Me and thy crying self. Mir. Alack, for pity! I, not remembering how I cried out then, Will cry Hear a little further, And then I'll bring thee to the present business Mir. That hour destroy us? Pros. Wherefore did they not Well demanded, wench: 135 My tale provokes that question. Dear, they durst not, 140 So dear the love my people bore me; nor set A mark so bloody on the business; but Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared Mir. Was I then to you! Alack, what trouble 133 out] on't Capell. it Lettsom conj. o'er 't Kinnear conj. 135 to 't] om. Steevens, 1793 (Farmer conj.). 138 Wherefore] Why Pope. 140 Dear,] om. Hanmer. 140, 141 they durst not, So dear] they durst not So dare Staunton conj. (Athen. 1872). 141 me] om. Pope. 145 150 me; nor set] me-set Hudson (Wright conj.). 146 butt] Butt F1FF. But F Boat 147 sail] F1. nor sail F2F3F4- Pros. O, a cherubin Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile, Infused with a fortitude from heaven, When I have deck'd the sea with drops full salt, Against what should ensue. Mir. How came we ashore? Pros. By Providence divine. 155 Some food we had, and some fresh water, that 160 A noble Neapolitan, Gonzalo, Out of his charity, who being then appointed Master of this design, did give us, with Rich garments, linens, stuffs and necessaries, Which since have steaded much; so, of his gentleness, I prize above my dukedom. Mir. But ever see that man! Pros. 166 Would I might Sit still, and hear the last of our sea-sorrow. 170 162 who] om. Pope. he Capell. 165 steaded] Steevens (1778). steeded Ff. 169, 170 Pros. Now...arise: Sit] Mir. Now I may rise. Pros. Sit Bailey conj. 169 Now I arise] Now, Ariel Theobald conj. Continued to Miranda. Blackstone conj. Now, ire, rise! Jackson conj. Now I arrest Seymour conj. (doubtfully). Now I arrive Herr conj. [Resumes his mantle.] Resumes his robe. Dyce. om. Ff. Put on robe againe. Collier MS. P. rises. Cartwright conj. Here in this island we arrived; and here Have I, thy schoolmaster, made thee more profit you Mir. Heavens thank for't! And now, I pray you, sir, For still 'tis beating in my mind, your reason For raising this sea-storm? Know thus far forth. Pros. Brought to this shore; and by my prescience A most auspicious star, whose influence 176 180 If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Come away, servant, come. I am ready now. Enter ARIEL. 185 Ari. All hail, great master! grave sir, 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 strong bidding task Pros. Hast thou, spirit, Perform'd to point the tempest that I bade thee? 173 princess'] Dyce (S. Walker conj.). Princesse FF2F3. Princess F4 princes Rowe. princesses Clark and Glover. See note (III). have] has Anon. conj. MS. (in Capell's copy of F3), reading princesse. 174 hours] lores Bailey conj. joys Keightley conj. 190 186 [M.sleeps] Theobald. She sleepe[s] Collier MS. 189 SCENE III. Pope. 190 be't] F1 be it F2F3F4. den). Ari. To every article. I boarded the king's ship; now on the beak, My brave spirit! Pros. Not a soul Ari. But felt a fever of the mad, and play'd Some tricks of desperation. All but mariners Plunged in the foaming brine, and quit the vessel, Then all afire with me: the king's son, Ferdinand, With hair up-staring, then like reeds, not hair,Was the first man that leap'd; cried, 'Hell is empty, And all the devils are here.' Pros. 195 200 205 210 Why, that's my spirit! 215 Pros. But are they, Ariel, safe? Ari. Not a hair perish'd; On their sustaining garments not a blemish, Pros. 220 Of the king's ship, 225 The mariners, say how thou hast disposed, Ari. Safely in harbour Is the king's ship; in the deep nook, where once Who, with a charm join'd to their suffer'd labour, Bound sadly home for Naples; Supposing that they saw the king's ship wreck'd, Pros. Ariel, thy charge Exactly is perform'd: but there's more work. 218 sustaining] sea-stained Edwards conj. unstaining Hudson (Spedding conj.). sea-staining Spedding conj. sea-drenched Gould conj. 224, 225 ship, The] Ff. ship The Hanmer. 225 thou hast] hast thou S. Walker conj. 226 fleet.] Knight. Fleete? Ff. VOL. I. 230 235 229 Bermoothes] Bermudas Theobald. upon] on Pope. flote] float Collier (ed. 2). 235-237 Bound...perish] Two lines, the first ending that, Keightley conj. 2 |