To act her earthly and abhorr'd commands, As fast as mill-wheels strike: then was this island A freckled whelp, hag-born,) not honoured with Ari. Yes; Caliban, her son. Pro. Dull thing, I say so; he, that Caliban, I thank thee, master. Pro. If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak, Ari. Pardon, master: I will be correspondent to command, I will discharge thee. Ari. Do so; and after two days That's my noble master! Pro. Before the time be out? no more. Remember, I have done thee worthy service; Be subject to no sight but mine; invisible Without or grudge or grumblings: thou didst pro- And hither come in't: hence, with diligence. mise [Erit Ariel. Awake, dear heart, awake! thou hast slept well; Mira. The strangeness of your story put We'll visit Caliban, my Yields us kind answer. I do not love to look on. Shake it off; come on; slave, who never 'Tis a villain, sir, But, as 'tis, We cannot miss him: he does make our fire, Cal. [Within.] There's wood enough within. for thee; Come forth, thou tortoise! when? Re-enter Ariel, like a water-nymph. Fine apparition! My quaint Ariel, My lord, it shall be done. (Exit. himself Enter Caliban. Cal. As wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd (4) Commands. (5) Do without. Abhorred slave; Which any print of goodness will not take, Being capable of all ill! I pitied thee, Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each One thing or other: when thou didst not, savage, With words that made them known: But thy vile race, natures Though thou didst learn, had that in't which good Who hadst deserv'd more than a prison. [dispersedly. Fer. Where should this music be? i' the air, or It sounds no more--and sure, it waits upon Ariel sings. Full fathom five thy father lies; Fer. [Burden, ding-dong. The ditty does remember my drown'd This is no mortal business, nor no sound Mira. What is't? a spirit? As we have, such: this gallant which thou seest Cal. You taught me language; and my profit on't A goodly person: he hath lost his fellows, Pro. Hag-seed, hence! Cal. No, 'pray thee! I must obey: his art is of such power, Pro. A thing divine; for nothing natural Mira. I might call him On whom these airs attend!-Vouchsafe my prayer [Aside. Mav know, if you remain upon this island; So, slave; hence! (Exit Caliban. And that you will some good instruction give, But, certainly a maid. Mira. Fer. No wonder, sir; My language? heavens I am the best of them that speak this speech, Pro. How! the best? Fer. A single thing, as I am now, that wonders Pro Fer. Come on; obey: [To Ferd. Thy nerves are in their infancy again, And have no vigour in them. So they are: My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up. Fer. Yes, faith, and all his lords; the duke of My father's loss, the weakness which I feel, Milan The wreck of all my friends, or this man's threats, And his brave son, being twain. To whom I am subdued, are but light to me, Pro. Might I but through my prison, once a day, Alack, for mercy! The duke of Milan, And his more braver daughter, could control thee, Behold this maid: all corners else o' the earth If now it were fit to do 't. At the first sight Let liberty make use of; space enough [Aside. Have I in such a prison. They have chang'd eyes:-Delicate Ariel, To be inclin'd my way! Fer. O, if a virgin, And your affection not gone forth, I'll make you Soft, sir; one word more. They are both in either's powers: but this swift business I must uneasy make, lest too light winning [Aside. That thou attend me: thou dost here usurp From me, the lord on't. Fer. No, as I am a man. Mira. There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple: If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with 't. Pro. Follow me.- [To Ferd. Speak not you for him; he's a traitor. Come, Sea-water shalt thou drink, thy food shall be The fresh-brook muscles, wither'd roots, and husks, Wherein the acorn cradled. Follow. Pro. It works:-Come on.Thou hast done well, fine Ariel Follow me.[To Ferd. and Mira. [To Ariel. Be of comfort, Hark, what thou else shalt do me. Mira. My father's of a better nature, sir, (So have we all) of joy; for our escape Is much beyond our loss: our hint of wo Can speak like us: then wisely, good sir, weigh Alon. Pr'ythee, peace. Seb. He receives comfort like cold porridge. Seb. Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike. Gon. Sir. Seb. One-Tell. Gon. When every grief is entertain'd, that's offer'd, Comes to the entertainer Seb. A dollar. Gon. Dolour comes to him, indeed; you have spoken truer than you proposed. Seb. You have taken it wiselier than I meant you should. Gon. Therefore, my lord, Ant. Fie, what a spendthrift is he of his tongue! Gon. Well, I have done: but yet Seb. He will be talking. Ant. Which of them, he, or Adrian, for a good wager, first begins to crow? Seb. The old cock. Ant. The cockrel. Seb. Done: the wager? Ant. A laughter. Seb. A match. Adr. Though this island seem to be desert, Seb. Ha, ha, hal Ant. So, you've pay'd. Alon. You cram these words into mine ears, Adr. Uninhabitable, and almost inaccessible, - The stomach of my sense: 'would I had never Seb. Yet, Adr. Yet Ant. He could not miss it. against Married my daughter there! for, coming thence, Adr. It must needs be of subtle, tender, and I ne'er again shall see her. O thou mine heir delicate temperance. Ant. Temperance was a delicate wench. Seb. Ay, and a subtle; as he most learnedly delivered. Alr. The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. Ant. Or, as 'twere perfumed by a fen. Gon. Here is every thing