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I thought to have told thee of it; but I fear'd, Lest I might anger thee.

Pro. Say again, where didst thou leave these varlets?

Ari. I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking;

So full of valour that they smote the air
For breathing in their faces; beat the ground
For kissing of their feet; yet always bending
Towards their project. Then I beat my tabor;
At which, like unback'd colts, they prick'd
their ears,

Advanc'd their eye-lids, lifted up their noses,
As they smelt music: so I charm'd their ears,
That, calf-like, they my lowing follow'd, through
Tooth'd briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and
thorns,
[them
Which enter'd their frail shins: at last I left
I'the filthy mantled pool beyond your cell,
There dancing up to the chins, that the foul
O'erstunk their feet.
[lake
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,
Even to roaring.

Re-enter Ariel, loaden with glistering apparel, &c.

Come, hang them on this line. Prospero and Ariel remain unseen. 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 hoodwink this mischance: therefore speak softly;

All's hush'd as midnight yet.

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.

Cal. Pr'ythee, my king, be quiet. Seest thou here, [enter. This is the mouth o'the cell: no noise, and

Do that good mischief, which may make this island

Thine own for ever, and I, thy Caliban,
For aye thy foot-licker.

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.

Trin. Thy grace shall have it. [you mean, Cal. The dropsy drown this fool! what do To doat thus on such luggage? Let's along, And do the murder first: if he awake, From toe to crown he'll fill our skins with Make us strange stuff. [pinches ;

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, and't like your grace.

Ste. I thank thee for that jest; here's a garment for't: wit shall not go unrewarded. while I 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. Cal. I will have none on't: we shall lose our time,

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'll turn you out of my kingdom; go to; Trin. And this. [carry this.

Ste. Ay, and this.

A noise of hunters heard. Enter divers Spirits, in shape of hounds, and hunt them about; Prospero and Ariel setting them on. Pro. Hey, Mountain, hey!

Ari. Silver! there it goes, Silver ! Pro. Fury, Fury! there, Tyrant, there! hark, hark!

[Cal., Ste., and Trin. are driven out. Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints

With dry convulsions; shorten up their sinews With aged cramps; and more pinch-spotted Than pard, or cat o' mountain. [make them, Hark! they roar.

Ari.

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 of freedom: for a little, Follow, and do me service.

[Exeunt.

ACT V.

SCENE I.-Before the cell of Prospero. Enter Prospero in his magic robes; and Ariel. Pro. Now does my project gather to a head: My charms crack not; my spirits obey; and time

With his own bolt: the strong-bas'd pro[pluck'd up

montory Have I made shake; and by the spurs The pine and cedar: graves, at my command, Have wak'd their sleepers; oped, and let them forth

By my so potent art. But this rough magic [day? I here abjure; and, when I have requir'd Goes upright with his carriage. How's the Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) Ari. On the sixth hour; at which time, my To work mine end upon their senses, that You said our work should cease. [lord, This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Pro. I did say so, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, When first I rais'd the tempest. Say, my And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, How fares the king and 's followers? [spirit, I'll drown my book. [Solemn music. Ari. Confin'd together Re-enter Ariel: after him, Alonso, with a In the same fashion as you gave in charge; frantic gesture, attended by Gonzalo; SeJust as you left them all prisoners, sir, bastian and Antonio in like manner, atIn the lime-grove which weather-fends your tended by Adrian and Francisco: they all cell; [king, enter the circle which Prospero had made, They cannot budge, till your release. The and there stand charmed; which Prospero His brother, and yours, abide all three dis- observing, speaks. tracted;

A solemn air, and the best comforter And the remainder mourning over them, To an unsettled fancy, cure thy brains, Brimful of sorrow and dismay; but chiefly Now useless, boil'd within thy skull! There Him that you term'd, sir, "The good old For you are spell-stopp'd.--[stand, lord Gonzalo;" [drops Holy Gonzalo, honourable man, His tears run down his beard, like winter's Mine eyes, even sociable to the show of thine, From eaves of reeds; your charm so strongly Fall fellowly drops. The charm dissolves

works them,

That if you now beheld them, your affections
Would become tender.

Pro.

