Captain
To them the legions garrison'd in Gailia, After your will, have cross'd the sea, attending You here at Milford-
Haven with your ships: They are in readiness. CAIUS LUCIUS
But what from Rome? Captain
The senate hath stirr'd up the confiners And gentlemen of Italy, most willing spirits, That promise noble
service: and they come Under the conduct of bold Iachimo, Syenna's brother. CAIUS LUCIUS
When expect you them? Captain
With the next benefit o' the wind. CAIUS LUCIUS
This forwardness Makes our hopes fair. Command our present numbers Be muster'd; bid the captains
look to't. Now, sir, What have you dream'd of late of this war's purpose? Soothsayer
Last night the very gods show'd me a vision I fast and pray'd for their intelligencethus: I saw Jove's bird,
the Roman eagle, wing'd From the spongy south to this part of the west, There vanish'd in the sunbeams: which
portends Unless my sins abuse my divination Success to the Roman host. CAIUS LUCIUS
Dream often so, And never false. Soft, ho! what trunk is here Without his top? The ruin speaks that
sometime It was a worthy building. How! a page! Or dead, or sleeping on him? But dead rather; For nature
doth abhor to make his bed With the defunct, or sleep upon the dead. Let's see the boy's face. Captain
He's alive, my lord. CAIUS LUCIUS
He'll then instruct us of this body. Young one, Inform us of thy fortunes, for it seems They crave to be
demanded. Who is this Thou makest thy bloody pillow? Or who was he That, otherwise than noble nature
did, Hath alter'd that good picture? What's thy interest In this sad wreck? How came it? Who is it? What
art thou? IMOGEN
I am nothing: or if not, Nothing to be were better. This was my master, A very valiant Briton and a good, That
here by mountaineers lies slain. Alas! There is no more such masters: I may wander From east to occident,
cry out for service, Try many, all good, serve truly, never Find such another master.
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