advantageous to life. Seb. Of that there's none, or little. Of Naples and of Milan, what strange Lsh Fran. Sir, he may live; I saw him beat the surges under him, Gon. How lush and lusty the grass looks! how To the shore, that o'er his wave-worn basis bow'd green! Ant. The ground, indeed, is tawny. Seb. With an eyes of green in't. Ant. He misses not much. Seb. No; he doth but mistake the truth totally. most beyond credit-) Seb. As many vouch'd rarities are. Gon. That our garments, being, as they were, drenched in the sea, hold, notwithstanding, their freshness, and glosses; being rather new dy'd, than stain'd with salt water. Ant. If but one of his pockets could speak, would it not say, He lies? Seb. Av, or very falsely pocket up his report. Gon. Methinks, our garments are now as fresh as when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage of the king's fair daughter Claribel to the king of Tunis. Seb. 'Twas a sweet marriage, and we prosper well in our return. Alr. Tunis was never grac'd before with such a paragon to their queen. Gon. Not since widow Dido's time. Ant. Widow? a pox o' that! how came that widow in? Widow Dido! Seb. What if he had said, widower Æneas too? good lord, how you take it! Alr. Widow Dido, said you? you make me study of that: she was of Carthare, not of Tunis. Gon. This Tunis, sir, was Carthage. Alr. Carthage? Gon. I assure you, Carthage. Ant. His word is more than the miraculous harp. Ant. What impossible matter will he make easy next? Ant. Why, in good time. Gon. S, we were talking, that our garments seem now as fresh, as when we were at Tunis, at the marriage of vour daughter, who is now queen. Ant. And the rarest that e'er came there. Seh. 'Bate, I beseech you, widow Dido. Ant. O, widow Dido; av, widow Dido. The surge most swoln that met him: his bold head I fear, for ever: Milan and Naples have Alon. So is the dearest of the loss. My lord Sebastian, Seb. Very well, Ant. And most chirurgeonly. Seb. Ant. Foul weather? Very foul. Gon. Had I a plantation of this isle, my lord, Seb. Or docks, or mallows. Gon. And were the king of it, What would I do? Seb. 'Scape being drunk, for want of wine. Gon. I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things: for no kind of traffe No occupation; all men idle, all; And women too; but innocent and pure: Gon. Is not, sir, my doublet as fresh as the first gets the beginning. dav I wore it? I mean, in a sort.4 Ant. That sort was well fish'd for. Gon. When I wore it at your daughter's marriage? (1) Temperature. (2) Rank. (3) Shade of colour. Gon. All things in common nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour: treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, (4) Degrec or quality. (5) The rack. Thou dost snore distinctly; Would I not have; but nature should bring forth, Whiles thou art waking. Of its own kind, all foizon, all abundance, To feed my innocent people. Seb. No marrying 'mong his subjects? To excel the golden age. Seh. 'Save his majesty! Ant. Long live Gonzalo! And, do you mark me, sir? Alon. Pr'ythee, no more: Thou dost talk nothing to me. Gon. I do well believe your highness; and did it to minister occasion to these gentlemen, who are of such sensible and nimble lungs, that they always use to laugh at nothing. Ant. 'Twas you we laugh'd at. Gon. Who, in this kind of merry fooling, am Seb. There's meaning in thy snores. Ant. I am more serious than my custom: you Must be so too, if heed me; which to do, Seb. Well; I am standing water. Ant. I'll teach you how to flow. Hereditary sloth instructs me. Ant. 0, Do so: to ebb, If you but knew, how you the purpose cherish, Seb. Pr'ythee, say on : The setting of thine eye, and cheek, proclaim nothing to you; so you may continue, and laugh A matter from thee; and a birth, indeed, at nothing still. Ant. What a blow was there given: Seb. An it had not fallen flat-long. Gon. You are gentlemen of brave mettle; you would lift the moon out of her sphere, if she would continue in it five weeks without changing. Enter Ariel, invisible, playing solemn music. Seb. We would so, and then go a bat-fowling. Ant. Nay, good my lord, be not angry. Gon. No, I warrant you: I will not adventure my discretion so weakly. Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy? Ant. Go sleep, and hear us. [All sleep but Alon. Seb. and Ant. 1. What, all so soon asleep! I wish mine eves ...d, with themselves, shut up my thoughts: I find, They are inclined to do so. Seb. Please you, sir, Do not omit the heavy offer of it: Will guard your person, while you take your rest, And watch your safety. Alon. Thank you: wondrous heavy. Why Nor I; my spirits are nimble. They fell together all, as by consent; What thou should'st be: the occasion speaks thee; Ant. She that is queen of Tunis; she that dwells Ten leagues beyond man's life; she that from. Naples Can have no note, unless the sun were post, (The man i' the moon's too slow,) till new-born chins Be rough and razorable: she, from whom We were all sea-swallowed, though some cast again; What stuff is this?-How say you? 'Tis true, my brother's daughter's queen of Tunis ; So is she heir of Naples; 'twixt which regions There is some space. Than now they are: there be, that can rule Na ples, As well as he that sleeps; lords, that can prate As amply, and unnecessarily, As this Gonzalo; I myself could make A chough of as deep chat. O, that you bore For your advancement! Do you understand me? Seb. Methinks I do. Ant. And how does your content I remember Tender your own good fortune ? Seb. (2) A bird of the jack-daw kind. |