Dost thou think so, spirit?
Ari. Mine would, sir, were I human.
Pro.
And mine shall.

apace;

And as the morning steals upon the night,
Melting the darkness, so their rising senses
Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle
Their clearer reason.-O good Gonzalo,
My true preserver, and a loyal sir

Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feel-To him thou follow'st, I will pay thy graces
Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, [ing Home, both in word and deed.-Most cruelly
One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Didst thou, Alonso, use me and my daughter:
Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou Thy brother was a furtherer in the act ;-
art?
[to the quick, Thou'rt pinch'd for't now, Sebastian.-Flesh
Though with their high wrongs I am struck
and blood,
Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury
Do I take part: the rarer action is [tent,
In virtue, than in vengeance: they being peni-
The sole drift of my purpose doth extend
Not a frown further? Go, release them, Ariel.
My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore,
And they shall be themselves.
Ari.
I'll fetch them, sir. [Exit.
Pro. Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing
lakes, and groves;
And ye, that on the sands with printless foot
Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him,
When he comes back; you demy-puppets, that
By moonshine do the green-sour ringlets make,
Whereof the ewe not bites; and you, whose
pastime..

Is to make midnight-mushrooms; that rejoice
To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid
(Weak masters though ye be) I have bedimm'd
The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous

You brother mine, that entertain'd ambition,
Expell'd remorse and nature; who, with Se-
bastian,.
[strong.)
(Whose inward pinches therefore are most
Would here have kill'd your king; I do for-
give thee,
[standing
Unnatural though thou art!-Their under-
Begins to swell, and the approaching tide
Will shortly fill the reasonable shores,
That now lie foul and muddy. Not one of
them
[Ariel,
That yet looks on me, or would know me.-
Fetch me the hat and rapier in my cell :---
[Exit Ariel.

I will dis-case me, and myself present,
As I was sometime Milan.-Quickly, spirit ;
Thou shalt ere long be free.
Ariel re-enters, singing, and helps to attire
Prospero.

Ari. Where the bee sucks, there suck 1:
In a cowslip's bell I lie;

There I couch when owls do cry.
On the bat's back I do fly
After summer, merrily:

Merrily, merrily, shall I live now,
Under the blossom that hangs on the
bough.
[miss thee;
Pro. Why, that's my dainty Ariel! I shall
But yet thou shalt have freedom :-so, so, so.
To the king's ship, invisible as thou art :
There shalt thou find the mariners asleep
Under the hatches; the master, and the boat-
swain,

Being awake, enforce them to this place;
And presently, I pr'ythee.

For the like loss I have her sovereign aid, And rest myself content. Alon. You the like loss? Pro. As great to me, as late; and, supportable [weaker To make the dear loss, have I means much Than you may call to comfort you; for I Have lost my daughter. Alon. A daughter? O heavens! that they were living both in Naples, [I wish The king and queen there! that they were, Inhabits here: some heavenly power guide us Myself were mudded in that oozy bed Out of this fearful country! Where my son lies. When did you lose your Pro. daughter?

Ari. I drink the air before me, and return Or e'er your pulse twice beat.

[Exit.

Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and amazement

Behold, sir king,
The wronged duke of Milan, Prospero.
For more assurance that a living prince
Does now speak to thee, I embrace thy body;
And to thee and thy company, I bid
A hearty welcome.
Alon.

Whe'r thou beest he, or no,
Or some enchanted trifle to abuse me,
As late I have been, I not know thy pulse
Beats, as of flesh and blood; and, since I saw
thee,

The affliction of my mind amends, with which,
I fear, a madness held me: this must crave
(An if this be at all) a most strange story.
Thy dukedom I resign; and do entreat
Thou pardon me my wrongs. But how
Be living, and be here? [should Prospero
Pro.
First, noble friend,

Let me embrace thine

cannot

[lords
Pro. In this last tempest. I perceive, these
At this encounter do so much admire,
That they devour their reason, and scarce think
Their eyes do offices of truth, their words
Are natural breath: but, howsoe'er you have
Been justled from your senses, know for cer-
That I am Prospero, and that very duke [tain,
Which was thrust forth of Milan; who most
strangely
[was landed,
Upon this shore, where you were wreck'd,
To be the lord on't. No more yet of this;
For 'tis a chronicle of day by day,
Not a relation for a breakfast, nor
Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, sir;
This cell's my court: here have I few at-
tendants,

And subjects none abroad: pray you, look in. age; whose honour My dukedom since you have given me again, I will requite you with as good a thing;

Gon. Whether At least, bring forth a wonder, to content ye [this be, As much as me my dukedom.

