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And what’s the third?
THAISA
The third of Antioch,
And his device a wreath of chivalry.
The word, Me pompae provexit apex.
She presents it to the King
 
KING SIMONIDES
Desire of renown he doth devise,
The which hath drawn him to this enterprise.
He returns it to the page, who exits with the third knight
.
Flourish.
The fourth knight passes by
richly armed, and his page before him, bearing his device on his shield, delivers it to the Lady Thaisa
 
What is the fourth?
THAISA
A knight of Athens bearing
A burning torch that’s turned upside down.
The word,
Qui me alit me extinguit
.
She presents it to the King
 
KING SIMONIDES
Which shows that beauty hath this power and will,
Which can as well inflame as it can kill.
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He returns it to the page, who exits with the fourth knight.
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Flourish.
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The fifth Knight passes by
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richly armed, and his page before him, bearing his device on his shield, delivers it to the Lady Thaisa
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And who the fifth?
THAISA The fifth, a prince of Corinth,
Presents an hand environèd with clouds,
Holding out gold that’s by the touchstone tried.
The motto thus: Sic spectanda fides.
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She presents it to the King
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KING SIMONIDES
So faith is to be looked into.
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He returns it to the page, who exits with the fifth knight.
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Flourish.l The sixth knight, Pericles, in a rusty armour, who, having neither page to deliver his shield nor shield to deliver, presents his device unto the Lady Thaisa
 
And what’s the sixth and last, the which the knight
himself
With such a graceful courtesy delivereth?
THAISA
He seems to be a stranger, but his present is
A withered branch that’s only green at top.
The motto,
In hac spe vivo.
KING SIMONIDES
From the dejected state wherein he is
He hopes by you his fortunes yet may flourish.
FIRST LORD
He had need mean better than his outward show
Can any way speak in his just commend,
For by his rusty outside he appears
T’have practised more the whipstock than the lance.
SECOND LORD
He well may be a stranger, for he comes
Unto an honoured triumph strangely furnished.
THIRD LORD
And on set purpose let his armour rust
Until this day, to scour it in the dust.
KING SIMONIDES
Opinion’s but a fool, that makes us scan
The outward habit for the inward man.
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Cornetts
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But stay, the knights are coming. We will withdraw
Into the gallery. ⌈
Exeunt
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Cornetts and
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great shouts
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within
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, and all cry
‘The mean knight!’
 
Sc. 7
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A stately banquet is brought in.1 Enter King
 
Simonides, Thaisa
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and their train at one door
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, and
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at another door
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a Marshal
⌈
conducting
⌉ Pericles and the other knights from tilting

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