Thou know'st, was banish'd; for one thing she did, They would not take her life: Is not this true? Ari. Ay, sir. Pro. This blue-ey'd hag was hither brought with child, And here was left by the sailors: Thou, my slave, A dozen years; within which space she died, A freckled whelp, hag-born) not honour'd with Ari. Yes; Caliban her son. Pro. Dull thing, I say so; he, that Caliban, Whom now I keep in service. Thou best know'st What torment I did find thee in: thy groans Did make wolves, howl, and penetrate the breasts Of ever-angry bears. it was a torment To lay upon the damn'd, which Sycorax Could not again undo; it was mine art, When I arriv'd, and heard thee, that made gape The pine, and let thee out. Ari. I thank thee, master. 3 Commands. VOL. I. C Pro. If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak, And peg thee in his knotty entrails, till Thou hast howl'd away twelve winters. I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently. Pardon, master: Pro. Do so; and after two days I will discharge thee. That's my noble master! What shall I do? say what? what shall I do? Pro. Go make thyself like to a nymph o' the sea; Be subject to no sight but mine; invisible To every eye-ball else. Go, take this shape, [Exit ARIEL. Awake, dear heart, awake! thou hast slept well; Awake! Mira. The strangeness of your story put Heaviness in me. Pro. Shake it off: Come on; We'll visit Caliban, my slave, who never Yields us kind answer. Mira. I do not love to look on. 'Tis a villain, sir, But, as 'tis, 4 We cannot miss 4 him: he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood; and serves in offices That profit us. What ho! slave! Caliban! Thou earth, thou! speak. Cal. [Within] There's wood enough within, Pro. Come forth, I say; there's other business for 4 Do without. thee: Come forth, thou tortoise! when? Re-enter ARIEL, like a water-nymph. Fine apparition! My quaint Ariel, Hark in thine ear. Ari. My lord, it shall be done. [Exit. Pro. Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself Upon thy wicked dam, come forth! Enter CALIBAN. Cal. As wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd With raven's feather from unwholesome fen, Pro. For this, be sure, to-night thou shalt have cramps, Side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up; urchins5 Shall, for that vast of night that they may work, All exercise on thee: thou shalt be pinch'd As thick as honey-combs, each pinch more stinging Than bees that made them. Cal. I must eat my dinner. This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, give me Water with berries in't; and teach me how 5 Fairies. That burn by day and night: and then I lov'd thee, And shew'd thee all the qualities o' the isle, The fresh springs, brine pits, barren place, and fertile; Of Sycorax, toads, beetles, bats, light on you! Which first was mine own king: and here you sty me The rest of the island. Pro. Thou most lying slave, Whom stripes may move, not kindness: I have us'd thee, Filth as thou art, with human care; and lodg'd thee Cal. O ho, O ho!-'would it had been done! Pro. Abhorred slave; Which any print of goodness will not take, Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour natures Could not abide to be with; therefore wast thou Cal. You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse: the red plague rid you, For learning me your language! Pro. Hag-seed, hence ! Fetch us in fuel; and be quick, thou wert best, If thou neglect'st, or dost unwillingly What I command, I'll rack thee with old cramps; That beasts shall tremble at thy din. Cal. No, 'pray thee! I must obey: his art is of such power, It would control my dam's god, Setebos, And make a vassal of him. Pro. [Aside. So, slave; hence! [Exit CALIBAN. Re-enter ARIEL invisible, playing and singing; • Destroy. 7 Still, silent. 1 |