Mira. And mine, with my heart in't: and now | his tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of Till half an hour hence. [farewell your teeth. Fer. A thousand! thousand! : Trin. Why, I said nothing. [Proceed. Ste. Mum then, and no more.-[to Caliban.] Ste. That's most certain. Cal. Thou shalt be lord of it, and I'll serve thee, Cal. What a pied ninny's this? Thou scurvy Ste. Trinculo, run into no further danger; Trin. Where should they be set else? he were a brave monster indeed, if they were set in his tail. Ste. My man-monster hath drowned his tongue in sack for my part, the sea cannot drown me: I swam, ere I could recover the shore, five and thirty leagues, off and on, by this light. Thou shalt be my lieutenant, monster, or my standard. Trin. Your lieutenant, if you list; he's no Ste. We'll not run, monsieur mönster. [standard.and hearing too? A pox o'your bottle: this can Trin. Nor go neither: but you'll lie, like dogs; sack, and drinking do. A murrain on your monand yet say nothing neither. done ster, and the devil take your fingers! Ste. Moon-calf, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good moon-calf,ensi comah dosimet Cal. How does thy honour? Let me lick thy I'll not serve him, he is not valiant. [shoe; Trin. Thou liest, most ignorant monster; I am in case to justle a constable: why, thou deboshed fish thou, was there ever man a coward, that hath drunk so much sack as I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish, and half a monster? a Cal. Lo, how he mocks me! wilt thou let him, my lord? Trin. Lord, quoth he that a monster should be such a natural!d mods Cal. Lo, lo, again ! bite him to death, I pr'ythee. Gal. As I told theeas Ari. Thou liest.! Cal. Thou liest, thou jesting monkey, thou: Ste. Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in Cal. Ha, ha, ha! Ste. Now, forward with your tale. Pr'ythee, stand further off. Cal. Beat him enough: after a little time, I'll beat him too. Ste. Stand further.-Come, proceed. Cal. Why, as I told thee, 'tis custom with him Having first seized his books; or with a log Ste. Is it so brave a lass? Ste. Monster, I will kill this man: his daughter Ste. Give me thy hand; I am sorry I beat thee but while thou livest, keep a good tongue in thy | For, now they are oppress'd with travel, they Cal. Art thou afeard? Ste. No, monster, not I, Cal. Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Ready to drop upon me; that, when I wak'd, Ste. This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where I shall have my music for nothing. Cal. When Prospero is destroyed. [story. Ste. That shall be by and by: I remember the Trin. The sound is going away: let's follow it, and after, do our work. Ste. Lead, monster; we'll follow.-I would, I could see this taborer: he lays it on. Trin. Wilt come? I'll follow, Stephano. [exeunt. SCENE III. ANOTHER PART OF THE ISLAND. Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Adrian, Francisco, and others. Gon. By'r lakin, I can go no further, sir; My old bones ache: here's a maze trod, indeed, Through forth-rights, and meanders! by your paI needs must rest me. [tience, Alon. Old lord, I cannot blame thee, Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose Seb. The next advantage Will we take thoroughly. Ant. Let it be to-night; Will not, nor cannot, use such vigilance, As when they are fresh. Seb. I say, to-night: no more. Solemn and strange music; and Prospero above, invisible. Enter several strange shapes, bringing in a banquet; they dance about it with gentle actions of salutation; and, inviting the King, &c. to eat, they depart. [hark. Alon. What harmony is this? my good friends, Gon. Marvellous sweet music! [were these? Alon. Give us kind keepers, heavens! What Seb. A living drollery: now I will believe, That there are unicorns; that in Arabia There is one tree, the phoenix throne; one phoenix At this hour reigning there. Thou hast said well; for some of you there present, Are worse than devils. [aside. Alon. I cannot too much muse, [pressing Such shapes, such gesture, and such sound, ex(Although they want the use of tongue) a kind Of excellent dumb discourse. Pro. Praise in departing. [aside. Fran. They vanish'd strangely. Seb. No matter, since [stomachs.They have left their viands behind; for we have Will't please you taste of what is here? Alon. Not I. [were boys, Gon. Faith, sir, you need not fear: when we 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, Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now we Each putter-out on five for one, will bring us [find, Good warrant of. 