Prof. Both, both, my girl : By foul play, as thou say'st, were we heav'd thence; Mira. O, my heart bleeds To think o' the teen that I have turn'd you to, Without a parellel; those being all my study, Mira. Sir, moft heedfully. Prof. Being once perfected how to grant suits, How to deny them; whom to advance, and whom To trash for over-topping; new created The creatures that were mine; I fay, or chang'd 'em, Of officer and office, fet all hearts i' the state To what tune pleas'd his ear; that now he was And fuck'd my verdure out on't.-Thou attend'ft not. Mira. O good Sir, I do. Pro. I pray thee, mark me. 2 teen]-trouble that I have given you. * To trash for over-topping ;]-to check for their over-forwardness; (in hunting) for giving the tongue too fuddenly, or too loudly. the key]-the tuning hammer is here plainly alluded to. I thus I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated As my trust was; which had, indeed, no limit, To credit his own lie,-he did believe He was, indeed, the duke; out of the fubftitution, With all prerogative :-Hence his ambition growing,- Mira. Your tale, fir, would cure deafness. e Pro. To have no fcreen between this part he play'd And him he play'd it for, he needs will be The dukedom, yet unbow'd, (alas, poor Milan!) с Mira, O the heavens ! a good parent]-may have a degenerate child. by telling of it,]-by lying frequently. To have no fcreen]-At once to caft off all difguife. Pro. Pro. Mark his condition, and the event; then tell me, If this might be a brother. Mira. I fhould fin To think but nobly of my grandmother: Good wombs have borne bad fons. Pro. Now the condition. This king of Naples being an enemy To me inveterate, hearkens my brother's fuit; Out of the dukedom; and confer fair Milan, The gates of Milan; and, i'the dead of darkness, Mira. Alack, for pity! I, not remembring how I cried out then, Will cry it o'er again; it is a hint,* That wrings mine eyes to't. Pro. Hear a little further, And then I'll bring thee to the present business Which now's upon us; without the which, this ftory Were most impertinent. Mira. Wherefore did they not That hour destroy us? Pro. Well demanded, wench; My tale provokes that queftion. Dear, they durft not; (So dear the love my people bore me) nor fet A mark fo bloody on the business; but but]-otherwife than. bin lieu-in confideration. ia bint]-a fuggeftion. With colours fairer painted their foul ends. Nor tackle, fail, nor maft; the very rats Mira. Alack! what trouble Was I then to you! Pro. O a cherubim Thou waft, that did preferve me! Thou didst fmile, k When I have deck'd the fea with drops full falt; Against what should enfue. Mira. How came we afhore? Pro. By Providence divine. Some food we had, and fome fresh water, that A noble Neapolitan, Gonzalo, Out of his charity, who being then appointed Rich garments, linens, ftuffs, and neceffaries, Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me, From my own library, with volumes that I prize above my dukedom. Mira. Would I might * When I have deck'd, &c.]-When I, who deck'd, &c.- fprinkled, covered it with my tears-dew'd the fea. undergoing ftomach]-firm refolution. But But ever see that man!-Now, I arise."— Pro. Sit still, and hear the last of our sea-forrow. Mira. Heavens thank you for't! And now, (For ftill 'tis beating "in my mind) your reason For raifing this fea-storm? Pro. Know thus far forth. I pray By accident moft ftrange, bountiful fortune, Enter Ariel. Ari. All hail, great master! grave fir, hail! I come To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds; to thy ftrong bidding, task Now, I arife.]—Miranda, having fat long, might think Profpero's tale concluded here.-Pro. Now I arife. ain]-on. • dear lady]-propitious mistress. A moft aufpicious ftar]-"There is a tide in the affairs of men," &c. Pro. |