Act IV, Scene 1

Tarsus. An open place near the sea-shore.

[Enter DIONYZA and LEONINE]

• Dionyza. Thy oath remember; thou hast sworn to do't:
  'Tis but a blow, which never shall be known.
  Thou canst not do a thing in the world so soon,
  To yield thee so much profit. Let not conscience, 1550
  Which is but cold, inflaming love i' thy bosom,
  Inflame too nicely; nor let pity, which
  Even women have cast off, melt thee, but be
  A soldier to thy purpose.

• Leonine. I will do't; but yet she is a goodly creature. 1555

• Dionyza. The fitter, then, the gods should have her. Here
  she comes weeping for her only mistress' death.
  Thou art resolved?

• Leonine. I am resolved.

[Enter MARINA, with a basket of flowers]

• Marina. No, I will rob Tellus of her weed,
  To strew thy green with flowers: the yellows, blues,
  The purple violets, and marigolds,
  Shall as a carpet hang upon thy grave,
  While summer-days do last. Ay me! poor maid, 1565
  Born in a tempest, when my mother died,
  This world to me is like a lasting storm,
  Whirring me from my friends.

• Dionyza. How now, Marina! why do you keep alone?
  How chance my daughter is not with you? Do not 1570
  Consume your blood with sorrowing: you have
  A nurse of me. Lord, how your favour's changed
  With this unprofitable woe!
  Come, give me your flowers, ere the sea mar it.
  Walk with Leonine; the air is quick there, 1575
  And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. Come,
  Leonine, take her by the arm, walk with her.

• Marina. No, I pray you;
  I'll not bereave you of your servant.

• Dionyza. Come, come; 1580
  I love the king your father, and yourself,
  With more than foreign heart. We every day
  Expect him here: when he shall come and find
  Our paragon to all reports thus blasted,
  He will repent the breadth of his great voyage; 1585
  Blame both my lord and me, that we have taken
  No care to your best courses. Go, I pray you,
  Walk, and be cheerful once again; reserve
  That excellent complexion, which did steal
  The eyes of young and old. Care not for me 1590
  I can go home alone.

• Marina. Well, I will go;
  But yet I have no desire to it.

• Dionyza. Come, come, I know 'tis good for you.
  Walk half an hour, Leonine, at the least: 1595
  Remember what I have said.

• Leonine. I warrant you, madam.

• Dionyza. I'll leave you, my sweet lady, for a while:
  Pray, walk softly, do not heat your blood:
  What! I must have a care of you. 1600

• Marina. My thanks, sweet madam.
  [Exit DIONYZA]
  Is this wind westerly that blows?

• Leonine. South-west.

• Marina. When I was born, the wind was north. 1605

• Leonine. Was't so?

• Marina. My father, as nurse said, did never fear,
  But cried 'Good seaman!' to the sailors, galling
  His kingly hands, haling ropes;
  And, clasping to the mast, endured a sea 1610
  That almost burst the deck.

• Leonine. When was this?

• Marina. When I was born:
  Never was waves nor wind more violent;
  And from the ladder-tackle washes off 1615
  A canvas-climber. 'Ha!' says one, 'wilt out?'
  And with a dropping industry they skip
  From stem to stern: the boatswain whistles, and
  The master calls, and trebles their confusion.

• Leonine. Come, say your prayers. 1620

• Marina. What mean you?

• Leonine. If you require a little space for prayer,
  I grant it: pray; but be not tedious,
  For the gods are quick of ear, and I am sworn
  To do my work with haste. 1625

• Marina. Why will you kill me?

• Leonine. To satisfy my lady.

• Marina. Why would she have me kill'd?
  Now, as I can remember, by my troth,
  I never did her hurt in all my life: 1630
  I never spake bad word, nor did ill turn
  To any living creature: believe me, la,
  I never kill'd a mouse, nor hurt a fly:
  I trod upon a worm against my will,
  But I wept for it. How have I offended, 1635
  Wherein my death might yield her any profit,
  Or my life imply her any danger?

• Leonine. My commission
  Is not to reason of the deed, but do it.

• Marina. You will not do't for all the world, I hope. 1640
  You are well favour'd, and your looks foreshow
  You have a gentle heart. I saw you lately,
  When you caught hurt in parting two that fought:
  Good sooth, it show'd well in you: do so now:
  Your lady seeks my life; come you between, 1645
  And save poor me, the weaker.

• Leonine. I am sworn,
  And will dispatch.

[He seizes her]

[Enter Pirates]

• First Pirate. Hold, villain!

[LEONINE runs away]

• Second Pirate. A prize! a prize!

• Third Pirate. Half-part, mates, half-part.
  Come, let's have her aboard suddenly. 1655

[Exeunt Pirates with MARINA]

[Re-enter LEONINE]

• Leonine. These roguing thieves serve the great pirate Valdes;
  And they have seized Marina. Let her go:
  There's no hope she will return. I'll swear 1660
  she's dead,
  And thrown into the sea. But I'll see further:
  Perhaps they will but please themselves upon her,
  Not carry her aboard. If she remain,
  Whom they have ravish'd must by me be slain. 1665

[Exit]