Be measur'd, or confin'd.
Or be not, I'll not swear.
Pro.
You do yet taste
Some subtilties o' the isle, that will not let you
Believe things certain :-Welcome, my friends
all:-

[Aside to Seb. and Ant.] But you, my brace
of lords, were I so minded,

I here could pluck his highness' frown upon
And justify you traitors: at this time [you,
I will tell no tales.

Seb. [Aside.] The devil speaks in him.
Pro.
No.-
For you, most wicked sir, whom to call brother
Would even infect my mouth, I do forgive
Thy rankest fauit; all of them; and require
My dukedom of thee, which, perforce, I know,
Thou must restore.

Fer.

The entrance of the Cell opens, and discovers
Ferdinand and Miranda playing at chess.
Mira. Sweet lord, you play me false.
No, my dearest love,
I would not for the world. [should wrangle,
Mira. Yes, for a score of kingdoms you
And I would call it fair play.
If this prove
A vision of the island, one dear son
Shall I twice lose.

Alon.

Is she the goddess that has sever'd us,
And brought us thus together?

Fer.
Sir, she's mortal;
But, by immortal providence, she's mine;
I chose her, when I could not ask my father
For his advice, nor thought I had one. She
Is daughter to this famous duke of Milan,
Of whom so often I have heard renown,
But never saw before; of whom I have
Receiv'd a second life; and second father
This lady makes him to me. Alon. I am
But O! how oddly will it sound, that I [hers:
Must ask my child forgiveness.
Pro.

There, sir, stop. Let us not burden our remembrances With a heaviness that's gone. Gon.

I have inly wept, Or should have spoke ere this. Look down, you gods,

And on this couple drop a blessed crown; For it is you that have chalk'd forth the way, Which brought us hither!

Alon.

I say, Amen, Gonzalo ! Gon. Was Milan thrust from Milan, that his issue

Should become kings of Naples? O, rejoice
Beyond a common joy; and set it down
With gold on lasting pillars: in one voyage
Did Claribel her husband find at Tunis ;
And Ferdinand, her brother, found a wife
Where he himself was lost; Prospero his
dukedom

In a poor isle; and all of us, ourselves,
When no man was his own.
[hands:
Alon. [To Fer. and Mir.] Give me your
Let grief and sorrow still embrace his heart
That doth not wish you joy!

Gon.
Be it so Amen!
Re-enter Ariel, with the Master and Boatswain
amazedly following.

O look, sir! look, sir! here are more of us.
I prophesied, if a gallows were on land,
This fellow could not drown. - Now, blas-
phemy,

That swear'st grace o'erboard, not an oath on
shore?
[news?
Hast thou no mouth by land? What is the
Boats. The best news is, that we have safely
found

Our king, and company: the next, our ship,— Which, but three glasses since, we gave out split,

Is tight, and yare, and bravely rigg'd, as when We first put out to sea.

Ari. [Aside to Pro.] Sir, all this service Have I done since I went. Pro. Aside to Ari.]

My tricksy spirit!

Where, but even now, with strange and several noises [chains, Of roaring, shrieking, howling, jingling And more diversity of sounds, all horrible, We were awak'd; straightway, at liberty: Where we, in all her trim, freshly beheld Our royal, good, and gallant ship; our master Capering to eye her on a trice, so please you,

Even in a dream, were we divided from them, And were brought moping hither.

Ari. [Aside to Pro.] Was't well done? Pro. [Aside to Ari.] Bravely, my diligence. Thou shalt be free.

Alon. This is as strange a maze as e'er men trod;

And there is in this business more than nature
Was ever conduct of: some oracle [liege,
Must rectify our knowledge.
Pro. Sir, my

Do not infest your mind with beating on
The strangeness of this business: at pick'd
leisure,

Which shall be shortly, single I'll resolve you (Which to you shall seem probable) of every These happen'd accidents; till when, be cheerful, Come hither, spirit; And think of each thing well.-[Aside to Ari.] Set Caliban and his companions free; Untie the spell. [Exit Ariel.] How fares my gracious sir?

