Pericles Translation Act 4, Scene 5
Enter, from the brothel, two Gentlemen
FIRST GENTLEMAN
Did you ever hear the like?
FIRST GENTLEMAN
Have you ever heard anything like it?
SECOND GENTLEMAN
No, nor never shall do in such a place as this, shebeing once gone.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
No. I'll never set foot in a place like this again, if she's not there.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
But to have divinity preached there! did you everdream of such a thing?
FIRST GENTLEMAN
Isn't it strange to hear such godly preaching there? Did you ever dream of such a thing?
SECOND GENTLEMAN
No, no. Come, I am for no more bawdy-houses:shall's go hear the vestals sing?
SECOND GENTLEMAN
No, no. Listen; I'm not interested in brothels anymore. Should we go hear the nuns sing?
FIRST GENTLEMAN
I'll do any thing now that is virtuous; but Iam out of the road of rutting for ever.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
I'll do anything now, as long as its virtuous. I'm done with prostitutes forever.
Exeunt
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Bailey Sincox is a PhD student in English at Harvard University, where she researches the theatre of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Her teaching experience includes accessible online courses with edX on Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice. She holds a Master's from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor's from Duke University.
