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Early modern literature
Drama, gender & the body

Pericles

Act 4, Scene 5

Modern spelling. Stage directions omitted.

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FIRST GENTLEMAN

Did you ever hear the like?

SECOND GENTLEMAN

No, nor never shall do in such a place as this, she being once gone.

FIRST GENTLEMAN

But to have divinity preached there! did you ever dream of such a thing?

SECOND GENTLEMAN

No, no. Come, I am for no more bawdy houses: shall’s go hear the vestals sing?

FIRST GENTLEMAN

I’ll do anything now that is virtuous; but I am out of the road of rutting for ever.

All of Pericles

Act 1

Act 1Act 1, Scene 1Act 1, Scene 2Act 1, Scene 3Act 1, Scene 4,

Act 2

Act 2Act 2, Scene 1Act 2, Scene 2Act 2, Scene 3Act 2, Scene 4Act 2, Scene 5,

Act 3

Act 3Act 3, Scene 1Act 3, Scene 2Act 3, Scene 3Act 3, Scene 4,

Act 4

Act 4Act 4, Scene 1Act 4, Scene 2Act 4, Scene 3Act 4, Scene 4Act 4, Scene 5Act 4, Scene 6,

Act 5

Act 5Act 5, Scene 1Act 5, Scene 2Act 5, Scene 3

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Modern spelling for reading. The edition is public domain in the United States. Edition source.