Scene I. THE TEMPEST. Some wanton charm upon this man and maid, Till Hymen's torch be lighted: but in vain; Her waspish-headed son has broke his arrows, And be a boy right out. Cer. Highest queen of state, Great Juno comes; I know her by her gait. Juno. How does my bounteous sister? Go To bless this twain, that they may prosperous be, And honour'd in their issue. SONG. Juno. Honour, riches, marriage-blessing, Cer. Earth's increase, and foison* plenty ; Plants, with goodly burden bowing; Scarcity, and want, shall shun you; Pro. Spirits, which by mine art I have from their confines call'd to enact Fer. Let me live here ever; So rare a wonder'd father and a wife, [Juno and Ceres whisper, and send IRIS Pro. Sweet now, Silence: There's something else to do: hush, and be Or else our spell is marr'd. Mira. Never till this day, Saw I him touch'd with anger so distemper'd. Be not disturb'd with my infirmity: If you be pleas'd, retire into my cell, [Exeunt. We must prepare to meet with Caliban. Ari. Ay, my commander: when I presented Ceres, I thought to have told thee of it; but I fear'd, Pro. Say again, where didst thou leave these Ari. I told you, Sir, they were red-hot with drinking; So full of valour, that they smote the air Advanc'd their eye-lids, lifted up their noses, through Tooth'd briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and thorns, them Iris. You nymphs, call'd Naiads, of the wand- Which enter'd their frail shins; at last I left ring brooks, With your sedg'd crowns, and ever harmless' the filthy mantled pool beyond your cell, looks, Leave your crisp channels, and on this green Answer your summons; Juno does command: brate A contract of true love; be not too late. Enter certain Nymphs. You sun-burn'd sicklemen, of August weary, dance; Enter certain Reapers, properly habited: they Pro. (Aside.] I had forgot that foul conspi- of the beast Caliban, and his confederates, almost come.-To the spirits.] Well done; avoid-no more. Per. This is most strange: your father's in some passion That works him strongly.. Pro. A devil, a boru devil, on whose nature line. ARIEL remain invisible. Cal. Pray you, tread softly, that the blind Hear a foot fall: we now are near his cell. • Vanished. • Rack is the thin and subtil mist which may be seen encircling the tops of mountains immediately after Education. t Bart. Jack with a lantern. sua-rise. 4 N 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 1 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 hood-wink this mischauce: speak softly. All's bush'd as midnight yet. therefore, 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. Cul. Pr'ythee, my king, be quiet: Seest thou here, This is the mouth of the cell: no noise, and enter: Do that good mischief, which may make this island Thine own for ever, and I, thy Caliban, 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. Cal. The dropsy drown this fool! what do Make us strange stuff. 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. Mouster, come, put some limet upon your fingers, and away with the rest. Cal. I will have none on't: we shall lose our And all be turn'd to barnacles, or to apes 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, carry this. Trin. And this. Ste. Ay, and this. In the same fashion as you gave in charge; your They cannot budge, till you release. The king, His brother, and your's, abide all three distracted; And the remainder mourning over them, His tears run down his beard, like winter's drops From eaves of reeds: your charm so strongly works them, That if you now beheld them, your affections Pro. Dost thou think so, spirit? Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling art? Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury In virtue than in vengeance: they being peni tent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend [Erit. Ari. I'll fetch them, Sir. and groves; And ye, that on the sands with printless foot pastime Is to make midnight-mushrooms; that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid (Weak masters though you be,) I have be dimm'd The noon-tide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vanit Set roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt: the strong-bas'd promottory • Defends from bad weather. + Thatch. Scene I. THE TEMPEST. Have I made shake and by the spurs pluck'd пр The pine, and cedar: graves, at my command, By my so potent art: But this rough magic A solemn air, and the best comforter Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and Inhabits here: Some heavenly power guide us Pro. Behold, Sir king! The wronged duke of Milan, Prospero : Alon. Whe'r thou beest he, or no, Th' affliction of my mind amends, with which, Be living, and be here? Pro. First, noble friend, Let me embrace thine age; whose honour cannot Now useless, boil'd within thy skull ! There Be measur'd, or confin'd. stand, For you are spell-stopp'd. Holy Gonzalo, honourable man, Mine eyes, even sociable to the show of thine, apace; And as the morning steals upon the night, To him thou follow'st; I will pay thy graces Thou'rt pinch'd for't now, Sebastian.