CYMBELINE,
           King of Britain

    CLOTEN,
           son to the Queen
               by a former husband

    POSTHUMUS LEONATUS,
           a gentleman,
         husband to Imogen

    BELARIUS,
           a banished lord,
         disguised under
               the name of Morgan

    GUIDERIUS and ARVIRAGUS,
           sons to Cymbeline,
         disguised under the names
               of POLYDORE
             and CADWAL,
           supposed sons to Belarius

    PHILARIO,
           Italian,
         friend to Posthumus

    IACHIMO,
            Italian,
         friend to Philario

    A FRENCH GENTLEMAN,
           friend to Philario

    CAIUS LUCIUS,
           General of the Roman Forces

   A ROMAN CAPTAIN

   TWO BRITISH CAPTAINS

    PISANIO,
           servant to Posthumus

    CORNELIUS,
           a physician

    TWO LORDS of Cymbeline's court

    TWO GENTLEMEN of the same

   TWO GAOLERS

    QUEEN,
           wife to Cymbeline

    IMOGEN,
           daughter to Cymbeline
               by a former queen

    HELEN,
           a lady attending on Imogen

   APPARITIONS

    Lords,
           Ladies,
         Roman Senators,
           Tribunes,
         a Soothsayer,
           a Dutch Gentleman,
         a Spanish Gentleman,
           Musicians,
         Officers,
           Captains,
         Soldiers,
           Messengers,
         and Attendants

   SCENE:

    Britain;
        Italy
 
  ACT I. SCENE I. Britain. The
       garden of CYMBELINE'S palace

    FIRST GENTLEMAN.

    You do not
          meet a man
         but frowns;
        our bloods No more
              obey the heavens
                   than our courtiers Still
                  seem as
            does the King's.

    SECOND GENTLEMAN.

    But what's the matter?

    FIRST GENTLEMAN.

    His daughter,
           and the heir of's kingdom,
         whom He purpos'd
               to his wife's sole son-
                   a widow
             That late
               he married-
                  hath referr'd herself
                       Unto a poor
             but worthy gentleman.

    She's wedded;
        Her husband banish'd;
           she imprison'd.

    All Is outward sorrow,
           though I think the King
              Be touch'd at very heart.

    SECOND GENTLEMAN.

    None but the King?

    FIRST GENTLEMAN.

    He that
          hath lost her too.

    So is the Queen,
           That most desir'd the match.

    But not a courtier,
           Although they wear
               their faces
                   to the bent
                       Of the King's looks,
         hath a heart
             that is not Glad
                   at the thing
             they scowl at.

    SECOND GENTLEMAN.

    And why so?

    FIRST GENTLEMAN.

    He that
          hath miss'd the Princess
            is a thing Too bad
                   for bad report;
        and he
             that hath her- I mean
               that married her,
           alack,
         good man!

    And therefore banish'd-
        is a creature such As,
           to seek
               through the regions
                   of the earth
                 For one his like,
         there would be something
              failing In him
             that should compare.

    I do not
          think So
              fair an outward
                   and such stuff within
            Endows a man but he.

    SECOND GENTLEMAN.

    You speak him far.

    FIRST GENTLEMAN.

    I do extend him,
           sir,
         within himself;
        Crush him together
             rather than
                  unfold His measure duly.