Page 226 - Shakespeare - Vol. 4

LYSIMACHUS

You wish me well. [15]
Being on shore, honouring of Neptune’s triumphs,
Seeing this goodly vessel ride before us,

I made to it to know of whence you are.

HELICANUS

First, what is your place?

LYSIMACHUS
I am the governor
Of this place you lie before.

HELICANUS
Sir, [20]
Our vessel is of Tyre; in it the King,

A man who for this three months hath not spoken
To anyone, nor taken sustenance
But to prorogue his grief.

LYSIMACHUS
Upon what ground is his distemperature? [25]

HELICANUS
’Twould be too tedious to repeat,

But the main grief springs from the loss
Of a belovèd daughter and a wife.

LYSIMACHUS
May we not see him?

HELICANUS
You may,
But bootless is your sight; he will not speak [30]

To any.

LYSIMACHUS