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Mira. At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer

What I desire to give; and much less take,
What I shall die to want: but this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,

The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
I am your wife, if you will marry me;
If not, I'll die your maid: to be your fellow
You may deny me: but I'll be your servant,
Whether you will or no.

Fer.

And I thus humble ever.

Mira.

My mistress, dearest,

My husband then?

Fer. Ay, with a heart as willing As bondage e'er of freedom: here's my hand. Mira. And mine, with my heart in't: And now farewell,

Till half an hour hence.

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Ste. Drink, servant monster, when I bid thee; thy eyes are almost set in thy head.

Trin. Where should they be set else? he were a brave monster indeed, if they were set in his tail. Ste. My man-monster hath drowned his tongue in sack: for my part, the sea cannot drown me: I swam, ere I could recover the shore, five-and-thirty leagues, off and on, by this light. Thou shalt be my lieutenant, monster, or my standard. Trin. Your lieutenant, if you list; he's no

standard.

Ste. We'll not run, monsieur monster. Trin. Nor go neither: but you'll lie, like dogs; and yet say nothing neither.

Ste. Moon-calf, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good moon-calf.

Cal. How does thy honor? Let me lick thy shoe: I'll not serve him, he's not valiant.

Trin. Thou liest, most ignorant monster; I am in case to justle a constable: Why, thou debosheds fish thou, was there ever man a coward, that hath drunk so much sack as I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish, and half a monster?

Cal. Lo, how he mocks me! wilt thou let him, my lord? Trin. Lord, quoth he! - that a monster should be such a natural!

Cal. Lo, lo, azain! bite him to death, I pr'ythee. Ste. Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head; if you prove a mutineer, the next tree--The poor monster's my subject, and he shall not suffer indignity.

Cal. I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleas'd To hearken once again the suit I made thee? Ste. Marry will I kneel, and repeat it; I will stand, and so shall Trinculo.

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Cal. I say, by sorcery he got this isle; From me he got it. If thy greatness will Revenge it on him- for, I know, thou dar'st; But this thing dare not.

Ste. That's most certain.

Ca'. Thou shalt be lord of it, and I'll serve thee. Ste. How now shall this be compassed? Canst thou bring me to the party?

Cal. Yea, yea, my lord: I'll yield him thee asleep, Where thou may'st knock a nail into his head. Ari. Thou liest, thou canst not.

Cal. What a pied ninny's this! Thou scurvy patch!

I do beseech thy greatness, give him blows,
And take his bottle from him: when that's gone,
He shall drink nought but brine; for I'll not show

him

Where the quick freshes are.

Ste. Trinculo, run into no further danger: interrupt the monster one word further, and, by this hand, I'll turn my mercy out of doors, and make a stock-fish of thee.

Trin. Why, what did I? I did nothing; I'll go further off.

Ste. Didst thou not say, he lied?
Ari. Thou liest.

Ste. Do I so take thou that. [Strikes him.] As you like this, give me the lie another time. and hearing too? A pox o' your bottle! this can Trin. I did not give the lie:-Out o' your wits, sack and drinking do. A murrain on your monster, and the devil take your fingers! Cal. Ha, ha, ha!

stand further off.
Ste. Now, forward with your tale. Pr'ythee!

I'll beat him too.
Cal. Beat him enough: after a little time,

him.

Ste.
Stand further.-Come, proceed.
I the afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain
Cal. Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him
Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log
Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake,
Or cut his wezands with thy knife: Remember,
He's but a sot, as I am, nor hath not
First to possess his books; for without them

One spirit to command: They all do hate him,
He has brave utensils, (for so he calls them,)
As rootedly as I; Burn but his books;
Which, when he has a house, he'll deck withal.
And that most deeply to consider, is
Calls her a nonpareil: I ne'er saw woman,
The beauty of his daughter; he himself
But only Sycorax my dam and she;
But she as far surpasseth Sycorax,
As greatest does least.
Ste.

Is it so brave a lass? Cal. Ay, my lord: she will become thy bed, I warrant,

And bring thee forth brave brood.

Ste. Monster, I will kill this man: his daughter and I will be king and queen; (save our graces!) and Trinculo and thyself shall be viceroys:- Dost thou like the plot, Trinculo?

Trin. Excellent.

Ste. Give me thy hand; I am sorry I beat thee: but, while thou livest, keep a good tongue in thy

head.

Wilt thou destroy him then?
Cal. Within this half hour will he be asleep;

Ste.

