act ii of the winter's taleby william shakespeare scene i. a room in leontes' palace. enter hermione, mamillius, and ladieshermione take the boy to you: he so troubles me,'tis past enduring. first ladycome, my gracious lord, shall i be your playfellow?mamillius no, i'll none of you.first lady why, my sweet lord?mamillius you'll kiss me hard and speak to me as ifi were a baby still. i love you better.
second ladyand why so, my lord? mamilliusnot for because your brows are blacker; yet black brows, theysay, become some women best, so that there be nottoo much hair there, but in a semicircle or a half-moon made with a pen.second lady who taught you this?mamillius i learnt it out of women's faces. pray nowwhat colour are your eyebrows? first ladyblue, my lord. mamilliusnay, that's a mock: i have seen a lady's nose
that has been blue, but not her eyebrows.first lady hark ye;the queen your mother rounds apace: we shall present our services to a fine new princeone of these days; and then you'ld wanton with us,if we would have you. second ladyshe is spread of late into a goodly bulk: good time encounter her!hermione what wisdom stirs amongst you? come, sir,now i am for you again: pray you, sit by us,and tell 's a tale. mamilliusmerry or sad shall't be?
hermioneas merry as you will. mamilliusa sad tale's best for winter: i have one of sprites and goblins.hermione let's have that, good sir.come on, sit down: come on, and do your best to fright me with your sprites; you're powerfulat it. mamilliusthere was a man— hermionenay, come, sit down; then on. mamilliusdwelt by a churchyard: i will tell it softly; yond crickets shall not hear it.hermione
come on, then,and give't me in mine ear. enter leontes, with antigonus, lords and others leonteswas he met there? his train? camillo with him?first lord behind the tuft of pines i met them; neversaw i men scour so on their way: i eyed them even to their ships.leontes how blest am iin my just censure, in my true opinion! alack, for lesser knowledge! how accursedin being so blest! there may be in the cup a spider steep'd, and one may drink, depart,and yet partake no venom, for his knowledge
is not infected: but if one presentthe abhorr'd ingredient to his eye, make known how he hath drunk, he cracks his gorge, hissides, with violent hefts. i have drunk,and seen the spider. camillo was his help in this, his pander:there is a plot against my life, my crown; all's true that is mistrusted: that falsevillain whom i employ'd was pre-employ'd by him:he has discover'd my design, and i remain a pinch'd thing; yea, a very trickfor them to play at will. how came the posterns so easily open?first lord by his great authority;which often hath no less prevail'd than so
on your command.leontes i know't too well.give me the boy: i am glad you did not nurse him:though he does bear some signs of me, yet youhave too much blood in him. hermionewhat is this? sport? leontesbear the boy hence; he shall not come about her;away with him! and let her sport herself with that she's big with; for 'tis polixeneshas made thee swell thus. hermionebut i'ld say he had not,
and i'll be sworn you would believe my saying,howe'er you lean to the nayward. leontesyou, my lords, look on her, mark her well; be but aboutto say 'she is a goodly lady,' and the justice of your bearts will thereto add'tis pity she's not honest, honourable:' praise her but for this her without-door form,which on my faith deserves high speech, and straightthe shrug, the hum or ha, these petty brands that calumny doth use—o, i am out—that mercy does, for calumny will sear virtue itself: these shrugs, these hums andha's, when you have said 'she's goodly,' come betweenere you can say 'she's honest:' but be 't
known,from him that has most cause to grieve it should be,she's an adulteress. hermioneshould a villain say so, the most replenish'd villain in the world,he were as much more villain: you, my lord, do but mistake.leontes you have mistook, my lady,polixenes for leontes: o thou thing! which i'll not call a creature of thy place,lest barbarism, making me the precedent, should a like language use to all degreesand mannerly distinguishment leave out betwixt the prince and beggar: i have saidshe's an adulteress; i have said with whom:
more, she's a traitor and camillo isa federary with her, and one that knows what she should shame to know herselfbut with her most vile principal, that she's a bed-swerver, even as bad as thosethat vulgars give bold'st titles, ay, and privyto this their late escape. hermioneno, by my life. privy to none of this. how will this grieveyou, when you shall come to clearer knowledge,that you thus have publish'd me! gentle my lord,you scarce can right me throughly then to sayyou did mistake.
leontesno; if i mistake in those foundations which i build upon,the centre is not big enough to bear a school-boy's top. away with her! to prison!he who shall speak for her is afar off guilty but that he speaks.hermione there's some ill planet reigns:i must be patient till the heavens look with an aspect more favourable. good my lords,i am not prone to weeping, as our sex commonly are; the want of which vain dewperchance shall dry your pities: but i have that honourable grief lodged here which burnsworse than tears drown: beseech you all, my lords,with thoughts so qualified as your charities
shall best instruct you, measure me; and sothe king's will be perform'd! leontesshall i be heard? hermionewho is't that goes with me? beseech your highness, my women may be with me; for you seemy plight requires it. do not weep, good fools; there is no cause: when you shall know yourmistress has deserved prison, then abound in tearsas i come out: this action i now go on is for my better grace. adieu, my lord:i never wish'd to see you sorry; now i trust i shall. my women, come; you haveleave. leontesgo, do our bidding; hence!
