Against an oracle. I do believe it, Pro. Then, as my gift, and thine own acquisition, Worthily purchas'd, take my daughter: Bat As I hope For quiet days, fair issue, and long life, Our worser Genius can, shall never melt Or night kept chain'd below. Too much the rein; the strongest paths are straw A Masque. Enter Iris. Iris. Ceres, mos bounteous lady, thy rich leas Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats, and peas Thy turfy mountains, where live ribbling sheep, And flat meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep; Thy banks with peonied and lilied brims, Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves, Here on this grass-plot, in this very place, Tell me, heavenly bow, If Venus, or her son, as thou dost know, Do now attend the queen? since they did plot The means, that dusky Dis my daughter got, Her and her blind boy's scandal'd company I have forsworn. Iris. Of her society are Be not afraid: I met her deity Cutting the clouds towards Paphos; and her son Dove-drawn with her: here thought they to have done Some wanton charm upon this man and maid, Spring come to you, at the farthest, Fer. This is a most majestic vision, and Pro. I thought to have told thee of it: but 1 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 I have from their confines call'd to enact Advanc'd their eyelids, lifted up their noses, [Juno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris As they smelt music; so I charm'd their ears, on employment. That, calf-like, they my lowing follow'd, throug Pro. Sweet now, silence: Tooth'd briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss, an Juno and Ceres whisper seriously; thorns, There's something else to do; hush, and be mute,' the filthy mantled pool beyond your cell,, Which enter'd their frail shins: at last I left ther Or else our spell is marr'd. d'ring brooks, With your sedg'd crowns, and ever harmless looks, Leave your crisp channels, and on this green land O'er-stunk their feet. Iris. You nymphs, called Naiads, of the wan-There dancing up to the chins, that the foul lak Answer your summons; Juno does command: Enter certain Nymphs. You sun-burn'd sicklemen, of August weary, Enter certain Reapers, properly habited: they Pro. [Aside.] I had forgot that foul conspiracy Fer. This is strange: your father's in some That works him strongly. Mira. Never till this day, bied. Be not disturb'd with my infirmity: Fer. Mira. We wish your peace. [Exeunt. Enter Ariel. rel, &c. you, Trin. Thou wert but a lost monster. Cal. Good my lord, give me thy favour still: 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, This is the mouth of the cell: no noise, and enter: Thine own for ever, and I, thy Caliban, Ste. Give me thy hand: for 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. Ari. Thy thoughts I cleave to: What's thy to a frippery :-O king Stephano! pleasure? Pro. Spirit, We must prepare to meet with Caliban. Ari. Ay, my commander: when I presented Ceres, 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 you mean, To dote thus on such luggage? Let it alone, 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. Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest. Ca! I will have none on't: we shall lose our time, 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. A noise of Hunters heard. Enter divers Spirits Than pard, or cat o' mountain. ACT V. SCENE 1. 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 Goes upright with his carriage. How's the day? Ari. On the sixth hour; at which time, my lord, You said our work should cease. Pro. I did say so, When first 1 rais'd the tempest. Say, my spirit, How fares the king and his followers? Ari. Confin'd together 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 penitent, And ye, that on the sands with printless foot Is to make midnight-mushrooms; that rejoice And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault 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 promontory The pine, and cedar: graves, at my command, Have I made shake; and by the spurs pluck'd up Have wak'd their sleepers; op'd and let them forth, By my so potent art: But this rough magick Re-enter Ariel: after him, Alonzo, with a fran- Mine eyes, even sociable to the shew of thine, In the same fashion as you gave in charge; zalo; 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 Dost thou think so, spirit? You brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, Expell'd remorse and nature; who with Sebastian (Whose inward pinches therefore are most strong,) thee, Unnatural though thou art!-Their understanding Begins to swell; and the approaching tide That now lie foul and muddy. Not one of them, Fetch me the hat and rapier in my cell; Ariel re-enters, singing, and helps to attire Ari. Where the bee sucks, there suck I'; There I couch when owls do cry. Pro. Why, that's my dainty Ariel; 1 shall miss thee; 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 ment Inhabits here: Some heavenly power guide us Out of this fearful country! Pro. Behold, sir king, Be living, and be here? Let me embrace thine age; Or be not, I'll not swear. First, noble friend, whose honour cannot Whether this be, You do yet taste Some subtilties o' the isle, that will not let you Believe things certain:-Welcome, my friends all: But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded, Seb. The devil speaks in him. [Aside. Alon. Were wreck'd upon this shore; where I have lost I am wo 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 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, Pro. In this last tempest. I perceive, these lords At this encounter do so much admire, Upon this shore where you were wreck'd, was landed, To be the lord on't. No more yet of this; The entrance of the Cell opens, and discovers I would not for the world. And I would call it fair play. If this prove Seb. A most high miracle! Fer. Though the seas threaten, they are mer. ciful: I have cursed them without cause. [Fer. kneels to Alon. Alon. O! wonder! Sir, she's mortal; Alon. There, sir, stop Let us not burden our remembrances I have inly wept, Or should have spoke ere this. Look down, you gods, And on this couple drop a blessed crown; Alon. I say, Amen, Gonzalo Gon. Was Milan thrust from Milan, that his issue Should become kings of Naples? O, rejoice Give me your hands: Be't so! Amen! Re-enter Ariel, with the Master and Boatswain amazedly following. O look, sir, look, sir! here are more of us! Hast thou no mouth by land? What is the news? found Have I done since I went. Pro. Aside, My tricksy spirit! Alon. These are not natural events; they strengthen, From strange to stranger :-Say, how came you hither? 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, Where, but even now, with strange and several noises Of roaring, shrieking, howling, gingling chains, Was't well done? Pro. Bravely, my diligence. Thou [Aside. shalt be free. Alon. This is as strange a maze as e'er men trod: And there is in this business more than nature Sir, my liege, sure, What things are these, my lord Antonio! Very like: one of them 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: 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 should they Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them 7How cam'st thou in tnis pickle: 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; 1 am not Stephano, but a cramp. on. Pro. You'd be king of the isle, sirrah 7 Ste. I should have been a sore one then. Alon. This is as strange a thing as e'er 1 look'd [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 companiess; 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 1, to take this drunkard for a god, And worship this dull fool? Pro. Go to; away! 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 make it Go quick away: the story of my life, And the particularecidents, gone by, Since I came to this isle: And in the morn, I'll bring you to your ship, and so to Naples, Where I have hope to see the nuptial Of these our dear belov'd solemnized; And thence retire me to my Milan, where Every third thought shall be my grave. Alon. 1 long Which shall be shortly, single I'll resolve you To hear the story of your life, which must (Which to you shall seeni probable) of every Take the ear strangely. These happen'd accidents: till when, be cheerful, Pro. I'll deliver all; And think of each thing well.-Come hither, And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales, spirit; [Aside. And sail so expeditious, that shall catch Your royal fleet far of.-My Ariel,-chick,gra-That is thy charge; then to the elements Be free, and fare thou well!-[Aside.] Please you, draw near. Exeunt Set Caliban and his companions free: cious sir? There are yet missing of your company and Trinculo, in their stolen apparel. 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, |