Tarsus. A Room in Cleon's House.
 Enter PERICLES, CLEON, DIONYZA, and LYCHORIDA with the baby in her arms.

Pericles	Most honoured Cleon, I must needs be gone;
	My twelve months are expired, and Tyrus stands
	In a litigious peace. You and your lady
	Take from my heart all thankfulness! The gods
	Make up the rest upon you!

Cleon	Your shakes of fortune,
	Though they haunt you mortally, yet glance
	Full wond'ringly on us.

Dionyza	O your sweet queen!
	That the strict fates had pleased you'd brought her hither,
	To have blessed mine eyes with her.

Pericles	We cannot but obey the powers above us.
	Could I rage and roar as doth the sea she lies in,
	Yet the end must be as 'tis. My gentle babe Marina,
	Whom for she was born at sea I have named so,
	Here I charge your charity withal; leaving her
	The infant of your care; beseeching you to give her
	Princely training, that she may be mannered
	As she is born.

Cleon	Fear not, my lord, but think
	Your grace, that fed my country with your corn,
	For which the people's prayers still fall upon you,
	Must in your child be thought on. If neglection
	Should therein make me vile, the common body,
	By you relieved, would force me to my duty.
	But if to that my nature need a spur,
	The gods revenge it upon me and mine
	To the end of generation!

Pericles	I believe you.
	Your honour and your goodness teach me to't
	Without your vows. Till she be married, madam,
	By bright Diana, whom we honour all,
	Unscissored shall this hair of mine remain,
	Though I show ill in't. So I take my leave.
	Good madam, make me blessd in your care
	In bringing up my child.

Dionyza	I have one myself,
	Who shall not be more dear to my respect
	Than yours, my lord.

Pericles	Madam, my thanks and prayers.

Cleon	We'll bring your grace e'en to the edge o'th' shore,
	Then give you up to the masked Neptune and
	The gentlest winds of heaven.

Pericles	I will embrace
	Your offer. Come, dearest madam. O, no tears,
	Lychorida, no tears:
	Look to your little mistress, on whose grace
	You may depend hereafter. Come, my lord.
										[Exeunt.