exit hermione, guarded; with ladies first lordbeseech your highness, call the queen again. antigonusbe certain what you do, sir, lest your justice prove violence; in the which three great onessuffer, yourself, your queen, your son.first lord for her, my lord,i dare my life lay down and will do't, sir, please you to accept it, that the queen isspotless i' the eyes of heaven and to you; i mean,in this which you accuse her. antigonusif it prove
she's otherwise, i'll keep my stables wherei lodge my wife; i'll go in couples with her; than when i feel and see her no farther trusther; for every inch of woman in the world,ay, every dram of woman's flesh is false, if she be.leontes hold your peaces.first lord good my lord,—antigonus it is for you we speak, not for ourselves:you are abused and by some putter-on that will be damn'd for't; would i knew thevillain, i would land-damn him. be she honour-flaw'd,i have three daughters; the eldest is eleven
the second and the third, nine, and some five;if this prove true, they'll pay for't: by mine honour,i'll geld 'em all; fourteen they shall not see,to bring false generations: they are co-heirs; and i had rather glib myself than theyshould not produce fair issue. leontescease; no more. you smell this business with a sense as coldas is a dead man's nose: but i do see't and feel'tas you feel doing thus; and see withal the instruments that feel.antigonus if it be so,we need no grave to bury honesty:
there's not a grain of it the face to sweetenof the whole dungy earth. leonteswhat! lack i credit? first lordi had rather you did lack than i, my lord, upon this ground; and more it would contentme to have her honour true than your suspicion,be blamed for't how you might. leonteswhy, what need we commune with you of this, but rather followour forceful instigation? our prerogative calls not your counsels, but our natural goodnessimparts this; which if you, or stupefied or seeming so in skill, cannot or will notrelish a truth like us, inform yourselves
we need no more of your advice: the matter,the loss, the gain, the ordering on't, is allproperly ours. antigonusand i wish, my liege, you had only in your silent judgment triedit, without more overture.leontes how could that be?either thou art most ignorant by age, or thou wert born a fool. camillo's flight,added to their familiarity, which was as gross as ever touch'd conjecture,that lack'd sight only, nought for approbation but only seeing, all other circumstancesmade up to the deed, doth push on this proceeding:
yet, for a greater confirmation,for in an act of this importance 'twere most piteous to be wild, i have dispatch'din post to sacred delphos, to apollo's temple,cleomenes and dion, whom you know of stuff'd sufficiency: now from the oraclethey will bring all; whose spiritual counsel had,shall stop or spur me. have i done well? first lordwell done, my lord. leontesthough i am satisfied and need no more than what i know, yet shall the oraclegive rest to the minds of others, such as hewhose ignorant credulity will not
come up to the truth. so have we thought itgood from our free person she should be confined,lest that the treachery of the two fled hence be left her to perform. come, follow us;we are to speak in public; for this business will raise us all.antigonus [aside]to laughter, as i take it, if the good truth were known.exeunt scene ii. a prison. enter paulina, a gentleman, and attendantspaulina the keeper of the prison, call to him;let him have knowledge who i am.
exit gentleman good lady,no court in europe is too good for thee; what dost thou then in prison?re-enter gentleman, with the gaoler now, good sir,you know me, do you not? gaolerfor a worthy lady and one whom much i honour.paulina pray you then,conduct me to the queen. gaoleri may not, madam: to the contrary i have express commandment.paulina
here's ado,to lock up honesty and honour from the access of gentle visitors!is't lawful, pray you, to see her women? any of them? emilia?gaoler so please you, madam,to put apart these your attendants, i shall bring emilia forth.paulina i pray now, call her.withdraw yourselves. exeunt gentleman and attendants gaolerand, madam, i must be present at your conference.paulina
well, be't so, prithee.exit gaoler here's such ado to make no stain a stainas passes colouring. re-enter gaoler, with emilia dear gentlewoman,how fares our gracious lady? emiliaas well as one so great and so forlorn may hold together: on her frights and griefs,which never tender lady hath born greater, she is something before her time deliver'd.paulina a boy?emilia a daughter, and a goodly babe,lusty and like to live: the queen receives
much comfort in't; says 'my poor prisoner,i am innocent as you.' paulinai dare be sworn these dangerous unsafe lunes i' the king,beshrew them! he must be told on't, and he shall: the officebecomes a woman best; i'll take't upon me: if i prove honey-mouth'd let my tongue blisterand never to my red-look'd anger be the trumpet any more. pray you, emilia,commend my best obedience to the queen: if she dares trust me with her little babe,i'll show't the king and undertake to be her advocate to the loud'st. we do not knowhow he may soften at the sight o' the child: the silence often of pure innocencepersuades when speaking fails.
