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 * "Per. A gentleman of Tyre—(my name, Pericles;

My education being in arts and arms;)— Who looking for adventures in the world, Was by the rough seas reft of ships and men, And after shipwreck, driven upon this shore.
 * "Thai. He thanks your grace; names himself Pericles,

A gentleman of Tyre, who only by Misfortune of the seas has been bereft Of ships and men, and cast upon this shore.
 * "Sim. Now by the gods, I pity his misfortune,

And will awake him from his melancholy."


 * "Per. All fortune to the good Simonides!