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 of MORGAN. GUIDERIUS, ARVIRAGUS, name sons to Cymbeline, disguised under the names of POLYDORE and CADWAL, supposed sons to Belarius. PHILARIO, friend to Posthumus, } Italians. A French Gentleman, friend to Philario. CAIUS LUCIUS, general of the Roman forces. CORNELIUS, a physician. Two Gentlemen. Two Gaolers. QUEEN, twife 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. CYMBELINE. ACT THE FIRST. SCENE I. Britain. The Garden behind Cymbeline's Palace. Enter Two Gentlemen. 1 Gent. You do not meet a man but frowns: our bloods' No more obey the heavens, than our courtiers; 2 Gent. But what's the matter? 1 Gent. His daughter, and the heir of his kingdom, whom He purpos'd to his wife's sole son, (a widow, Is outward sorrow; though I think, the king 2 Gent. None but the king? 1 Gent. He, that hath lost her, too: so is the queen, I Inclination, natural disposition. |