{"id":4389,"date":"2015-02-12T06:36:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T11:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4389"},"modified":"2023-03-20T09:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:35:27","slug":"the-winters-tale-act-3-scene-2-first-folio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4389","title":{"rendered":"The Winter&#8217;s Tale: Act 3, Scene 2: First Folio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The\u00a0Winter&#8217;s Tale.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 3, Scene 2. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hermione\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(This text is featured in our\u00a0<a title=\"Jolly Abraham\" href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=4403\">interview with Jolly Abraham<\/a>)\u00a0 (and <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=8676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miriam Laube<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Click here to <a title=\"Scansion: The Winter\u2019s Tale Act 3, Scene 2\" href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4391\">open a scanned version<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to open up <a title=\"The Winter\u2019s Tale: Act 3, Scene 2\" href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4385\">Modern\u00a0version<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1196 \u00a0Since what I am to say, must be but that<br \/>\n1197 \u00a0Which contradicts my Accusation, and<br \/>\n1198 \u00a0The testimonie on my part, no other<br \/>\n1199 \u00a0But what comes from my selfe, it shall scarce boot me<br \/>\n1200 \u00a0To say, Not guiltie: mine Integritie<br \/>\n1201 \u00a0Being counted Falsehood, shall (as I expresse it)<br \/>\n1202 \u00a0Be so receiu&#8217;d. But thus, if Powres Diuine<br \/>\n1203 \u00a0Behold our humane Actions (as they doe)<br \/>\n1204 \u00a0I doubt not then, but Innocence shall make<br \/>\n1205 \u00a0False Accusation blush, and Tyrannie<br \/>\n1206 \u00a0Tremble at Patience. You (my Lord) best know<br \/>\n1207 \u00a0(Whom least will seeme to doe so) my past life<br \/>\n1208 \u00a0Hath beene as continent, as chaste, as true,<br \/>\n1209 \u00a0As I am now vnhappy; which is more<br \/>\n1210 \u00a0Then Historie can patterne, though deuis&#8217;d,<br \/>\n1211 \u00a0 And play&#8217;d, to take Spectators. For behold me,<br \/>\n1212 \u00a0 A Fellow of the Royall Bed, which owe<br \/>\n1213 \u00a0 A Moitie of the Throne: a great Kings Daughter,<br \/>\n1214 \u00a0The Mother to a hopefull Prince, here standing<br \/>\n1215 \u00a0To prate and talke for Life, and Honor, fore<br \/>\n1216 \u00a0Who please to come, and heare. For Life, I prize it<br \/>\n1217 \u00a0As I weigh Griefe (which I would spare:) For Honor,<br \/>\n1218 \u00a0&#8216;Tis a deriuatiue from me to mine,<br \/>\n1219 \u00a0And onely that I stand for. I appeale<br \/>\n1220 \u00a0To your owne Conscience (Sir) before <i>Polixenes<\/i><br \/>\n1221 \u00a0Came to your Court, how I was in your grace,<br \/>\n1222 \u00a0How merited to be so: Since he came,<br \/>\n1223 \u00a0With what encounter so vncurrant, I<br \/>\n1224 \u00a0Haue strayn&#8217;d t&#8217; appeare thus; if one iot beyond<br \/>\n1225 \u00a0The bound of Honor, or in act, or will<br \/>\n1226 \u00a0That way enclining, hardned be the hearts<br \/>\n1227 \u00a0Of all that heare me, and my neer&#8217;st of Kin<br \/>\n1228 \u00a0Cry fie vpon my Graue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Winter&#8217;s Tale.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 3, Scene 2. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hermione\u00a0 (This text is featured in our\u00a0interview with Jolly Abraham)\u00a0 (and Miriam Laube.) Click here to open a scanned version. Click here to open up Modern\u00a0version 1196 \u00a0Since what I am to say, must be but that 1197 \u00a0Which contradicts my Accusation, and 1198 \u00a0The testimonie on<\/p>\n <a href='https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4389' class='excerpt-more-append'>[...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4389","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2Frfq-18N","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4389"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8700,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4389\/revisions\/8700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}