Cal. Yea, yea, my lord; I'll yield him thee asleep, | fish of thee. Trin. Why, what did I ? I did nothing ; I'll go further off. Ste. Didst thou not say, he lied? Ste. Do I so take thou that. [Strikes him.] As vou like this, give me the lie another time. Trin. I did not give the lie :-Out o' your wits, and hearing too? - -A pox o' your bottle! this can sack, and drinking do.-A murrain on your monster, and the devil take your fingers! Cal. Ha, ha, ha! Ste. If thou beest a man, shew thyself in thy likeness : if thou beest a devil, take't as thou list. Trin. O, forgive me my sins! Ste. He that dies, pays all debts: 1 defy thee.— Mercy upon us! Cal. Art thou afeard? Ste. No, monster, not I. Cal. Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Ste. This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where Ste. That shall be by and by: I remember the story. Trin. The sound is going away : let's follow it, and after, do our work. Ste. Lead, monster; we'll follow.-I would, I Ste. Now, forward with your tale. Pr'ythee stand | could see this taborer : he lays it on. further off. Ste. Stand further. ----Come, proceed. Cal. Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him As greatest does least. Ste Is it so brave a lass? Cal. Ay, lord; she will become thy bed, I warrant, And bring thee forth brave brood. Ste. Monster, I will kill this man : his daughter and I will be king and queen; (save our graces!) and Trinculo and thyself shall be viceroys:-Dost thou like the plot, Trinculo ? Trin. Excellent. Ste. Give me thy hand; I am sorry I beat thee : Ay, on mine honour. Ste. At thy request, monster, I will do reason, Cal. That's not the tune. [ARIEL plays the tune on a tabor and pipe. Ste. What is this same? Trin. This is the tune our catch, played by the picture or No body. Trin. Wilt come? I'll follow, Stephano. [Exeunt. SCENE III.-Another part of the Island. Gon. By'r lakin, I can go no further, sir; Alon . [Aside to SEBASTIAN. Seb. Will we take thoroughly. Ant. The next advantage Seb. a banquet; they dance about it with gentle actions Alon. What harmony is this? my good friends, (For, certes, these are people of the island,) Honest lord, Pro. Pro. [boys, Gon Faith, sir, you need not fear: When we were Who would believe that there were mountaineers, Dew-lapp'd like bulls, whose throats had hanging at them Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men, Alon. I will stand to, and feed, Although my last no matter, since I feel, The best is past :-Brother, my lord the duke, Stand to, and do as we. Thunder and lightning. Enter ARIEL like a harpy ; Ari. You are three men of sin, whom destiny [Seeing ALON. SEB. &c. draw their swo ds. Of whom your swords are temper'd, may as well he vanishes in thunder: then, to soft music, enter the Pro. [aside.] Bravely the figure of this harpy hast thou In what thou hadst to say so, with good life, In their distractions: they now are in my power : [Exit PROSPERO from above. I'll fight their legions o'er. Ant. I'll be thy second. [Exeunt. SEB. and ANT. ACT IV. [Exeunt. SCENE I.-Before Prospero's Cell. Pro. Then, as my gift, and thine own acquisition For quiet days, fair issue, and long life, line honour into lust; to take away When I shall think, or Phoebus' steeds are founder d Pro. Fairly spoke : Sit then, and talk with her, she is thine own.What. Ariel; my industrious servant Ariel! Enter ARIFI. Ari. What would my potent master? here I am. Pro. Thou and thy meaner fellows your last service Did worthily perform; and I must use you In such another trick: go, bring the rabble, O'er whom I give thee power, here, to this place: Incite them to quick motion; for I must Bestow of this young couple upon the eyes Some vanity of mine art; it is my promise, And they expect it from me. Ari. Pro. Aye, with a twink. Presently? Ari. Before you can say, Come, and go, And breathe twice; and cry, so, so ; Each one, tripping on his toe, Will be here with mop and mowe : Do you love me, master? no. Pro. Dearly, my delicate Ariel: Do not approach, Till thou dost hear me call. Ari. Well I conceive. [Exit. Pro. Look, thou be true: do not give dalliance Too much the rein the strongest oaths are straw To the fire i' the blood: be more abstemious, Or else, good night, your vow! Fer. The white cold virgin snow upon my heart Abates the ardour of my liver. Pro. I warrant you, sir, Well. Iris. Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich lease Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats, and pease; Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep; Thy banks with peonied and lilied brims, With spongy April at thy hest betrims, [groves, To make cold nymphs chaste crowns; and thy broom Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves, Being lass-lorn; thy pole-clipt vineyard; And thy sea-marge, steril, and rocky-hard, Where thou thyself dost air: The queen o' the sky, Whose watery arch, and messenger, am I, Bids thee leave these; and with her sovereign grace, Here on this grass-plot, in this very place, To come and sport: her peacocks fly amain; Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain. Be not afraid; I met her deity Cutting the clouds towards Paphos; and her son Jun. Honour, riches, marriage-blessing, Vines, with clust'ring bunches growing Scarcity and want shall shun you; Fer. This is a most majestic vision, and Pro. Spirits, which by mine art Let me live here ever; I have from their confines called to enact My present fancies. Fer. Enter certain Nymphs. You sun-burn'd sicklemen, of August weary, Come hither from the furrow, and be merry; Make holy-day your rye-straw hats put on, And these fresh nyraphs encounter every one In country footing. Enter certain Reapers, properly habited; they jo with the Nymphs in a graceful dance; towards t end whereof PROSPERO starts suddenly, and speak; after which, to a strange, hollow, and confused nor, they heavily vanish. Pro. [aside.] I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban, and his confederates, Against my life; the minute of their plot Is almost come [To the Spirits.] Well done avoid ;-no more. Fer. This is most strange: your father's in s me That works him strongly. [pasion Mira. Never till this day, Saw I him touch'd with anger so distemper'd. Pro. You do look, my son, in a mov'd sort Dove-drawn with her: here thought they to have done | As if you were dismay'd: be cheerful, sir: Our revels now are ended: these our actors, And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, If you be pleas'd, retire into my cell, Fer. Mira. We wish your peace. [Exeunt. Enter ARIEL. Ari. Thy thoughts I cleave to: What's thy pleasure? Spirit, Pro. We must prepare to meet with Caliban. Ari. Ay, my commander; when I presented Ceres, I thought to have told thee of it; but I fear'd, Lest I might anger thee. Pro. Say again, where didst thou leave these varlets? Ari. I told you, sir, they were red hot with drinkSo full of valour, that they smote the air [ing: For breathing in their faces; beat the ground Pro. This was well done, my bird; Thy shape invisible retain thou still : The trumpery in my house, go, bring it hither, For stale to catch these thieves. Ari. I go, I go. [Exit. Pro. A devil, a born devil, on whose nature Nurture can never stick; on whom my pains, Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost: And as, with age, his body uglier grows, So his mind cankers: I will plague them all, Re-enter ARIEI. loaden with glistering apparel, &c. Even to roaring:-Come, hang them on this line. PROSPERO and ARIEL remain invisible. Enter CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO, all wet. Cal. Pray you, tread softly, that the blind mole may Hear a foot fall: we now are near his cell. [not Ste. Monster, your fairy, which, you say, is a harmless fairy, has done little better than played the Jack with us. Trin. Monster, I do smell all horse-piss; at which my nose is in great indignation. Ste. So is mine. Do you hear, monster? If I should take a displeasure against you; look you,— Trin. Thou wert but a lost monster. Cal Good my lord, give me thy favour still: the patient, for the prize I'll bring thee to Shall hood-wink this mischance: therefore speak All's hush'd as midnight yet. [softly, Trin. Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool, Ste. There is not only disgrace and dishonour in that, monster, but an infinite loss. Trin. That's more to me than my wetting yet this is your harmless fairy, monster. Ste. I will fetch off my bottle, though I be o'er ears for my labour. Cal. Prythee, my king, be quiet: Seest thou here, This is the mouth o' the cell: no noise, and enter. Do that good mischief, which may make this island Thine own for ever, and I, thy Caliban, For aye thy foot-licker. Ste. Give me thy hand: I do begin to have bloody thoughts. Trin. O king Stephano! O peer! O worthy Stephano! look, what a wardrobe here is for thee! Cal. Let it alone, thou fool; it is but trash Trin. O, ho, monster; we know what belongs to a frippery :-O king Stephano! Ste. Put off that gown, Trinculo; by this hand, I'll have that gown. Trin. Thy grace shall have it. [mean, Cal. The dropsy drown this fool! what do you To doat thus on such luggage? Let's along, And do the murder first: if he awake, From toe to crown he'll fill our skins with pinches ; Make us strange stuff. Ste. Be you quiet, monster.-Mistress line, is not this my jerkin? Now this is the jerkin under the line: now, jerkin, you are like to lose your hair, and prove a bald jerkin. Trin. Do, do: We steal by line and level an't like your grace. Ste. I thank thee for that jest: here's a garment for't: wit shall not go unrewarded, while I am king of this country: Steal by line and level, is an excellent pass of pate; there's another garment for 't. Trin. Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest. Cal. I will have none on 't: we shall lose our time, And all be turn'd to barnacles, or to apes With foreheads villainous low. this away, where my hogshead of wine is, or I'll Ste. Monster, lay-to your fingers; help to bear turn you out of my kingdom: go to, carry this. Trin. And this. Ste. Ay, and this. A noise of hunters heard. Enter divers Spirits, in shape of hounds, and hunt them about. PROSPERO and ARIEL setting them on. Pro. Hey, Mountain, hey! Ari. Silver! there it goes, Silver ! [hark! Pro. Fury, Fury! there, Tyrant, there! hark, [CAL. STE. and TRIN. are driven out. Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints With dry convulsions; shorten up their sinews With aged cramps; and inore pinch-spotted make Than pard, or cat o' mountain. Ari. Hark, they roar. Pro. Let them be hunted soundly: At this hour Lie at my mercy all mine enemies: Shortly shall all my labours end, and thou Shalt have the air of freedom: for a little, Follow, and do me service. ACT V. [Exeun SCENE I.--Before the Cell of Prospero. Enter PROSPERO in his magic robes; and ARIEL. Pro. Now does my project gather to a head: My charms crack not; my spirits obey; and time Goes upright with his carriage. How's the day? Ari. On the sixth hour; at which time, my lord, You said our work should cease. Pro. I did say so, Ari. In the lime-grove which weather-fends your cell; Pro. Dost thou think so, spirit? In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, Ari. I'll fetch them, sir. [Exit. Pro. Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and And ye, that on the sands with printless foot [groves; Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him, When he comes back; you demi-puppets, that By moon-shine do the green-sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites; and you, whose pastime Is to make midnight-mushrooms; that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid (Weak masters though ye be), I have be-dimm'd The noon-tide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt: the strong bas'd promontory Have I made shake; and by the spurs pluck'd up The pine and cedar: graves, at my command, Have waked their sleepers; oped, and let them forth By my so potent art; But this rough magic I here abjure: and, when I have requir'd Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book. [Solemn music. Re-enter ARIEL: after him, ALONSO, with a frantic gesture, attended by GONZALO; SEBASTIAN and ANTONIO in like manner, attended by ADRIAN and FRANCISCO: they all enter the circle which PROSPERO had made, and there stand charmed; which PROSPERO observing, speaks. A solemn air, and the best comforter To an unsettled fancy, cure thy brains, Mine eyes, even sociable to the shew of thine, As I was sometime Milan-qu ckly, spirit; ARIEL re-enters, singing, and helps to attire PROSPERO In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back i do fly, After summer, morrity: Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. Pro. Why, that's my dainty Ariel: I shall miss thee: But yet thou shalt have freedom: so, so, so.To the king's ship, invisible as thou art: There shalt thou find the mariners asleep Under the hatches; the master, and the boatswain, Being awake, enforce them to this place; And presently, I pr'ythee. Ari. I drink the air before me, and return Or e'er your pulse twice beat. [Exit ARIEL Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and amazement Inhabits here: Some heavenly power guide us Out of this fearful country! Pro. Behold, sir king, The wronged Duke of Milan, Prospero : For more assurance that a living prince Does now speak to thee, I embrace thy body; And to thee, and thy company, I bid A hearty welcome. Alon. Whe'r thou beest he, or no, Or some enchanted trifle to abuse me, As late I have been, I not know: thy pulse Beats, as of flesh and blood; and, since I saw thee, The affliction of my mind amends, with which, I fear, a madness held me: this must crave (And if this be at all) a most strange story. Thy dukedom I resign; and do entreat Be living, and be here? Thon pardon me my wrongs:-But how should Pro. Let me embrace thine age; Be measur'd, or confin'd. Gon. Or be not, I'll not swear. Pro. [Prospero First, noble friend, whose honour cannot Whether this be, You do yet taste Some subtilties o' the isle, that will not let you Now useless, boil'd within thy skull! There stand, Believe things certain :-Welcome, my friends all : For you are speil stopp'd.. Holy Gonzalo, honourable man But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded, [Aside to SEB. and ANT. |