Shakespeare's Tragedy of Cymbeline Author:William Shakespeare Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Pisanio And Imogen (scene 4) ACT III Scene I. Britain. A Hall in Cymbeline's Palace Enter in state, Cymbeline, Queen, Cloten, and Lords at one door... more », and at another Caius Lucius and Attendants Cymbeline. Now say, what would Augustus Caesar with us? Lucius. When Julius Caesar, whose remembrance yet Lives in men's eyes and will to ears and tongues Be theme and hearing ever, was in this Britain And conquer'd it, Cassibelan, thine uncle,— Famous in Caesar's praises, no whit less Than in his feats deserving it, — for him And his succession granted Rome a tribute, Yearly three thousand pounds, which by thee lately Is left untender'd. Queen. And, to kill the marvel, 10 Shall be so ever. Cloten. There be many Caesars Ere such another Julius. Britain is A world by itself, and we will nothing pay For wearing our own noses. Queen. That opportunity Which then they had to take from 's, to resume We have again. — Remember, sir, my liege, The kings your ancestors, together with The natural bravery of your isle, which stands As Neptune's park, ribbed and paled in With rocks unscalable and roaring waters, 20 With sands that will not bear your enemies' boats, But suck them up to the topmast. A kind of con- quest Caesar made here, but made not here his brag Of ' Came and saw and overcame.' With shame — The first that ever touch !d him — he was carried From off our coast, twice beaten, and his shipping — Poor ignorant baubles — on our terrible seas, Like egg-shells mov'd upon their surges, crack'd As easily 'gainst our rocks ; for joy whereof The famed Cassibelan, who was once at point — 30 O giglot fortune — to master Csesar's sword, Made Lud's town with rejoicing fires bright And Britons strut with courage. Cloten. Come, there 's no mor...« less