69 ILLUSTRATIONS. Reproduced from the designs of Frank Howard. Trial of Hermione.-The oracle of Apollo having been consulted, the answer is read in court, Hermione accused by Leontes Paulina with the child to which Hermione has Paulina brings the child to Leontes Leontes makes Antigonus swear to carry away the child Trial of Hermione.-The oracle of Apollo having been consulted, the answer is read in court, "The prince, your son, is dead."-Hermione faints, Antigonus, leaving the child in a desert country, is destroyed by a bear. 31 39 53 59 67 79 81 93 Florizel, dressed as a shepherd, calls on Polixenes in The shepherd relates his connection with Perdita. . Hermione descends from the pedestal - Perdita kneels to her 135 143 167 177 181 187 195 "The Winter's Tale first appeared in print in the folio of 1623, occupying twenty-seven pages of the division of Comedies. Compared to the other plays in the folio, more than usual care seems to have been taken in the printing. HERMIONE, queen to Leontes. PERDITA, daughter to Leontes and Hermione. PAULINA, wife to Antigonus. EMILIA, a lady attending on Hermione. Other Lords and Gentlemen, Ladies, Officers, and Servants, Shepherds, and Shepherdesses. Time, as Chorus. SCENE: Partly in Sicilia, and partly in Bohemia. 2 THE WINTER'S TALE. ACT I. SCENE I. Antechamber in LEONTES' palace. Enter CAMILLO and ARCHIDAMUS. Arch. If you shall chance, Camillo, to visit Bohemia, on the like occasion whereon my services are now on foot, you shall see, as I have said, great difference betwixt our Bohemia and your Sicilia. Cam. I think, this coming summer, the King of Sicilia means to pay Bohemia the visitation which he justly owes him. Arch. Wherein our entertainment shall shame us we will be justified in our loves; for indeed Cam. Beseech you,— Arch. Verily, I speak it in the freedom of my knowledge: we cannot with such |