As you like this, give me the lie another time. Trin. I did not give the lie. Out o' your wits and hearing too? A pox o' your bottle! this can sack and drinking 'do. A murrain on your monster, and the devil take your fingers! Cal. Ha, ha, ha! 90 Ste. Now, forward with your tale. Prithee, stand farther off. Cal. Beat him enough: after a little time I'll beat him too. Ste. Stand farther. Come, proceed. Cal. Why, as I told thee, "tis a custom with him, I' th' afternoon to sleep there thou mayst brain him, Remember First to possess his books; for without them 100 He has brave utensils, -for so he calls them,- The beauty of his daughter; he himself Calls her a nonpareil: I never saw a woman, But she as far surpasse th Sycorax As great ́st does least. Ste. Is it so brave a lass? Cal. Ay, lord; she will become thy bed, I warrant. And bring thee forth brave brood. 110 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. 121 Ste. Give me thy hand: I am sorry I beat thee; but, while thou livest, keep a good tongue in thy head. Cal. Within this half hour will he be asleep: Wilt thou destroy him then? Ste. Ay, on mine honour. Ari. This will I tell my master. Cal. Thou makest me merry; I am full of pleasure: 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 scout 'em And scout 'em and flout 'em ; Thought is free. Cal. That's not the tune. [Ariel plays the tune on a tabor and pij e. Ste. What is this same? 130 Trin. This is the tune of our catch, played by the picture of Nobody. Ste. If thou beest a man, show thyself in thy likeness; if thou beest a devil, take 't as thou list. Trin. O, forgive me my sins! Ste. He that dies pays all debts: I defy thee. Mercy upon us! Cal. Art thou afeard? Ste. No, monster, not I. Cal. Be not afeard: the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. 141 Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices Will make me sleep again and then, in dreaming, I cried to dream again. 150 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. 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. SCENE III. Another part of the island. 160 [Exeunt. Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONZALO, ADRLAN, FRANCISCO, and others. Gon. By 'r lakin I can go no further, sir; My old bones ache: here's a maze trod indeed Through forth-rights and meanders! By your patience, Alon. Old lord, I cannot blame thes, Who am myself attach'd with weariness, To the dulling of my spirits: sit down and rest. Whom thus we stray to find, and the sea mocks Our frustrate search on land. Well, let him go. 10 Ant. [Aside to Seb.] I am right glad that he's so out of hope. Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose That you resolved to effect. Seb. [Aside to Ant.] The next advantage Will we take throughly. Ant. [Aside to Seb.] 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. [Aside to Ant.] I say, to-night; no more. [Solemn and strange music. Alon. What harmony is this? My good friends, hark! Gon. Marvellous sweet music! Enter PROSPERO above, invisible. Enter several strange Shapes, bringing in a banquet; they dance about it with gentle actions of salutation; and, inviting the King, &c., to eat, they depart. 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 Ant. I'll believe both; And what does else want credit, come to me, And I'll be sworn 'tis true: travellers ne'er did lie, Gon. If in Naples I should report this now, would they believe me? For, certes, these are people of the island Who, though they are of monstrous shape, yet note, Our human generation you shall find Many, nay, almost any. Pros. [Aside] Honest lord, Thou hast said well; for some of you there present Alon. I cannot too much muse Such shapes, such gesture and such sound, expressing, Of excellent dumb discourse. Pros. [Aside] Praise in departing. Fran. They vanish'd strangely. 30 Seb. No matter, since 40 They have left their viands behind; for we have stomachs. Will't please you taste of what is here? Alon. Not I. Gon. Faith, sir, you need not fear. When we were boys, Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now we find Good warrant of. Alon. I will stand to and feed, Although my last : no matter, since I feel 50 Thunder and lightning. Enter ARIEL, like a harpy; clape 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 you; and on this island [Alon., Seb., &c., draw their swords. Are ministers of Fate the elements, Of whom your swords are temper'd, may as well One dowle that's in my plume: my fellow-ministers 60 From Milan did supplant good Prospero; 70 Him and his innocent child: for which foul deed The powers, delaying, not forgetting, have Incensed the seas and shores, yea, all the creatures, You and your ways; whose wraths to guard you from- And a clear life ensuing. 80 He vanishes in thunder; then, to soft music, enter the Shapes again, and dance, with mocks and mows, and carrying out the table. Pros Bravely the figures of this harpy hast thou Their several kinds have done. My high charms work In their distractions: they now are in my power; And in these fits I leave them, while I visit Young Ferdinand, whom they suppose is drown'd, 90 [Exit above. Gon. I' the name of something holy, sir, why stand you In this strange stare? Alon. Seb. I'll fight their legions o'er. Ant. 100 [Exit. 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, May now provoke them to. Adr, Follow, I pray you. [Exeunt ACT IV. SCENE I. Before PROSPERO'S cell Enter PROSPERO, FERDINAND, and MIRANDA, Pros. If I have too austerely punish'd you, Your compensation makes amends, for I |