Ay, on mine honer. Ari. This will I tell my master. Cal. Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of plea

sure;

Let us be jocund: Will you troll the catch
You taught me but while-ere?

Ste. At thy request, monster, I will do reason, any reason: Come on, Trinculo, let us sing. [Sings Flout 'em, and skout 'em ; and skout 'em, and flout 'em;

Thought is free.

Cal. That's not the tune.

[ARIEL plays the tune on a tabor and pipe. Alluding to Trinculo's party-colored dress.

■ Springs.

2 Throat.

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Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometimes voices,
That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming,
The clouds, methought.would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I wak`d,
I cry'd to dream again.

Ste. This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where I shall have my music for nothing.

Cal. When Prospero is destroyed.

Ste. That shall be by and by: I remember the story.

Trin. The sound is going away: let's follow it, and after, do our work.

Ste. Lead, monster; we'll follow. I would I could see this taborer: he lays it on.

Trin. Wilt come! I'll follow, Stephano. [Exeunt. SCENE III-Another part of the Island. Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONZALO, ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, and others.

Gon. By'r lakin, I can go no further, sir; My old bones ache: here's a maze trod, indeed, Through furth-rights, and meanders! by your patience,

I needs must rest me. Alom.

Old lord, I cannot blame thee, Who am myself attach'd with weariness, To the dulling of my spirits: sit down, and rest. Even here I will put of my hope, and keep it No longer for my flatterer: he is drown'd,'" Whom thus we stray to find; and the sea mocks Our frustrate search on land: well, let him go. Ant. I am right glad that he's so out of hope. [Aside to SEBASTIAN. Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose That you resolv'd to effect. Seh.

Will we take thoroughly.

Ant.

The next advantage Let it be to-night;

For, now they are oppress'd with travel, they Will not, nor cannot, use such vigilance, As when they are fresh. Seb. I say, to-night: no more. Solemn and strange Music; and PROSPERO Abore, invisible. Enter several strange Shapes, bring ing in a Banquet; they dance about it with gentle actims of salutation; and, inviting the King, &c. to eat, they depart.

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Gon. Faith, sir, you need not fear: When we were boys,

Who would believe that there were mountaineers,
Dew-lapp'd like bulls, whose throats had hanging
at them
Wallets of flesh or that there were such men,
Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now
we find,

Each putter-out on five for one, will bring us
Good warrant of.
Alon.
I will stand to, and feed,
Although my last: no matter, since I feel
The best is past: — - Brother, my lord the duke,
Stand to, and do as we.

Enter ARIEL like a Thunder and lightning. harpy; claps his wings upon the table, and, with a quaint device, the banquet vanishes. Ari. You are three men of sin, whom destiny (That hath to instrument this lower world, And what is in't,) the never-surfeited sea Hath caused to belch up; and on this island Where man doth not inhabit; you 'mongst men Being most unfit to live. I have made you mad:

[Seeing ALON., SEB., &c. draw their swords. And even with such like valor, men hang and drown

Their proper selves. You fools! I and my fellows
Are ministers of fate; the elements

Of whom your swords are temper'd, may as well
Wound the loud winds, or with bemock'd-at stabs
Kill the still-closing waters, as diminish
One dowle' that's in my plume; my fellow-ministers
Are like invulnerable: if you could hurt,
Your swords are now too massy for your strengths,
And will not be uplifted: But remember,
(For that's my business to you,) that you three
From Milan did supplant good Prospero;
Expos'd unto the sea, which hath requit it,
Him, and his innocent child; for which foul deed
The powers, delaying, not forgetting, have
Incens'd the seas and shores, yea, all the creatures,
Against your peace: Thee of thy son, Alonso,
They have bereft! and do pronounce by me,
Lingering perdition (worse than any death
Can be at once) shall step by step attend
You, and your ways; whose wrath to guard you

from

(Which here, in this most desolate isle, else falls Upon your heads,) is nothing, but heart's sorrow, And a clear life ensuing.

Alon. What harmony is this? my good friends, He vanishes in thunder: then, to soft music, enter

hark!

Gon. Marvelous sweet music!

Alon. Give us kind keepers, heavens! What were these?

Seb. A living drollery: Now I will believe, That there are unicorns: that in Arabia There is one tree, the phoenix' throne; one phoenix At this hour reigning there.

Ant.

I'll believe both; And what does else want credit, come to me, And I'll be sworn 'tis true: Travelers ne'er did lie, Though fools at home condemn them. Gon.

If in Naples I should report this now, would they believe me! If I should say I saw such islanders, For, certes, these are people of the island.) Who, though they are of monstrous shape, yet, note, Their manners are more gentle-kind, than of hur human generation you shall find Many, uay, almost any.

