cretion so weakly. Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy?

Ant. Go sleep, and hear us.

180

[All sleep except Alon., Seb., and Ant. Alon. What, all so soon asleep! I wish mine eyes Would, with themselves, shut up my thoughts: I find They are inclined to do so.

Seb.

Please you, sir,

Do not omit the heavy offer of it:

It seldom visits sorrow; when it doth,

Will guard your person while you take your rest,
And watch your safety.

Alon.

Thank you.-Wondrous heavy.

185

[Alonso sleeps. Exit Ariel.

190

Seb. What a strange drowsiness possesses them!
Ant. It is the quality o' the climate.

Why

Seb.
Doth it not then our eyelids sink? I find not

Myself disposed to sleep.

Ant.

Nor I; my spirits are nimble.

They fell together all, as by consent;

They dropp'd, as by a thunder-stroke. What might, 195 Worthy Sebastian?—O, what might ?—No more :

And yet methinks I see it in thy face,

181 us] us not Keightley.

[All sleep...Ant.] Stage direction to the same effect, first inserted by Capell. [They sleepe. Collier MS. 183-189 Text as in Pope. In Ff the

lines begin Would...I finde...Do
not...It sildome... We two... While
...Thanke.

186 It] Sleep Grey conj.

189 Wondrous] I'm wondrous Grey conj.

[Alonso sleeps.] Capell. All sleep but Seb. and Ant. Rowe. Sleepes. Collier MS.

[Exit Ariel.] Malone.

191-193 Elze would end the lines Why
doth it...myself...nimble.
192 find not] Rowe (ed. 2). finde Not Ff.
194 together all, as] together, all as
Holt conj.

What thou shouldst be: the occasion speaks thee; and My strong imagination sees a crown

Dropping upon thy head.

Seb.

What, art thou waking?

200

I do; and surely

Ant. Do you not hear me speak?
Seb.

It is a sleepy language, and thou speak'st
Out of thy sleep. What is it thou didst say?
This is a strange repose, to be asleep

With eyes wide open; standing, speaking, moving,
And yet so fast asleep.

Ant.

Noble Sebastian,

Thou let'st thy fortune sleep-die, rather; wink'st
Whiles thou art waking.

Seb.

Thou dost snore distinctly;

There's meaning in thy snores.

205

Ant. I am more serious than my custom: you 210 Must be so too, if heed me; which to do

Trebles thee o'er.

Seb.

Well, I am standing water.

Ant. I'll teach you how to flow.
Seb.

Hereditary sloth instructs me.

Ant.

Do so to ebb

If you but knew how you the purpose cherish
Whiles thus you mock it! how, in stripping it,
You more invest it! Ebbing men, indeed,
Most often do so near the bottom run
By their own fear or sloth.

Seb.

211 so too, if heed] so too, if you heed
Rowe. so, if you heed Pope. so too,
if ye heed Hunter conj.
if...do] if-heed me-which to do't
D. Wilson conj.

Prithee, say on:

215

The setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim
A matter from thee; and a birth, indeed,
Which throes thee much to yield.

Ant.

Thus, sir:

Although this lord of weak remembrance, this,
Who shall be of as little memory

When he is earth'd, hath here almost persuaded,—
For he's a spirit of persuasion, only

Professes to persuade,—the king his son's alive,
'Tis as impossible that he's undrown'd

As he that sleeps here swims.

Seb.

That he's undrown'd.

Ant.

I have no hope

O, out of that no hope'

What great hope have you! no hope that way is
Another way so high a hope that even

Ambition cannot pierce a wink beyond,
But doubt discovery there.

That Ferdinand is drown'd?

Seb.
Ant.

220

225

230

Will you grant with me

Who's the next heir of Naples ?

Seb.

Ant. She that is queen of Tunis; she that dwells Ten leagues beyond man's life; she that from Naples

220 proclaim] proclaims Keightley conj. 222 throes] Pope. throwes F, F2 F3.

throws F4

FF2F3.

Thus, sir] Why then thus Sir Han-
mer. Thus, sir, I say Keightley
conj.

226 he's] he 'as Hanmer. he Johnson
conj.

persuasion, only] persuasion only,
Kenrick conj.

227 Professes to persuade] om. Steevens

(1793), reading For... only as a parenthesis.

227-229 the king...swims] As two lines, the first ending impossible, Steevens (1793).