There are yet missing of your company Some few odd lads, that you remember not. Re-enter Ariel, driving in Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo, in their stolen apparel. Ste. Every man shift for all the rest, and let no man take care for himself, for all is but fortune.-Coragio! bully-monster, Coragio!

Trin. If these be true spies which wear in my head, here's a goodly sight.

Cal. O Setebos, these be brave spirits, inHow fine my master is! I am afraid [deed! He will chastise me. Seb. Ha ha! What things are these, my lord Antonio! Will money buy them? Ant.

Very like; one of them Is a plain fish, and, no doubt, marketable. Pro. Mark but the badges of these men, my lords,

Then say, if they be true. This mis-shapen knave,

His mother was a witch; and one so strong That could control the moon, make flows and ebbs,

And deal in her command, without her power. These three have robb'd me: and this demi

devil

(For he's a bastard one) had plotted with them Alon. These are not natural events; they No take my life: two of these fellows you strengthen [you hither? Must know, and own; this thing of darkness I From strange to stranger.-Say, how came Acknowledge mine. Boats. If I did think, sir, I were well awake, I'd strive to tell you. We were dead of sleep, And (how we know not) all clapp'd under hatches,

Cal.
I shall be pinch'd to death.
Alon. Is not this Stephano, my drunken
butler?

Seb. He is drunk now: where had he wine?

Alon. And Trinculo is reeling ripe: where Where I have hope to see the nuptial
should they
Of these our dear-beloved solemniz'd;

Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them?-And thence retire me to my Milan, where
How cam'st thou in this pickle?
Every third thought shall be my grave.
Alon.

Trin. I have been in such a pickle, since saw you last, that, I fear me, will never out of my bones I shall not fear fly-blowing. Seb. Why, how now, Stephano!

Ste. O! touch me not; I am not Stephano, but a cramp.

Pro. You'd be king of the isle, sirrah? Ste. I should have been a sore one, then. Alon. This is a strange thing as e'er I look'd on. [Pointing to Caliban. Pro. He is as disproportion'd in his manners, As in his shape.-Go, sirrah, to my cell; Take with you your companions: as you look To have my pardon, trim it handsomely.

Cal. Ay, that I will; and I'll be wise hereafter,

And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass
Was I, to take this drunkard for a god,
And worship this dull fool!

Go to; away!

Pro.
Alon. Hence, and bestow your luggage
where you found it.
Seb. Or stole it, rather.

[Exeunt Cal., Ste., and Trin. Pro. Sir, I invite your highness, and your

train,

To my poor cell : where you shall take your rest
For this one night; which (part of it) I'll waste
With such discourse, as, I not doubt, shall
Go quick away; the story of my life, [make it
And the particular accidents gone by,
Since I came to this isle: and in the morn
I'll bring you to your ship, and so to Naples,

I long

To hear the story of your life, which must
Take the ear strangely. Pro. I'll deliver all;
And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales,
And sail so expeditious, that shall catch
Your royal fleet far off. Aside to Ari.] My
Ariel; -chick.-

That is thy charge: then to the elements
Be free, and fare thou well!-Please you,
draw near.
[Exeunt.

EPILOGUE. Spoken by Prospero.
Now my charms are all o'erthrown,
And what strength I have's mine own;
Which is most faint: now, 'tis true,
I must be here confin'd by you,
Or sent to Naples. Let me not,
Since I have my dukedom got,
And pardon'd the deceiver, dwell
In this bare island, by your spell;
But release me from my bands,
With the help of your good hands.
Gentle breath of yours my sails
Must fill, or else my project fails,
Which was to please. Now I want
Spirits to enforce, art to enchant ;
And my ending is despair,

Unless I be reliev'd by prayer;
Which pierces so, that it assaults
Mercy itself, and frees all faults.

As you from crimes would pardon'd be.
Let your indulgence set me free.

SCENE, Sometimes in Verona; sometimes in Milan, and on the frontiers of Mantua.

ACT I.

SCENE I.-An open place in Verona.

Enter Valentine and Proteus. Val. Cease to persuade, my loving Proteus: Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. Wer't not, affection chains thy tender days

To the sweet glances of thy honour'd love,
I rather would entreat thy company
To see the wonders of the world abroad,
Than, living dully sluggardiz'd at home,
Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness.
But, since thou lov'st, love still, and thrive
therein,

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