Pro.

Honest lord,

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the Shapes again, and dance with mops and mowes, and curry out the table.

Pro. [Aside.] Bravely the figure of this harpy hast thou

Perform'd, my Ariel; a grace it had, devouring:
Of my instruction hast thou nothing 'bated,
In what thou hadst to say: so, with good life,
And observation strange, my meaner ministers
Their several kinds have done: my high charms
work,

And these, mine enemies, are all knit up
In their distractions: they now are in my power
And in these fits I leave them, whilst I visit
Young Ferdinand, (whom they suppose is drown d,
And his and my lov'd 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, • Down. Pure, blaineless.

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Gon. All three of them are desperate; their

great guilt,

Like poison given to work a great time after,
I do beseech you
Now gins to bite the spirits:

That are of suppler joints, follow them swiftly,
And hinder them from what this ecstasy
May now provoke them to.
Adr

Follow, I pray you.

[Exeunt

ACT IV.

SCENE I. Before Prospero's Cell.
Enter PROSPERO, FERDINAND, and MIRANDA.
Pro. If I have too austerely punish'd you,
Your compensation makes amends; for I
Have given you here a thread of mine own life,
Or that for which I live; whom once again
I tender to thy hand; all thy vexations
Were but my trials of thy love, and thou

Hast strangely stood the test: here, afore heaven,
I ratify this my rich gift. O Ferdinand,
Do not smile at me, that I boast her off,
For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise,
And make it halt behind her.

Fer.

Against an oracle.

I do believe it,

Pro. Then, as my gift, and thine own acquisition
Worthily purchas'd, take my daughter: But
If thou dost break her virgin knot before
All sanctimonious ceremonies may
With full and holy rites be minister'd.
No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall
To make this contract grow; but barren hate,
Sour-ey'd disdain, and discord, shall bestrew
The union of your bed with weeds so loathly,
That you shall hate it both therefore, take heed,
As Hymen's lamps shall light you.
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 strongest suggestion
Our worser Genius can, shall never melt
Mine honor into lust; to take away
The edge of that day's celebration,

Pro.

Well.

Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary,
Rather than want a spirit; appear, and pertly.
[Soft music.
No tongue; all eyes; be silent.

A Masque. Enter IRIS

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;
Thy banks with peonied and lillied brims,
Which spongy April at thy hest betrims,
To make cold nymphs chaste crowns; and thy
broom groves,

Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves,
Being lass-lorn; thy pole-clipt vineyard;
And thy sea-marge, steril, and rocky-hard,
Where thou thyself dost air: The queen o' the sky,
Whose wat ry arch, and messenger, am I,
Bids thee leave these; and with her sovereign grace,
Here, on this grass-plot, in this very place,
To come and sport: her peacocks ily amain;
Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain.

Enter CERES.

Cer. Hail, many-colored messenger, that ne'er
Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter;
Who, with thy saffron wings, upon my flowers
Diffusest honey-drops, refreshing showers;
And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown
My bosky acres, and my unshrubb'd down,
Rich scarf to my proud earth; Why hath thy queen
Summon'd me hither, to this short-grass'd green?
Iris. A contract of true love to celebrate;
And some donation freely to estate

When I shall think, or Phoebus' steeds are foun- On the bless'd lovers.

der'd,

Or night kept chair'd below.

Pro.

Fairly spoke:

Sit then, and talk with her, she is thine own.-
What, Ariel; my industrious servant Ariel!

Enter ARIEL.

Ari. What would my potent master? here I am.
Pro. Thou and thy meaner fellows your last ser-

vice

Did worthily perform; and I must use you
In such another trick: go, bring the rabble,
O'er whom I give thee power, here to this place:
Incite them to quick motion; for I must
Bestow upon the eyes of this young couple
Some vanity of mine art; it is my promise,
And they expect it from me.
Presently?

Ari.

Pro. Ay, with a twink.

Ari. Before you can say, Come, and go,
And breathe twice; and cry, so, so;

Each one tripping on his toe,

Will be here with mop and mowe;

Do you love me, master? no.

Pro. Dearly, my delicate Ariel: do not approach,
Till thou dost hear me call.
Well I conceive. [Exit.
Ari.
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!
I warrant you, sir;
Fer.
The white-cold virgin snow upon my heart
Abates the ardor of my liver.

Sprinkling.

Cer.

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 Disa my daughter got,
Her and her blind boy's scandal'd company
I have forsworn.

