Tyre. An Antechamber in the Palace.
 Enter THALIARD alone.

Thaliard	So this is Tyre, and this the court. Here must I kill King 
	Pericles; and if I do it not, I am sure to be hanged at 
	home. 'Tis dangerous. Well I perceive he was a wise fellow 
	and had good discretion that, being bid to ask what he 
	would of the king, desired he might know none of his 
	secrets. Now do I see he had some reason for't, for if a 
	king bid a man be a villain, he's bound by the indenture of 
	his oath to be one. Husht, here comes the lords of Tyre.
										[He stands apart.

               Enter HELICANUS, ESCANES, with other LORDS.

Helicanus	You shall not need, my fellow peers of Tyre,
	Further to question me of your king's departure.
	His sealed commission, left in trust with me,
	Doth speak sufficiently he's gone to travel.

Thaliard	[Aside.] How! The king gone?

Helicanus	If further yet you will be satisfied
	Why, as it were unlicensed of your loves,
	He would depart, I'll give some light unto you.
	Being at Antioch-

Thaliard	[Aside.] What from Antioch?

Helicanus	Royal Antiochus, on what cause I know not,
	Took some displeasure at him - at least he judged so-
	And doubting lest he had erred or sinned,
	To show his sorrow he'd correct himself;
	So puts himself unto the shipman's toil,
	With whom each minute threatens life or death.

Thaliard	[Aside.] Well, I perceive I shall not be hanged now, 
	although I would. But since he's gone, the king's seas must 
	please: he 'scaped the land to perish at the seas. I'll 
	present myself.
	[Advancing.] Peace to the lords of Tyre!

Helicanus	Lord Thaliard from Antiochus is welcome.

Thaliard	From him I come with message unto princely Pericles; but 
	since my landing I have understood your lord has betake 
	himself to unknown travels, now message must return from 
	whence it came.

Helicanus	We have no reason to desire it,
	Commended to our master, not to us;
	Yet, ere you shall depart, this we desire:
	As friends to Antioch, we may feast in Tyre.
										[Exeunt.
