Shalt have the air at freedom: for a little, Follow, and do me service. [Exeunt. ACT V. SCENE I. Before the Cell of Prospero. Enter PROSPERO in his magick 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? Ariel. On the sixth hour; at which time, my lord, You said our work should cease. Pro. When first I rais'd the tempest. How fares the king and his ? Ari. I did say so, Say, my spirit, Confin'd together In the same fashion as you gave in charge; In the lime-grove which weather-fends3 your cell; That if you now beheld them, your affections 3 Defends from bad weather. 4 Thatch. Pro. Dost thou think so, spirit? Ari. Mine would, sir, were I human. And mine shall. Pro. One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou art? Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury Do I take part: the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, Not a frown further: Go, release them, Ariel; 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 (Weak masters though you be,) I have be-dimm'd Have I made shake; and by the spurs pluck'd up [Solemn musick. Re-enter ARIEL: after him, ALONSO, with a frantick gesture, attended by GONZALO; SEBASTIAN and ANTONIO in like manner, attended by ADRIAN and FRANCISCO: They all enter the circle which PROSPERO had made, and there stand charmed; which PROSPERO observing, speaks. A solemn air, and the best comforter To an unsettled fancy, cure thy brains, Now useless, boil'd within thy skull! There stand, Holy Gonzalo, honourable man, Mine eyes, even sociable to the shew of thine, To him thou follow'st; I will pay thy graces Home, both in word and deed.-Most cruelly Thou'rt pinch'd for't now, Sebastian.-Flesh and blood, You brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, Expell'd remorse 5 and nature; who, with Sebastian, That now lie foul and muddy. Not one of them, [Exit ARIEL. I will dis-case me, and myself present, ARIEL re-enters, singing, and helps to attire Ari. Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. After summer, merrily: Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. Pro. Why, that's my dainty Ariel: I shall miss thee; 5 Pity, or tenderness of heart. But yet thou shalt have freedom: so, so, so.- Under the hatches; the master, and the boatswain, Being awake, enforce them to this place; And presently, I pr'ythee. Ari. I drink the air before me, and return Or e'er your pulse twice beat. [Exit ARIEL. Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and amazement Inhabits here: Some heavenly power guide us Out of this fearful country! Pro. 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; 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, pero Be living, and be here? Pro. -But how should Pros First, noble friend, Let me embrace thine age; whose honour cannot 6 Whether. |