Iris.

Of her society
Be not afraid; I met her deity
Dove-drawn with her: here thought they to have
Cutting the clouds toward Paphos; and her son
done

Some wanton charm upon this man and maid,
Whose vows are, that no bed-rite shall be paid
Till Hymen's torch be lighted: but in vain;
Mar's hot minion is return'd again;
Her waspish-headed son has broke his arrows,
Swears he will shoot no more, but play with spar

rows,

And be a boy right out.

Cer.

Highest queen of state, Great Juno comes: I know her by her gait.

Enter JUNO.

Juno. How does my bounteous sister? Go with

me.

To bless this twain, that they may prosperous e
And honor'd in their issue.

SONG.

Juno. Honor, riches, marriage-blessing,
Long continuance, and increasing,
Hourly joys he still upon you
Juno sings er blessings on you.
Alienation of mind.

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Cer. Earth's increase, and foisons plenty ;
Barns, and garners never empty;
Vines with clust'ring bunches growing;
Plants, with goodly burden bowing;
Spring come to you, at the farthest,
In the very end of harvest!

Scarcity and want shall shun you;
Ceres' blessing so is on you.

Fer. This is a most majestic vision, and
Harmonious charmingly: May I be bold
To think these spirits!

Pro.

Spirits, which by mine art
I have from their confines call'd to enact
My present fancies.

Fer.

Let me live here ever:

So rare a wonder'd father and a wife,

Make this place paradise.

Pro.

Sweet now, silence:
Juno and Ceres whisper seriously;
There's something else to do: hush, and be mute,
Or else our spell is marr'd.

Ari. I told you, sir, they were red hot with
drinking:

So full of valor, that they smote the air
For breathing in their faces: beat the ground
For kissing of their feet; yet always bending
Toward their project: Then I beat my tabor,
At which, like unback'd colts, they prick'd their ears,
Advanc'd their eyelids, lifted up their noses,
As they smelt music; so I charm'd their ears,
That, calf-like, they my lowing follow'd, through
Tooth'd briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and
thorns,

Which enter'd their frail shins; at last I left them
I' the filthy mantled pool beyond your cell,
There dancing up to the chins, that the foul lake
O'er-stunk their feet.
Pro.
This was well done, my bird
Thy shape invisible retain thou still:

[JUNO and CERES whisper, and send IRIS The trumpery in my house, go, bring it hither,
n employment.
For stale to catch these thieves.
I go,
Ari.
I go. [Exit.
Pro. A devil, a born devil, on whose nature
Nurture can never stick; on whom my pains,
Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost;
And as, with age, his body uglier grows,
So his mind cankers: I will plague them all,
Rc-enter ARIEL, loaden with glistering apparel,

Iris. You nymphs, call'd Naiads, of the wan-
d'ring brooks,

With your sedg'd crowns, and ever harmless looks,
Leave your crisp channels, and on this green land
Answer your summons; Juno does command:
Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate
A contract of true love; be not too late.

Enter certain Nymphs.

You sunburn'd sicklemen, of August weary,
Come hither from the furrow, and be merry;
Make holy-day: your rye-straw hats put on,
And these fresh nymphs encounter every one
In country footing.

Enter certain Reapers, properly habited : they join
with the Nymphs in a graceful dance; toward
the end whereof PROSPERO starts suddenly and
speaks; after which, to a strange, hollow, and
confused noise, they heavily vanish.

Pro, [Aside. I had forgot that foul conspiracy
Of the beast Caliban, and his confederates,
Against my life; the minute of their plot

Is almost corne. To the Spirits.] Well done;-
avoid;-no more.

Fer. This is most strange: your father's in some
passion

That works him strongly.

Mira.

Never till this day,
Saw I him touch'd with anger so distemper d.
Pro. You do look, my son, in a mov'd sort,
As if
you were dismay'd: be cheerful, sir:
Our revels now are ended: these our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air;
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,

The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve;
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind: We are such stuff
As dreams are made of, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.-Sir, I am vex'd;

Bear with my weakness: my old brain is troubled.
Be not disturb'd with my infirmity:

If you be pleas'd, retire into my cell,

And there repose; a turn or two I'l walk,
To still my beating mind,
Fer. Mira.

We wish you peace.

[Exeunt.

Pro. Come with a thought:- I thank you :

Ariel, come.

Enter ARIEL.

&c.

Even to roaring: - Come, hang them on this line.
PROSPERO and ARIEL remain invisible. Enter
CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO, all wet.
Cal. Pray you, tread softly, that the blind mole
may not

Hear a foot fall; we now are near his cell.