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, claps his wings upon the table, and with a quaint device, the banquet vanishes. Ari. You are three men of sin, whom destiny (That hath to instrument this lower world, And what is in't,) the never surfeited sea Hath caused to belch up; and on this island Where man doth not inhabit; you 'mongst men Being most unfit to live. I have made you mad; [seeing Alon. Seb. &c. draw their swords. And even with such like valour meu hang and drown Their proper selves. You fools! I and my fellows Are ministers of fate; the elements, Of whom your swords are temper'd, may as well He vanishes, in thunder: then, to soft music, enter the shapes again, and dance with mops and mowes, and carry out the table. Pro. [aside.] Bravely the figure of this harpy hast thou Perform'd, my Ariel; a grace it had, devouring: SCENE I. BEFORE PROSPERO'S CELL. And observation strange, my meaner ministers Their several kinds have done: my high charms And these, mine enemies, are all knit up [work, In their distractions: they now are in my power; And in these fits I leave them, whilst I visit Young Ferdinand, (whom they suppose And his and my lov'd darling. [drown'd,) [exit Pros. from above. Gon. I'the name of something holy, sir, why In this strange stare? [stand you Alon. O, it is monstrous! monstrous! Seb. But one fiend at a time, [exit. [exeunt Seb. & Ant. Gon. All three of them are desperate; their great guilt, Like poison given to work a great time after, ACT IV. Enter Prospero, Ferdinand, and Miranda. Pro. If I have too austerely punish'd you, Your compensation makes amends; for I Have given you here a thread of mine own life, Or that for which I live; whom once again I tender to thy hand: all thy vexations Were but my trials of thy love, and thou Hast strangely stood the test: here, afore Heaven, I ratify this my rich gift. O Ferdinand, Do not smile at me, that I boast her off, For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise, And make it halt behind her. [exeunt. [soft music. Now come, my Arial; bring a corollary, Fer. This is a most majestic vision, and Pro. Spirits, which by mine art A MASQUE. Enter Iris. I have from their confines call'd to enaction on Fer. Let me live here ever; So rare a wonder'd father, and a wife, Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves, Cer. Hail, many-colour'd messenger, that ne'er Cer. Tell me, heavenly bow, If Venus, or her son, as thou dost know, Cer. Highest queen of state, S [me Juno. Honour, riches, marriage-blessing, Ceres. Earth's increase, and foison plenty, Pro. Sweet now, silence; There's something else to do: hush, and be mute, (brooks, Iris. You nymphs, call'd Naiads, of the wand'ring You sun-burn'd sicklemen of August weary, Enter certain Reapers, properly habited; they join Pro. [aside.] I had forgot that foul conspiracy Fer. This is most strange: your father's in some [passion Mira. Never till this day, Fer. and Mira. We wish your peace. [excunt. Enter Ariel. Ari. Thy thoughts I cleave to: what's thy We must prepare to meet with Caliban. [Ceres, I thought to have told thee of it: but I fear'd, Which enter'd their frail shins: at last I left them 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 Ariel, 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 not Hear a foot fall: we now are near his cell. 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: Be patient, for the prize I'll bring thee to Shall bood-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. [here, Cal. Pr'ythee, my king, be quiet. Seest thou This is the mouth o the cell: no noise, and enter; Do that good mischief, which may make this island 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. [mean, Trin. Thy grace shall have it. Cal. The dropsy drown this fool! what do you To doat thus on such luggage? Let's along, T 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 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 1 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. [time, Cal. I will have none on't: we shall lose our And all be turn'd to barnacles, or to apes With foreheads villainous low. Ste. Monster, lay-to your fingers; help to bear this away, where my hogshead of wine is, or I'I turn you out of my kingdom; go to, carry t this. Trin. And this. Ste. Ay, and this. A noise of hunters heard. Enter divers Spirits, in shape of hounds, and hunt them about; Pros pero 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. mare Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints With dry convulsions; shorten up their sinews With aged cramps; and more pinch-spotted make Than pard, or cat o'mountain. [them, Ari. Hark, they roar. Pro. Let them be hunted soundly. At this Lie at my mercy all mine enemies; [hour Shortly shall all my labours end, and thou Shalt have the air at freedom: for a little, Follow, and do me service. ACT V. [exeunt. |