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Sixteen years have passed since Perdita was left on the Bohemian seashore. She has no idea that she is actually the princess of Sicilia, as she has been raised the daughter of the shepherd who found her. Florizel is the son of Polixenes, the king of Bohemia, and knows that his father would disapprove of the prince marrying a commoner. He has disguised himself as a shepherd named Doricles. In this scene, the young lovers recount how they met, and promise to wed.
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FLORIZEL These your unusual weeds to each part of you Do give a life: no shepherdess, but Flora Peering in April's front. This your sheep-shearing Is as a meeting of the petty gods, And you the queen on't.
PERDITA Sir, my gracious lord, To chide at your extremes it not becomes me: O, pardon, that I name them! Your high self, The gracious mark o' the land, you
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