emiliamost worthy madam, your honour and your goodness is so evidentthat your free undertaking cannot miss a thriving issue: there is no lady livingso meet for this great errand. please your ladyshipto visit the next room, i'll presently acquaint the queen of your most noble offer;who but to-day hammer'd of this design, but durst not tempt a minister of honour,lest she should be denied. paulinatell her, emilia. i'll use that tongue i have: if wit flow from'tas boldness from my bosom, let 't not be doubted i shall do good.emilia
now be you blest for it!i'll to the queen: please you, come something nearer.gaoler madam, if't please the queen to send the babe,i know not what i shall incur to pass it, having no warrant.paulina you need not fear it, sir:this child was prisoner to the womb and is by law and process of great nature thencefreed and enfranchised, not a party to the anger of the king nor guilty of,if any be, the trespass of the queen. gaoleri do believe it. paulinado not you fear: upon mine honour,
i will stand betwixt you and danger.exeunt scene iii. a room in leontes' palace. enter leontes, antigonus, lords, and servantsleontes nor night nor day no rest: it is but weaknessto bear the matter thus; mere weakness. if the cause were not in being,—part o' thecause, she the adulteress; for the harlot kingis quite beyond mine arm, out of the blank and level of my brain, plot-proof; but shei can hook to me: say that she were gone, given to the fire, a moiety of my restmight come to me again. who's there? first servantmy lord?
leonteshow does the boy? first servanthe took good rest to-night; 'tis hoped his sickness is discharged.leontes to see his nobleness!conceiving the dishonour of his mother, he straight declined, droop'd, took it deeply,fasten'd and fix'd the shame on't in himself, threw off his spirit, his appetite, his sleep,and downright languish'd. leave me solely: go,see how he fares. exit servant fie, fie! no thought of him:the thought of my revenges that way
recoil upon me: in himself too mighty,and in his parties, his alliance; let him beuntil a time may serve: for present vengeance, take it on her. camillo and polixeneslaugh at me, make their pastime at my sorrow: they should not laugh if i could reach them,nor shall she within my power.enter paulina, with a child first lordyou must not enter. paulinanay, rather, good my lords, be second to me: fear you his tyrannous passion more, alas,than the queen's life? a gracious innocent soul,more free than he is jealous.
antigonusthat's enough. second servantmadam, he hath not slept tonight; commanded none should come at him.paulina not so hot, good sir:i come to bring him sleep. 'tis such as you, that creep like shadows by him and do sighat each his needless heavings, such as you nourish the cause of his awaking: ido come with words as medicinal as true, honest as either, to purge him of that humourthat presses him from sleep. leonteswhat noise there, ho? paulinano noise, my lord; but needful conference
about some gossips for your highness.leontes how!away with that audacious lady! antigonus, i charged thee that she should not come aboutme: i knew she would.antigonus i told her so, my lord,on your displeasure's peril and on mine, she should not visit you.leontes what, canst not rule her?paulina from all dishonesty he can: in this,unless he take the course that you have done, commit me for committing honour, trust it,he shall not rule me.
antigonusla you now, you hear: when she will take the rein i let her run;but she'll not stumble. paulinagood my liege, i come; and, i beseech you, hear me, who professmyself your loyal servant, your physician, your most obedient counsellor, yet that dareless appear so in comforting your evils, than such as most seem yours: i say, i comefrom your good queen. leontesgood queen! paulinagood queen, my lord, good queen; i say good queen;and would by combat make her good, so were
ia man, the worst about you. leontesforce her hence. paulinalet him that makes but trifles of his eyes first hand me: on mine own accord i'll off;but first i'll do my errand. the good queen, for she is good, hath brought you forth adaughter; here 'tis; commends it to your blessing.laying down the child leontesout! a mankind witch! hence with her, out o' door:a most intelligencing bawd! paulinanot so:
i am as ignorant in that as youin so entitling me, and no less honest than you are mad; which is enough, i'll warrant,as this world goes, to pass for honest. leontestraitors! will you not push her out? give her the bastard.thou dotard! thou art woman-tired, unroosted by thy dame partlet here. take up the bastard;take't up, i say; give't to thy crone. paulinafor ever unvenerable be thy hands, if thoutakest up the princess by that forced baseness which he has put upon't!leontes he dreads his wife.paulina
so i would you did; then 'twere past all doubtyou'ld call your children yours. leontesa nest of traitors! antigonusi am none, by this good light. paulinanor i, nor any but one that's here, and that's himself, forhe the sacred honour of himself, his queen's,his hopeful son's, his babe's, betrays to slander,whose sting is sharper than the sword's; and will not—for, as the case now stands, it is a curse he cannot be compell'd to't—once removethe root of his opinion, which is rotten
as ever oak or stone was sound.leontes a callatof boundless tongue, who late hath beat her husbandand now baits me! this brat is none of mine; it is the issue of polixenes:hence with it, and together with the dam commit them to the fire!paulina it is yours;and, might we lay the old proverb to your charge,so like you, 'tis the worse. behold, my lords, although the print be little, the whole matterand copy of the father, eye, nose, lip, the trick of's frown, his forehead, nay, thevalley,
the pretty dimples of his chin and cheek,his smiles, the very mould and frame of hand, nail, finger:and thou, good goddess nature, which hast made itso like to him that got it, if thou hast the ordering of the mind too, 'mongst allcolours no yellow in't, lest she suspect, as he does,her children not her husband's! leontesa gross hag and, lozel, thou art worthy to be hang'd,that wilt not stay her tongue. antigonushang all the husbands that cannot do that feat, you'll leave yourselfhardly one subject.
