I fear, you have done yourself some wrong: & word. Mir. Why speaks my father so ungently? This Is the third man that e'er I saw; the first That e'er I sigh'd for: pity move my y! To be inclined my way father And your affection not gone forth, I'll make you Pro. Soft, sir; one word more. They are both in either's powers: but this swift business I must uneasy make, lest too light winning [aside. Make the prize light.-One word more; I charge thee, 'That thou attend me: thou dost here usurp The name thou owest 1 not; and hast put thyself Upon this island, as a spy, to win it From me, the lord on 't. Fer. No, as I am a man. Mir. There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple : If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with 't. Pro. Follow me.-[to Fer. Speak not you for him: he's a traitor.-Come. I'll manacle thy neck and feet together: Sea-water shalt thou drink; thy food shall be Possessest. Make not too rash a trial of him, for He's gentle, and not fearful.1 Pro. What, I say, up, traitor ; My foot my tutor!-Put thy sword Who makest a show, but darest not strike, thy conscience Is so possess'd with guilt: come from thy ward; And make thy weapon drop. Mir. Pro. Hence! hang not on my garments. Mir. 2 'Beseech you, father! Sir, have pity; Silence: one word more I'll be his surety. Pro. Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What! An advocate for an impostor? hush! Thou think'st there are no more such shapes as he, Having seen but him and Caliban: foolish wench! To the most of men this is a Caliban, And they to him are angels. Mir. My affections Are then most humble: I have no ambition Formidable. 2 Desist from any hope of awing me by that posture of defence. To see a goodlier man. Pro. Come on; obey: Thy nerves are in their infancy again, And have no vigor in them. Fer. So they are: [to Fer. My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up. Have I in such a prison. Pro. It works:-Come on.- Thou hast done well, fine Ariel!-Follow me. [to Fer. and Mir. [to Ariel. Be of comfort; Hark, what thou else shalt do me. Mir. My father's of a better nature, sir, Than he appears by speech: this is unwonted, Pro. Thou shalt be as free As mountain winds: but then exactly do All points of my command. Ari. To the syllable. Pro. Come, follow: speak not for him. [Exeunt. ACT II. SCENE I. Another part of the island. Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, and others. GONZALU, Gon. 'Beseech you, sir, be merry: you have cause (So have we all) of joy; for our escape Is much beyond our loss: Our hint of woe1 The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, Can speak like us: then wisely, good sir, weigh Alon. Pr'ythee, peace. Seb. He receives comfort like cold porridge. Ant. The visitor will not give him o'er so. Seb. Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit; The cause that fills our minds with grief. • Owners of a merchant-ship. Gon. Dolour comes to him, indeed; you have spoken truer than you purposed. Seb. You have taken it wiselier than I meant you should. Gon. Therefore, my lord, Ant. Fie, what a spendthrift is he of his tongue! Alon. I pry'thee, spare. Gon. Well, I have done: but yet Seb. He will be talking. Ant. Which of them, he, or Adrian, for a good wager, first begins to crow? Seb. The old cock. Ant. The cockrel. Seb. Done: The wager? Ant. A laughter. Seb. A match. Adr. Though this island seem to be desert,— Seb. Ha, ha, ha! Ant. So, you've paid. Adr. Uninhabitable, and almost inaccessible, Adr. Yet Ant. He could not miss it. Adr. It must needs be of subtle, tender, ana delicate temperance.1 Ant. Temperance was a delicate wench. Seb. Ay, and a subtle, as he most learnedly delivered. 1 Temperature. |