d at sea, I well remember, but whether there delivered
of my babe, by the holy gods I cannot rightly say; but since my wedded
lord I never shall see again, I will put on a vestal livery, and never
more have joy." "Madam," said Cerimon, "if you purpose as you speak, the
temple of Diana is not far distant from hence; there you may abide as a
vestal. Moreover, if you please, a niece of mine shall there attend
you." This proposal was accepted with thanks by Thaisa; and when she was
perfectly recovered, Cerimon placed her in the temple of Diana, where
she became a vestal or priestess of that goddess, and passed her days in
sorrowing for her husband's supposed loss, and in the most devout
exercises of those times.

Pericles carried his young daughter (whom he named Marina, because she
was born at sea) to Tarsus, intending to leave her with Cleon, the
governor of that city, and his wife Dionysia, thinking, for the good he
had done to them at the time of their famine, they would be kind to his
little motherless daughter. When Cleon saw Prince Pericles, and heard of
the great loss which had befallen him, he said, "O your sweet queen,
that it had pleased Heaven you could have brought her hither to have
blessed my eyes with the sight of her!" Pericles replied, "We must obey
the powers above us. Should I rage and roar as the sea does in which my
Thaisa lies, yet the end must be as it is. My gentle babe, Marina here,
I must charge your charity with her. I leave her the infant of your
care, beseeching you to give her princely training." And then turning to
Cleon's wife, Dionysia, he said, "Good madam, make me blessed in your
care in bringing up my child:" and she answered, "I have a child myself
who shall not be more dear to my respect than yours, my lord;" and
Cleon made the like promise, saying, "Your noble services, Prince
Pericles, in feeding my whole people with your corn (for which in their
prayers they daily remember you) must in your child be thought on. If I
should neglect your child, my whole people that were by you relieved
would force me to my duty; but if to that I need a spur, the gods
revenge it on me and mine to the end of generation." Pericles, being
thus assured that his child would be carefully attended to, left her to
the protection of Cleon and his wife Dionysia, and with her he left the
nurse Lychorida. When he went away, the little Marina knew not her loss,
but Lychorida wept sadly at parting with her royal mast