ERICLES, the Prince of Tyre, was unfortunate enough to make an
enemy of Antiochus, the powerful and wicked King of Antioch ;
and so great was the danger in which he stood that, on the advice of his
trusty counsellor, Lord Helicanus, he determined to travel about the
world for atime. He came to this decision despite the fact that, by the
death of his father, he was now King of Tyre. So he set sail for Tarsus,
appointing Helicanus Regent during his absence. That he did wisely in
thus leaving his kingdom was soon made clear.

Hardly had he sailed on his voyage, when Lord Thaliard arrived from
Antioch with instructions from his royal master to kill Pericles. The
faithful Helicanus soon discovered the deadly purpose of this wicked
lord, and at once sent messengers to Tarsus to warn the king of the
danger which threatened him.

The people of Tarsus were in such poverty and distress that Pericles,
feeling that he could find no safe refuge there, put to sea again. But a
dreadful storm overtook the ship in which he was, and the good vessel
was wrecked and split to pieces, while of all on board only Pericles was
saved, and he in sorry plight indeed. Bruised and wet and faint, he was
flung upon the cruel rocks on the coast of Pentapolis, the country of the