Young Ferdinand, whom they suppose is drown'd; And his and my loved darling. [Exit Prospero from above. Gon. I' the name of something holy, sir, why stand you In this strange stare? Alon. O, it is monstrous! monstrous! Methought, the billows spoke, and told me of it; The winds did sing it to me; and the thunder, That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounced The name of Prosper; it did bass 1 my trespass. Therefore my son i' the ooze is bedded; and I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded, And with him there lie mudded. Seb. I'll fight their legions o'er. Ant. 1 [Exi But one fiend at a time, I'll be thy second. [Exeunt Seb. and Ant. Gon. All three of them are desperate; their great guilt, Like poison given to work a great time after, Adr. Follow, I pray you. 1 Told it me in a rough bass sound. 2 Alienation of mind. [Exeunt. ACT IV. SCENE I. Before Prospero's cell. Enter PROSPERO, FERDINAND, and MIRANDA. Hast strangely stood the test: here, afore Heaven, For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise, Fer. Against an oracle. I do believe it, Pro. Then, as my gift, and thine own acquisition Worthily purchased, take my daughter: but If thou dost break her virgin knot before With full and holy rite be minister'd, No sweet aspersion 3 shall the heavens let fall A fibre or portion of myself. 3 Sprinkling. 2 To admiration. Sour-eyed disdain, and discord, shall bestrew Fer. As I hope For quiet days, fair issue, and long life, With such love as 'tis now; the murkiest den, The most opportune place, the strong'st suggestion 1 Our worser Genius can, shall never melt Mine honor into lust; to take away The edge of that day's celebration, 1 When I shall think, or Phoebus' steeds are founder'd, Or night kept chain'd below. Pro. Fairly spoke: Sit then, and talk with her: she is thine own. Enter ARIEL. Ari. What would my potent master? here I am. Pro. Thou and thy meaner fellows your last service Did worthily perform; and I must use you In such another trick: go, bring the rabble, Bestow upon the eyes of this young couple Some vanity of mine art; it is my promise, And they expect it from me. Ari. Presently? 1 Temptation. The crew of meaner spirits. Pro. Ay, with a twink. Ari. Before you can say, Come and go, Each one, tripping on his toe,1 Pro. Dearly, my delicate Ariel. Do not approach, Till thou dost hear me call. Ari. Well I conceive. [Exit. Pro. Look, thou be true; do not give dalliance Too much the rein: the strongest oaths are straw To the fire i' the blood: be more abstemious, Or else, good night, your vow! Fer. I warrant you, sir; The white-cold virgin snow upon my heart Abates the ardor of my liver. Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary,3 Rather than want a spirit: appear, and pertly.— A masque. Enter IRIS. [soft music. Iris. Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats, and peas; Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep; So in Milton's L'Allegro, v. 33. Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe. 2 Making mouths or wry faces. 4 Coarse hay. Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims,1 Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves, Bids thee leave these; and with her sovereign grace, To come and sport: her peacocks fly amain; 5 Enter CERES. Cer. Hail, many-color'd messenger, that ne'er Who, with thy saffron wings, upon my flowers It is conjectured that by 'pioned and twilled brims' Shakspeare meant banks fringed with pionies and thicklymatted grass, resembling the stuff called twilled cloth, in which the cords appear closely twisted together. 3 Forsaken of his mistress. 2 Command. 4 The pole embraced by the vines. 6 Woody. 5 With vigor. |