-Flesh and You brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, Expell'd remorse and nature; who, with Sebastian, (Whose inward pinches therefore strong,) are most Would here have kill'd your king; I do forgive thee, Unnatural though thou standing art!--Their under Begins to swell; and the approaching tide Fetch me the hat and rapier in my cell; [Exit ARIEL. I will dis-case me and myself present, Gon. Whether this be, Pro. You do yet taste Some subtilties o'tne isle, that will not let you all: But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded, I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you, Seb. The devil speaks in him. [Aside. For you, most wicked Sir, whom to call brother Alon. If thou beest Prospero, were wreck'd upon this shore: where I have lost, How sharp the point of this remembrance is 1 Pro. I am woe for't, sir. Alon. Irreparable is the loss: and Patience Says, it is past her cure. Pro. I rather think, You have not sought her help of whose soft grace, 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, portable t ARIEL re-enters, singing, and helps to attire To make the dear loss, have I means much PROSPERO. Ari. Where the bee sucks, there suck 1: Pro. Why, that's my dainty Ariel: I shall But yet thou shalt have freedom: so, so, so.- Being awake, enforce them to this place; Ari. I drink the air before me, and return Pity, or tenderness of heart. O heaveus! that they were living both in Naples. Myself were mudded in that oozy bed Pro. In this last tempest. I perceive, these At this encounter do so much admire, Upon this shore, where you were wreck'd, was | Re-enter ARIEL, with the MASTER and BOAT. landed, To be the lord on't. No more yet of this; Not a relation for a breakfast, nor Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, Sir; And subjects none abroad: pray you, look in. At least, bring forth a wonder, to content ye, The entrance of the cell opens, and discovers FERDINAND and MIRANDA playing at chess. Mira. Sweet lord, you play me false. I would not for the world. Mira. Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle, And I would call it fair play. Alon. If this prove A vision of the island, one dear son Shall I twice lose. Seb. A most high miracle! SWAIN amazedly following. O look, Sir, look, Sir; here are more of us! That swear'st grace o'erboard, not an oath on Boats. If I did think, Sir, I were well awake, I'd strive to tell you. We were dead of sleep, Fer. Tho' the seas threaten, they are merci- And, (how, we know not,) all clapp'd user ful: I have curs'd them without cause. hatches, Where, but even now, with strange and several noises [FERD. kneels to ALON. Of roaring, shrieking, howling, gingling chains, Alon. Now all the blessings Of a glad father compass thee about! Arise, and say how thou cam'st here. Mira. O wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new And more diversity of sounds, all horrible, Ari. Was't well done? [Aside. free. Pro. Bravely, my diligence. Thou shalt be [Aside. Alon. This is as strange a maze as e'er men trod : 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, And think of each thing well.-Come hither, spirit ; [Aside. Set Caliban and bis companions free : There are yet missing of your company Re-enter ARIEL, driving in CALIBAN, STIPRANO, and TRINCULO, in their stolen epparel. 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 I wear in my head, here's a goodly sight. Cal. O Setebos, there be brave spirits, deed! How fine my master is! I am afraid Then say, if they be true :-This misshapen knave, ↑ For this one night; which (part of it,) I'll waste And deal in her command, without her power: Cal. I shall be pinch'd to death. With such discourse, as, I not doubt shall make it Alon. Is not this Stephano, my drunken but-To hear the story of your life, which must ler ? Seb. He is drunk now: Where had he wine? Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them? Trin. I have been in such a pickle, since I 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, Pro. You'd be king of the isle, sirrah ? Cal. Ay, that I will; and I'll be wise here Take the ear strangely. Pro. I'll deliver all; And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales, EPILOGUE. SPOKEN BY PROSPERO. Now my charms are all o'erthrown, • Applause noise was supposed to dissolve a spell. |