For vice repeated is like the wandering wind, To stop the air would hurt them. The blind mole casts What being more known grows worse, to smother it. But I will gloze with him. — Young Prince of Tyre, Your exposition misinterpreting, We might proceed to cancel of your days; 96-102 For vice repeated . . . doth die for 't] The general sense is, that those who repeat to the world the vices of princes find that their intelligence spreads quickly and widely. But the exposure leaves no permanent effects. The harmful report is rejected by those whom it pains. Only the informer is exposed to ruin and death. 101 Copp'd] This epithet, which means rounded or cupola shaped, was frequently applied to mansions with a cupola on the roof. The most famous "Copped Hall" in Elizabethan London was near the present Vauxhall Station, London. 99 110 throng'd,] crowded, pressed, crushed. Cf. II, i, 73, infra: "A man throng'd up with cold." 113 cancel of] The Folios read cancel off. The Quartos read counsell of. Yet hope, succeeding from so fair a tree [Exeunt all but Pericles. PER. How courtesy would seem to cover sin, Then were it certain you were not so bad And both like serpents are, who though they feed The line means, "we might proceed to deliberate how long you shall be allowed to live." 127 Where] Whereas. 120 130 135 Blush not in actions] The ellipse of the relative pronoun "who," before "blush," is very characteristic of the non-Shakespearean portions of this play. One sin, I know, another doth provoke; Re-enter ANTIOCHUS [Exit. ANT. He hath found the meaning, for the which we mean To have his head. He must not live to trumpet forth my infamy, Nor tell the world Antiochus doth sin In such a loathed manner; And therefore instantly this prince must die; Enter THALIARD THAL. Doth your highness call? ANT. Thaliard, You are of our chamber, and our mind partakes And for your faithfulness we will advance you. 140 targets shame] the shields, which protect from shame. 140 153 partakes] Shakespeare occasionally uses "partake" transitively in the sense of "impart." 150 Let your breath cool yourself, telling your haste. As thou Wilt live, fly after: and like an arrow shot If I can get him within my pistol's length, [Exit. I'll make him sure enough: so, farewell to your highness. ANT. Thaliard, adieu! [Exit Thal.] Till Pericles be dead, My heart can lend no succour to my head. [Exit. SCENE II-TYRE A ROOM IN THE PALACE Enter PERICLES PER. [To Lords without] Let none disturb us. Why should this change of thoughts, The sad companion, dull-eyed melancholy, 1 change of thoughts] thus the Quartos and the Folios, for which Malone substituted charge of thoughts, i. e., burden of cares. "Change of 169 Be my so used a guest as not an hour, In the day's glorious walk, or peaceful night, The tomb where grief should sleep, can breed me quiet? Whose arm seems far too short to hit me here: That have their first conception by mis-dread, And what was first but fear what might be done, Will think me speaking, though I swear to silence; If he suspect I may dishonour him: And what may make him blush in being known, thoughts" probably means "change in disposition of mind," i. e., this unusual propensity to melancholy. 3 Be my] This is Dyce's emendation of the early reading By me, which is unintelligible. 12 by mis-dread] owing to dread of evil. 15 cares] makes provision that. |