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King Leontes is convinced that his wife, Hermione, has been unfaithful with their dear friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia. Furthermore, he believes that their unborn daughter is the fruit of their affair. Leontes believes that Polixenes' flight from his court is proof of their relationship. Hermione is astonished and denies it vigorously. However, her pleas are to no avail, and her husband orders her taken away to jail, along with her ladies-in-waiting.
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LEONTES
Give me the boy: I am glad you did not nurse him:
Though he does bear some signs of me, yet you
Have too much blood in him.
HERMIONE
What is this? sport?
LEONTES
Bear the boy hence; he shall not come about her;
Away with him! and let her sport herself
With that she's big with; for 'tis Polixenes
Has made thee swell thus.
HERMIONE
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