leontesonce more, take her hence. paulinaa most unworthy and unnatural lord can do no more.leontes i'll ha' thee burnt.paulina i care not:it is an heretic that makes the fire, not she which burns in't. i'll not call youtyrant; but this most cruel usage of your queen,not able to produce more accusation than your own weak-hinged fancy, somethingsavours of tyranny and will ignoble make you,yea, scandalous to the world.
leonteson your allegiance, out of the chamber with her! were i a tyrant,where were her life? she durst not call me so,if she did know me one. away with her! paulinai pray you, do not push me; i'll be gone. look to your babe, my lord; 'tis yours:jove send her a better guiding spirit! what needs thesehands? you, that are thus so tender o'er his follies,will never do him good, not one of you. so, so: farewell; we are gone.exit leontesthou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this.
my child? away with't! even thou, that hasta heart so tender o'er it, take it hence and see it instantly consumed with fire;even thou and none but thou. take it up straight: within this hour bring me word 'tis done,and by good testimony, or i'll seize thy life, with what thou else call'st thine. if thourefuse and wilt encounter with my wrath, say so;the bastard brains with these my proper hands shall i dash out. go, take it to the fire;for thou set'st on thy wife. antigonusi did not, sir: these lords, my noble fellows, if they please,can clear me in't. lordswe can: my royal liege,
he is not guilty of her coming hither.leontes you're liars all.first lord beseech your highness, give us better credit:we have always truly served you, and beseech youso to esteem of us, and on our knees we beg, as recompense of our dear servicespast and to come, that you do change this purpose,which being so horrible, so bloody, must lead on to some foul issue: we all kneel.leontes i am a feather for each wind that blows:shall i live on to see this bastard kneel and call me father? better burn it nowthan curse it then. but be it; let it live.
it shall not neither. you, sir, come you hither;you that have been so tenderly officious with lady margery, your midwife there,to save this bastard's life,—for 'tis a bastard,so sure as this beard's grey, —what will you adventureto save this brat's life? antigonusany thing, my lord, that my ability may undergoand nobleness impose: at least thus much: i'll pawn the little blood which i have leftto save the innocent: any thing possible. leontesit shall be possible. swear by this sword thou wilt perform my bidding.antigonus
i will, my lord.leontes mark and perform it, see'st thou! for thefail of any point in't shall not only bedeath to thyself but to thy lewd-tongued wife, whom for this time we pardon. we enjoin thee,as thou art liege-man to us, that thou carry this female bastard hence and that thou bearit to some remote and desert place quite outof our dominions, and that there thou leave it,without more mercy, to its own protection and favour of the climate. as by strange fortuneit came to us, i do in justice charge thee, on thy soul's peril and thy body's torture,that thou commend it strangely to some place
where chance may nurse or end it. take itup. antigonusi swear to do this, though a present death had been more merciful. come on, poor babe:some powerful spirit instruct the kites and ravensto be thy nurses! wolves and bears, they say casting their savageness aside have donelike offices of pity. sir, be prosperous in more than this deed does require! and blessingagainst this cruelty fight on thy side, poor thing, condemn'd to loss!exit with the child leontesno, i'll not rear another's issue.enter a servant
servantplease your highness, posts from those you sent to the oracle are comean hour since: cleomenes and dion, being well arrived from delphos, are bothlanded, hasting to the court.first lord so please you, sir, their speedhath been beyond account. leontestwenty-three days they have been absent: 'tis good speed; foretellsthe great apollo suddenly will have the truth of this appear. prepare you, lords;summon a session, that we may arraign our most disloyal lady, for, as she hathbeen publicly accused, so shall she have
a just and open trial. while she livesmy heart will be a burthen to me. leave me, and think upon my bidding.exeunt end of act ii�
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