometimes in Britain; sometimes in Italy.

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CYMBELINE.

ACT I.

SCENE I.-BRITAIN. The Garden behind CYMBELINE'S

Palace.

Enter two GENTLEMEN.

1 Gentleman. You do not meet a man but frowns: our

bloods1

No more obey the heavens, than our courtiers;

Still seem, as does the king's.

2 Gentleman.

But what's the matter?

1 Gentleman. His daughter, and the heir of his king

dom, whom

He purpos'd to his wife's sole son, (a widow

That late he married,) hath referred herself
Unto a poor but worthy gentleman: She's wedded;
Her husband banish'd; she imprison'd: all

Is outward sorrow; though, I think, the king
Be touch'd at very heart.

2 Gentleman.

None but the king?

1 Gentleman. He, that hath lost her, too: so is the queen, That most desir'd the match: But not a courtier, Although they wear their faces to the bent

Of the king's looks, hath a heart that is not

Glad at the thing they scowl at.

2 Gentleman.

And why so?

1 Gentleman. He that hath miss'd the princess, is a

thing

1 Inclination, natural disposition.

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