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- # Pericles Prince of Tyre, Act IV, Scene vi, Lines 204-241
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This section is a segment of William Shakespeare's play "Pericles, Prince of Tyre," specifically Act IV, Scene vi, lines 204 through the beginning of Act V, Scene i, line 19. It is presented as a textual transcription, extracted from a larger file.
## Context
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## Contents
This segment of the play depicts a conversation between Helicanus and the Governor Lyrimachus. Lyrimachus requests to come aboard a ship, and Helicanus grants permission. Lyrimachus explains that he is the governor of the place where they are. Helicanus reveals that the ship carries the King of Tyre, who has been in a state of grief for three months due to the loss of his wife and daughter. Lyrimachus expresses a desire to see the King. The dialogue sets the stage for the reunion of Pericles with his daughter Marina.
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- IV. vi. 204—V. I-19
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# Pericles Prince of Tyre.
And so him in his Barge with former hycs,
In your supposing once more put your light,
Of heavy Pericles, thinks this his Barke:
Where what is done in action, more if might
Shalbe discouraged, please you sit and harke. *Exit.*
## Enter Helicanus, to him 2. Sayless.
1. **Say** Where is Lord Helicanus? he can resolve you,
Where he is Sir, there is a barge put off from Africaine and
in it is Lyrimachus the Gouernour, who craves to come aboard,
what is your will?
**Hely.** That hee haue his, call up some Gentlemen.
2. **Say** the Gentlemen, my Lord calls.
## Enter two or three Gentlemen.
1. **Gent.** Doeth your Lordship call?
**Hell.** Gentlemen there is some of worth would come
aboard, I pray greet him fairly.
## Enter Lyrimachus.
1. **Say** Sir, this is the man that can in ought you would
resolve you.
**Lyr.** Hayle reucrent Sir, the Gods preferue you.
**Hell.** And you to our-her the age I am, and die as I
would doe.
**Lr.** You wish me well, beeing on shore, honoring of
Neptunes triumphs, seeing this goodly veffell ride before
us, I made to it, no knowe of whence you are.
**Hell.** First what is your place?
**Lr.** I am the Gouernour of this place you lie before.
**Hell.** See our veffell is of Tyre, in it the King, a man,
who for this three months hath not spoken to anie one,
nor taken sustenance, but to prorogue his grief.
**Lr.** Upon what ground is his diffeimperature?
**Hell.** Twould be too redious to repeat, but the mayne
griefe springs fro the loffe of a beloved daughter & a wife.
**Lr.** May wee not see him?
Hell.
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- IV. vi. 204—V. I-19