No Fear Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale: Act 3 Scene 1

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Original Text	Modern Text
A sea-port in Sicilia.	A sea-port in Sicilia.
Enter CLEOMENES and DION	Enter CLEOMENES and DION
CLEOMENES The climate’s delicate, the air most sweet, Fertile the isle, the temple much surpassing The common praise it bears.	CLEOMENES The climate’s delicate, the air most sweet, Fertile the isle, the temple much surpassing The common praise it bears.
DION I shall report, 5 For most it caught me, the celestial habits, Methinks I so should term them, and the reverence Of the grave wearers. O, the sacrifice! How ceremonious, solemn and unearthly It was i’ the offering!	DION I shall report, For most it caught me, the celestial habits, Methinks I so should term them, and the reverence Of the grave wearers. O, the sacrifice! How ceremonious, solemn and unearthly It was i’ the offering!
CLEOMENES 10 But of all, the burst And the ear-deafening voice o’ the oracle, Kin to Jove’s thunder, so surprised my sense. That I was nothing.	CLEOMENES But of all, the burst And the ear-deafening voice o’ the oracle, Kin to Jove’s thunder, so surprised my sense. That I was nothing.
DION If the event o’ the journey 15 Prove as successful to the queen,—O be’t so!— As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy, The time is worth the use on’t.	DION If the event o’ the journey Prove as successful to the queen,—O be’t so!— As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy, The time is worth the use on’t.
CLEOMENES Great Apollo Turn all to the best! These proclamations, 20 So forcing faults upon Hermione, I little like.	CLEOMENES Great Apollo Turn all to the best! These proclamations, So forcing faults upon Hermione, I little like.
DION The violent carriage of it Will clear or end the busine when the oracle, Thus by Apollo’s great divine seal’d up, 25 Shall the contents discover, something rare Even then will rush to knowledge. Go: fresh horses! And gracious be the issue!	DION The violent carriage of it Will clear or end the busine when the oracle, Thus by Apollo’s great divine seal’d up, Shall the contents discover, something rare Even then will rush to knowledge. Go: fresh horses! And gracious be the issue!
Exeunt.	Exeunt.

Original Text	Modern Text
A sea-port in Sicilia.	A sea-port in Sicilia.
Enter CLEOMENES and DION	Enter CLEOMENES and DION
CLEOMENES The climate’s delicate, the air most sweet, Fertile the isle, the temple much surpassing The common praise it bears.	CLEOMENES The climate’s delicate, the air most sweet, Fertile the isle, the temple much surpassing The common praise it bears.
DION I shall report, 5 For most it caught me, the celestial habits, Methinks I so should term them, and the reverence Of the grave wearers. O, the sacrifice! How ceremonious, solemn and unearthly It was i’ the offering!	DION I shall report, For most it caught me, the celestial habits, Methinks I so should term them, and the reverence Of the grave wearers. O, the sacrifice! How ceremonious, solemn and unearthly It was i’ the offering!
CLEOMENES 10 But of all, the burst And the ear-deafening voice o’ the oracle, Kin to Jove’s thunder, so surprised my sense. That I was nothing.	CLEOMENES But of all, the burst And the ear-deafening voice o’ the oracle, Kin to Jove’s thunder, so surprised my sense. That I was nothing.
DION If the event o’ the journey 15 Prove as successful to the queen,—O be’t so!— As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy, The time is worth the use on’t.	DION If the event o’ the journey Prove as successful to the queen,—O be’t so!— As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy, The time is worth the use on’t.
CLEOMENES Great Apollo Turn all to the best! These proclamations, 20 So forcing faults upon Hermione, I little like.	CLEOMENES Great Apollo Turn all to the best! These proclamations, So forcing faults upon Hermione, I little like.
DION The violent carriage of it Will clear or end the busine when the oracle, Thus by Apollo’s great divine seal’d up, 25 Shall the contents discover, something rare Even then will rush to knowledge. Go: fresh horses! And gracious be the issue!	DION The violent carriage of it Will clear or end the busine when the oracle, Thus by Apollo’s great divine seal’d up, Shall the contents discover, something rare Even then will rush to knowledge. Go: fresh horses! And gracious be the issue!
Exeunt.	Exeunt.