Ste. Monster, your fairy, which, you say, is a harmless fairy, has done little better than played the Jacks with us.

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 I should take a displeasure against you; look you,— Trin. Thou wert but a lost monster.

Be patient, for the prize I'll bring thee to
Cal. Good my lord, give me thy favor still:
Shall hood-wink this mischance: therefore, speak
softly,

All's hush'd as midnight yet.

Trin. Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool, Ste. There's not only disgrace and dishonor 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 labor.

Cal. Prythee, 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,

For aye thy foot-licker.

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 90 king Stephano!

Sfe. 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 doat thus on such luggage? Let's along
And do the murder first: if he awake,

From toe to crown he'll fill our skins with pinches⚫
Make us strange stuff.

Ste. Be you quiet, monster.- Mistress line, is

An Thy thoughts I cleave to; What's thy plea- not this my jerkin? Now is the jerkin under the

Pro.

sure?

Spirit,

We must prepare to meet with Caliban.

Ari. Ay, my commander: when I presented
Ceres,

thought to have told thee of it; but I fear'd,
Lest I might anger thee.

Pro. Say again, where didst thou leave these

varlets?

•ABUDCRUMB

Able to produce such wonders.

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ACT V.

SCENE I. 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.

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;
Just as you left them, sir; all prisoners

In the lime-grove which weather-fends your cell;
They cannot budge, till you release. The king,
His brother, and yours, abide all three distracted;
And the remainder mourning over them,
Brim-full of sorrow and dismay; but chiefly
Him you term'd, sir, The good old lord, Gonzalo;
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
Would become tender.

Pro.

Dost thou think so, spirit?
Ari. Mine would, sir, were I human.
Pro.
And mine shall.
Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling
Of their afflictions? and shall not myself.
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,
The sole drift of my purpose doth extend
Not a frown further: Go, release them. Ariel;
My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore,
And they shall be themselves.
Ari.

I'll fetch them, sir. [Erit. Pro. Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves;

And ye, that on the sands with printless foot
Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him,
When he comes back; you demi-puppets, that
By moon-shine do the green-sour ringlets make.
Whereof the ewe not bites; and you, whose pastime
Is to make midnight-mushrooms; that rejoice
To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid
(Weak masters though you be) I have be-dim'n'd
The noon-tide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds,
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
Have I made shake; and by the spurs pluck'd up
The pine, and cedar graves, at my command.
Have wak'd their sleepers; oped, and let them forth
By my so potent art: But this rough magic
I here abjure: and, when I have requir'd
Some heavenly music, (which even now I do.)
▲ Bird-lime.

Defends from bad weather.

To work mine end upon their senses, that
This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff,
Bury it certain fathoms in the earth,
And deeper than did ever plummet sound,
I'll drown my book.
[Solemn Music.

Re-enter ARIEL: ofler him ALONSO, with a frantic 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, boiled within thy skull! There stand,
For you are spell-stopp'd.

Holy Gonzalo, honorable man,

Mine eyes, even sociable to the shew of thine,
Fall fellowly drops. The charm dissolves apace;
And as the morning steals upon the night,
Melting the darkness, so their rising senses
Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle
Their clearer reason.—() my good Gonzalo,
My true preserver, and a loyal sir

To him thou follow'st; I will pay thy graces
Home both in word and deed. —Most cruelly
Didst thou, Alonso, use me and my daughter.
Thy brother was a furtherer in the act; --
Thou'rt pinch'd for't now, Sebastian.-Flesh and
blood,

You brother mine, that entertain'd ambition,
Expell'd remorse and nature; who, with Sebastian,
(Whose inward pinches therefore are most strong,)
Would here have kill'd your king; I do forgive thee,
Unnatural though thou art! - Their understanding
Begins to swell; and the approaching tide
Will shortly fill the reasonable shores,
That now lie foul and muddy. Not one of them,
That yet looks on me, or would know me :-Ariel,
Fetch me the hat and rapier in my cell;
[Exit ARIEL

I will dis-case me, and my self present,
As I was sometime Milan: - - quickly, spirit:
Thou shalt ere long be free.

ARIEL re-enters, singing, and helps to attire
PROSPERO.

Ari. Where the bee sucks, there suck I;

In a convslip's hell I lie:

There I couch when owls do cry.

On the bal's back I do fly,

After summer merrilu:

Merrily, merrily, shall I live now,

Under the blossom, that hangs on the bough.

Pro. Why that's my dainty Ariel; I shall miss

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