234 But doubt discovery] Nor aught dis-
cover Hudson conj.

doubt] drops Hanmer. doubts
Capell. drowns Herr conj. dout
Nicholson conj.
with] om. Gould conj.

Can have no note, unless the sun were post,

The man i' the moon's too slow,-till new-born chins 240

Be rough and razorable; she that from whom

We all were sea-swallow'd, though some cast again,
And by that destiny, to perform an act

Whereof what's past is prologue; what to come,
In yours and my discharge.

246

Seb. What stuff is this! How say you? 'Tis true, my brother's daughter's queen of Tunis ; So is she heir of Naples; 'twixt which regions There is some space.

Ant.

A space whose every cubit Seems to cry out, 'How shall that Claribel Measure us back to Naples? Keep in Tunis, And let Sebastian wake.' Say, this were death

250

That now hath seized them; why, they were no worse
Than now they are. There be that can rule Naples
As well as he that sleeps; lords that can prate

239, 240 note, unless...slow,-] note—

unless...slow,- Brae conj. (Epit. of
Lit. Feb. 1879).

241, 242 she that from whom We all] Ff.

she from whom We all Rowe. she
for whom We Pope. she, from whom
coming We all Singer (ed. 2). she
that from whom? We all Spedding
conj. she from whom we All D.
Wilson conj. she that from-whom
We all Furnivall conj. (N. and Q.
1877). she too for whom We all
Hudson (Harvard ed.). she's that
from whom We all Id. conj. (with-
drawn). she 'twas for whom We all
Id. conj. (Epit. of Lit. 1878). See
note (IX).

242 all were] were all Keightley conj.

cast] cast up Keightley conj. 243 And...to perform] May...perform Pope. And, by that, destin'd to

perform Steevens, 1793 (Musgrave conj.). (And that by destiny) to perform Staunton conj. And, by that, destiny to perform Boswell (a misprint).

244 is] F. in FF3F4

what] what's Collier MS. 245 In] Is Pope. 'S in Daniel conj. 249 shall that] shalt thou Hanmer. 249-251 'How...wake.'] 'How measure

us back to Naples?' That Claribel shall keep in Tunis, and-Let Sebastian wake! Brae conj. (Epit. of Lit. Feb. 1879).

250 us] it Hanmer.

back to Naples?] back? b'w'y', Naples; Tyrwhitt conj.

to] F by FF3F4

1.

Keep] Sleep Johnson conj. Keep her Herr conj.

251 See note (x).

As amply and unnecessarily

As this Gonzalo; I myself could make

A chough of as deep chat. O, that you bore
The mind that I do! what a sleep were this
For your advancement! Do you understand me?
Seb. Methinks I do.
Ant.

And how does your content

Tender your own good fortune?

Seb.

I remember

True:

You did supplant your brother Prospero.
Ant.
And look how well my garments sit upon me;
Much feater than before: my brother's servants
Were then my fellows; now they are my men.
Seb. But, for your conscience.

Ant. Ay, sir; where lies that? if 'twere a kibe,
"Twould put me to my slipper: but I feel not
This deity in my bosom: twenty consciences,
That stand 'twixt me and Milan, candied be they,
And melt, ere they molest! Here lies your brother,
No better than the earth he lies upon,

If he were that which now he's like, that's dead;
Whom I, with this obedient steel, three inches of it,
Can lay to bed for ever; whiles you, doing thus,

257 of] give D. Wilson conj.

260, 261 how...Tender] how? do you

consent T endeav'r Daniel conj. 266 conscience.] Ff. conscience- Warburton. conscience? Globe ed. 267 where] and where Dyce (ed. 2). 'twere] it were Singer.

267-271. Pope ends the lines with that?...slipper... bosom... Milan... molest...brother.

267 See note (XI).

269 twenty] Ten Pope.

270 That] Might Jervis conj.

stand] stood Hanmer.

255

260

265

270

275

candied] Discandy'd Upton conj. bandied So quoted in Theobald's Letters.

270, 271 candied...molest!] Candy'd were they, wou'd melt...molested. Hanmer.

271 And melt] Would melt Johnson conj. Or melt Id. conj.

273, 274. like, that's dead; Whom I, with] like, whom I With Steevens, 1793 (Farmer conj.).

275 whiles] whilst Rowe. om. Pope.